Jenifer Martinez

Class Period/Time:

Date:

Content Objectives:

Language Objectives: Students will work in

heterogeneous groups of 4 to discuss what it
means to be a citizen who is active in politics

Teks: 113.15. Social Studies,

Grade 4 (b) Knowledge and skills
(17) Citizenship. The student
understands the importance of
active individual participation in
the democratic process. The
student is expected to: (C)
explain the duty of the individual
in state and local elections such
as being informed and voting;
Content Objective: After the
activity students will understand
what it means to be an involved
citizen. They will understand
what it takes to actively
participate and how to be
informed and stay informed.

Students will make a small campaign in groups of

four and elect an individual to represent them
Students will explain:
What an election is?
Why its important to actively participate in
politics?
How can a person stay informed in politics?
Background knowledge: I will show a video of what
campaigning looks like, what an election looks like and a
2 minute cartoon on voting. Students will be exposed to
different types of campaigning and will see what goes
on during voting time.

Key Vocabulary: Citizenship, Campaigning, voting, rights, choice, positive, negative

Materials: Paper, colors markers, access to a computer, a box, 3 trifold, construction

paper, glitter, glue, tape, scissors.

Higher order Questions: Why is voting important?

Voting is important because

Jenifer Martinez
Student
Activities:
Scaffolding:
Modeling
Guided
independent

Grouping:

Processes:

whole class
small group
partners
independent

reading
writing
listening
speaking

Strategies:
hands-on
meaningful
links to objectives

Activities and Strategies:

Students will work in heterogeneous groups of 6. Amongst each group they will elect
one person to try and win the votes for the entire class. Once the 4 selected students
have been chosen they amongst there groups will have to work to make a campaign
to win their electoral vote from their peers. They will collaborate on making a
campaign to get students to vote for them. They will discuss what makes them
effective leaders and how to get students to vote for them. During the activity they
will be given a set of questions and will be discussing their answers amongst each
other; giving themselves time to get different perspective on their choices. Once the
students have made their campaigns they will try to persuade the students to vote
for them. Students will then be given time to vote and explain why they chose who
they chose. Once they vote is over as a class they will explain what happened and
why they chose who they chose. This will incorporate what happens when you arent
active in voting and what campaigning requires in individuals.
Review and Assessment:

Individual
Group
Written
Oral

Type of Assessment:
Paper/Pencil
Project
Written report/essay
Other oral/verbal
Students will be in groups discussing what
they
have
learned
and
explain
the
importance of voting and being an involved
citizen. The students will collaborate when
asked specific questions. The students will
have an option of verbally explaining their
gained knowledge or writing a brief example
of what they have learned.

Planning Sheet