Title of Unit: The Political Process Title of Lesson: Sources Submitted By: Breanna Cape

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This Civics lesson plan is designed for 5th grade students to learn about sources of information used to form an opinion. This lesson uses resources from the Internet. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 5th Grade Skill Level: Students at all learning levels. Grouping: Whole class discussion, individual work, individual assessment C. Materials: Pencils Paper http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/onlinesources/preview.weml Computers Envelopes/ instructions in the envelopes D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C.15.5.4- Compare sources of information people use to form an opinion. Student-Friendly Standards Students will identify and compare sources people use to form an opinion.

E. Procedure: 1. Engage- First I will take the students to the library and show students the Brain Pop video on reliable sources. We will discuss what are some ways they have heard information about politics? We will have a guided discussion about the media, literature and advertising that influences peoples opinions. 2. Next the class will be divided into four groups and each group will be given an envelope. In envelope A their will be instructions to research the Republican Party using only resources listed at this url http://www.cityschools.net/discovery/svarda/Svarda_Site/Reliable_Websites_for_Resea rch.html. In envelope B there will be directions to research the Republican Party using only Google. In envelope C the students will be instructed to research the Democratic Party using only resources listed at this url http://www.cityschools.net/discovery/svarda/Svarda_Site/Reliable_Websites_for_Resea rch.html . In envelope D students will be instructed to research the Democratic Party using only Google. 3. After the students finish researching their parties each group will present the information they found. Then as a class we will compare and contrast the information each party found. We will determine which sources seemed to be more reliable.
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Title of Unit: The Political Process Title of Lesson: Sources Submitted By: Breanna Cape

4. CLOSURE: In closing I will explain to students that there is many possible sources people use to form an opinion. It is a good idea to research the information using reliable sources, rather than listening to the media and word of mouth. Then will log out of the computers, clean up any messes and return to the classroom. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use class discussion, and group projects/presentations to measure student understanding. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. I will know whether the students understand the concepts of this lesson by paying close attention to their answers during whole class discussion, and grading their group research projects. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the easiest portion to teach will be giving the instructions. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think the most challenging part will be teaching the students the difference between reliable and unreliable sources. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I will extend this lesson by having students play the game telephone. In which they can see how the message gets distorted and can be deemed unreliable. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? If students do not grasp the concepts I will work with them more closely as the class works on this research project. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I may need to go more in depth about the sources people use for information. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult part of writing this lesson was making the lesson kid friendly. Resources: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2010/11/reliable-sources-and-citations
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Title of Unit: The Political Process Title of Lesson: Sources Submitted By: Breanna Cape

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Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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