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Date:
Subject: Social Studies Grade: 9
Topic: Essential Question (from unit, if applicable): Are there different kinds of
communities? How are the needs of each community met by their institutions?
Materials:
4 large pieces of paper
writing utensils
Pictures of communities (rural, large, reserve, their own)
Cross-Curricular Competencies:
Develop Thinking: Students will apply existing knowledge about different types of
communities and analyze connections and differences between them.
Develop Literacy: Students will communicate their findings in reading and orally. They
will respond to other groups ideas and participate in a group discussion.
Develop Social Responsibility: Students will use moral reasoning to see their privilege
versus others, and show respect to different people, communities, and societies.
Outcome(s):
IN9.1 Explain what constitutes a society
a. Relate the functions and services of institutions in the community (e.g., schools, churches, local governments,
parents, Elders, traditional knowledge keepers) to the needs of the people in that community
PGP Goals:
2.2 proficiency in the Language of Instruction
3.1 ability to utilize meaningful, equitable, and holistic approaches to instruction
Stage 2- Assessment
Assessment FOR Learning (formative) Assess the students during the learning to help
determine next steps.
As they walk from station to station in their groups, I will be visiting them and listening
to their conversations. Form here I will be able to tell if they are grasping the concept of
community and realizing the differences among different communities.
Stage 3- Procedures:
Main Procedures/Strategies:
Students will be split into four groups, each group at a different community station.
They will have 2 minutes at each station to write down as much as they know about that
community down. I will give them guiding questions such as how does this community
function? What kinds of institutions does this society have? How do they survive? Etc.
They will rotate around the room filling in the new sheet, but they cannot repeat what
another group has previously written down. Once each group has been to all 4 stations,
we will come back together as a class.
Each group will present their paper to the class. We will go over questions as a class:
How are the needs of each community different? Are the needs of each community
being met, why or why not? What institutions fund each community? Are some
communities benefiting more than others?
These questions will guide them into the closing of the lesson.
Closing of lesson:
Think, pair, share: write in journals: do all communities benefit the same from what
our Canadian institutions have to offer?
If the students do not want to share their ideas with the class, that is ok.
Personal Reflection:
*Adapted from Understanding by Design (McTighe and Wiggins, 1998)