Attached please find my lesson plan. The Lesson involves Mixed-Ability 6th Grade Ancient Civ. Groups that will teach one of the 3 Chinese Philosophies of Daoism, Legalism and Confucianism in the manner that goes with those philosophies. For example: Confuicianism: Teach by EXAMPLE, Daoism: If you must teach, teach as little as possible but provide material for students to discover knowlege, and Legalism: Clearly set objectives and rules and harsh punishments for not following rules or completing task.
edited by mfraser on 7/10/2011
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you lessons are very clearly planned. I am sure after your lesson, students will have a clear picture of the 3 Chinese philosophies.
I like your lesson very much, I think that I will use it to build previous knowledge and develop deep and complexity with it about the Chines philosophies.
Your lesson is detailed and you have clear goals. I am wondering how you can access prior knowledge to interest students to learn about the three philosophies. What might your 6th graders be interested in to hook them? What kind of resources from this class can you include? Can you provide models of lessons for each philosophy to guide students, along with the rubrics? How can the final assessment resemble the formative assessments? Does the final assessment need to be multiple choice? How can you vary assessments to give student choice- from EL, special education, and GATE students ?
I really enjoyed that the students are set up in heterogenous groups and allowed to completethe research on their own. That gives them autonomy and an "ownership" of their learning. I also liked that they were not only allowed to use the internet, but that there was an art component to the lesson, kids REALLY need that! Just a suggestion for a follow-up activity. I enjoyed the activity that we did during one of the first sessions in out seminar, I believe it was "Four Corners". However, I would take a vote on which philosophy the students prefer for classroom use before the students begin their research and another vote after they have researched and presented. I'm curious to see if students change their position.
Thanks for sharing!