Student Group Activity

Abbye Lopez, Adam Alonzo, Roger Thompson

September 16, 2016
Government Systems of the World: Grade 7
Description of the Activity:
Before the teacher begins to start the lesson the students will get into groups of two.
In pairs the students will be making three different lists. The lists will tell the
teacher what the students previous knowledge of the content is, what they would
like to know about the content, and what they have learned about the content.
Objective:
The students will analyze government systems of the world by comparing
dictatorship, totalitarian, and monarchy countries.
Common Core Standard:
S3-C5-PO2
Strand 3: Civics/Government
Concept 5: Government Systems of the World
PO 2. Compare different types of governments:
A. dictatorship
B. totalitarian
C. monarchies
How Will We Assign Groups?
The students will be getting with their Happy partners to do this activity. As the
students enter the classroom they will see that on the board it says to sit with their
Happy partner. They will be instructed to sit shoulder to shoulder with their

partner. The students will have 2 minutes to find their partner and get seated. After
the 2 minutes the auditory signal of me doing the clapping copycat will be given.
Then they will sit quietly and wait for directions.
K-W-L Trio:
Once the students have found their Happy partners they will sit shoulder to
shoulder with a pencil and one piece of paper per pair. The students will have 3
minutes to write down 2 things they know about the government systems of the
world and 2 things they would like to know. The partner with the longest hair will
be the one writing the information down while the partner with the shorter hair will
be the speaker. After the 3 minutes the teacher will do the clapping copycat signal
and the students will stop what theyre doing and be prepared to share with the
class. After the teacher has taught the lesson then the students will be asked to again
with their partner, write down 2 things the learned today. This will be the students
ticket out the door. They will need to hand it in to the teacher before exiting the
classroom.
Ask:
Teacher will check for understanding by asking:
-Point to your Happy partner
- What are the roles of the longer hair partner and the shorter haired partner?
-How many examples do you need?
- Can someone please summarize the expectations of this activity?
Materials Needed:
Pencil or Pen

Paper
Notes from lesson