Let's get started! Your first instructional assignment will be to prepare a 10-minute Dimension 2 lesson plan for turning in. You must also be prepared to deliver the lesson if your name is drawn. Follow these steps for preparing the lesson:

• Review your notes on Dimension 2 learning. Remember that Dimension 2 involves helping students acquire new knowledge, integrate that knowledge with what they already know, and retain that new knowledge.
• Choose from your U.S. History textbook chapter an event or topic that you believe will provide important information for acquiring the declarative and procedural knowledge your students will need in order to demonstrate understanding of the new information contained in your chapter. It should be significant enough to illustrate or introduce effectively some of the chapter's central themes, but manageable enough that you can treat it adequately in no more than 10 minutes. Use the Michigan History Themes web page (www.michiganepic.org/historythemes) to help you select your event; if possible, select an event related to a topic or example listed on the website.
• Check the state standards for History to determine which benchmarks you can address most appropriately by teaching this event. Jot down the reference number of the benchmarks you choose (use the notation formula "Framework 1.2.hs2" where 1 refers to Strand 1--History, 2 refers to standard 2--Comprehending the Past, and hs2 refers to benchmark 2--identify and explain how individuals in history demonstrated good character and personal virtue).
• Use the attached lesson plan sheet to organize your lesson. List two to three student-centered objectives--items that your students should know and be able to do by the end of the lesson--in the space provided. List beside each objective the notation of the Framework benchmark addressed by that objective. For instance, in a lesson on Pearl Harbor you might write the objective, "students should be able to list the sequence of events in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Framework 1.2.HS1).
• Develop a graphic organizer to accompany your lesson that will help your students organize and retain the declarative knowledge you are presenting to them. You may choose from the models presented in class, or develop your own which you believe will provide a clear and simple visual representation of the material you plan on presenting. Put the organizer on an overhead transparency or white sheet of paper that can be projected on a classroom screen or copied onto the blackboard.
• Bring a copy of your lesson plan, graphic organizer, and any other supporting materials you would like to use, and be prepared to present the lesson if called upon in class.