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    This lesson plan outlines a two-day lesson for 11th grade students on the general history of Virginia. On the first day, students will watch introductory videos about Jamestown and life in early Virginia. They will then read and annotate an excerpt from John Smith's The General History of Virginia, discussing Smith's perspective and purpose. On the second day, students will discuss Smith as an historical figure and further analyze his bias and intentions in writing the text. They will complete a critical thinking exercise to assess their understanding. The teacher will evaluate students through participation, notebook reflections, and questioning throughout the lesson.

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    This lesson plan outlines a two-day lesson for 11th grade students on the general history of Virginia. On the first day, students will watch introductory videos about Jamestown and life in early Virginia. They will then read and annotate an excerpt from John Smith's The General History of Virginia, discussing Smith's perspective and purpose. On the second day, students will discuss Smith as an historical figure and further analyze his bias and intentions in writing the text. They will complete a critical thinking exercise to assess their understanding. The teacher will evaluate students through participation, notebook reflections, and questioning throughout the lesson.

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    This lesson plan outlines a two-day lesson for 11th grade students on the general history of Virginia. On the first day, students will watch introductory videos about Jamestown and life in early Virginia. They will then read and annotate an excerpt from John Smith's The General History of Virginia, discussing Smith's perspective and purpose. On the second day, students will discuss Smith as an historical figure and further analyze his bias and intentions in writing the text. They will complete a critical thinking exercise to assess their understanding. The teacher will evaluate students through participation, notebook reflections, and questioning throughout the lesson.

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    This lesson plan outlines a two-day lesson for 11th grade students on the general history of Virginia. On the first day, students will watch introductory videos about Jamestown and life in early Virginia. They will then read and annotate an excerpt from John Smith's The General History of Virginia, discussing Smith's perspective and purpose. On the second day, students will discuss Smith as an historical figure and further analyze his bias and intentions in writing the text. They will complete a critical thinking exercise to assess their understanding. The teacher will evaluate students through participation, notebook reflections, and questioning throughout the lesson.

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    Lesson Plan: General History of Virginia

    Teacher: Miss Brittani Bacchi School: Perkiomen Valley High School Grade Level: 11
    I.

    Content and Standards:


    a. CC.1.2.11-12.D: Evaluate how an authors point of view or purpose
    shapes the content and style of a text.
    b. CC.1.2.11-12.F: Evaluate how words and phrases shape meaning and tone
    in texts.
    c. CC.1.5.11-12.B: Evaluate how the speakers perspective, reasoning, and
    use of evidence and rhetoric affect the credibility of an argument through
    the authors stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of

    II.

    III.

    emphasis, and tone.


    Prerequisites:
    a. Students should have read Of Plymouth Plantation and watched the We
    Shall Remain: After the Mayflower film.
    b. Students must understand bias.
    Instructional Objective:
    a. Students will be able to explain who John Smith was and his purpose in
    writing The General History of Virginia.
    b. Students will be able to answer the essential questions about bias,

    IV.

    perspective, and purpose.


    Instructional Procedures (BDA):
    a. This lesson will take about 2 days of instruction.
    b. I will introduce the students to the idea that we are reading about a
    settlement somewhat different from the Puritan settlement we read about
    previously.
    c. I will begin this lesson with a 3 minute video from the History Channel
    website, called Life in Jamestown.
    d. This video will act as in introduction to the excerpt we will read from John
    Smiths The General History of Virginia.
    e. I will then explain/reiterate how John Smith and the other colonists
    traveled to Virginia years before William Bradford and the Puritans landed
    at Plymouth.
    f. I will show another 5 minute video called Jamestown Founded in 1607.
    g. I will have the students reflect on the video by writing what is similar to
    Of Plymouth Plantation in their notebooks.
    h. I will make a chart on the blackboard as the students share what they
    discovered.

    i. I will have the students get the textbooks from the shelf and open to page
    42.
    j. I will tell the students that they are to follow along as I read aloud and that
    they should have pens/pencils in hand as we read. They can annotate in
    their notebooks as we read, and I will be pausing at specific locations in
    the text to give them a chance to stop and reflect on what we just read.
    These pauses will be very brief.
    k. I will ask essential questions during these pauses about the purpose, bias,
    perspective, and relation to what we read previously.
    l. We will continue this way until we get to page 44 where Smith describes
    Pocahontas. We will read this section and then I will stop and show
    another short video from the History channel website, called Pocahontas.
    m. We will discuss the video and validity of Smiths account. We will talk
    about why he might have chosen to include this in his story.
    n. I will then continue reading the excerpt in the textbook if there is time,
    keeping with the pattern of pausing and reflecting.
    o. They will finish any reading that is left for homework.
    p. Next class I will ask the students what they think of John Smith. What
    kind of man do you think he was? What bias does he have?
    q. Next, I will direct the students to the Critical Thinking and Reading
    section of their textbooks on pages 46 and 47.
    r. We will discuss purpose and Smiths purpose in writing The General
    History of Virginia. Was Smith encouraging other people to settle in
    Virginia? Why?
    s. I will have the students take time to answer the questions in the text on

    V.

    their own.
    t. They will then turn to a partner and share their answers.
    u. We will all discuss as a class.
    Materials and Equipment
    a. History.com videos about Jamestown and Pocahontas
    http://www.history.com/topics/john-smith/videos/pocahontas?
    m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
    b.
    c.
    d.
    e.
    f.

    Interactive white board for projecting


    Computer with proper connections
    Notebooks
    The American Experience textbooks
    Pens/pencils

    VI.

    Assessment/Evaluation
    a. I will assess the students based on participation in discussion and
    engagement in the story through notebook reflections.
    b. I will also assess the students by questioning them as we go about bias,
    purpose, and prior knowledge.
    c. I will assess the students understanding by having them share and explain

    VII.
    VIII.

    their answers to the textbook questions.


    Accommodations or Modifications
    a. I will offer typed notes to the student who is suffering from a concussion.
    b. I will be sure to repeat instructions and questions.
    Technology
    a. History.com videos about Jamestown and Pocahontas
    http://www.history.com/topics/john-smith/videos/pocahontas?
    m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

    IX.

    b. Interactive white board for projecting


    c. Computer with proper connections
    Self-Assessment

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