Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template

Teachers: Subject:
Haley Hofmann, Albert Keller, Nick von Gnechten, Economics
Kianna Dulaney
Common Core State Standards:
PO 1 Analyze the implications of scarcity
• limited resources and unlimited human wants influence choice at individual, national, and
international levels
Objective (Explicit):
• TSW have an understanding of the concept of scarcity
• TSW have an understanding of modern day applications of scarcity
• TSW relate scarcity to their personal lives
Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):
¨ Text responses
¨ Activity participation
Students will respond to 2 online questions through their cellphones
• What are some examples of limited resources?
• Your absolute favorite artist is performing in your city. You can either go to the concert and meet them, or
study for a very important final that you have the next day. Which do you choose?
Students will participate in an activity (described further on) where they individually simulate making choices while
considering the scarcity of the items.
Sub-objectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex):
¨ How will you review past learning and make connections to previous lessons?
¨ What skills and content are needed to ultimately master this lesson objective?
¨ How is this objective relevant to students, their lives, and/or the real world?
SWBAT identify scarcity in their lives
SWBAT understand how choices are made
SWBAT apply their new knowledge to discover what affects choices
Key vocabulary: Scarcity, Opportunity cost Materials: laptop, presentation, paper, marker, cut outs
of resources, dice, cellphone
Opening (state objectives, connect to previous learning, and make relevant to real life)
¨ How will you activate student interest?
¨ How will you connect to past learning?
¨ How will you present the objective in an engaging and student-friendly way?
¨ How will you communicate its importance and make the content relevant to your students?
We will begin by doing a word cloud of examples of limited resources. Students will text in their
responses, they will show up on the laptop, and as a class we will discuss the submitted ideas
and their frequency in the word cloud.

Teacher Will: Student Will:

¨ How will you model/explain/demonstrate all ¨ What will students be doing to actively capture and
knowledge/skills required of the objective? process the new material?
Instructional Input

¨ What types of visuals will you use? ¨ How will students be engaged?
¨ How will you address misunderstandings or
common student errors?
¨ How will you check for understanding?
¨ How will you explain and model behavioral
expectations?
¨ Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could teach it?
Teacher will give presentation on scarcity. Most of Students may take notes as the teacher gives
the lecture is interactive questions with added presentation while actively responding to the teacher’s
informational notes on content built around them.
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 questions. They will also use their cellphones to text in
their answers to the polls on the presentation
Co-Teaching Strategy
¨ Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

Differentiation Strategy
¨ What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
¨ Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?

The presentation is designed with an interactive portion to keep all students engaged as well as aid
students who are more visual learners.
Teacher Will: Student Will:
¨ How will you ensure that all students have multiple ¨ How will students practice all knowledge/skills required
opportunities to practice new content and skills? of the objective, with your support, such that they
¨ What types of questions can you ask students as continue to internalize the sub-objectives?
you are observing them practice? ¨ How will students be engaged?
¨ How/when will you check for understanding? ¨ How will you elicit student-to-student interaction?
¨ How will you provide guidance to all students as ¨ How are students practicing in ways that align to
they practice? independent practice?
¨ How will you explain and model behavioral
expectations?
¨ Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could facilitate this practice?
Teacher will pose a hypothetical question (Your Students will think about the posed question and
absolute favorite artist is performing in your city. submit their answer through texting the Poll
Guided Practice

You can either go to the concert and meet them, or Everywhere system and we will then discuss their
study for a very important final that you have the responses with the class.
next day. Which do you choose?) to the students.
After they submit their responses, teacher will lead
a discussion on why they answered the way they
did.

Co-Teaching Strategy
¨ Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

Differentiation Strategy
¨ What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
¨ Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
¨ How can you utilize grouping strategies?
Responses are anonymous. Students will discuss with each other and then teacher about their responses to
the question.
Teacher Will: Student Will:
¨ How will you plan to coach and correct during this ¨ How will students independently practice the knowledge and
practice? skills required by the objective?
¨ How will you provide opportunities for remediation and ¨ How will students be engaged?
Independent Practice

extension? ¨ How are students practicing in ways that align to

¨ How will you clearly state and model academic and
behavioral expectations?
¨ Did you provide enough detail so that another person
could facilitate the practice?
The teacher will set out random amounts of each
piece of the activity (shelter[$3], food[$2],
education[$2], water[$1], entertainment [$1]).
Teacher will pass out index cards. They will then
have each student roll the dice and write the
number they rolled on one side of the index card.
assessment?
¨ How are students using self-assessment to guide their own
learning?
¨ How are you supporting students giving feedback to one
another?
Students will make up a person in their head and give
them different characteristics (where they’re from, how
old they are, what their job is, hobbies, etc.) on the
blank side of the index card they are given. Then, once
they have rolled the dice and are given an amount to
spend, they must make choices based on that persons

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 This will be the amount of money they are able to needs/wants on what they will buy with however much
spend. money they are allowed to spend.

Co-Teaching Strategy
¨ Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

Differentiation Strategy
¨ What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
¨ Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
This is a hands-on activity that will keep students engaged.
Closing/Student Reflection/Real-life connections:
¨ How will students summarize and state the significance of what they learned?
¨ Why will students be engaged?
After the activity, students will share who their person was and why they chose the items they did. They will then
have a better understanding on the factors like scarcity and personal characteristics that influence our choices.

Reflection:

I was very happy with how responsive my “students” were. They always answered my questions and even
discussed with each other, not just me, about the topic at hand. A memorable moment was when I saw Tayler realize the
purpose of the activity midway through. She exclaimed “But then they won’t have any!!” and I said “Yes, that’s scarcity.”
And it totally clicked for her what the exercise meant. I would do the activities and forms of technology integration again
because I think they really enjoyed them, what I would change is how in depth I went in my presentation, I feel like I could
have covered a little more material more in depth.