Title of Unit: The Importance of Voting Title of Lesson: I have the right/responsibility to vote Submitted By: Robyn Bolton

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: Through a PowerPoint presentation, discussion, and game play, students will be able to explain what rights they have as voters. Students will also discuss their opinions as to whether they believe they have a duty to vote. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 4 Skill Level: All Learning Levels Grouping: o Warm up: Individual o Discussion: Whole group o PowerPoint: Whole group o Game: Whole group o Closure: Whole group C. Materials: Social Studies Journal Pencil Power point presentation D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o o C13.4.2 Explain that democracy involves voting, majority rule, and setting rules. Student-Friendly Standards I will learn my responsibilities as a voter.

E. Procedure: 1. As a warm up I will have students write down in their journal what they think their rights as a voter are individually. I will prompt them with ideas such as: money, presidents, schooling, etc. Students will have ten minutes to write down their ideas. 2. As a whole group we will discuss what they wrote down on their warm up. Each student will give say one right that they think they have as voters. I will then ask students in their opinion do they think that it is their duty to vote. With a show of hands we will see how many students think it is their responsibility to vote. 3. After we are done discussing the issues students will focus their attention on a PowerPoint presentation that goes over what rights are and what responsibilities as a citizen are. The PowerPoint is found on: http://betterlesson.com/document/87643/american-civics-unit-lesson-4-citizenresponsibilities-powerpoint

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EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Title of Unit: The Importance of Voting Title of Lesson: I have the right/responsibility to vote Submitted By: Robyn Bolton

4. Once the students have viewed the PowerPoint presentation they will play would you rather. I will have the entire class stand in the middle of the classroom. Then they will get two choices. For example (If you would you rather play basketball go to the right side of the classroom or if you would rather play handball go to the left side of the classroom). There will be 10 questions asked. The level of questions will go from general student friendly topics such as the one in the example, to school issues. For example, (would you rather have the same computers in the computer lab or brand new computers). 5. CLOSURE: At the end of the game I will have a whole group discussion and ask students if they think that their opinions matter. I will explain to them that through voting such as the way they did playing would you rather people get to express how they want the country to be run. They can say what issues they think are important and which ones are not as important. I will also point out that it is students right and responsibility to vote so that their voice is heard and that they can change issues that dont like through voting. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use the discussion at the end of the lesson to measure students understanding. They will get to tell me what they believe rights and responsibilities are. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Through the discussion at the end of the lesson will ask if students could relate the game to actual voting itself. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the easiest part of the lesson will be teaching students that they have the right to vote. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think teaching students what their responsibilities as a voter are will be the most challenging to teach because they might get confused on what rights and responsibilities are. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? At the beginning of the next class I will have students write in their journal the difference between rights and responsibilities. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For students that do not grasp the concepts I will go over the powerpoint one more time so that they understand the definitions.
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Title of Unit: The Importance of Voting Title of Lesson: I have the right/responsibility to vote Submitted By: Robyn Bolton

5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I think the discussion questions might need to be modified in order not to confuse students or overwhelm students. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult part of writing this lesson was finding activities to go with the lesson. Finding an objective that fit this particular lesson was also sort of difficult.

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Karen Powell- Instructor

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Sample Powerpoint Slides for lesson

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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