• Unit Topic: Social Studies
• Grade: 6
• Lesson Topic or Theme:
U.S Presidents
• Lesson Objectives:
• The students will be able to
list at least 7 facts about given presidents, and the
students will discuss what they learned in groups.
• The students will be able to
list what “hat” each of the facts land under and explain
why they believe that.
• Instructional
Technique:
Students will work independent on the computer, group
work, and class discussion.
• Instructional
Materials:
(provide specific bibliographic information and/or copies
of handouts, instructional sheets etc.)
• 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.
• 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:
·
Grab
a laptop and bring it back to your desk
·
Log
in on the computer using your school username
·
Open
the internet and go to www.google.com
·
Search
“7 hat challenge” and click on the first link, which
will lead you to 7 Hat Challenge game
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/president_roles/
·
Enter
your name in the box provided and click on hard, once
you have done that click start to begin the game
·
CAREFULLY
read
the instructions about completing the game
·
Once
you understand the directions start the game!
·
Go
through each year (order does not matter) and answer the
questions asked to your best capability
·
For
each year copy one question with the correct answer on
the sheet provided by me
·
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
·
Once
finished
with the game and question sheet, bring them up to me
and I will give you the final part of this lesson
·
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
• Evaluation:
A.
How/
when will you determine if you have met your objectives?
• Objectives:
• The students will be able to
list at least 7 facts about given presidents and the
students will discuss what they learned in groups.
• 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?
Time-wise not having enough to
get through the entire site and being able to have a
successful class talk about the new information.
Not every child wanting to
participate during the group discussion or the class
discussion.
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.