Reflection: Question 1

Phase I: Reflection on Micro Lesson Preparation Lesson Plan I: Mogollon, Anasazi, Hohokam with a Bit of Tech… 6th Grade Social Studies

Assessing Prior Knowledge: If you were teaching this with the targeted grade level students how would prior experience have been assessed?

For this lesson, students’ prior knowledge will be assessed through the anticipatory set which asks them to write down five characteristics of hunting and gathering societies. This is the lead-in performance objective of the early civilizations concept under the social studies strand: American history. They will then be asked what characteristics make up a culture.

What would you expect to learn from assessing your students’ prior knowledge?

I would expect to learn whether or not students understand what hunting and gathering societies are and what characteristics make up a culture. I will be looking for the following answers: location, agriculture, housing, arts, and trade networks or explanations in regards to any of these features.

How would this information be useful in the planning process?

This information will be useful because it would give me an idea as to how much I would need to back track and build their knowledge before delving into this lesson.