Clinical Social Studies Lesson Plan Template

You need to use this lesson plan template for your social studies lesson. IMPORTANT:
You will need to make a copy of this template first! Here are the directions for doing so:
Click on the File tab. Select: Make a copy of this template as a Google Doc. Save your copy
with your first name and last name in the file. Use this template to plan your social studies
lesson plan and reflection. Make sure to share your template and give Dr. Byker
(ebyker@uncc.edu) editing rights. Make sure that before you turn in the lesson plan you have
completed the Reflection part of the lesson plan template.

Direct Instruction Social Studies Lesson Plan Template

Name: Kristy Teague Central Focus/Big Idea of the Lesson:
Culture is made up of 5 components:
Grade Level/Subject:3rd Grade Social language, clothing, food, art, and music.
Studies

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective: 3.1.1 Recognize some of the major

components of culture (i.e., language, clothing, food, art, and music).

Daily Lesson Objective: Students will be able to identify the major aspects of culture
through station rotations students must be able to answer the question “What are the five
main aspects of culture?”

21st Century Skills: Highlight which of the Academic Language Demand

following skills are part of this lesson:
Language Function:
Collaboration
Communication Vocabulary: India, culture
Creativity
Critical Thinking Discourse:
Problem Solving ● turn and talks
● work independently
● whole class discussions

Syntax:

Prior Knowledge of students: What do the students already know (ask your mentor teacher
if you are unsure)? Students may already have an idea of what culture is and what it
includes.
 Activity Description of Activities and Setting
Time

1. Focus & Review The teacher will ask what culture is, define it as a 5 min
group, and talk about why it’s relevant to learn.

2. Kid-friendly I can name and describe the components of culture.

Objective Statement

3. Teacher Input The teacher creates a book and explicitly shows 5 min
(Include a line of 4 students how to complete one using a think aloud.
questions; 2 of the
4 questions
should be deeper
level thinking
questions)

4. Guided Practice The teacher will show students how to make the book 5 min
as well as how to complete it.

5. Independent Students create their own book about the culture of 30 min
Practice India with information on either language, clothing,
food, art, or music at each station.

6. Assessment The related skills will be measured by student’s ability to discuss

Methods of all what each of the components of culture are and provide some
objectives/skills: examples of each.

7. Closure (make The teacher will wrap up by having students share 10-15
this an activity something they learned about each component, how min
based closure like they now define culture, etc.
an Exit Tickets)

8. Assessment Students will answer two questions in the last page of their books:
Results of all ● What are the 5 components of culture? Describe them.
objectives/skills: ● How does the culture of India similar or different from your
own?

Targeted Students Student/Small Group Modifications/

Modifications/Accommodations: Accommodations:
 Autism Spectrum: Students can have a Early Finishers: Students can talk amongst
book already made for them with fill in their tables about how the cultural component
the blanks so that it’s not overwhelming is similar or different to their own and why.
or too difficult

Struggling Readers: Struggling readers can get

English Language Learners: These an easier information source to make it easier
students will be provided text in their to comprehend.
native language, if available, and
English. Students will also have a list of
high frequency vocabulary present in
the story with definitions in their native
language. These students will not be
graded on grammar and spelling.
What’s more important here is the
content of what they’re trying to say. Do
they understand what culture is?

Materials/Technology: paper or pre-made books, writing materials, information on each

component of culture
(Include any instructional materials (e.g., worksheets, assessments
PowerPoint/SmartBoard slides, etc.) needed to implement the lesson at the end of the
lesson plan.)

References:

Languages:
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-widely-spoken-languages-in-india.html

Clothing:
https://www.ehow.co.uk/about_6392587_information-indian-clothing.html

Food:
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/food-fact-2/

Art:
https://www.india.gov.in/topics/art-culture
http://indiansaga.com/art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLheufBinak&t=165s

Music:
https://factfile.org/10-facts-about-bollywood-music

Reflection on lesson: (Write several paragraphs about what you learned from this lesson.
What were the strengths? What were the weaknesses? What did you learn about teaching
and student learning? How would you teach this lesson differently in the future?
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Rubric Meets Partially Meets Does Not Meet

5 major aspects of Student accurately Student accurately Student accurately

culture (language, provides 5 major provides only 3-4 provides 0-2 major
clothing, food, art, aspects of culture (3) major aspects of aspects of culture (1)
and music) culture (2)

The student can All 5 major aspects 3-4 major aspects are 0-2 major aspects are
relate the 5 aspects are related between related between what related between what
to their own culture what was learned in was learned in class was learned in class
class and their own and their own culture and their own culture
culture (3) (2) (1)