Candidate Name: Mariah Brashar Host Teacher Name: Lindsey Huberty

School: Susitna Elementary Grade Level: 4 # of Students: 29

Date & Time of Lesson: October 22, 2018 Length of Lesson: (day or days) 45 minutes, 2
10:50 am days
Topic of Lesson: The Aztecs Content Area: Social Studies

Materials: Include all materials including types of technology used:

Computer, projector, booklet on Aztecs (Chapter 3), graphic organizer, pencils

Alaska Content Standard: (One standard for the lesson)

History Content Standard B
A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas,
institutions, cultures, people, and events.

Transfer Goal(s) - Unpacked Standard (Transferability)

Students should know when, where and why events happened.

STAGE ONE: Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings (Meaning)

Enduring Understanding(s) : (1 or 2 are Essential Questions to be Considered: (As
sufficient) related to Enduring Understandings…) (1 or 2 are
Students will understand that…. these are the BIG sufficient)
ones!
…different civilizations can have many things in What things did the Maya and the Aztec
common while remaining separate entities. Civilizations have in common?

…different civilizations handle government, How did the Maya and the Aztec handle
religion, and daily life differently. government, religion and daily life
differently?

STAGE ONE: STAGE TWO:

Objectives/Learning Targets (Acquisition) Assessments/Acceptable Evidence Of Learning
Knowledge and Skills: Sources of Evidence:

Students should know… Student discussion (think, pair, share) -formative

…that the Aztec lived in Mesoamerica from
about 1300-1500. Graphic Organizer – formative
…that the Aztec religion included human
sacrifice and shared other attributes with the
Mayan religion.

Student should be able to…

…compare and contrast the Aztec and the
Maya civilizations
STAGE THREE: Learning for Understanding: Instructional Activities, Products, and Strategies
Pre-Requisites: What is the prior knowledge/learning students have to have before starting this
lesson? Students need to have read about and studied the Maya people, their religion, and the
location of their civilization.

Overview/Introduction/Main Hook (Make a connection with students’ backgrounds and/or prior

learning using an authentic situation to start them thinking about the objectives and the essential
question the lesson addresses.)
Brain Pop: The Aztecs
Discuss: Last week we learned about the Maya. What things in this video about the Aztecs reminds
you of what we learned about the Maya? What things seemed different to you? Think, Pair, Share.

Process: Teacher Does/Student Product(s): Specific Strategies for

Does… Assessment/Evidence of supporting diverse learner
Learning. skills and abilities throughout
the lesson
Teacher:
Preview vocabulary: nomadic, Graphic Organizer Video supports information
serpent, empire, emperor, legend, learned in reading
ritual, social class TPS discussions
Echo read Chapter 3 (pg 20-27) Front load vocabulary
“Think aloud”
Demonstrate filling in points on Echo reading
Aztecs on Graphic Organizer
Students: Partner discussions
Echo read Chapter 3
Think Pair Share ideas about
Graphic Organizer categories.
Complete Aztec Section of Graphic
Organizer

Closure:
Re-watch video - share key points of interests from students’ graphic organizers.
Considerations prior to the lesson:
 What is the objective of the lesson? How will you know if the students have met
the objective?
 What provisions are you making for faster and slower learners?
 How do you integrate local knowledge and cultural content?
 How do you use (or not use) technology wisely?
 How does this lesson fit into the overall curriculum?
 Have you changed the lesson plan at all?

Questions for reflection after the lesson:

 How did the lesson go?
 Did the students meet the objective? How do you know?
 Were there any unexpected events? How effectively did you respond?
 Comment on one student who did particularly well and one who did not meet
your expectations. Why did this happen? What can you do to follow up with the
student who did not do well?
 Are there any changes you would make in this lesson if you could do it again?
Why?