EDEL453 Spring2013 WilliamHall Unit 2 Civics DAY 6

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Name Current Governor of Nevada Submitted By: Alyce Mack & William Hall EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2013 Instructor: Karen Powell
EDEL 453- Spring 2013
Submitted by: Alyce Mack & William Hall
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B. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This lesson plan is designed for 4th grade students to learn about what a governor is and who the governor of their state is. This lesson will use a short video to explain what the requirements to be mayor are and a video of our mayor speaking.
C. Student Population: Grade Level: 3rd grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: Whole discussions and independent for activity and assessment
D. Materials: Learn about your state Worksheet Journals Pencils & markers Brian Sandoval Video
E. Objectives: NV State Social Studies Standard C14.4.3- Name the current governor of Nevada.
. Student friendly objectives: I can identify and name the current governor of my state..
F. Procedure: 1. Explain: First I will explain that we will be learning about the state government and who our mayor is. Call students attention to their state information sheet and tell them to answer #9 when they have the answer. Identify & discuss who our governor is and what he does. Introduce key words that will be used in the reading. 2. As a class, we will watch a couple short videos about what the requirements to be a governor are as well as see our governor speak.
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3. Students should be following along while listening and watching and taking notes in their journals. They will be required to list 5 interesting facts they learned from the videos. 4. Next we will discuss as a class what the responsibilities of a state governor are and stop to pose and answer questions 5. Lastly each student will write a short letter to Governor Sandoval expressing any concerns that they may have and thanking him for his service. 5. Ask questions as an ongoing check for understanding Focus on these questions: Who is our state governor? What qualifications do you have to have to become Governor? How long is the term length of the Governor?
6. Closure: Discuss key concepts of who the governor is and what his responsibilities to the state are.
G. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Write a journal entry identifying who our Governor is and what he does. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. If students are able to identify the mayor and describe his basic responsibilities I will know they understand.. H. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the easiest part of the lesson will be teaching them who the governor is. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? The most challenging part will be in making the lesson interesting in my opinion. This was the hardest and probably the most bare plan I have written and it showed me that there will be certain mandatory things that are hard to dress up. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I could have students use there Learning about my state worksheet to extend their knowledge to our other state officials and representatives. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I would have these students work with peer tutors or if there are multiple then I would sit down with them and work with them one on one..
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5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? Looking back I think I would make the lesson focus on not only the Governor but also work in the other state level offices. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? It was extremely difficult to find any hands on activities that would alleviate the large amount of listening and note taking. I would love ideas on activities that would have made this a meatier lesson.
Resources: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=239862
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGflGv30D7k http://www.education.com/files/532001_533000/532564/file_532564.pdf
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