Blake A. Vargas July 13, 2006 EIPT 3043 sec. 200 ID#112-121-373
Inspiration Lesson Plan
I. Background
The subject is World History. It is a class designed to see how the world is an organism that
responds to the littlest details that may be half way across the world. It is a class that is supposed to
teach the students to think outside of the box, and to realize that they are not the only being that exists in
their own little world, but they are a part of something much bigger.
The students are all freshmen at the school that I am observing and teaching at. The majority of them
are all about the age of 14-16 at the extreme ages on each end. There are several different classes that I
come into contact with and abilities range from extremely well, in that in the morning there is a zero
hour that is filled with those who volunteer and those that are in the class are all bright. They volunteer
in an hour that they don’t have to have, but they all do it. They are all extremely motivated and do their
job as students very well. In the later classes, whether it is because it is almost lunch, or right after they
seem to lessen ability as the day goes on. I also have drawn a correlation in that the females seem to do
better, or at least respond to me better as a teacher, whereas the males hesitate.
I fell it is necessary to explain the resources that are available, as it will make my lesson plan easier
to understand, and why I did certain aspects. There are numerous materials available in that the school
has the latest technology and resources. There is a copy room that is on campus, and with one request
you can go and have an entire multi page test printed as well as have multiple lab top computers at your
disposal.
The student’s prior knowledge should be extensive by this point, as this lesson is designed to be used
at the end of the Unit on the Industrial Revolution. The reason is that as a World history class it is
necessary for the students to see the relationships that exist between different parts of the world. At the
end of the lesson, the students will split into groups and research the results of the Industrial Revolution
and see what happened as a cause and effect relationship. This lesson is designed to be the last in a
series of lessons on the Industrial Revolution. I would first and foremost show the students this flow
chart at the beginning of the Unit, and post it up so everyone could see. As time passes, it will allow the
students to understand where we have been and where we are going. On the last day of the unit, the
flowchart is to see how they all interconnect and that one aspect can change so much.
II. Phase 1-- The reason that this flowchart is necessary, was stated above. Simply it will allow the
students to see where we are going, and where we have been in this particular unit. It is necessary to
point this out because it will give the students a clear sense of direction, and help to keep them on
track. As the students research the aspect that they will combine with the main flowchart, it will
create an even larger one, and hopefully represent how interconnected aspects of the World are, and
how minute they are in a much larger world.
