Saturday, February 27, 2010

Diplomacy Lesson Plan (Grades 4-8) – First Lesson in Diplomacy


This is the Lesson Plan Hub page for "First Lesson in Diplomacy." Links to all eight sections of the lesson are included.

Section 1: Lesson Objectives for Teaching about Diplomacy Concepts

Clicking on this resource link leads you to the following 10 items:
A. Character Traits Addressed
B. Conflict Resolution Strategies Addressed
C. Other Concepts Addressed
D. Cognitive/Instructional Objectives
E. Emotional Objectives
F. Behavioral Objectives
G. Glossary of Terms
H. Lesson Length
I. Links for Teaching Posters for Classroom Use
J. Links for all the Diplomacy stories and lesson plans

Section 2: K-W-L Model discussion about First Lesson in Diplomacy

This lesson is about using Diplomacy and being Diplomatic. Ask your students:

A. K questions – What do you KNOW about this topic?

B. W questions – What do you WANT TO KNOW about this topic?

Section 3: Read Diplomacy story: First Lesson in Diplomacy

A. Teacher reads story to the class called “First Lesson in Diplomacy.”

B. Story Description: Picture this. You are in the seventh grade and need help with an algebraic formula problem. You go to your teacher for help. Unfortunately, your teacher has gotten older and sometimes experiences memory problems. Not knowing that this was one of your teacher’s bad days, you work your entire homework assignment based on this help. The next day in class, another student asks for help on the very same problem. That is when you discover that every problem that you worked was wrong. You angrily yell at the teacher in front of the whole class.

Section 4: Popcorn Review

A. After reading the target story, spend a minute or two conducting a quick story wrap-up called a Popcorn Review. This gives students an opportunity to share their reactions to and impressions of the story characters and events.

Section 5: Scripted Diplomacy role-play: First Lesson in Diplomacy

A. Students participate in scripted role-play called “First Lesson in Diplomacy.” Visit this page to get directions and the link to the PDF file for the scripted role-play to print for classroom use.

Section 6: Bloom's Taxonomy Discussion - First Lesson in Diplomacy

There are six levels in the Bloom's Taxonomy discussion question process. After reading "First Lesson in Diplomacy" and participating in the scripted role-play, the teacher will ask questions from all six levels.

Section 7: K-W-L Model discussion about First Lesson in Diplomacy


To close out the lesson on learning about using Diplomacy and being Diplomatic, ask your students:

A. L questions – What have you LEARNED about this topic?

Section 8: Diplomacy writing assignment: First Lesson in Diplomacy

A. Students will write about the six Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions for the Diplomacy tale called “First Lesson in Diplomacy.”

Diplomacy writing assignment: First Lesson in Diplomacy

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