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Running Head: LESSON PLAN #10

Lesson Plan #10

Lydia C. Keener

Saint Josephs University

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LESSON PLAN #10

Name: Lydia Keener

Date: 11/12/17 Subject: Social Studies Grade Level: 4th Duration: 40 min
Lesson Topic: Make Your Own Flag Project

1. Essential Questions
What is a symbol?
What are some American symbols and what do they represent?
What do the different parts of the American flag represent?
What are some symbols that represent who you are?
2. Learner Outcomes
Students will be able to define a symbol and its purpose.
Students will identify and describe American symbols
Students will identify the different parts and meanings of the American flag.
Students will choose and describe symbols that represent who they are as people.

3. Related Academic Standards

CC. 5.1.4.F: Identify state symbols, national symbols, and national holidays

4. Vocabulary
Symbol
Represent

5. Materials/Resources
Smart Board
American symbols PowerPoint
Flag planning worksheet
Camera Projector

6. Instructional Procedures
Introduction
a. Inform students that they will be continuing the discussion about
American symbols
b. Ask for student volunteers to remind the class of the American symbols
theyve been learning about so far
c. Once all five have been identified, use the PowerPoint to bring up the
slides for each
d. Ask for volunteers to tell the class what each of the symbols represent
Developmental
a. After reviewing each of the symbols, return to the slide for the American
flag
b. Explain that as a whole the flag represents freedom and America, but also
the different parts of the flag represent different things
c. Describe how the colors, stars, and stripes all have different meanings
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d. Show examples of flags from other countries and describe how the
different colors, shapes, and patterns have different meanings related to
that country
e. Explain that students will be beginning a project today where they will
create their own flag that represents who they are as people
f. Tell students they will first be planning what their flag will look like using
a flag planning sheet
g. Using the projector, show students your own completed planning sheet
and flag, explaining what each of your symbols mean and why you chose
them.
h. Hand out planning sheets to each student and give them the rest of class to
plan and practice their flags
i. Explain that students will spend the next class period making their flags,
which will get posted in the hallway when theyre done.
Closing
a. Inform students that any planning sheets not finished in class can be
completed for homework
b. Ask students to put their completed planning sheets in their social studies
folder and unfinished planning sheets in their desks, and then sit quietly to
begin packing up for the day.

7. Addressing Learners Diverse Needs

This activity is designed for D/HH students who use ASL as a primary mode of
communication. For students with auditory access, the teacher can use SimCom
or sign supported speech to support the student. An FM system can also be used
to give more auditory access to students.
Students with limited mobility or physical needs can use a larger version of the
planning sheet printed on an 11x17 paper

8. Formative/Summative Assessment
Formative Assessment:
o Points can be given to attendance to the lesson and participation in class
o Points should be given for completion of the planning sheet
Summative Assessment
o The flag project can be graded using a rubric and included in a portfolio
of the students work over the course of the year in social studies