WGU D244 TASK 2 DISCIPLINARY LITERACY: |PASSED ON
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General Information
Lesson Title: Exploring Ancient Civilizations
Subject(s): Social Studies, ELA
Grade/Level/Setting: 5th Grade
Prerequisite Skills/Prior Knowledge:
What do your students already know or what do they need to know about the selected topic to successfully participate in the
lesson?
● Basic understanding of maps and geography
Standards and Objectives
State/National Academic Standard(s):
Social Studies Standard 5.2.1 - Analyze the cultural, economic, and political factors that contributed to
the rise and fall of major ancient civilizations.
ELA writing standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a
topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Learning Objective(s):
Identify what students will accomplish by the end of the lesson; needs to align with the state or Common Core State Standards
and needs to be measurable (condition, behavior, and criterion).
Students will write an informative essay explaining the factors that contributed to the rise and fall of a
specific ancient civilization, meeting the following criteria:
● Behavior: Write an informative essay.
● Condition: After researching an ancient civilization.
● Measurable Criterion: Include at least three contributing factors in their essay.
Materials Technology
What materials will the teacher and the students need in order How will you use technology to enhance teaching and
to complete the lesson? learning? (Optional: Use the SAMR model to explain the
technology integration strategies you plan to use.)
● Textbooks
● articles ● Computers or tablets for research
● maps ● word processing software
● writing paper
● pencils
● markers
Language Demands
Specific ways that academic language (vocabulary, functions, discourse, syntax) is used by students to participate in learning
tasks through reading, writing, listening, and/or speaking to demonstrate their understanding.
, Language Function(s):
The content and language focus of the learning task represented by the active verbs within the learning outcomes.
Common language functions include identifying main ideas and details; analyzing and interpreting characters or events;
arguing a
position or point of view; or predicting, recording, and evaluating data. Common language functions in math include
predicting from models and data, recording multiple ways to solve problems, justifying conclusions, evaluating data and
explaining how or why certain strategies work.
● Explain, describe, analyze.
FIRST
ATTEMPT |LATEST UPDATE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
AT WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY
General Information
Lesson Title: Exploring Ancient Civilizations
Subject(s): Social Studies, ELA
Grade/Level/Setting: 5th Grade
Prerequisite Skills/Prior Knowledge:
What do your students already know or what do they need to know about the selected topic to successfully participate in the
lesson?
● Basic understanding of maps and geography
Standards and Objectives
State/National Academic Standard(s):
Social Studies Standard 5.2.1 - Analyze the cultural, economic, and political factors that contributed to
the rise and fall of major ancient civilizations.
ELA writing standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a
topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Learning Objective(s):
Identify what students will accomplish by the end of the lesson; needs to align with the state or Common Core State Standards
and needs to be measurable (condition, behavior, and criterion).
Students will write an informative essay explaining the factors that contributed to the rise and fall of a
specific ancient civilization, meeting the following criteria:
● Behavior: Write an informative essay.
● Condition: After researching an ancient civilization.
● Measurable Criterion: Include at least three contributing factors in their essay.
Materials Technology
What materials will the teacher and the students need in order How will you use technology to enhance teaching and
to complete the lesson? learning? (Optional: Use the SAMR model to explain the
technology integration strategies you plan to use.)
● Textbooks
● articles ● Computers or tablets for research
● maps ● word processing software
● writing paper
● pencils
● markers
Language Demands
Specific ways that academic language (vocabulary, functions, discourse, syntax) is used by students to participate in learning
tasks through reading, writing, listening, and/or speaking to demonstrate their understanding.
, Language Function(s):
The content and language focus of the learning task represented by the active verbs within the learning outcomes.
Common language functions include identifying main ideas and details; analyzing and interpreting characters or events;
arguing a
position or point of view; or predicting, recording, and evaluating data. Common language functions in math include
predicting from models and data, recording multiple ways to solve problems, justifying conclusions, evaluating data and
explaining how or why certain strategies work.
● Explain, describe, analyze.
