EDEL453 Spring2013 MarthaRENDON Unit 4 Civics Day 7

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Title of Unit: The Basics of Politics

Title of Lesson: Important Figures in a Political Party Submitted By: Martha Rendon

Nevada State College EDEL 453 - Spring 2013 Karen Powell- Instructor page 1

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan:This lesson is to wrap up the unit plan on politics. The students will be dressed up as the

important political figure that they researched early on in the unit plan and be able to

give a short presentation on who they are dressed as, their political affiliation and whatchange (if any) they have influenced.

B. Target Population: Grade Level: 5th grade Skill Level: all skill levels Grouping: Whole group for step 1, table groups step 2, whole group step 3-5, individual

work step 6-9, table group step 10, whole group closure

C. Materials: 33 copies of presentation rubric

D. Objectives:o NV State Social Studies Standards

C15.5.1 Explain the qualities of leadership. C15.5.2 Name the two major political parties.

o Student-Friendly Standards C.15.5.5 I can discuss how the person I researched demonstrates qualities

of leadership.

C15.5.2 I can discuss my persons political affiliation and what theybelieve in.

E. Procedure:1. TW explain how the presentations will work. Class is divided up into three groups of

eleven students and it will be a gallery walk (there will be about ten minutes given for

the remainder of students to visit the presenters.)

2. TW introduce the rubric used to grade the presentation.3. Students in the first group of eleven will be given about two to three minutes to set up

and pick their spot in the classroom.

4. The remainder of th class will walk around the room (in no particular order) to listen tothe presenters talk about who they are, what political affiliation they hold and what

changes (if any) they influenced.


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5. Then, the class will rotate into the second group and third until all students havepresented.

6. CLOSURE: Today, we learned about different important figures in both political parties.We talked to our classmates about our important person, their political affiliation andthe change that happened with that persons help. Now, time for pizza!

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding?

I will be using the student presentations to measure understanding.

Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.I will be walking around to each students presentation and going through the

rubric to grade the student based on the student talking about who their importantperson is, what political party the person was affiliated with and what changes were

influenced by that person.

G. Reflection:1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach?

This whole lesson plan should be easy as it is a wrap up to the unit.

2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?I should not run into any challenges for this lesson plan.

3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?Students can write about their favorite presentation and what they learned about

the person being talked about during the presentation.

4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts?I would wotk with students one-on-one to clear up any confusion and ask them

questions during their presentation to lead them in the right direction.

5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?I think I would keep this lesson as is.

6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?The most difficult part was thinking about what should be included on the rubric.


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Sample Rubric

Name: ________________________

Did they include the important persons name? Y/N

Did they talk about the persons political party affiliation? Y/NDid they talk about the change that the person influenced? Y/N

Did the presenter seem knowledgeable about their person? Y/N

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EDEL453 Spring2013 MarthaRENDON Unit 4 Civics Day 7