Focus on: Developmentally Appropriate Instruction
This lesson was designed to explore how our students see themselves and how society sees them. Students were expected to learn basic information about social and cognitive development through a short PowerPoint presentation. This lesson tied in with the previous day's lesson covering physical development in adolescence. A connection was made early in the block when we discussed the physical development of the adolescent brain and how this corresponds to cognitive and emotional development; the transition to social development was easy from there. This lesson also drew on material the students learned earlier in the year when they studied neuroscience.
They took part in a simple experiment to test their ability to understand the feelings of others with their current level of cognitive ability (see PowerPoint slides # 5-12). They then watched an episode of a popular television show that focuses on adolescent development. After they watched, we discussed elements that seemed accurate and those that seemed unfair and why they felt this way or thought society felt this way. They were asked to consider all of the changes happening in their own bodies and minds, determine how they felt about this, and analyze what society thinks of this. |
What is the goal?
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The stated objectives of this competency are
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What will I find?
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Included here as evidence of meeting this objective are the unit plan, lesson plan, PowerPoint presentation, video clip of what the students observed, and a copy of the handout used by students during the video.
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