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Westside High School Lesson PlanTeacher Name:KindredUnit Name and #:Unit 9: ESP ChangeCourse:US HistoryDates:March 23 - 27, 2015MondayWhat are we learning? Daily Objective:I can explain the effects of electric power, telephone, plastics and other petroleum-based products, steel, computers, transportation, communication and other innovations on economic development and the standard of living.I can analyze how specific needs in the economy or society drive discovery and technologic innovation such as advanced fertilizers to improve crop yield in agriculture, new weapons for the military, new vaccines and other medical breakthroughs and consumer products such as cell phones, personal computers or GPS devices.TEKS/AP/Standards: ?USH.27A?Explain the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations such as electric power, telephone and satellite communications, petroleum-based products, steel production, and computers on the economic development of the United States.?USH.28A?Analyze how scientific discoveries, technological innovations, and the application of these by the free enterprise system, including those in transportation and communication, improve the standard of living in the United States.How will we learn it?Learning Activities: Do Now: List 3 pieces of technology you use every day.Cellphone ComparisonGroup Discussion: How does new technology impact the environment, geography, economy and society?Technology ChartHow will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?Assessment Methods: Technology ChartChecks for Understanding: Class DiscussionWhat do I need to be successful?Materials: LaptopsWhat do I need to before next class?Follow Up/HW: TuesdayWhat are we learning?Daily Objective: I can identify the characteristics of the free-enterprise system and describe how this economic system supports entrepreneurship and innovation.TEKS/AP/Standards: ?USH.28C?Understand how the free enterprise system drives technological innovation and its application in the marketplace such as cell phones, inexpensive personal computers, and global positioning products.How will we learn it?Learning Activities: Do Now: What type of economic system does the United States have?Guided Notes: The Free Enterprise SystemCooperative Learning: Factors of ProductionQuick Write: Describe the relationship between new technology and the free enterprise system.How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?Assessment Methods: Quick writeChecks for Understanding: Randomized QuestioningWhat do I need to be successful?Materials: LaptopsWhat do I need to before next class?Follow Up/HW: Wed/ThurWhat are we learning?Daily Objective: I can define entrepreneur and tell how American entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates, Sam Walton, Estee Lauder, Robert Johnson, Lionel Sosa and others prospered.TEKS/AP/Standards: ?USH.18A?Discuss the role of American entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates, Sam Walton, Estée Lauder, Robert Johnson, Lionel Sosa, and millions of small business entrepreneurs who achieved the American dream.How will we learn it?Learning Activities: Do Now: Name one successful entrepreneur of your lifetime.Cooperative Learning: The Rise of EntrepreneursHow will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?Assessment Methods: Entrepreneur PresentationsChecks for Understanding: Fist to FiveWhat do I need to be successful?Materials: Laptop, notebookWhat do I need to before next class?Follow Up/HW: FridayWhat are we learning?Daily Objective: I can analyze the causes and effects [push/pull factors] of internal migrations in the United States including a review of westward expansion, the rural to urban migration of the early 20th century, the Great Migration of African-Americans North and West, and the Rust to Sun Belt migrations of the late 20th century.TEKS/AP/Standards: ?USH.13A?Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic patterns resulting from migration within the United States, including western expansion, rural to urban, the Great Migration, and the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt. How will we learn it?Learning Activities: Do Now: Explain one reason why people move to a different city? Or a different country?Graphic Organizer: Migrations in US HistoryHow will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?Assessment Methods: Graphic OrganizerChecks for Understanding: Class DiscussionWhat do I need to be successful?Materials: Laptop, notebookWhat do I need to before next class?Follow Up/HW: ................
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