Title of the Lesson: Magna Carta BrainPop Notes and Quiz

Instructor Name: Diana Noriega

Summary: Students will be able to understand how the Magna Carta limited the
powers of monarchs in Europe and gave citizens more rights. They will also be able
to write a summary answering the essential question by using the notes they take
when watching the BrainPop video.
Grade Level: 7
Time Frame: 50 minutes
Subject: World History- The Renaissance
Objectives: Students will:
Analyze the Magna Carta through the lens of an essential question.
Conduct collaborative research and share findings both verbally and in
writing.
Standards:
7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the
Renaissance.
Essential Questions:
1. How did the Magna Carta change the power of the monarch?
Materials: Spiral Notebook, Computer, Google Classroom, and BrainPop.com
Sequence of Activities:
1. Warm Up: Students will log on to Google Classroom and answer the
warm up question Who is this? What do you know about this person? List as
much information as you can on two images, the Mona Lisa and Leonardo di
Vinci (10 minutes)
2. BrainPop Whole Group Movie: Students will watch the BrainPop
movie Magna Carta as a whole group first.( 5 minutes)
3. BrainPop Individual Notes: Students will rewatch the video on their
own device and take notes about the Magna Carta. They will focus on the 5
Ws, who, what, when, where, and why. Before the next activity, we will do a
note check as a whole group to check for understanding. ( 15 minutes)
4. BrainPop Quiz: Students will take the BrainPop Quiz on the Magna
Carta and will write down the questions they got wrong in their notebook (5
minutes)
5. Renaissance Cover Page: I will give the students ideas for their
Renaissance title page they need to create in their spiral notebook and they
will have the remainder of the period to plan/start their title page. (10 minutes)
6. Exit Ticket: Students will answer the question, List two things you
learned and one thing you still want to know about the Magna Carta on
Google Classroom before they exit. ( 5 minutes )

Lesson Continued...

Accommodations, Adaptations, and Differentiated Instruction:

 There will be two choices for formatting their notes in their spiral
notebook, cornell notes or a 5 Ws table
Students will compare their notes with a partner and be able to share
out giving all students opportunity to hear multiple student answers
Warm Up question can be interpreted in many different ways, so there
is no wrong answer
Students will have opportunity to do a note check at some point during
the period to make sure they understood the main ideas