Lesson Plan Format:

Teacher Dawn Gruber

I.

Grade Level 4 th

Content and Standards: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.B.4

Represent and Interpret Data
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually,
orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines,
animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how
the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it
appears.

II.

Prerequisites: Students will have prior knowledge of creating simple

graphs.

III.

Essential Questions: How did the population of the United States

affect the outcome of the election? Would it have been different if there
were more people? How many states were there when your president
was in office?

IV.

Instructional Objective: SWBAT: Graph a table of the outcome their

presidents election.

V.

Instructional Procedures: BDA: Tell students that they are going to

have a quiz, but they get to vote about whether they take it today or
tomorrow.
Pass out ballots with three options: Today, Tomorrow and No
Preference. Have them vote secretly and collect the ballots.
Pretend to tally the votes secretly. Tell the class that the results were
close, and several people voted No Preference, so perhaps they
should vote again. Before the revote, ask two students who feel
strongly about the issue, one on each side, to make a brief speech to

win over their peers. After the speeches, conduct the revote and again
tally the results secretly.
Tell the students that there really will be no such quiz, that this was
merely an exercise to get them thinking about elections and voting.
Then ask the students the following questions: How many electoral
votes did your president receivehow many did his opponent receive?
What was the population of the US during that election?
Instruct them that they will research that information and create a
graph of the table comparing and contrasting the outcome of the
presidential election.
After, they will present their results to the class.
VI.

VII.

Materials and Equipment:

election results from their Presidents Election

computer access

art supplies

Assessment/Evaluation:

Students will share their graphs and explain in their own words
what those graphs show.

Students will write a brief paragraph that explains what their

graphs show. Those paragraphs will serve as captions to their
graphs.

Use the graphs and the paragraphs to transform a classroom

bulletin board into an Election Results classroom display.

VIII.

Differentiation: Individualized Activities: Students will be asked to

research results of recent local and state elections and will be asked to
graph the results as part of their homework.

IX.

Technology: Students will use the computer to research the results of

their Presidents election.

X.

Self-Assessment Did the students complete the objective of being

able to graph of table of their presidents election?(the objective) and
the students were/were not able to graph a table of the election and
explain what their graphed showed. (the results of the assessment).