9 Step Lesson Plan: Era of Reform

1) Title:

“Equal Rights for All.”

2) Concept/Topic:

-The rights of women and African-Americans

3) Essential Questions of Lesson:

- How did the women and African-Americans do to overcome this issue that was hurting the lives of many?

4) Connection:

-Quick write on the rights that they have now compared to what the women and African Americans had.

5) Direct Teaching:

-Yessika- Talks about Sojourner Truth

-Katie- Talks about Dorthea Dix

-Skylar- Talks about Horace Mann

-Kadijah- Talks about Fredrick Douglass

-Skylar- Talks about the Seneca Falls (Concludes)

(People take notes and ask questions at the end. We ask questions to the students (vise-versa))

6) Step-By Step Explanation:

-Directions:
-Pass out word cross
-Fill in words that are listed below that have to do with the subject

7) Student-Centered Activity:

-Let students complete the word cross
-Ask for student volunteers to answer the cross word and give an example how the person/word is relevant to our subject (Give out prize if it is right).

8) Assessment:

-We will watch the students intently while they are working and make sure they are actually doing their work. Also we will ask questions to those who need it. The questions should not be about the answers.

9) Closure:

-We will let students ask questions and we will go over certain areas of confusion.
-We will also ask the students questions and if they answer the question to make sure they understand. We will also give them a prize if they answer it correctly.