ETE 335

Elementary Social Studies Lesson

deBonos Thinking Hats

ETE 335

Elementary Social Studies Lesson

deBonos Thinking Hats
Stephanie DAnza
Constitution/Civics and Government
5th Grade
We the People

ETE 335

Elementary Social Studies Lesson

deBonos Thinking Hats

Goals:

Students will identify the power of law and order in a

systematic government.

Objectives:
Students will be able to identify and comprehend what
an amendment is from the constitution.
Students will be able to apply new knowledge to current
and every day events.
Content/Knowledge:
Students will be growing their knowledge in recognizing what
an ordered and systematic government entails.

Process/Skills:
Skills learned throughout this lesson:
Identifying amendments in the constitution/meaning of
each, expressing feelings through work.
Values/Dispositions:
Students will be interpreting information through visuals
as well as resources online.

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Elementary Social Studies Lesson

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Rationale:
The significance of this lesson is for students to recognize the
importance of an ordered society and following these
established laws as a citizen.

Standards:
SS.CV.2.5: Examine the origins and purposes of rules,
laws, and key U.S. Constitutional provisions
SS.CV.3.5: Compare the origins, functions and structure
of different systems of government.

National NCSS Themes

Civic ideals and practices, power, authority

and governance, time, continuity, and
change.

Objective

Objective
Students will be researching facts about the Constitution reviewing
online resources with a group. Students will then transfer these facts to
paper and the teacher will check these facts at the end.
The next day students will fix any changes and transfer the correct
facts to a poster board. Students will present this information to the rest
of the class as each group goes to the front of the room.
The teacher will asses students on the corrections of their information
as well as reliable sources.
Resources: Computers, poster boards, paper, pencil.

Intuitive

Intuitive
Students will brainstorm feelings that they might have felt if there
was a revised constitution that came out this year, 2016.
Students will share their thoughts through a discussion with the
rest of the class.
Afterwards, students will reflect on some general thoughts and
feelings that the class expressed during the lesson in their
journals.
Resources: Journals, pencil.

Positive/Strength
s

Positive/Strength
s
Students will be given a notecard with an amendment on it and asked
to write on the back of the card why this amendment might have been
written and why it may work in society.
Students will choose a partner to switch notecards with and will form a
discussion. The teacher will walk around to make sure everyone is on
task and talking about the topic.
Students will then return the notecards to the original person and turn
them in.
Resources: Notecards, pencil.

Negatives/Weaknes
ses

Negatives/Weaknes
ses

Students will be given their notecards back and asked to write

any difficulties that might occur with instilling the amendment.
Students will write their responses on a blank sheet of paper.
Once the students wrote their responses, the teacher will staple
the notecard to the paper and students will keep them in their
folders.
Resources: Notecards, pencil, folders.

Creative

Creative
Students will take their notecards with the attached piece of
paper back to their seat. Students will then write solutions to these
amendments and why they were instilled in the Constitution at the
bottom of the paper with a different colored pen/marker. Students
will then use the computers to research their amendment and add
any additional information to their response.
Resources: Computers, paper, pencil.

Thinking About
Thinking

Thinking About
Thinking
Students will be asked to think
of a few amendments that stood

out to them and if they are essential in every day life. Do we

need amendments to instill structure and order in a society?
These are the types of questions that the teacher would use to
guide students in the assignment. Students will then come
together as a class and express their thoughts on the
Constitution and why it was created.
Resources: Pencil, paper.

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Elementary Social Studies Lesson

deBonos Thinking Hats
Visual Learning, Assessment, and Online
Resources:
Assessment:
1. I will assess my students through journals,
presentations, and how their thoughts are
transferred through their work using
materials.

Online Resources:
1.
http://del.icio.us/sdanza/Civics%20and%20G
overnment