WVSU Lesson Plan Format

Kaycee Pauley
Grade/Subject: 9th Grade/World History
Lesson Topic: Lesson 2: Compare and Contrast Middle Ages and Renaissance
NCSS Theme: 1: Culture

Instruction Objectives/Student Outcomes

Students will compare and contrast the artwork between the Middle Ages and Renaissance
WVCSO:
SS.9.H.CL5.1: Compare the impacts of the Renaissance on life in Europe (e.g., Humanism, art,
literature, music and architecture).
National Standards:
Era 6: The Emergence of the First Global Age, 1450-1770
Standard 6: Major global trends from 1450-1770
Management Framework:
Overall Time: 45 minutes
Time Frame: 5-10 minutes: Painting from the Renaissance and painting from the Middle Ages
on SmartBoard / introduction to lesson
10-15 minutes: Teacher led discussion / compare and contrast paintings
10-15 minutes: Group work / Cooperative learning; students arrange paintings in
chronological order
Strategies:
Teacher centered

Student centered
Cooperative learning
Differentiated Instruction:

Lesson topic and objective written on the board How the Renaissance affected culture

through paintings
Large print pictures of paintings

Procedures:
Introduction:
Two paintings on the SmartBoard; one from the Middle Ages and one from the Renaissance. I
access students prior knowledge of the Renaissance from yesterdays lesson to see if students
are ready to move forward with the lesson.
Body and Transition:
Teacher led discussion on how the Renaissance changed the art world and how this new insight
on ones own awareness and how it influenced artist from all over Europe. Discuss new
techniques and skills when creating realistic human features on portraits. Discuss how new
religious perspectives influenced Renaissance artwork.
Closure:
Students are to get into their groups, groups have already been assigned, and put the six
paintings, by appearance, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance in chronological order using
key words such as halo, hieratic scale, landscape, oil paint, and perspective. The group is to
brainstorm, on paper, why they believe the paintings go in the particular order according to the
style of the painting and using the key words on the board.
Assessment:
Diagnostic / Informal: Access students prior knowledge of the Renaissance and its impact on
European culture by questioning students about previous lesson
Formative / Informal: Observing students

Summative: Students participation in cooperative learning group plus the groups brainstorming
paper about the pictures
Materials:
Computer

Pictures of different paintings from the Middle Ages and Ren for each
group

Prezi

paper

Smart Board

pencil

Extended Activities:
Lesson finishes early, students are to work on their picture activity
If technology fails, teacher lectures with notes only. Print out photos of the paintings.
Post-Teaching: