Time: 1 hour
This is the third of three “reviews” of the lessons you could have written a
lesson plan for in Lesson Planning 2, and the final
teacher lesson of the PD. If you did not
choose to write a lesson plan for “Lesson 5-3: Data Ownership & Indigenous Futures”,
then you will read the lesson here.
Consider the following questions while reading:
- How would you implement this in your classroom?
- What challenges might you face?
- How will you ensure every student has a voice during this lesson?
After reading, write 2-3 sentences answering each question.
If you built a lesson plan for this lesson, you will complete a self-reflection exercise instead. You will critique you own lesson plan from multiple different perspectives or lenses.
First, examine the lesson from your own perspective, as if you were expected to teach it in your own classroom. This may involve physically pretending to teach the lesson to imaginary students. Ask yourself:
- What parts or activties within this lesson may be the hardest to teach?
- What assumptions does the lesson make of prior knowledge? Are any of these problematic?
- Where might additional support be needed?
Next, put yourself in your students shoes, and try to imagine how it would feel to learn this information for the first time. Ask yourself:
- What parts are complicated or hard to grasp for the first time?
- What parts feel like “busy work”, or are too easy?
- Where could the lesson be more engaging?
Feel free to jot down all of these ideas with your written lesson plan.