1. Description of public school partner’s use of lesson plan stages to organize instruction. Mrs. Sommers started her social studies lesson with activating existing schema by asking students questions about the material covered in previous lessons. Following questions were asked: “What status did women have in the end of 18th beginning of 19th century in United States? Did women have a right to vote?” When Mrs.Sommers was looking for more in depth answers on the subject matter she would ask students: “Who can build on that?” Then, Mrs.Sommers announced the Essential Question for the lesson, which was: “How did women’s life change in early 1900s?” Next, Mrs.Sommers addressed possible misunderstandings on the meaning of the words “Suffrage” and “Suffering”. …show more content…
Sommers also discussed vocabulary words necessary for the discussion of this particular topic. Following that, Mrs.Sommers, using the PowerPoint, showed her students pictures of the most important women involved in the Suffrage Movement. She established reasons the Movement started and places, where Suffrage Movement was most active. Mrs.Sommers asked the students to open their social studies journal and follow the lesson by writing down the time line of the events and its most important details. Mrs.Sommers would ask scaffolding questions about each of the discussed events. Periodically, she would ask students to reflect their opinion on the subject matter in their interactive journals. Mrs.Sommers included the whole class discussion about the Suffrage Movement and the order Constitutional Amendments were passed. Mrs.Sommers included many visuals and specific questions to help students to relate to the historic events and shared a personal story related to the subject. In the end of the lesson Mrs.Sommers asked her students to write the answer to the Essential Question of the lesson. 2. Description of public school partner’s classroom management strategies you observed or wish you had