SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan Template Explanation

TOPIC DETAILS CK
Name Miss. Beal
Subject Social Studies
Grade Level 3rd grade
Date/Duration
Big Ideas Elections have many purposes

Essential What is the purpose of having an election?

Questions How are they considered fair?
What happens when one runs for election?
Common Core 5.3.3.E Explain the purpose for elections
Standards
Objectives Students will have the option to run for class
A-udience President or Vice President through creating a
B-ehavior reasonable action plan they would like to
C-ondition incorporate into the class. Those wishing to run
D-egree will present their action plan to the class then
classmates will cast their votes for classroom
President and Vice President.

Formative & Formative Assessments

Summative Written action plans created by students
Assessment Summative Assessments
EVIDENCE During presentations of action plans I will assess how
students present the information and what information
they are presenting
21ST CENTURY iPad
SKILLS computers
TECHNOLOGY
ACCOMMODATIO Anna will use ADHD fidget cube when she is feeling
NS extra energetic
MODIFICATIONS A cool down area will be implemented for Anna when
ADAPTATIONS she exhibits any outbursts.

SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE
Note:
Before students can begin the lesson plan step-by-step procedures on the next page,
they are required to complete this first page and receive the supervisor/professors
signature. The Education Departments goal is to have students address critical
components of the learning before they begin choosing activities.

Resources used:
www.pdesas.org
www.p21.org
www.iste.org
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES
RATIONALE for the This lesson is to follow the lesson in which students study CK
Learning Plan and examine previous Presidents of the US.
Introduction Activating Prior Knowledge
Questioning the students on how many former US
Presidents they can name
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Read One Vote Two Votes I Vote You Vote by Bonnie
Worth

Explicit Big Idea Statement

Instructions What are the pros and reasons for having elections.
Essential Question Statement
How to we elect our office members?
Why are elections the ideal way to elect office
members?
Objective Statement
Students will have the option to run for class
President or Vice President by creating an action plan
for something they would like to see changed in our
classroom. Those wishing to run will present their
action plan in front of the class then classmates will
cast their votes for who they feel will be the best
choice of their classroom President and Vice
President.
Transition
Invite the students to our circle by clothing color
Key Vocabulary
President, elections, Vice President, action plan
Lesson Procedure PreAssessment of the Students
Asking students which Presidents they know and
what they know about being President
Modeling of the Concept
I will present previously done action plans
show videos of previous students presentations to
be President
show them examples of what to do and what not to
do
Guiding the Practice
As students work, I will visit each of them and ask
them to give me a general idea of their action plan
Providing the Independent Practice
Students will work for the most part independently
(they will be able to ask their peers for
help/suggestions) on their action plans
Transition
 everyone join me back up front in the same order
we came up at first
Reading Materials iPad
Technology Computer
Equipment One Vote Two Votes I Vote You Vote By Bonnie
Worth
See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election
Supplies
Schemes, and the Race to the White House By
Susan E Goodman
Election Day By Margaret McNamara
Evaluation of the Formal Evaluation
Learning/Mastery asking students about their action plans
of the Concept Informal Evaluation
assessing their presentations and how they present
their information
Closure Summary & Review of the Learning
Ask each student to name something new they
learned today
Discuss ideas of action plans
Ask students if they have aspects they are still
curious about
Homework/Assignments
Work on action plans
Teacher Self-
reflection