Benchmark – Humanities Lesson Plan

Lesson plans require careful planning. To create a meaningful and relevant learning experience for students, teachers must consider the standards and learning objectives, the needs of the students, effective methods and strategies, and appropriate assessment strategies.

Based on your discussion and collaboration with your mentor teacher during your first field experience, incorporate his or her feedback to create a lesson plan for your content area.

For this benchmark, you will use the “COE Lesson Plan Template” to create a cross-disciplinary humanities content area lesson plan, aligned to your state standards.

Be specific when including the following:

· Theme and description in the Lesson Summary and Focus section

· State standards, across content areas, that support the theme of the lesson and unit in the National/State Learning Standards section

· Strategies to develop cross-disciplinary skills, encourage inquiry, and engage students in applying the central concepts within social studies, ELA, and the arts in the Multiple Means of Engagement section

· Resources, materials, technology to guide students to access, interpret, evaluate, and apply information in social studies, ELA, and the arts in the Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology section

With the approval of your mentor teacher, implement this lesson in Clinical Field Experience C.

In addition, write a 250-500 word reflection on the process of creating a humanities content area lesson plan. Include in your reflection:

· How you integrated feedback from your mentor teacher.

· Explanation of your collaboration with the librarian or media specialist.

· Who else, either at the school site or in the community, might you be able to collaborate with in developing this lesson?

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies and professional standards:

MEd in Secondary Education-STEM ITL/NITL

2.1: Apply content knowledge by engaging students in diverse perspectives that question and challenge assumptions and approaches in order to master content and foster metacognition, innovation, and problem solving. [InTASC 4(b), 4(c), 4(d), 4(p), 4(r), 5(d), 5(g), 5(m), 5(o), 8(f), 8(j); ISTE-T 1a; MC2] 3.6: Plan collaboratively with colleagues and other professionals who have specialized expertise (e.g., special educators, related service providers, language learning specialists, librarians, media specialists) to design and jointly deliver as appropriate effective learning experiences to meet unique learning needs. [InTASC 2(f), 6(h), 6(p), 7(e), 7(m), 7(o), 8(p), 9(c), 10(a), 10(b); MC1] 3.7: Guide students in using a range of technology tools to access, interpret, evaluate, and apply information in content area. [InTASC 6(i), 7(k), 8(g), 8(n), 8(o), 8(r); ISTE-T 3d]

MEd in Secondary Education-STEM (Nevada)

2.1: Apply content knowledge by engaging students in diverse perspectives that question and challenge assumptions and approaches in order to master content and foster metacognition, innovation, and problem solving. [InTASC 4(b), 4(c), 4(d), 4(p), 4(r), 5(d), 5(g), 5(m), 5(o), 8(f), 8(j); ISTE-T 1a; MC2] 3.6: Plan collaboratively with colleagues and other professionals who have specialized expertise (e.g., special educators, related service providers, language learning specialists, librarians, media specialists) to design and jointly deliver as appropriate effective learning experiences to meet unique learning needs. [InTASC 2(f), 6(h), 6(p), 7(e), 7(m), 7(o), 8(p), 9(c), 10(a), 10(b); MC1] 3.7: Guide students in using a range of technology tools to access, interpret, evaluate, and apply information in content area. [InTASC 6(i), 7(k), 8(g), 8(n), 8(o), 8(r); ISTE-T 3d]