SECONDARY LESSON PLAN

TOPIC/FOCUS:
Settlers
and DATE: 25-06-2014
convicts
YEAR LEVEL & SUBJECT: Year 9A LESSON DURATION: 100 minutes
History
NO. OF STUDENTS: 9
AusVELS: (Strand/Domain/ Dimension) The Making of the Modern
World/ Australia and Asia/ Making a Nation
GOALS:
Continue to expand and deepen the students knowledge of settler
Australia
Allow students to explore and contrast the stories of both an
Australian convict and a free settler
Encourage students to participate in class discussions
Encourage students to work productively individually
Allow students to find their own Australian settler story using ICT to
make a presentation
LESSON OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS
Be able to give similarities and differences between the free settler
and the convict of Australia
Be able to actively contribute at least once in class discussion
Be able to connect what they have learnt in previous class with what
they have been shown this class
Show an ability to locate information relevant to the topic using ICT
TEACHING MATERIALS AND PREPARATION - VISUALS
History Alive 9 Textbook (if it is relevant for them to refer back to it)
TEACHING MATERIALS AND PREPARATION - EQUIPMENT
Convict and free settler stories handout
Assessment outline

LESSON PROCEDURE
Introduction/focusing activity (The lesson begins with this activity.)
Teacher

Write down todays focus on the board before class commences

Follow up on homework
Settle the class and make connections with what they have
done in the previous class and what is expected in todays class
Handout the convict/settler stories reading to the sheet and ask
each student to read aloud a section. Remember to stop them
after each one and ask them questions for discussion
Lesson development
Teacher
Introduce the assessment task to students by handing out the
worksheet and making links to what they have previously done on
the convict/settler stories. Highlight they are to represent this
information at the end of the week so they will need to work hard
Instruct the class to pack up their things and move to the ICT lab
which has been booked for the lesson. Before the class is allowed
into the lab, emphasis once more that students will present this at
the end of the week
Walk around the lab and answer any questions that students may
have with this assessment

TIME
Students

Students are to be quiet and wait

for further instructions
Students are to read a section of
the readings each and participate
in class discussion

Student
Students are to be quiet and wait for
further instructions, raising their
hands if there are any further
questions
Students are to pack up their things
and walk to the ICT labs with the
teacher
Students are to be working in pairs
and finding relevant information on a
settler/convict of their choice and
creating a presentation

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Formative Assessment (Questions or actions used throughout the lesson to check on student understanding
and application of information)
How are you going with your presentation?
Are you choosing a settler or a convict for this task? Why?
Who is your settler/convict and why did he/she come to Australia?
Do you think there was a difference in the way people experienced life in Australia if they were a convict/
free settler? How/Why?
Closure (Options include: summarising or reflecting on the learning achievements/analysing errors; the
presentation of selected students work/preparation for future lesson/s etc.)
Teacher
Student
Assess where students are at with their
Students are to listen quietly before packing up 5
presentation and whether some may need an
equipment when instructed by the teacher to do minutes
extension of time. If it is not needed, remind
so
them that presentations will be shown in the next
class period

PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS POST LESSON REFLECTION

Student learning (Was the stated Standard Formulated as a Student Learning
Outcome with Indicator/s achieved by all students or only some students?)

Effectiveness of the learning and teaching strategies (For example,

review your questioning skills in checking for understanding or your explaining skills in
information and modelling, or your organising and communicating skills, for example,
giving instructions, encouraging student participation etc.)

Reflection on what you have learned and changes for future

lessons. (Identify a key learning/insight that you have gained about effective learning
and teaching and those changes you will make when planning and implementing your next
Direct Lesson Plan.

ASSOCIATE TEACHER FEEDBACK

Pre-service Teacher preparation for lesson, use of resources, teaching
strategies, class room management. Lesson introduction and closure.
Acknowledgement of individual learning styles.