Author: Annapaola Mosca
Lesson plan
Title: German submarine warfare in WWI and the sinking of the Lusitania
School
Primary
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Year / Class
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1
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2
Subject :HiSTORY
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xMain Teacher
o Co-teacher
o Other: ______________
Teacher’s role:
o
o
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Student group profile
(general)
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o
Resources & tools
3
Teacher’s role:
Main Teacher
Co-teacher
Other: ______________
o A1
xB1
CEFR Level:
Timetable fit
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xHigh
4
x5
Topic: German submarine warfare in WWI and the
sinking of the Lusitania (close relationships between
U.S.A. and U.K.; the sinking of the Lusitania; the role
of propaganda in WWI)
English
CLIL language
Teacher / Teaching team
profile
Middle
xExperiences of CLIL
English mother tongue
xOther mother tongue (few students)
Module
XLesson
(about 50
minutes)
o A2
xB2
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Subject taught:
_History;____________
Subject taught:
________________
C1
xC2 (two students)
Migrant background
Special Educational Needs :___
Other: _________________
Previous lessons: the causes of World War I; the system of alliances;
the neutrality of the United States; the first steps of the conflict; Great
Britain established a blockade of Germany by sea.
Future lessons: the U.S. enter WWI; the last steps of the conflict;
Wilson’s 14 points; the League of Nations; the Treaty of Versailles
Word box; PPT; historical sources (photocopies;) adapted text; internet links; video
I
Students’ prior
Subject
Language
Author: Annapaola Mosca
knowledge, skills,
competencies
The students already know about the
system of alliances at the beginning of
WW1 and they know the main events in
the first phases of the conflict.
Listening; speaking; reading; writing
Learners have start to have good critical
thinking skills: Identification and recall
of information (knowledge); organization
and selection of facts and ideas
(comprehension); use of facts, sources
(application); separating a whole into
component parts (analysis); combining
ideas to form a new whole (synthesis);
developing opinions, judgements or
decisions (evaluation).
Learning Outcomes
expected for this lesson
Know:
-the submarine warfare was wanted by Germany in order to stop trade and supplies from
the U.S. to Great Britain and her allies.
-the existence of diplomatic documents
-the disaster of the sinking of the British ocean-liner Lusitania in 1915 carrying bullets
and munitions on board.
-The use of propaganda during WWI
Be able to:
-recall their prior knowledge; to identify the main information; to memorize
- describe the facts; to interpret the meaning of an event
-to find relationships between the events
-to examine the facts
-to reorganize information; to predict events;
-to evaluate; to give a personal opinion; to conclude
Be aware:
.of the fact the sea was vital for trade and communications
.of the technology used in WWI (submarines; steam-ships)
-of the existence of close relationships and trade of munitions and weapons between the
United States and other European countries, above all Great Britain, despite the neutrality
of the United States-that propaganda had been widely used during WWI
How the teacher in a particular lesson manages to integrate language and content
Methodology
Using a word box
Activating prior knowledge and speaking about the topic
Showing and describing the slides in a PPT connected to the topic
Asking questions (trying to find out if there are any difficulties with subject content)
Monitoring learning
Adapting a text
Discussing (encouraging creative talk)
Making links in order to help learners thinking skills
Encouraging learners to collaborate
Encouraging learners to write
Using a model text for production of language