LESSON TITLE

Engage
To engage students at the beginning of a lesson, insert video, image,
quote, or another inspirational hook in this box.
The Goal: Reveal Pre-existing ideas, Beliefs, Preconceptions. Pose
questions that students will begin to answer in “Explore”

I would ask students who do they believe this is, and what is he doing?
If one had the chance to reach everyone what would they say?
By completing a fireside chat, what would you say to cause an identity
change in your community causing them to be happy and go out and
vote.

Explore
Curate a collection of resources (articles, videos, infographics, text
excerpts, etc.) for students to explore the topic.
The Goal: Students may be gathering data, sharing ideas, looking for
patterns, making conjectures, and developing further questions and
problem solving considerations with the use of the information/activity
provided

Main question: We as a group are from a time were we need to be

more politically involved, but to do that we must find an identity
within ourselves and where we are, how does one do that, how would
you try to get others to vote and want change?

First video to watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOPm4H2k81s
Next video why we vote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Doa2wtpnY
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The rationale for the first video is to have students understand the
premise behind the Fireside chats, and the second video is an example
of the fireside video that the students will be turning in. Each of these
aid in reaching the driving question, what does it take to be a better
civically involved person?

Explain
Use this section to allow students to explain their thinking and move
towards demonstrating mastery of the lesson’s objective.
The Goal: Provide opportunity for students to compare ideas,
construct explanations, justify in terms of observations and/or data
collected in a collaborative large group environment.

After taking a look at some of the above videos and articles, what do
you think about them, take time to reflect on them and consider if what
you believe you can do will help the neighborhood.
You will then write down your thoughts in a discussion board and will
be required to comment on and give proper feedback to three other
students, if a student changes your mind don’t hesitate to add it to your
thoughts.
Students will also be reminded of the driving question being how can
one become more civically involved? Before this question is answered
we will have a class discussion and students will then add their answers
to the padlet.
I will add a padlet link for you to post everything you need.

Apply/Elaborate
Use this section for students to apply information from the previous
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sections to new circumstances or elaborate on a particular aspect at a
deeper level usually coming in the form of “What if” questions.
The Goal: Allowing students the opportunity to discuss how their
thinking has changed or been solidified.

As students are finishing up the padlet we will go into a white board

game. Each student will have a white board and as a class we will write
down issues that we notice around the community. Combined with the
knowledge of the last sections students will be sharing their boards
and, in the class, will find ways to solve the issues with civics. This
will bring in what if questions and how to solve such issues that for
instance may not be able to fixed with just voting.

Reflect/Evaluate
Include an opportunity for face-to-face or digital reflection to guide
students along their learning progression, evaluating progress and
setting new goals for continued exploration.
The Goal: Refine initial answer to the “driving question” and reflect
on ideas, goals and beliefs concerning their progress.

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As the class nears its end, I will provide a poll question that asks
students why they believe people choose not to vote. After they voice
their answers, I will also ask them like their driving question how they
can or what can convince them to go out and vote. Based on their
answers it will reflect their understanding of the relevance of voting
and their ability to understand how to be civically active.

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