Lesson Plan

Here is the format for all my lesson plans. This is also the current lesson plan we are working on in class! :)

Unit Topic: Social Studies

Grade: Fifth grade

Lesson Topic: Presidents

Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to understand election process as well as the job of the president.

Instructional Technique: Worksheet, discussion, demonstration, and debate.

Instructional Materials: Handout (newspaper) and website activity. (teacherscholastic.com)

Theoretical Perspective: Students should know and learn this information because it is important for them to know what their president and vice president do for this country, and the steps they took to become president.

Procedure:

A. Introductory Activity: Class discussion about who the president, vice president, and cabinet members are, and what their jobs entail to find out what the students already know.

B. Step by step:

Day One - (1.) Ask the students if they know who the president, vice president, and cabinet members are. (2.) Wait for response and discuss. (3.) Go to computer lab. (4.) Log in and go to website. (5.) Play the game and print out “newspaper”. (6.) Line up and bring print out back to the classroom. (7.) Split students into two groups. (8.) Decide on president and five potential cabinet members. (9.) Make posters for who the student’s want to win or be elected.

Day Two - (10.) Five cabinet members from both groups will talk about their subject. (11.) Presidents will pick the three they like most. (12.) President will speak about what they can do for the “country” (classroom). (13.) The rest of the students will vote for who they like the most (presidents can vote too). 

Evaluation:

A.    How/when will you determine if you have met your objectives?

When we see that a student is succeeding by being able to hold a good debate and explains his or her reasoning’s and by explaining his or her reasoning’s for their choices of cabinet members and President.

B.     Concerns or questions you have about teaching this lesson?

Our biggest concern would be time consumption. Also, can the students hold a good debate/ argument with their maturity level?