Title of Unit: Civics/Government Title of Lesson: My Community Handbook

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1. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This lesson focuses on learning more about the government where we live, and what local leaders do for our community. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Communities p. 256-257. 2. Target Population: 3rd grade Students at all learning levels Independent

3. Objectives: C16.3.1 Identify their city, state and country. C.14.3.2. Name the current mayor of the town.

4. Procedure: 1.Government where you live Ask students questions like: -Who are your local leaders? -What goods and services does your community provide? -What are some community laws? 2. Instruct students to gather materials to make community handbook. 3. On first page, students will write, My Community Handbook and then decorate it however they would like to. 4. The second page will consist of local leaders in their community. 5. The third page will be about local laws in the community 6. The last page will be a picture of the students favorite thing that they learned about during this unit.

5. Assessment: Students will be assessed based on completion of their community handbook. They will also be assessed on accuracy of their community handbook. 6. Reflection:

What skills do students need in order to be successful with this lesson? This lesson is mainly a review from the whole week, so they need to have paid attention
Karen Powell- Instructor Submitted by: Christen Campbell

EDEL 453 Spring 2012

Title of Unit: Civics/Government Title of Lesson: My Community Handbook

Lesson Plan #5 out of 5

to previous assignments. They also need to be able to work independently. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? This assignment could be extended by inviting a local leader (mayor, governor, police officer, etc.) into our classroom to talk more about the community. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I would allow students who dont grasp the concept to choose between drawing their answers for the community handbook, and creating a graphic organizer for them to organize some of their thoughts on this subject. Where do you anticipate having problems with this lesson? For me, I feel like time is always an issue. Will this lesson be too long? Too short? I would have to actually carry out this lesson before I could adjust that. Students might get off task during this. I would have to make sure I had classroom management under control. Otherwise I think that this is a good review before the end of the unit.

7. Materials: Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Communities p. 256-257. White computer paper Markers, pencils Magazines, newspapers, and Internet as resources if available.

EDEL 453 Spring 2012

Karen Powell- Instructor

Submitted by: Christen Campbell