Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: National Government Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This lesson focuses on the Constitution and the three-part government of the United States that it establishes. This lesson uses the 2nd Grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p. 316-321). B. Target Population: Grade Level: 2nd Grade Skill Level: Students at all learning levels Grouping: whole group reading and discussion, pairs for the activity, individual assessment C. Materials: Reading Skill and Strategy (Unit Resources p. 95) for each student see last page of lesson plan for sample Vocabulary and Study Guide (Unit Resources p. 96) for each student see last page of lesson plan for sample Houghton Mifflin 2nd Grade Social Studies Book: Neighborhoods (p. 308-313) Paper and pencils D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C13.2.2 Identify an individuals rights within the classroom and in school.

Student-Friendly Standards C13.2.2 - I can identify which individuals rights are important.

E. Procedure: 1. Refer to notes on TE 326 Get Set to Read. o o Explain the Study Guide students will complete as we read. Call students attention to the title of the lesson and the underlined sentences. o o Ask, What do you think the lesson is about?

Complete the Reading Skill Strategy worksheet as a class as we read. Identify & Discuss with the students how they use plans and why plans are useful. Guide children in understanding that plans are useful for deciding how something should be done. Create a word web with the students responses.

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Introduce vocabulary (Constitution, democracy, liberty, justice).

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Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: National Government Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

2. As a class, read p. 316-319, stopping to ask questions as indicated in the margins of the TE. 3. Students should take notes and record information on their Study Guide while we are reading. They can continue working on it when we finish reading. 4. Ask questions listed in the margins of the TE as an ongoing check for understanding. Focus on these questions about the government: o o o o o o o o (TE 317) Why did American leaders write a plan for the government after the Revolutionary War? What was it called? (TE 317) Why did the writers of the Constitution use the words liberty and justice? (TE 318) What does the Constitution describe? (TE 318) Who is the leader of our nation? (TE 318) What does Congress do? (TE 318) What does the Supreme Court do? (After paragraph 1 on p. 318) How many branches does the government have? (Review questions #2) What are the three branches of the national government?

5. CLOSURE: Discuss the three statements in the Review and Assess sections of TE 319. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Students will read Shh! Were Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz. Students will then write a journal entry about what they would include in the Constitution. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students will be able to identify which individuals rights are important by describing what they would include in the Constitution in their journal entries. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? The easiest part of the lesson to teach will be the group discussion. The group discussion will allow the students to share perspectives and learn from each others experiences. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?
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Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: National Government Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

I think the most difficult part of this lesson to teach will be the Constitution. I think the concept of the contents of the Constitution may be a little too difficult for second grade students to understand. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? In order to extend the lesson, we will as a class do the Extend Lesson 5 Democracy on p. 320-321. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I would pull any students that did not grasp the concepts aside and we would work on the Reteach Mini Lesson described at the bottom of TE 319. We would work together to make a graphic organizer on the Constitution. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? If I were to change this lesson, I think I would make the lesson a two-day lesson. I think the concepts of this lesson are a little too difficult. To ensure that the students fully understand the material, I need split this lesson into two days. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? Finding a standard that goes along with this lesson was definitely the most difficult part. There was not one standard that discussed the Constitution.

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