Unit+Plan+-+Holly+Lewis

Unit Title: ** Victorians and The Body
 * Unit Plan Guidelines **
 * Subject Area: ** Literature
 * Grade level: ** 10
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 * II. Estimated Time: ** This unit will take place over the course of three- 45 minute lessons per content area. Lessons will occur on a daily basis with overlap in Literature, Spanish, Mathematics, Anatomy, and Physics.

**III. Student Population:** 10th grade males/females from diverse educational and social backgrounds.  Stage 1 – Desired Results

1.1.11.A Identify, describe, evaluate and synthesize the essential ideas in text. Assess those reading strategies that were most effective in learning from a variety of texts. 1.3.11.E Analyze how a scriptwriter’s use of words creates tone and mood, and how choice of words advances the theme or purpose of the work. 1.7.11A Describe the influence of historical events on the English language. 1.8.11.A Select and refine a topic for research.
 * **IV. Standards: **Identify the national, state, or district standards for this lesson

1.) Literature also serves as a guide to history, and one can learn about the cultural practices, norms, and opinions of a specific time through reading the works of literature that were created during that time. 2.) Works of literature can feed into the cultural fears of a specific time period and exacerbate them. Edgar Allen Poe wrote gothic short stories that revolved around death and decay. These stories mirrored the Victorian fears of death and being buried alive. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">3.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Understanding the way our current culture views the body will give us insight into the ways that past cultures have viewed the body and an understanding of the literature from that period.
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Understanding(s): **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">VI. Essential Question(s): **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">How does literature serve as a documentation of a period in history?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What were the Victorians beliefs about death and burial? What did they fear? How did they cope with this fear?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">How did Edgar Allen Poe capitalize on this fear?
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What were the themes of Poe’s short stories The House of Usher
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What literary devices did Poe use?
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">How is the body viewed in our current culture? How does this differ from in the past?

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What positive attitudes and democratic values will students develop? // <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Appreciate how the body and death was viewed in past cultures. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Gain an understanding from the bodies displayed in the exhibit and apply this insight into the understanding of cultural practices in the past and present. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Appreciate how Poe utilized the fears of the population to create Gothic literature.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">VII. Attitude(s) and Value(s): **

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1.) What skills related to acquiring, organizing // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">and using information will students // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">develop? // <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Recognize the connection between fiction and a cultural past <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Develop an independent research topic <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Analyze a cultural past and understand a cultural mindset <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Identify mood, tone, and literary devices. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Develop a deeper appreciation of the human body and death and its influences.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">VIII. Skill(s): **

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2.) What technological skills will students develop? // <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will use a wiki to share their ideas <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will use the internet and search engines to research articles <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will use Microsoft word to prepare their paper assignments.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">3. ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What interpersonal skills will students develop? // <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will learn how to connect and relate to different cultures. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will correspond and work together as they learn about the human body, death, and Poe. || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"> Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence

// Through what authentic performance task(s) will students demonstrate the desired understandings, attitudes, and/or skills? // // By what criteria will the evidence be assessed? // <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will complete a jigsaw to cover topics in Victorian culture including their views on the human body, death, and burial, amongst others. Students will be evaluated on their participation. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will read The House Usher by Poe and write a brief paper identifying the themes and tone of this book and how the cultural norms at the time of its publication affected its readership. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will attend the Body World’s exhibit and write a reflection evaluating today’s cultural view of the body compared to past cultures. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will be graded based on a rubric. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Other Evidence: // Through what other evidence (e.g., quizzes, tests, observations, homework, journals, etc.), will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">IX. Performance Task(s):

// How will students reflect upon and self-assess their learning? // <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will be quizzed on the details of the book like the plot, characters, setting, etc. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"> Stage 3 – Learning Plan

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Objectives: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontstyle: italic; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Understand historical events that shaped individual psyches. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontstyle: italic; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Work together in groups to collaborate on learning and understanding information <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontstyle: italic; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">To gain an understanding of how the Victorians felt about death, the body, and burial. Students will read articles on the paranoia that the Victorians felt surrounding death and the practice that they took to comfort their fears. The students will do a Jigsaw learning technique to cover the material. Students will be evaluated on their participation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">X. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Learning Activities (3 lessons)
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lesson #1: Title: __****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Victorian Cultural: Death, The Body, and Burial (45 minutes) **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Objectives: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">To read and understand the House of Usher <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">To learn and understand a element of literature: the Gothic <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">To identify how the Gothic is incorporated into literature and its effects. As an assignment, students will read The House of Usher. Students will be quizzed on the story to ensure that they have read; they will be quizzed for plot, setting, and characters. We will then review the literary characteristics of Gothic literature through a PowerPoint presentation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lesson #2: Title: The Gothic (45 minutes) **

1. To identify and analyze the themes and tones of the House of Usher 2. To recognize the Gothic elements of the text. 3. To draw a connection between the text and its surrounding culture at the time of publication. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As a class, we will identify the themes and tones of the story, discuss the Gothic influence of the work, and talk about Edgar Allen Poe’s popularity. Information will be presented through discussion and lecture. As an assignment, students will <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">write a paper identifying the themes and tone of this book and how the cultural norms of the Victorians at the time of its publication and the Gothic elements of the text affected its readership. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> For these lessons, students and teachers alike will use the resources listed under the master resource list below. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> XI. References: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Identify the sources for the ideas in this unit. Use APA format. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * __Lesson #3: Title__: The House of Usher (45 minutes) **
 * Objectives: **

XII. Reflection: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If this is a “taught” unit, please include a reflection that addresses the following: what was the reaction of the students to the unit? What understandings, attitudes, and skills did students gain as a result of this unit? Were there any surprises? What would you change, if anything, in the future? What did you learn as a result of teaching this unit? //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">STUDENT TEACHING JOURNAL **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * Format A**

1. **Topic**: Victorians and the Body

2. **Sequence of events** //–// Students were interested in the lesson, however they had a hard time making the connection between the past cultural mindset and the current. They could only view the body through a present frame of mind and couldn’t grasp a full understanding of the Victorians fear.

3. **Highlights of one or two notable events** - (//Describe in detail what happened, including what you wanted students to learn and the extent to which you were successful in helping __all__ students)//

My goal in this unit was to have my students draw connections between the current view of the body, death and burial in comparison to the Victorians. The Victorians had intense beliefs about the body and death, and took extreme measures at burial to accommodate these beliefs. My goal was for students to gain an understanding of culture of the Victorians and then compare it to our current views of the body. After doing so, I wanted them to read a piece of literature and analyze it from the past cultural mindset (the Victorians) and current mindset to gain a better understanding of how literature documents a cultural past.

4. **Analysis of the event(s)** - //(Include thought and feelings, questions that were raised, and// //what you learned)//

I believe this lesson surrounding the body and Edgar Allen Poe was quite interesting. It focuses on select themes from a classic piece of literature and develops them so that students can understand the text from different angles. Instead of just focusing on the work, we focused on the cultural period and its effect on the work. Then, we compared it to our current culture and determined whether the text still produced the same emotions in the reader.

The students were all thoroughly involved in this lesson. They all participated and enjoyed the Body’s World exhibit. The exhibit existed within this lesson to supplement the students with a better understanding of our culture’s current attitude on the body. They did, however, struggle to view the text from the Victorian perspective.