Creating an Interdisciplinary lesson plan based on a current event
For this assignment you are to create a lesson plan that overlaps multiple content areas like social studies and reading of math and science and have it relate to a current event. I have attached an example of a lesson plan that I created.
I have provided a website and topic to use if you need assisstance https://www.
https://www.theguardian.com/
with topics being math and science-enviornment change and math being temperature and social studies- the geographic areas that affected the polar vortex
Assignment 3: Plan an interdisciplinary lesson that relates to acurrent event. Include in your plan:
- A link to a news story about the current event
- Name of all content area disciplines that you are using inyour plan and why you chose the other discipline as acorollary to your own. If you are a K-6 teacher, choosemore than one discipline, e.g. math and science or mathand art.
- Learning Objectives with links to state standards. Standards addressed should reference your content areaat least one other content area as defined in item 2. (Youmay refer to EDTC 5200 or any other credible resourcesabout learning theory.)
- Warm-Up
- Instructional strategies (remember to use high-yieldstrategies)
- List of materials needed for the lesson
- Assessment plan (include formative and summativeassessments. Formative assessment may be informal, e.g. questioning strategies during the warm-up.)
- Homework, if assigned
Solution Preview
Learning objectives
Students will be able to find the perimeter of a given geometric figure.
Introduction
(10 minutes)
- Play the video Perimeter, by Math Antics, for the class to introduce the concept of perimeter.
- Once the video is complete, ask for a volunteer to tell you the definition of perimeter.
- Write the definition on the board.
- Draw a few figures on the board, along with the lengths of their sides.
- Challenge students to find the perimeter of the geometrical figures you’ve drawn.
- Each time a student answers, correctly or incorrectly, explain the reasoning behind each figure’s perimeter.
Explicit instruction/Teacher modeling
(20 minutes)
(547 words)