Concept Attainment Model The lesson plans provided relate to the Concept Attainment Model.

Both of the lesson plans are used for Elementary level Social Studies lessons. The first lesson instructs the students to create a T-Chart with one side labeled yes and the other side labeled no. The students were instructed to put examples of heroes in the chart they created. They were created positive and negative examples of their definition of a hero. After students had completed their chart, the class was presented with extra examples of heroes. The students had to categorize the names provided into the yes and no categories of heroes. With the information provided, the students discussed how they came up with their results. This follows the model correctly because the students are hypothesizing different concepts of a hero, creating examples and non-examples, and discussing their information to come up with a solid answer of a hero. This follows the planning and implementation of the model. In the second lesson, the students are learning Democracy in the government. The teacher provided the students with positive and negative examples of Democracy. After, they were provided with exemplars they had to categorize on their own into the positive and negative groups. Lastly, the students discussed the main points of the lesson and created a closing period. The lesson plan followed the Concept Attainment Model very clearly. There was a list of positive and negative examples, the students had to critically think and analyze the examples to grasp a clear understanding, and had to create examples on their own. This relates to the model with high strengths because the students are practicing categorizing different items. If I were to change anything out of the two lesson plans, I would have implemented more of the small group work activities then brought it together to the whole class discussion.