Lesson
Objectives: The students will be able to
understand election process as well as the job of
the president.
Instructional
Technique: Worksheet, discussion,
demonstration, and debate.
Instructional
Materials: Handout (newspaper) and
website activity. (teacherscholastic.com)
Theoretical
Perspective: Students should know and
learn this information because it is important for
them to know what their president and vice
president do for this country, and the steps they
took to become president.
Procedure:
A. Introductory Activity:
Class discussion about who the president, vice
president, and cabinet members are, and what their
jobs entail to find out what the students already
know.
B. Step by step:
Day
One- (1.)
Ask the students if they know who the president,
vice president, and cabinet members are. (2.)
Wait for response and discuss. (3.)
Go to computer lab. (4.)
Log in and go to website. (5.)
Play the game and print out “newspaper”. (6.)
Line up and bring print out back to the classroom.
(7.)
Split students into two groups. (8.)
Decide on president and five potential cabinet
members. (9.)
Make posters for who the student’s want to win or
be elected.
Day
Two- (10.)
Five cabinet members from both groups will talk
about their subject. (11.)
Presidents will pick the three they like most. (12.)
President will speak about what they can do for
the “country” (classroom). (13.)
The rest of the students will vote for who they
like the most (presidents can vote too).
Evaluation:
A.How/when will you determine if you
have met your objectives?
When we see that a student is
succeeding by being able to hold a good debate and
explains his or her reasoning’s and by explaining
his or her reasoning’s for their choices of
cabinet members and President.
B.Concerns or questions you have
about teaching this lesson?
Our
biggest concern would be time consumption. Also,
can the students hold a good debate/ argument with
their maturity level?