Action Example: Ancient Greece and The Odyssey

(pending  -- for examples of currently co-taught content, see

http://foxborough.k12.ma.us/fhs/departments/library-media-center/curric.htm )

 

Created by:  Kathleen Porter

School/Location:  Foxborough High School, Foxborough, Mass.

 

 

Grade:  9

 

 

Library Context:

  Combination

 

 

  Multiple lessons in a unit

 

 

Collaboration Continuum:

  Moderate

 

 

Content Topic:  Ancient Greece, as 9^th Graders prepare to read (and read) The Odyssey

 

 

Estimated Lesson time:  100 minutes over 2 or more sessions

 

 

Standards for the 21^st-Century Learner Goals

Standard:  Standard 1: Inquire, think critically and gain knowledge.

 

 

Skills Indicator(s):

1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.

 

 

 

 

Benchmark(s):

(1.1.2) Read background information to discover the key components of the problem or question.

Identify keywords or synonyms to use in further research.

Develop a schema to express the big idea and the relationships among supporting ideas and topics of interest.

 

 

Dispositions Indicator(s):

 

 

Responsibilities Indicator(s): 

 

 

Self-Assessment Strategies Indicator(s): 

 

 

Scenario:

 

 

 

Connection to local or state standards

(List here relevant content, information literacy, and technology standards)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overview:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Product:

 

 

 

 

Library lesson(s):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment

·    Product

 

 

 

 

·    Process

 

 

 

 

·    Student self-questioning

 

Instructional plan

·         Resources students will use:

        Online subscription database(s)      Web sites         Books         Reference  

        Nonprint          Periodicals/newspapers

        Other (list):

·         Instruction/activities

o   Direct instruction:

 

 

 

 

 

 

o   Modeling and guided practice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

o   Independent practice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

o   Sharing and reflecting: