Mike McLaughlin and Ryan Morong

MODIFIED DAILY LESSON TEMPLATE

Date: March 1
Topic: First 100 Days of POTUS Term
Grade Level/Course: 9th-12th Grade
Unit: Civics: 1932 to Present
Essential Question(s)*:
1. How did the concept of the first 100 days begin?
2. What happens during the first 100 days?

Lesson Objectives
1. Explain the origin of the concept of the presidents first 100 days
2. Identify and explain what may impact the success of the presidents first 100 days
3. Analyze presidential quotations to determine attitude towards the expectations of the
first 100 days

New Hampshire Standards

1. SS:CV:12:1.1: Identify the structures and functions of government at various levels, e.g.,
countyrole of the sheriffs office, or nationrole of providing the defense of the country.
(Themes: A: Conflict and Cooperation, B: Civic Ideals, Practices, and Engagement)

NCSS Standards (Themes)

1. Power, authority and governance. The study of how people create, interact, and change
structures of power, authority & governance.

Common Core Standards

1. D2.Civ.2.9-12. Analyze the role of citizens in the U.S. political system, with attention to
various theories of democracy, changes in Americans participation over time, and
alternative models from other countries, past and present.

Hook
Through this subject, we discuss a modern topic that students can apply to their lives now.
The 100 days is an event that is currently going on and will affect how the next four years of
government will run.

Teacher Activities (in brief) Student Activities

Mini lecture on origins of 100 days Listen lecture

Distribute handout break into groups of 2 or Do handout- groups 2 or 3

3

Discussion on what they put on WS and Participate in discussion

question why they put down answers they
did
Differentiation
Auditory- mini lecture & discussion
Kinesics- group work and doing the worksheet
Visual- power point

Assessment
Going over worksheet answers

Attachments(Include all necessary handouts):

See attached and used a powerpoint

https://cdn.icivics.org/sites/default/files/First%20100%20Days%20-%20HS_0.pdf?
_ga=1.172020259.1479086599.1486151061- where we got lesson plan

Reflection (Only if you teach with this lesson

Respond to the following questions in writing:
How did the lesson go?
1. To what extent (Rate: 5- very strong, 4-strong, 3-average, 2-weak, 1-very
weak) is your ability to teach students content in this lesson?
a. Why is this lesson one that is stronger/weaker in terms of your content
knowledge?
b. How did you learn the content for this lesson?

2. What are some of the teaching strategies and methods you employed to
deliver the content to your students?
a. What resources did you use and how did you select the particular
strategy and/or method for instruction?
b. What did you notice about the clarity of directions you provided and
student understanding of the strategies and methods?

3. What did you notice about students prior knowledge and understanding of
the content you taught? How did students knowledge and ability influence
your teaching of the subject matter?

4. What decisions did you make to assure the content, strategies, and methods
were appropriate in meeting individual students at their level in other words,
how did you differentiate the content, process, or products?

5. What assessments did you employ to ascertain student understanding or

confusion around the subject matter you teach? What did you learn from
evaluating the students work?

What modifications are necessary to improve this lesson?

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 experience in the lesson plan above.
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*Essential Question may not be completely answered by this lesson, but might be the EQ for
the unit in which this lesson plan would fall.