Standards-based Planned Instruction Template

Name:Robyn Lugg

School District:Erie Diocese

Lesson Title: Comparing William Wallace and Alexander Nevsky through film.

Grade Level: 12 Specify Primary Intermediate Middle x High School Other School Building: Kennedy Christian High School

Piloted with students in grade: 12

PA STANDARD AREA: ARTS AND HUMANITIES x 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition x 9.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts x 9.3 Critical Response x 9.4 Aesthetic Response x 9.5 Connections to Other Academic Subjects

Standard Statement: (write out from grade 4 or 7 or 10 or advanced column in standards document): (example: 9.3.10.E) Interpret and use various types of critical analysis in the arts and humanities.

Lesson Topic/Theme: Alexander Nevsky and William Wallace

Overview: The students will view films about Alexander Nevsky and William Wallace (Braveheart)and listen to their musical scores. They will research the historical period and the lives of Alexander Nevsky and William Wallace and compare their lives as military leaders. They will also compare the musical scores written for the films.

Keywords: Middle Ages, critical response, texture in music, rhythm, intuitive response

Learning Objective(s): (What will all students do to demonstrate they have reached the standard?): (type in 17 lines or less .)Students will participate in discussion, write a paragraph comparing the two military leaders historically and write a paragraph comparing the musical scores written for the films. Assessment-Task Criteria: How will you judge below basic, basic, proficient and advanced? Do you have a model/exemplar of your expectations?: (type in twenty lines or less) Below Students barely participate in the discussion. Students write paragraphs but do not include their critical response of the films. Basic Students reluctantly participate in the discussion. Students write paragraphs and do include their critical response. Proficient Students participate in discussion. Students write comparative paragraphs and include a critical response to the films and the musical scores. Advanced Students actively participate in discussion. Students write comparative paragraphs giving insightful thoughts in their comparisons. Students use proper steps in writing their critical response of the films and the musical scores.

Materials: (type in 8 lines or less)  Film- Braveheart, CD of the sound track of Braveheart, and the enhanced CD of Alexander Nevsky.

Warm-Up: (type in four lines or less) A member of the Society for Creative Anachronism dressed in medieval costume will give the students a background on the history of the Middle Ages and the weapons and protective clothing that was worn in battles.

Procedure: (type in 43 lines or less) The students will go to the computer lab and search for information about Alexander Nevsky and William Wallace. We will have a discussion on the two military leaders comparing their lives and motivation for their leadership. First, we will listen to and view an enhanced CD of Alexander Nevsky using a CD-ROM drive and display panel. The next two days we will watch clips of the film Braveheart . The next day we will discuss and give critical responses to both films. The final day of the lesson the students will write comparative paragraphs on the two military leaders and critical responses to the musical scores of the films.

Correctives: (Remedial activities for students who have not met the standard at proficient or advanced level): (type in 11 lines or less) The students will create a coat of arms using Medieval symbols with markers and/or colored pencils.

Extensions: (Enrichment activities for students who have met the standard at a proficient or advanced level): (type in 20 lines or less). Students could design helments/armor and explain through illustration how this armor was made and how it is to be worn. Students could watch Braveheart and listen to the sound track from Alexander Nevsky and write a critical response. Students could compare Stars Wars with Alexander Nevsky and discuss the similiarities of costumes, music and theme.