Lesson 4 Essential Questions: -What is government? - Why is government necessary? - Why are rules and laws necessary?

- How are rules and laws created? NCSS Themes Addressed: VI: Power, Authority, and Governance X: ivic Ideals and Practices Essential Skills: ! "tudents will #e a#le to e$%lain cause and e&&ect relationshi%s ! "tudents will #e a#le to com%are and contrast di&&ering sets o& ideas, values, %ersonalities, #ehaviors, and institutions' Objectives: VA Social Studies SOL !"#- (he student will recogni)e the im%ortance o& government in the community, Virginia, and the *nited "tates o& America #y -e$%laining the %ur%ose o& rules and laws -e$%laining that the #asic %ur%oses o& government are to ma+e laws, carry out laws, and decide i& laws have #een #ro+en' - e$%laining the government %rotects the rights and %ro%erties o& individuals' $aterials needed %or Learnin&: ! (he teacher will need the classroom %oster '(h) are *ules and La+s ,m-ortant., teacher generated wor+sheet lassroom ,ules, and magnets' ! "tudents will need a %encil, a cli%#oard, lassroom ,ules wor+sheet %rovided #y the teacher, and a #lan+ %iece o& %a%er' ,nstructional /rocedures ,ntroduction 012"# minutes3 ! (he teacher will review with the class what they have gone over in the %revious lessons' (he class will go over their %oster '(h) are *ules and La+s ,m-ortant.4 and im%ortant %oints made in their -ournal %rom%t ',% the School didn5t 6ave *ules4 ,nstructional Strate&ies 04#241 minutes3 ! "tudents will #e assigned .committees/ to wor+ with using the num#er count o&& system' (he teacher will instruct students that they are to come u% with &ive di&&erent classroom rules that they thin+ are im%ortant to have &or an e&&icient classroom community' ! (he teacher will e$%lain that committees in congress wor+ together to &orm rules and laws they &ind im%ortant' (hey then %resent their interests to the rest o& ongress in ho%es o& gaining their su%%ort' ! 0y wor+ing together they can create a stronger case and will have a #etter chance o& getting their law to %ass'

! "tudents will #e told that they need to elect a grou% secretary to record the laws and a grou% re%resentative to %resent the laws to the rest o& the class' ! "tudents will #e given time to wor+ on their grou% %ro-ect 123-24 minutes5' "tudents will #e reminded o& how much time is le&t at &ive minute intervals throughout the lesson' ! "tudents will #e instructed to gather on the car%et where the grou% %resenter will read to the class the rules they came u% with' ! (he students will then %ost their list on the #oard' Summar) 0"# minutes3 ! "tudents will #e given time to come u% to the #oard and read over the %osted classroom laws &rom each grou%' (hey will #e a#le to ta+e notes on what they #elieve are the to% &ive classroom laws' ! (hey will #e in&ormed that they will engage in %lurality voting 1this may ta+e %lace later in the day as to give students time to e$%lore all o& the laws5' ! (he teacher will e$%lain that is also seen in the *" voting system, ma-ority will %revail' ! "tudents will write their to% &ive classroom laws on a #lan+ %iece o& %a%er to #e turned in to the teacher' "tudent identity may remain anonymous' ! (he teacher will write the to% &ive classroom rules on chart %a%er and have each student sign it 1this may ha%%en later in the day or during the ne$t lesson5' Accommodations ! (he teacher may choose to sca&&old certain grou%s with 6uestions while they are coming u% with classroom rules' "he may as+ 6uestions li+e ! .(hin+ #ac+ on your writing %rom%t, what was im%ortant &or the school to run e&&iciently/ ! .What school rules do you li+e that you thin+ would wor+ well in our classroom?/ ! . an you thin+ o& any rules we may need to +ee% students sa&e?/ ! .What rules do we need to ma+e sure everyone is treated &airly?/ 7i%%erentiation ! "tudents may #e assigned to certain grou% when counting o&& #y num#ers in order to increase grou% %roductivity or com%lement certain learning styles ! "tudents who may struggle when #rainstorming rules will #e reminded to ma+e use o& classroom recourses such as the %oster '(h) 7o (e 6ave *ules and La+s.4 Technolo&) ,nte&ration ! (here is no technology incor%orated into this lesson'