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Name the current president of the United States Submitted By: Alyce Mack & William Hall EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2013 Instructor: Karen Powell

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B. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This lesson plan is designed for 4th grade students to learn about the office of the president and who currently holds office.. For reading and information students will be using an article on the president from Time for Kids magazine.

C. Student Population: Grade Level: 4th grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: Whole group reading & discussions, independent assessment.

D. Materials: Time for Kids handout If I were the President activity sheet Short Teacher Tube video Journals Pencils or pens

E. Objectives: C14.4.2- Name the current president of the United States. . Student friendly objectives: I can identify and name the current president of the United Staes. .

F. Procedure: 1. Explain- That the lesson will be about the office of the president and who the current president is. Call students attention to the article handout that we will be reading from and the activity sheets we will be using later. Identify & discuss who the president is and what he does. Introduce vocabulary that will come up during the reading.

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2. As a class we will read a short article on the president stopping along the way to ask and answer questions about key topics. 3. Students should take notes and record five interesting facts about the president while we are reading.

4. As questions as an ongoing check for understanding. Ask these questions: How long is the presidents term in office? How many terms can a president serve? What are electoral votes? What are popular votes?

5. After the reading we will watch a short video that shows same age students writing letters to the president about issues that are important to them. 6. We will finish the lesson with the If I were the president activity. Thinking of the issues that they heard from the other students or coming up with their own each student will write a short paragraph on the activity sheet explaining what they would do if they were president. 9. Closure: Discuss who the president is and what he does. G. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Write a journal entry about who the president is. Include at least 2 interesting facts from the reading. . Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students must identify who the current president is.

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H. 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 who the current president is. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? The most challenging may be for the students to understand exactly what the president does and what issues are important to them. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I could have students look up and write about a president from the past and an important issue that they had to deal with. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I would have these students work with a peer tutor first and then if still having trouble I would work with them personally. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I thought about leaving the video out but I feel that it will appeal to visual learners and helped to reveal certain issues. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? It was difficult for me to make sure that I was finding materials and information on a political subject that are age appropriate.

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Resources: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/obama-wins/58411 http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=75733 Article Video

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/TCR/1576904679_233-235.pdf Activity

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