Canada's Role in WWI Lesson 1

1. Students create a KWL chart in their notes to activate prior knowledge. After a couple of minutes to add to the "K" column on their own, students do Think Pair Share. Teacher records student ideas in board chart.

2. Student teams each receive a Kagan question spinner. Each student scans the text chapters on WWI and creates one question after spinning. Teacher randomly calls on 10 students to identify the questions they generated. Teacher records these 10 questions on chart paper (questions will be referred to throughout the unit).

3. Students create a "lecture road map" in their notes. Teacher delivers a mini-lecture touching on the following topics very briefly: Causes of the War, Why Canada Joined the War Effort, Canadian Involvement Overseas, the Home Front, the End of the War.

4. Teacher stops every few minutes or at the end of a topic and has students do a Think Pair Share to identify 2-3 key points they wrote down on their road maps.

5. Teacher collects road maps to provide formative feedback. Students are instructed to add one entry to the "L" column of their KWL charts.