GENERAL HISTORY LESSON
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Subject/Course: History Name: Amanda Den Bleker
Grade Level: 8 Date: November 20, 2003
Topic: Expansion of the West Time: 9:20-10:10

1. Instructional Expectations and Opportunities
The grade 8 learners will:
a) Expectations:
– create notes on the causes, results, and personalities of the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.

b) Opportunities:
- Note taking skills

2. Preassessment

a) Learners:
There are 9 and 30 learners respectively to the times and dates. In the small class, all students are very independent and hard working. In the group of 30 there are four students that leave either for math or language that need extra encouragement to do their work. I will need to keep on top of them to be sure that they are taking notes. (ie. Mention that they should be taking notes)
b) Learning Environment:
We will be in the classroom, the students in pairs and in rows. Some student pairs will not work together to come up with answers, so when I am doing think-pair-share, I need to make sure that pairs are sharing.
c) Resources:
Students will need notebooks and a writing tool.
Teacher will need the board and chalk; maybe an overhead.
Notes of the rebellion.

3. Content
 4. Strategies
(1870-1884)


Take up Venn diagram

Have students discuss what may have happened after the Red River Rebellion.

b) Establishing the Learning
Louis Riel – 1870-1884
Beginning
Gabriel Dumont
Riels’ Return
Northwest demands
Events
Beginning of the problem
NWMP enter
Battle #1
Too Proud?
Blackfoot
Canada – What to do
1. Batoche
2. Battlefort
3. Frenchman’s Butte
Results
Lost the rebellion
Riel – surrendered and hanged.
BB – captured and jailed for two years.
PM – surrendered and jailed for two years.

Have students listen to lecture and take notes. Students are to answer general comprehension questions and predictive type of questions as we move along.

4. Strategies (continued)
a) Consolidation of Learning:
Have students repeat the cause, events, and result of the rebellion.
Hand out timeline rubric and explain in detail my level three expectations.
b) Application / Reaction:
Students will use the information received from lecture and in their notes to create a timeline comparing the northwest rebellion to the red river rebellion using a comparison timeline, and the three main headings, Causes, Events, and Results.
5. Assessment
Students will be assessed on their timeline project due Monday as well as on the unit test.