Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: Government and the People Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This lesson describes on the three kinds of government-local, state, and national-and the services they provide. This lesson uses the 2nd Grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p. 282-289). B. Target Population: Grade Level: 2nd Skill Level: Students at all learning levels Grouping: Whole group discussion and reading, small group discussion and activity, individual assessment. C. Materials: Paper and pencils Reading Skill and Strategy (Unit Resources p. 84) for each student see last page of lesson plan for sample Vocabulary and Study Guide (Unit Resources p. 85) for each student see last page of lesson plan for sample Houghton Mifflin 2nd Grade Social Studies Book: Neighborhoods (p. 282-289) D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C15.2.1 Identify sources of information.

Student-Friendly Standards C15.2.1 - I can identify the three types of government and why they are each important.

E. Procedure: 1. Refer to notes on TE 282 Get Set to Read. o o Explain the Study Guide students will complete as we read. Call students attention to the main idea sentences. o o Ask, What is this lesson about?

Complete the Reading Skill Strategy worksheet as a class as we read. Identify & Discuss the people who help run your school, such as the principal, teachers, and other staff. Then discuss how these people help the school to run well. Create a word web of students responses.

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Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: Government and the People Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

2. As a class, read p. 282-287, stopping to ask questions as indicated in the margins of the TE. 3. Students should take notes and record information on their Study Guide while we are reading. They can continue working on it when we finish reading. 4. Ask questions listed in the margins of the TE as an ongoing check for understanding. Focus on these questions about the government: o o o o o o o (TE 283) What is the government of a community called? (TE 283)What are two things that people in local government do? (TE 284)Where is the government of the United States? (TE 284)What does the map on p. 284-285 show?? (TE 284) Where do leaders of Robins state government meet? (After paragraph 1 on p. 287) Why do governments need taxes? (Review question #2) What are the three governments that people have?

5. CLOSURE: Discuss the three statements in the Review and Assess sections of TE 287 F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Students will write a journal entry on why they think all three types of government are needs so the United States will be a strong country. Students will explain their answer in detail and add information about what they learned on citizenship and taxes. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students will be able to identify the three types of government and why they are each important through their journal entries.

G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the easiest part for me to teach will be the three types of government. I am familiar with all three of these governments and what each one is for, so relaying this information to students should be easy for me. I should also be able to answer any questions these students have about this part of the lesson as well. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?

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Title of Unit: Americas Government Title of Lesson: Government and the People Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

I think the most challenging part of the lesson to teacher will be about showing where different leaders meet for government business, such as in Robins case on p. 284. I think this will be difficult because students might not understand that certain government meetings can be held in different districts or states. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? In order to extend the lesson, we will as a class do the Extend Lesson 1 Fire Fighters on p. 288-289. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I would pull any students that did not grasp the concepts aside and we would work on the Reteach Mini Lesson described at the bottom of TE 287. We would work together to fill out a Venn diagram to reteach local government and state government. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I do not feel like anything in this lesson needs to be changed. I think this lesson does an excellent job teaching about governments, taxes, and citizenship. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult part was writing out the procedures. This was difficult because I wanted to include all the information in the TE that was important for this lesson. Procedures are what makes the lesson flow and go as planned, so having procedures that work well with the lesson will allow for more information to be learned.

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