Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: Unit 6 Review Day Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson will consist of students rotating between four different centers in order to review for the Unit 6 Test. This lesson uses the 2nd Grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Textbook Neighborhoods (p. 282-329). B. Target Population: Grade Level: 2nd Grade Skill Level: Students at all learning levels Grouping: small groups during centers, whole group for end review C. Materials: Vocabulary flashcards an example is provided at the end of the lesson Three Column Chart- see last page of lesson plan for example Houghton Mifflin 2nd Grade Social Studies Book: Neighborhoods (p. 278-329) Paper and pencil D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C15.2.1 Identify sources of information.

Student-Friendly Standards C15.2.1 I can identify sources of information about Americas government.

E. Procedure: 1. Separate students into four groups 2. Send groups to assigned centers. o Center 1: Students will read R2-R3 in the textbook. They will then answer the question: What does the Pledge of Allegiance mean? Use the vocabulary to explain. Center 2: Vocabulary Flashcards (government, capital, tax, citizen, right, responsibility, law, judge, vote, election, ballot, Constitution, democracy, liberty, justice, aid) Center 3: Students will answer questions 1-18 on p. 328-330. Center 4: Three Column Chart- students will create a three-column chart for the three branches of the government. They will draw a picture and describe each of the three branches of government.

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3. Students will rotate centers every 15 minutes.

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Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: Unit 6 Review Day Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

4. CLOSURE: We will review the answers from the Unit 6 Review and Test Prep (TE 328-330). We will also go over any questions from Unit 6. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use the various centers activities and whole-class review to measure the students understanding. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. The answers on the worksheets and during the whole-class review will allow me to know my students know how to identify sources of information about Americas government. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? The whole-class review will be the easiest to teach. It will allow me to keep students on task and make sure they understand the concepts needed to succeed on the test. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? The flag activity on p. R2-R3 will be the most difficult to teach. Students may have a lot of trouble reading these pages and may need a lot of assistance from the teacher. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? If needed, we can extend the lesson by reviewing all of the worksheets as a class to ensure the students understand the concepts they will be tested on. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? During centers I will provide extra assistance to those that need it. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I do not believe I need to change any part of this lesson. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? 7. The most difficult part of the lesson plan was coming up with all of the materials. It was especially difficult trying to make sure the materials covered everything that will be on the Unit 6 Test.

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Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: Unit 6 Review Day Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

Government

A group of people who work together to run a community, state, or country.

Capital

A city where the people in state or national government work

Tax

Money charged by a government to help pay for schools, roads, and other things.

Aid

Help.

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Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: Unit 6 Review Day Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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