Title of Unit: American Government Title of Lesson: Our Nation and the World Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This lesson explains that countries sometimes help one another and describes how government leaders from different countries work together to try to solve problems. This lesson uses the 2nd Grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p. 322-327). B. Target Population: Grade Level: 2nd Grade Skill Level: Students at all learning levels Grouping: whole group reading and discussion, pairs for the activity, individual assessment C. Materials: Reading Skill and Strategy (Unit Resources p. 97) for each student see last page of lesson plan for sample Vocabulary and Study Guide (Unit Resources p. 98) for each student see last page of lesson plan for sample Houghton Mifflin 2nd Grade Social Studies Book: Neighborhoods (p. 322-325) Paper and pencils D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C16.2.1 - Name their school and community.

Student-Friendly Standards C16.2.1 - I can identify a problem that my school might have and how people in the school work together to solve it.

E. Procedure: 1. Refer to notes on TE 322 Get Set to Read. a. Explain the Study Guide students will complete as we read. b. Call students attention to the underlined sentences on p. 322 and 323. i. Ask, What is this lesson about? c. Complete the Reading Skill Strategy worksheet as a class as we read. d. Identify & Discuss with the students a problem that they solved with a friend. i. Ask, Did you discuss the problem and then decide on the best way to solve it?
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Title of Unit: American Government Title of Lesson: Our Nation and the World Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

ii. Create a word web with the students responses. e. Introduce vocabulary (aid). 2. As a class, read p. 322-325, 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 how nations help each other: a. (TE 323) About how many countries are there in the world? b. (TE 323) If storms destroy crops, what my other countries send? c. (TE 323) What are some kinds of problems that leaders from different countries try to solve? d. (TE 323) How do government leaders work together? e. (TE 324) Where have leaders from one nation met with leaders from other nations? f. (After pictures on p. 325) Why are meetings with leaders from different countries important?

g. (Review question #2) What are two ways that government leaders from different countries stay in touch? 5. CLOSURE: Discuss the two statements in the Review and Assess sections of TE 325. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? The students will identify a problem that the school might have and discuss how people in the school will work together to solve it. They will use the information from this lesson to help them come up with a problem and solution. They will write about the problem and solution in their journals. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. I will know students understand the concepts from the lesson by their ability to identify a problem that my school might have and how people in the school work together to solve it in their journal entries. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach?

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Title of Unit: American Government Title of Lesson: Our Nation and the World Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

The easiest part of the lesson to teach will be the group discussion. The group discussion will allow the students to share perspectives and learn from each others experiences. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? It might be difficult to make sure the students understand why we help other countries. Many parents of these students may have strong opinions about aiding other countries and voice those opinions around their kids. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? In order to extend this lesson, we will as a class do the Extend Lesson 6 Flags of Different Nations on p. 326-327. 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 325. We would work together to make a graphic organizer to tell what they learned from each section of the lesson. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I do not believe it would be necessary to change any part of this lesson. I think this lesson is great to discuss our nations relationship with other countries. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? As I have mentioned in previous lessons, the standard was definitely the most difficult part. The standard I chose was the most similar standard possible to fit the content in this lesson. I had to modify my assessment to fit the standard as well.

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Title of Unit: American Government Title of Lesson: Our Nation and the World Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

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