lesson plan

Teacher Name Date

Subject/Grade/Time needed

US History/Geography/Grade Eleven /100mins (two class periods)

Content standard(s) addressed:

United States History and Geography:

11.6 Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government.

3. Discuss the human toll of the Depression, natural disasters, and unwise agricultural practices and their effects on the depopulation of rural regions and on political movements of the left and right, with particular attention to the Dust Bowl refugees and their social and economic impacts in California.

Health standard addressed:

Nutrition and Physical Activity

1.4.N Describe dietary guidelines, food groups, nutrients, and serving sizes for healthy eating habits.

Materials needed:

· Projector

· Pre-printed worksheets

· Textbooks

Learning Objective (what will students know/be able to do as a result of this lesson?)

· Identify the importance of good eating habits

· Describe what it was like nutrition wise during the Great Depression

Assessment of learning (how will you evaluate?):

Criteria:

· I will listen for class participating during teacher-class discussion.

· Grade on each groups presentation.

· Grade their worksheets on amount of effort put into following along during lecture.

Agenda (what’s posted on board/what are students doing? –this is your activity section):

1. Students will listen and take notes on a fill in the blank worksheet of a slideshow describing the toll of healthy living the Great Depression had on Americans.

2. In groups at their tables students will use textbooks to research and make a list of foods that Americans ate in the 30’s. answer questions on worksheet, for example

How did they try to eat healthy without running out of food?

Did they grow the foods themselves?

3. Students will then work on their hand out as a group at their table.

4. Each group will present at least one item of food from their list to the class and two facts they learned while doing their own research on the great depression.

5. Then have a teacher- class discussion answering questions. For example,

How were they able to maintain somewhat healthy eating habits?

What steps did they take to overcome starvation?

How does their diet differ from ours today?

Instructional Notes (what is teacher doing?):

1. I will hand out fill in the blank worksheet and teaching about the Great Depression through a slideshow PowerPoint.

2. I will then discuss the importance of the next activity including how to read all of the features of the textbook and hand out the Food Pyramid worksheet and observe students filling in the worksheet, while answering any questions.

3. I will listen to students brief presentations and take notes.

4. We will close the day with a teacher- class discussion.

Language Support:

· I will use fill in the blank worksheets during lecture so ELLs can follow along while being able to take notes and understand the context.

· I will describe the features in the textbook so ELL’s can understand the meaning of each piece of the assigned section of reading.

Context – where might this particular lesson fit in with a larger unit of study?

This will tie in with the Unit in eleventh grade history class, United States History and Geography. They will be able to connect health lessons on good eating habits while learning of the eating habits and other obstacles during the 30s.