Microteaching+Lesson+(Group)


 * **Members: Clinton Bittle, Roxanne Ervin, Hannah Warren, Emily Snyder, Brittany Roberto **
 * **Coordinator: Hannah Warren and Clinton Bittle **
 * **Lesson Topic: Civics and Government **
 * **Subject Area: Social Studies **
 * **Grade Level: 4th Grade **
 * **Time: One week **


 * __PA Standards __**
 * 5.1.3.I. Standard Statement: Explain why government is necessary in the classroom, school, community, state and nation and the basic purposes of government in Pennsylvania and the United States
 * 5.3.3.F. Standard Statement: Explain what an election is.


 * __NCSS Themes __**
 * Time, Continuity and Change
 * Power, Authority and Governance


 * __Essential Questions __**
 * How do our past presidents influence our government today?
 * What are the necessary qualifications and processes to become elected president of the United States?


 * __Objectives __**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will be able to identify important presidents that have played influential roles in U.S. history.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will be able to recognize the processes taken place during an election.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will be able to recall the qualifications necessary to become a U.S. president.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will experience a mock election.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will demonstrate the ability to write a persuasive letter.


 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Concepts and Vocabulary __**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">election
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">electoral vote
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">campaign
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">candidate
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">citizen
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">delegate
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">democracy
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">political party
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">nominee
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">republic


 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Materials __**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Paper
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pencil
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Poster for campaigns
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Large refrigerator boxes or tri-fold poster board
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Envelopes
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Markers/crayons

o <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Assorted books on certain presidents used for letters
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Textbooks Include: __**
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Class President __ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">by Johanna Hurwitz
 * __<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Presidential Races: The Battle for Power in the United States __ <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">by Arlene Morris-Lipsman
 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Complete Book of U.S. Presidents __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">by William DeGregorio


 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Instruction activity **

__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Monday: __
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Animaniac’s President Song <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvy0wRLD5s8
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Introduce the theme of Presidents by reading the text: __<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Presidential Races: The Battle for Power in the United States. __<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[]
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Educate students about election process.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Inform students that they will be doing a mock election and that their peers will nominate them to run for class president.

__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Tuesday: __ o <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Students who are running for president will write a campaign speech o <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Students not running for president will write persuasive speeches based on why one should choose a candidate o <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Both groups can present orally using PowerPoint or by using [|Voki]
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Teacher reads excerpts from the text: __<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Class President __<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[]
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">All students write speeches during Language Arts for a persuasive speech.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Students who are running for class president decorate posters, make buttons to run for election
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Students who are not running for class president will paint and decorate the electoral booth.

__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Wednesday: __
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Schoolhouse Rock Election Video <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[]
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Students who are running will present speeches to fellow classmates.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Introduce the __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Complete Book of U.S. Presidents __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> to students to use as a source for their research <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[]
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Divide class into 10 groups of 3 and give each group an influential president to research using assorted books of president

__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Thursday: __ o <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Example 1: Witnessing Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address o <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Example 2: Writing to Nixon about concerns of The Watergate Scandal o <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Example 3: Writing to Hoover as a poor child living in Hoovervilles during the Depression
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Students write a letter to the president which they were assigned.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Students vote in their handmade election booth.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Students take turns playing Cast Your Vote on the Smartboard <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">[]

__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 15.3333px;">Friday: __