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Unit Topic: Social Studies
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Grade: 6
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Lesson Topic or Theme:
U.S
Presidents
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Lesson Objectives:
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The students will be able to
list at least 7 facts
about given presidents, and the students will discuss what
they learned in
groups.
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The students will be able to
list what “hat” each
of the facts land under and explain why they believe that.
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Instructional Technique:
Students
will work independent on the computer, group work, and class
discussion.
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Instructional Materials:
(provide
specific bibliographic information and/or copies of
handouts, instructional
sheets etc.)
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Theoretical Perspective:
This
information is important for the students to learn because
they should be able
to identify the different responsibilities and roles that
our nations leaders
have to take care of. This will let the students have a
better understand of
the duties that make our government a more organized place
and they will also
be able to see how the system has changed over time letting
current and future
presidents build from the past leaders. It will also teach
the basics about how
the government governs it citizens.
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Procedure: (As a
teacher, what will
you and the students do.)
A.
Introductory Activity (if
applicable)
The students
will receive a warm
up activity to see what they know before they use the
website. After all the
students have attempted the warm up activity they will
receive an answer key to
compare their answers to.
B.
Step-by-step (descriptive
outline)
The students
will be given a
worksheet with an overview and instructions that follow:
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Grab
a
laptop and bring it back to your desk
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Log
in on
the computer using your school username
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Open
the
internet and go to www.google.com
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Search
“7
hat challenge” and click on the first link, which will
lead you to 7 Hat
Challenge game
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Enter
your
name in the box provided and click on hard, once you have
done that click start
to begin the game
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CAREFULLY
read
the instructions about completing the game
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Once
you
understand the directions start the game!
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Go
through
each year (order does not matter) and answer the questions
asked to your best
capability
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For
each
year copy one question with the correct answer on the
sheet provided by me
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It
will not
bother me if you do not get all of the presidential hats,
I just want you to
complete the game, but try your best
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Once
finished
with the game and question sheet, bring them up to me and
I will give
you the final part of this lesson
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Complete
the
final worksheet, and if not done in class, finish it for
homework
---While
students are on the
website they will copy down one question for each year with
an answer about
what they have just learned.
C.
Closure
The
students
will be given “The President Wears Seven Hats” worksheet,
the students
will work independently on this and hand it in at the end of
class. This will
allow us to see how well each student comprehended the
website, and what they
learned.
D. Adaptations for different
learners (i.e.
non-native speakers, struggling readers or math phobic
learners, students with
poor study skills)
If
students struggle with history concepts they can choose to
use the website on
an easy level. Also, if they are slow readers and need more
time they can use
the website on easy.
E. Homework – N/A
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Evaluation:
A.
How/
when
will you determine if you have met your objectives?
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Objectives:
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The students will be able to
list at least 7 facts
about given presidents and the students will discuss what
they learned in
groups.
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The students will be able to
list what “hat” each
of the facts land under and explain why they believe that.
At
the
end of the introductory lesson of the unit, the students
will be able to
state a minimum of 7 facts that they have learned from the
site during a class
discussion. They should also be able to tell what “hat” the
fact lands under
and why. They should be able to partake in the discussion by
talking about at
least one fact they had written down and talk in greater
detail to the class
about that fact. We will know if they have met their
objectives at the end of
the discussion after the students have talked about what
they have learned and
after reviewing the collected handouts. Any major facts that
the majority of
the class has missed will be further discussed later on in
future lessons.
B.
Concerns
or
questions you have about teaching this lesson?
à Time-wise not having enough to get
through the entire
site and being able to have a successful class talk about
the new information.
à Not every child wanting to
participate during the
group discussion or the class discussion.
à The hat is already pictured next
to each president’s
question. We are concerned that the students will cheat
their way through by
already knowing the answer to some of the questions.