1. ASSURE
Lesson Plan for Friday
Analyze Learners | State Objectives | Select Methods, Media, and Materials
Utilize Media and Materials | Require Learner Participation | Evaluate and Revise
Analyze Learners
General Characteristics
This lesson plan is designed for fourth grade students to become familiar with West
Virginia History. The students vary in age from 9 to 10 years. There are 8 girls and
11 boys in the class. 17 of the students are West Virginia natives. There is 1 deaf
student. Almost all of the students are from poor socioeconomic environments.
Specific Entry Competencies
All students are aware of the state they live in and the capitol. None of them know
what county they live in or what a state symbol is. The majority of the students have
no knowledge of West Virginia history at all.
Learning Styles
The students need to constantly be hands on in order to keep their full attention.
There are a few students who are disruptive and have a difficult staying on task
without constant reminder. The students lose interest quickly when reading from
their textbooks. The students should be tested orally because they do not test well
on written assessments.
State Objectives
Learning Outcomes
The main objective for this lesson plan is for all students to become familiar with
West Virginia history. They should be able to explain how West Virginia became a
state, identify the surrounding states, and recognize state symbols. Students should
be able to do this by day 5 with 100% accuracy.
Conditions of Performance
Students will give a five-minute presentation on an assigned state symbol. They can
chose to present the information any way they chose.
Degree of Acceptable Performance
Students should be able to do this by the end of the day with 100% accuracy.

2. Select Methods, Media, and Materials
Methods
The method chosen for this lesson is self-instruction. The teacher will assign each
student a particular state symbol. For example, one student may get black bears and
another might get cardinals. The students will complete an activity of his or her
choice and correlate it with the given state symbol.
Media
The media selected for this lesson plan is all available in the classroom. Students
will be completing their assignments on the computers along the wall in the room.
They will be utilizing programs such as Wikispaces, Second Life, QR, and Gigapan.
If students choose to use Wikispaces they will be creating their own web design and
make a page for their state symbol.
If students choose to use Second Lifethey will make their own avatar and explore
the program looking for their particular state symbol.

3. If students choose to use QR they will create a code that takes you to a website
relating to the assigned state symbol.
If students choose to use Gigapan they will take a snap shot of a photograph relating
to their assigned state symbol.
Materials
The only materials that will be utilized during this lesson are on the computer.
Utilize Media and Materials
Preview the Materials
The instructor will preview the computers to make sure they are all working
properly.
Prepare the Materials and Environment
The teacher will turn all of the computers on before the students arrive. The
students will be sitting at computers along the wall.

4. Provide the Learning Experience
The teacher will keep students interested by letting them chose which assignment
to complete.
Require Learner Participation
Students will share their assignment with the rest of the class. They will explain
what symbol they had and they will also explain their reasoning for choosing the
assignment that they completed.
Evaluate and Revise
The students will be evaluated on participation. If students complete the
assignment they will be given credit for the day.