Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

Environmental Awareness Posters

Date

November 18, 2014

Subject/Gra
de Level

Social Studies/ Grade 1

Time
Duratio
n

45 MINS

Unit

My World: Home, School, and community

Teacher

Angela McPeake

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

1.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how identity and
self-esteem are enhanced by their sense of belonging in their world and how active
members in a community contribute to the well-being, growth and vitality of their
groups and communities.
Knowledge and Understanding:
1.1.4 Determine what makes their communities thrive by exploring and reflecting
upon the following questions for inquiry:
How do our actions and decisions contribute to the well-being of groups and
communities?
(C, I, PADM)

How does caring for the natural environment contribute to the well being of
our community?
(C, LPP)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Identify ways they can help the environment to contribute to their community.
2. Illustrate personal ideas of how others can help the environment and the community of Milk
River.
3. Recognize that everyone needs to take their part and contribute to the community.

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:
Products/Performan
ces:

Students are verbally and visually demonstrating their understanding of

what needs to be done to help our community
What are some ways we can help out community?
Students will create a poster to create community awareness of
things individuals can do to help our environment. The posters
will be hung up around the community.

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Alberta Social Studies Curriculum guide:
http://education.alberta.ca/media/456082/sockto3
.pdf
50 ways to help the planet:
http://www.50waystohelp.com/

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

White paper for the poster
Drawing tools
Exemplar

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson
Attention Grabber
Assessment of
Prior Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and
Behaviour
Advance
Organizer/Agenda

Have exemplar ready

Introduction
Exemplar on the board
Brainstorm ways we suggested to help the environment the last
day, what did students draw on their previous assignment of
ways they can help the environment

Time

Students will complete the activity and contribute ideas to the

brainstorm
1.
2.
3.
4.

Brainstorm ways to help the environment

Give directions
Hand out materials
Students will create their poster

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

45 MINS

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Transition to Body
Learning Activity
#1

Hand out Materials

Body
Brainstorm
Write ideas on the board

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Open students to new ideas.

-car idling

Learning Activity
#2

Create Environmental awareness Poster

Students will draw an idea for the community members to
consider which will help the environment.
Students should each have different ideas

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Circulate the room, expand on students ideas

Encourage students to write on their posters what their idea is

Learning Activity
#3

Share Idea with the class

Students can show their classmates the poster they made and
to represent their idea to help

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Students will show understanding by verbal explanation of their

work.

Consolidation of
Learning:
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To
Students
Transition To Next
Lesson
Sponge
Activity/Activities

Closure
If the whole community took these ideas to heart, the
community would stay healthy a very long time.

Time
8 MINS

25 MINS

10 MINS

Time
2 MINS

Are there any other ideas of how we could help Milk River?
These posters are going to be perfect reminders to people in
Milk River of what they should do to play their part in the
community.
We will hang these posters up in the community as a reminder
for people!
Students can create a second poster

Reflections from the

lesson

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe