AUTHENTIC PEDAGOGY ONLINE LESSON TEMPLATE

File name mechanism: [your name], [theme] [grade]; For example: “Doering_Population_912.doc”

Examples of this lesson format can be found at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions , http://www.nationalgeographic.com/gaw , and http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction .

Theme:

What is the theme of your lesson?

Grade Level:

What is the target grade level?

Title:

What is the title of your lesson?

Overview:

What is the big picture of the lesson you are writing?

Time:

How much time will it take to teach the lesson?

Subjects:

Is this a multidisciplinary lesson? Could more than one subject area be involved?

Required Materials:

What are the materials needed to teach this lesson? Ninety-nine percent of the materials should be readily available or found on the Internet. If it is found on the Internet, there should be a URL inserted where the resource can be found.

Optional Technologies:
Are you having a lesson that integrates technology? What is needed to make it successful? Excel? Hyperstudio? Identify the technology and a link will be placed to the location on the web where a trial version can be downloaded if they don’t have it.

Objectives:

What are the goals of the lesson?

Suggested Procedure (Pedagogy):

- Opening

- Development

- Closing

What is the suggested pedagogy to effectively deliver this lesson?

Student Activity—Online:

Is there a student activity online that provides an added value to learning? If there is, where does it fit into the lesson and what is the title and URL of the activity?

Suggested Assessment:

How would you assess the students in this lesson?

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Definitions

The definition of words that are difficult for students and other teachers to know and understand should be listed in this list. When writing your lesson, if one of the words is in the definition list, underline it and a link will be made to the definition list.

Geography Standards

What geography standards fit this lesson? Are there any other standards that should be noted.

Web Links for Teachers and Students

The Internet resources that you have written into your lesson should all be listed here with the appropriate URL and a short description of what it provides.

Discussion Questions

These are the questions the teacher or students could use to facilitate the lesson. If there is a URL to help the facilitation of this discussion question, please note the title and the URL.

Extension Activities

These are the activities that students could do to enrich and enhance the lesson.

Credits

Who are you and where and what do you teach?