SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan Template

TOPIC DETAILS CK
Name Jasmine porter
Subject Social studies
Grade Level k-1
Date/Duration 15-20 minutes
Big Ideas There are many people who helped to shape the United
States of America
Essential Who helped shape the United States?
Questions How did they help shape the United States of America?
PA/Common NSS-USH.K-4.2 THE HISTORY OF STUDENTS' OWN STATE
Core/Standards OR REGION
o Understands the people, events, problems, and
ideas that were significant in creating the history
of their state
NSS-USH.K-4.3 THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES:
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND VALUES AND THE
PEOPLE FROM MANY CULTURES WHO CONTRIBUTED TO
ITS CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL HERITAGE
o Understands how democratic values came to be,
and how they have been exemplified by people,
events, and symbols
o Understands the causes and nature of
movements of large groups of people into and
within the United States, now and long ago
Understands the folklore and other cultural
contributions from various regions of the United States
and how they helped to form a national heritage
Objective Students will be able to tell the teacher one important
fact about George Washington individually with 100%
Bloom's accuracy.
Taxonomy

Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative & Students will tell the teacher one fact about George
Summative Washingtons life that they remembered from the
Assessment George Washington book
Evidence Summative assessment: Students will be able to match
each person to their famous act using the interactive
bulletin board at the end of the unit
ISTE Standards Learning and Innovation Skills- students are being
for Students creative in solving problems that they see in the world
by pretending they are the president and can make the
Framework for laws to fix them. They will discuss this with peers,
21st Century working on communication.
Learning
Accommodation Jenna will be purposefully paired with a peer that she
s, Modifications will work nicely with.
Jenna will have warnings of transition times
Jenna will also have preferential seating near the
teacher for closeness and behavior monitoring.

SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

Seton Hill University Lesson Plan Template Step-by-Step

Procedures
RATIONALE for CK
the Learning
Plan
Introduction Activating Prior Knowledge
Asking students if they have ever heard of a man called
George Washington

Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
I am George Washington by Brad Meltzer

Explicit Big Idea Statement
Instructions There are many people who helped to shape our country
Essential Questions Statement
Who were they?
How did they help shape our country?
Objective Statement
Students will be able to tell me one important fact about
George Washington individually with 80% accuracy.
Transition
Call students over by their birthday months
Key Vocabulary
President
Election
Vote
Lesson PreAssessment of Students
Procedure Asking students if they know anything about George
Washington. They will raise their hands and tell me
something they know
Modeling of the Concept
Teacher will explain to students that George Washington
was the first president of the United States
The teacher will explain to the students what a president
is and that he is the main power in the United States of
America.
The teacher will explain that presidents are voted for by
 the people in the country
George Washington was the first person that the people
wanted to govern them
Teacher will then introduce the activity where students
are creating their own George Washington and drawing
what they would do if they were president under it.
The teacher will pick up one of each piece to assemble
George Washington and an extra piece of paper for what
they would do if they were the president.
Transition
Call students in pairs to get their materials for the
project
Guiding the Practice
After students get their materials, teacher will walk
around the room, helping students where needed
Providing the Independent Practice
Students will finish their George Washington and draw
their ideas for when they are president
When everyone is finished, students will share with their
peer what they want to do when president.

Reading Googly eyes

Materials Paper cut into a circle (head)
Technology Blue tri corner hat
Equipment Cotton balls (6 per project)
Supplies
Blue body
Markers for the mouth and nose
Book I am George
Glue
Evaluation of Formal Evaluation
the None
Learning/Master
y of the Informal Evaluation
Concept Students will tell the teacher one fact they remembered
form the George Washington book

Closure Summary & Review of the Learning
After the lesson, students will come together to share
their ideas with the class about what the president does
and what they would do.

Homework/Assignments

None
Teacher
Self-reflection