Magna Carta Unit for Special Education European History

This unit on the Magna Carta covers the early 1200s in European History and is specifically designed for students in special education who take alternate assessments.

This unit addresses the history and importance of the Magna Carta in a simplified but rigorous way for students with diverse learning needs to make meaningful and authentic connections to the material.

It also covers facts about King John and what was happening in the early 1200s.

This repetition encourages a true understanding of the importance of the Magna Carta and its impact on future democracies.

Finally, many of the activities and assessments include more than one version, suggestions for differentiation, and options for presentation.

✩✩✩This unit has digital versions of the activities. There are 18 slides and a movie version of the book. See the video preview for a walk through of the slides.

See the preview for a detailed look at the contents.

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Magna Carta Unit Includes:

⭐ This unit comes in 2 complete files. One is in color and one is in black and white.

In the zipped folder you will find:

• 8 days of lesson plans
• Magna Carta activities in color
• Magna Carta activities in black and white
• Voice-recorded PowerPoint show
• The Magna Carta (PowerPoint) to use with activities
• Links and directions to digital activities

Magna Carta Activities:

• Vocabulary board to use while teaching the lesson
• 2 Circle maps to review main facts (includes digital version)
• Life-sized timeline cards
• Cut and paste timeline (includes digital version)
• Create your own Magna Carta (includes digital version)
• Close worksheets (includes digital version)
• Assessment (3 versions) (includes digital version)

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Much of what I have learned about curriculum development is incorporated in these units. For example, do not be afraid of repetition. It is critical that students with significant disabilities get to experience material over several days to be able to fully assimilate what is being taught. Also, adding visual supports to your printables and class activities helps students be able to pay more attention to the content you are presenting rather than the mechanics of what is expected. Finally, ask questions. Good questions!! Regardless of the material, if we can ask students good questions it will push them to think more deeply than before.