SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan Template

TOPIC DETAILS CK
Name Miss Ellsworth
Subject Social Studies- Holidays Celebrated Around the World
Grade Level 2nd grade
Date/Duration 03/29/2017 for 60 minutes
Big Ideas There are many holidays that are celebrated in different
countries throughout the world.
Essential What are holidays that you celebrate at home?
Questions What are holidays that are celebrated in America?
What are holidays celebrated in different countries?
Why are these holidays celebrated?
PA/Common 8.4.1.C: Identify holidays and ceremonies of selected
Core/Standards world cultures.
8.2.1.C: Identify holiday and cultural celebrations in a
community and why they are celebrated.
Objective During a classroom lesson, all second grade students
will be able to identify holidays celebrated around the
Bloom's world and their meaning by gathering information
Taxonomy about them at different stations, 8 out of 10 times.

Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative & Formative Assessment: At the beginning, in the middle,
Summative and at the end of the lesson, students can complete the
Assessment Holidays Around the World bulletin board (the one I
Evidence created for class). The board contains 8 different
holidays, and students have to match the holiday and
description to the correct country. I will record how
many answers students get correct each times and the
ones that are incorrect. A rubric will be used.
Summative Assessment: students can complete a short
quiz about the information learned throughout the
lesson and the different holidays. A rubric will be used.
ISTE Standards 3 Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a
for Students variety of resources using digital tools to construct
knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make
Framework for meaningful learning experiences for themselves and
21st Century others.
Learning This will be done when students are watching videos
online to learn information.
This will also be achieved when students are reading
material online, such as articles or an iBook.
Accommodation Disability: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
s, Modifications Accommodations and Modifications:
Give breaks when necessary
 Extend the amount of time to complete assignment
Provide student with hard copy of directions
Allow student to work with peers that they are
comfortable with
SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
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Seton Hill University Lesson Plan Template Step-by-Step

Procedures
RATIONALE for Earlier in the week, students learned that there are many CK
the Learning different holidays, and that not every country celebrates the
Plan same holidays as we do. Now, students will be able to apply
what they have previously learned to this lesson by learning
about some of those different holidays that we do not
celebrate. This lesson ties into a PA SAS standard because
they are learning about different holidays and traditions from
different places and the purpose of these holidays.
Introduction Activating Prior Knowledge
Earlier in the week, you learned that not everyone from
around the world celebrates the same holidays as we do.
If they do not celebrate the same holidays as us, then
what do they celebrate? Why do they celebrate these
holidays?
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Working in small groups, students can work together to
make up their own holiday. They will pick where it is
celebrated, when it is celebrated, why it is celebrated,
and how people celebrate.
Explicit Big Idea Statement
Instructions There are many different holidays that people celebrate
in different parts of the world.
Essential Questions Statement
What are some holidays that you and your family
celebrate at home?
What are some holidays that we celebrate?
What are some holidays that other people celebrate in
different countries?
Why do people celebrate these holidays?
Objective Statement
During this lesson, you [the students] will be able to
identify holidays celebrated around the world and why
they are celebrated by gathering information about
them at different stations.
Transition
Students will get out of their seats and move to a
different area of the room, where the teacher will read
about some different holidays from the book Kids
Around the World Celebrate: The Best Feasts and
 Festivals from Many Lands by Lynda Jones
Key Vocabulary
Feria de Las Flores
Chinese New Year
Bastille Day
Holi
Thanksgiving
Australia Day
Da de la Bandera (Day of the Flag)
Jamhuri Day

Lesson PreAssessment of Students

Procedure I will hand all students in the class a white board. I will
then explain what each of the holidays is and why it is
celebrated, and they have to guess which one it is. A
word bank will be provided with the 8 different holidays
for assistance.
Modeling of the Concept
I will explain to students that there are so many different
holidays, celebrations, and traditions around the world,
and we are going to learn about a few of them.
Around the room are 8 stations that represent 8 different
countries. At each station, you will get an opportunity to
visit the different countries and be a part of
celebrating traditional holidays that take place there.
At each station, there is a piece of paper that has the
name of the country, a picture of the country, and the
holiday that is celebrated there.
Also at each station, you can read summaries about the
holiday and/or use technology to watch a video about it
in order to gather the information.
To write down information on the different holidays, you
will be given a passport to travel to the different
countries and to write down what you have learned.
You will work as a group to find the information, but you
will each complete your own passport.
To complete the lesson, you will work in small groups
and we will rotate so you get a chance to visit them all.
Guiding the Practice
When students are working in their small groups, I will
walk around the room to answer questions they might
have, as well as ask questions. Some questions I will ask
are why is this holiday celebrated and when is this
 holiday celebrated. I will also help them read the
summaries if needed and help them work the
technology. I will be watching to see if the students
remain on task at the different stations and that they are
engaged in the activity.
Providing the Independent Practice
The passport with all of the information will will be
completed individually, but the information to put on it
will be collected in small groups. The standards will be
met after the lesson because students will be able to
identify different holidays and traditions celebrated
around the world and their purpose. The final product
will be their passport with all of the information inside
of it. The product does not have a rubric, but the
assessments to go along with the lesson do.
Transition
Students will stand up and stretch as they watch this
video about the holiday, Chinese New Year.
https://wqed.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/68938b4e-1e68-
4727-8f2d-cc341ed93b11/chinese-new-year-all-about-the-
holidays/#.WNgSg3g-CqA

Reading
Kids Around the World Celebrate: The Best Feasts and
Materials Festivals from Many Lands by Lynda Jones
Technology Laptop or iPad to watch videos on and read off of
Equipment National Geograhpic Kids website for information on the
Supplies holidays
Chinese New Year for Kids iBook
Kids Around the World Celebrate: The Best Feasts and
Festivals from Many Lands by Lynda Jones also used as a
reference book for the activity
http://wqed.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/holidays/
http://www.teachertube.com/mobile/video/origins-of-
thanksgiving-charlie-brown-251857
Whiteboards and markers
Interactive bulletin board
Quizzes
Papers with the name of the country, picture of the
country, and holiday being celebrated
Passport
Markers, pencils, colored pencils, crayons
Blank paper
Evaluation of Formal Evaluation
the Students will create a journal where they draw a picture
Learning/Master of each of the different holidays being celebrated. Below
y of the the picture, they will write when the holiday is
Concept celebrated, why it is celebrated, where it is celebrated,
and how people celebrate. With the evidence collected, I
will be able to see which holidays students understand
 and which ones they do not. I will also be able to see if I
need to go back and reteach certain holidays or parts of
the lesson.
Informal Evaluation
Students will answer the essential questions during a
discussion, and the teacher will have a check list to
check if they understand the material or if it still needs
reviewed or retaught.
Closure Summary & Review of the Learning
Students will restate the objective, which was, during
this lesson, you [the students] will be able to identify
holidays celebrated around the world and why they are
celebrated by gathering information about them at
different stations.
Students can see of they met the objective by recording
their response on an exit ticket. In addition to writing
down their answer, they could also write down any
additional questions they might have. They could also
write down where they struggled during the lesson.
They can then switch exit tickets with a classmate to see
what they have learned and to also answer the
classmates question at their best ability. They could also
offer suggestions on how their classmate can overcome
any challenges.
Homework/Assignments
There will be no homework or assignments after this
lesson.
Teacher I will know what students have learned throughout the
Self-reflection lesson by looking at their passports journals, quizzes,
and by using the interactive bulletin board at the
beginning, during, and after the lesson.
Students who talked with their groups and did not focus
while at the different stations seemed to have struggled
with this lesson.
To address this, I could explain to students why it is
important to stay on task when working on assignments
and what the consequences could be if they do not.
I have evidence of students learning through
observations, forms of assessment, and the activities
done throughout the lesson.