Brett M.

Dodrill (Winfield Middle School)

Learning Strategy Assignment
November 18, 2015
Instructional Objectives / Student Outcomes
Students will examine and draw conclusions about how the effects of natural and human events
influence an economy (e.g., environmental disasters, diseases and war).
Students will analyze the impact of cultural diffusion on a variety of regions.
Students will examine and summarize the effects of human/environmental interaction.
Students will compare and contrast the geographic factors that contributed to the rise of early
civilizations and native cultures (e.g., Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome).
Students will identify the leaders and distinguish the basic principles and philosophies of the
major religions as they emerged and expanded; (e.g., Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism,
Hinduism, Confucianism and Taoism).

WV CSOs
SS.7.E.5 Students will examine and draw conclusions about how the effects of natural and
human events influence an economy (e.g., environmental disasters, diseases and war).
SS.7.G.3 Students will analyze the impact of cultural diffusion on a variety of regions.
SS.7.G.4 Students will examine and summarize the effects of human/environmental
interaction.
SS.7.G.6 Students will compare and contrast the geographic factors that contributed to the rise
of early civilizations and native cultures (e.g., Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome).
SS.7.H.CL1.1 Students will identify the leaders and distinguish the basic principles and
philosophies of the major religions as they emerged and expanded; (e.g., Judaism, Christianity,
Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism and Taoism).

Management Framework
Overall Time: 90 Minutes
Time Frame: Introduction of Double-Entry Journals (4 Minutes) CNN Student News (10
Minutes) Read and Discuss Chapter 6, Lessons 2 and 3 (30 Minutes) Reading and
Discussion of The Israelites and Judaism (20 Minutes) Kahoot! Game (25 Minutes)

Strategies
Double-Entry Journals
Teacher and Student-led discussions
Group Work
Kahoot! Game to help with review and foster student participation

Differentiated Instruction / Adaptations / Interventions

I will give students ample time to complete their assignments, as well as assist them in reading
when needed. By doing group readings, this ensures that they will get full comprehension of the
terms and not get hung up.

Procedures
Introduction of Double-Entry Journals (5 Minutes) Here, I will be introducing doubleentry journals for use during the CNN Student News segment, so they can view the material and
be able to organize their thoughts about it in order to set up our next activity.

CNN Student News (10 Minutes) Students will view the daily episode of CNN Student
News so as to gain a better understanding of what is going on in the world around them.

Read and Discuss Chapter 6, Lessons 2 and 3 (30 Minutes) This is the main task of the
day, which is covering the two remaining lessons in chapter 6. We will be covering the material,
as well as discussing the details of it as we go, finally culminating in the end-of-the-chapter
study guide review that they will fill out after we have concluded our reading.

Reading and Discussion of The Israelites and Judaism (20 Minutes) This will be
supplementary material for the readings of the chapter that we just did, and will serve as a deeper
look into the Israelites and Judaism as a whole.

Kahoot! Game (25 Minutes) We will be using Kahoot! as a way to: 1) foster interaction
between the students, 2) review the material that they will be needing to know for the exam, and
3) have fun with the material. I have set up a game of 15 questions that I will be using to help
them understand everything better, as well as have fun with.

Assessment
Formative: We will be discussing the chapter and the articles of the Content Area Reader as we
read them, and this will be i
Summative: The Kahoot! game will serve as a summative assessment, encompassing both these
lessons and the lesson before it.

Materials
Computer and Projector for CNN Student News and Kahoot!
Textbook
Writing utensil and paper to record responses for Double-Entry Journals