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TitleUnit Plan: Pliny and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
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The purpose of this lesson is to use earth science concepts--from volcanology--to explain to students studying the letter of Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus how Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Students will study and demonstrate mastery of the eruption and its historical impact through a webquest on Pompeii, reading of an articles with appropriate content-area reading support, participation in interactive lecture, writing of a journal entry about life in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, oral presentations on life in Pompeii, reviewing of the grammatical functions of all tenses of participles, and using a rubric to evaluate a video on Pompeii to be used for instruction.

A lesson plan for grades 9–12 Second Languages
Time required for lesson: 4 days

Access this lesson plan at http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2818
SourceUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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