• Unit Topic or Theme: Social Studies

• ●  Grade: 5

• ●  Lesson Topic or Theme: US Government, Presidents

• ●  Lesson Objectives: (The student will be able to ....) The student will be able to write 2-3

  sentences explaining a decision they made for each aspect of the website activity. The student will be able to write a paragraph (4-5 sentences) to compare their advising and budgeting choices to those of the USA in the current year.

• ●  Instructional Technique: (group work, debate, discussion, lecture, experiment, demonstration, etc.) Discussion or lesson on government structure, then website activity individually, then quick lecture on USA's government choices (in current year) to give factual information on presidential advisors and budgeting statistics

• ●  Instructional Materials: (provide specific bibliographic information and/or copies of handouts, instructional sheets etc.) Website: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/electiongame/game.asp guiding handout, print-out afterward (from students after completing web activity)

• ●  Theoretical Perspective: Academic rationalism. Why is this information important for your students to learn. (content focus of the lesson) Important for students to learn about our government, what decisions the leader of our country makes, etc.

• ●  Procedure: (As a teacher, what will you and the students do.)
  A. Introductory Activity (if applicable) Quick Discussion/Lesson on government structure (whole class)

  B. Step-by-step (descriptive outline)

1. Quick Discussion/Lesson on government structure (whole class)
a. Define terms that students may not know or understand such as: advisor,

budget, economy, environment, military, etc. 2. Website activity using guiding handout (individual)

a. Give each student a copy of the handout
i. Define terms in the handout such as: resolve, global warming,

epidemic, effects, prevention, etc. (whole class)
b. Students will use the class website to find the link to the class activity

c. After entering their personal information on the first page, students will follow the prompts of the handout to get through the whole website activity

d. When students have finished the website activity, they will print out the final page (a sample newspaper article) and turn it in

3. Lecture on USA’s government choices (in current year) to give factual information on presidential advisors and budgeting statistics (whole class)

a. Review previously defined terms and define any new ones students were unsure of to confirm that everyone still has a solid understand of the vocabulary before ending the lesson

4. Homework: Write a paragraph (4-5 sentences) to compare their advising and budgeting choices to those of the USA in the current year and decide whether they think the choices they made were better, worse, or the same for the USA as the actual ones of the current year (individual)

C. Closure Lecture on USA’s government choices (in current year) to give factual information on presidential advisors and budgeting statistics (whole class)

D. Adaptations for different learners (i.e. non-native speakers, struggling readers or math phobic learners, students with poor study skills) Can write physically on a blank newspaper entry (rather than typing in answers for final website page), can use sound from website to read out questions and choices

E. Homework Write a paragraph (4-5 sentences) to compare their advising and budgeting choices to those of the USA in the current year and decide whether they think the choices they made were better, worse, or the same for the USA as the actual ones of the current year (individual)

● Evaluation:
A. How/ when will you determine if you have met your objectives? Please list each of your stated objectives for the lesson. Then demonstrate how you will document successful completion for each.

• ●  The student will be able to write 2-3 sentences explaining why they made a decision for each aspect of the website activity. >> The student will print out the newspaper article showing their written reasons for each decision and turn it in.

• ●  The student will be able to write a paragraph (4-5 sentences) to compare their advising and budgeting choices to those of the USA in the current year. >> The student will complete a homework assignment following the closing