EDEL453 Spring2014 Daniel-marieLEBEL LP-2

Lesson Plan #2: CollaborationGrade: 1Social Studies Strand: Civics

Submitted By: Daniel-Marie LebelPartner: N/A

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social ScienceNevada State College – Spring 2014Instructor: Karen Powell

Lesson Plan #2 - Civics submitted by: Daniel-Marie Lebel

B. Summary of the Lesson Plan : This is a lesson in which students are learning about traditional United States patriotic activities, holidays, and symbols. The students are discussing the contents of a patriotic holiday shown in a Youtube video, including an activity and symbol related to that holiday, coloring the flag of the United States, and analyzing patriotic holiday scenarios for their patriotic activities and symbols.

C. Basic Information: Grade Level: First grade Time to Complete this Lesson: Approximately 50 minutes Groupings: Shoulder Partners (#1, Closure), Whole Group (#’s 2 and 3),

Independent (Assessment)

D. Materials: Fireworks Show Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ-nAgWGkwU

[Technology]WhiteboardProjectorVocabulary Sheet The Flag of The United States Coloring SheetColor Material Baggies with Blue and Red Crayons’Patriotic Holidays Scenario Sheet

E. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards

C.13.1.5 Name a traditional U.S. patriotic activity, holiday, or symbol.

o Student-Friendly Standards I can name a traditional United States patriotic activity. I can name a traditional United States patriotic holiday. I can name a traditional United States patriotic symbol.

F. Vocabulary

Nevada State College EDEL 453 - Spring 2014 Karen Powell- Instructor page 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ-nAgWGkwU


traditional – a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that a group of people, family, or society has used for a long time

society – a group of people who live together in organized communities that share laws, traditions, and values

United States – a country made up of a group of states, which are divided in land country – the land that a person is born on, lives on, and is a member of patriotic – having or showing love and support for your country patriotic activity – something that is done to show love and support for the

country patriotic holiday – a day for people to show love and support for their country patriotic symbol – something that stands for a country

G. Procedure: 1. Introduce the lesson by showing a video about a fireworks show for the 4th of

July- Shoulder Partners:“Where have you heard or seen it before?” Answer: Fourth of July, Independence Day “What do you think the fireworks mean?”“What do you and your families do for the Fourth of July?”-Call on students to name something that a group member said about what her or his family does during the Fourth of July.-List the activities that the students name of on the whiteboard -Explain that the Fourth of July is a day that we celebrate the fact that we are free in the place that we live in.

2. Hand out the vocabulary sheet.-Discuss the vocabulary definitions one by one with the students.-Relate the fireworks show to the vocabulary term patriotic activity.-Relate the Fourth of July to the term patriotic holiday.-Ask: “What other patriotic holidays do we celebrate? -List the holidays on the white board that the students name.-Call the students’ attention.-Call group leaders up to grab material baggies full of red and blue crayons for their group members.

3. Hand out the “Flag of the United States” coloring sheet. -Walk the students through the steps of the sheet, walking around to monitor them as they follow instructions:



-Read:1. The stars are symbols that stand for the fifty states that the United States is made up of today.

-Instruct:• Leave the stars white and color the square that they are in “blue.”

-Give the students time to follow the instructions.-Read:

2. The stripes stand for the thirteen colonies that the United States was before it was separated into the fifty states.

-Instruct:• Start with the color “red” and color every other stripe red.

-Give the students time to follow the instructions.-Ask:“What do you think the symbols are in this picture?”-Explain to the students that the three colors are patriotic symbols too.-Discuss the meanings of the three colors.

4. Call the students’ attention5. Call group leaders to pick up Patriotic Holidays Scenario Sheets for their groups.

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

Patriotic Holiday Scenarios:1. Veterans Day is on the day of November 11th of every year. On this day we celebrate veterans of the United States military. Veterans of the United States military are people who had a lot of experience protecting the United States from harm for many years. On this day people have parades with marching bands, dancers, and singers who sing the national anthem, called the “Star Spangled Banner.”-Read the scenario to the students.-Ask:“What is the patriotic holiday?”“What are the patriotic symbols?”“What are the patriotic activities?”2. Memorial Day is on the last Monday of May each year. On this day we remember those people that died when they were serving the United States. People do this by decorating graves or memorials of those people who died in the Civil War. -Read the scenario to the students.-Ask:“What is the patriotic holiday?”



“What is the patriotic symbol?”“What is the patriotic activity?”

Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. The students are to “name a traditional U.S. patriotic activity, holiday, or symbol.” They are doing this if they are able to listen to the descriptions of certain patriotic holidays and explain the patriotic holiday, activity, and symbol within each of the scenarios.

I. Closure: Shoulder Partners:

“Is Memorial Day a patriotic holiday, patriotic symbol, or a patriotic activity?”“Can you name a patriotic symbol?”“What is a patriotic activity that people do every year?”

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

The part of the lesson that I think will be easiest to teach is the meaning of a patriotic holiday. This is because it includes a holiday that the students will most likely be familiar with, the Fourth of July, which I use in my introduction. The students will be able to pull out background knowledge easily from previous years that they have been to a fireworks show at a local park or just from their homes watching the shows on television.

2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? The part that will be most challenging for me to teach would be the vocabulary. This is because it is very possible for first graders to get the terms holiday, activity, and symbol confused.

3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?I will follow up or extend this lesson by taking the students to the library and have them find books on different patriotic holidays. I would then have them write their own stories about what they would do on the patriotic holidays of the books that they have chosen. There would be only one holiday for each student. I would require them to continue to name the patriotic holiday, patriotic activity, and patriotic symbol.

4. What can you do for students who don’t grasp the concepts?For the students who do not grasp the concepts, I would have them look for videos on patriotic holidays to gain more information on the topic of patriotic holidays, patriotic activities, and patriotic symbols. I would then have them



explain to me verbally the different ones that they found and why they are patriotic holidays, patriotic activities, and patriotic symbols.

5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?The part of the lesson that I think I might need to change is the amount of vocabulary terms that I included. I think I might have added too many for the students to remember them all.

6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?The most difficult part of this lesson plan was gathering ideas for the activities. I wasn’t sure about what to do to teach the lesson at first because I am not particularly interested in the topic. Once I looked through the internet for the vocabulary within the standards, the ideas came through afterward because of all of the colors and images. I then remembered things that I did when I was in elementary to learn about the vocabulary like coloring in blank images.



Materials Fireworks Show Video: [Technology]

Whiteboard:



Projector

The Flag of the United States Sheet

Vocabulary Sheet



Coloring Material Baggies with Blue and Red Crayons

Patriotic Holidays Scenario Sheet




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EDEL453 Spring2014 Daniel-marieLEBEL LP-2