Title of Unit: Nevada Civics Title of Lesson: Democracy Continued Submitted By: Meghan McQuain

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This lesson is intended to help students apply their knowledge of what a democracy is and how the voting process in America works. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 4th Skill Level: This will address all learners Grouping: Whole class reading discussion. Independent recording of definitions.

C. Materials: Students Houghton Mifflin textbooks (to refer to) Class set of Reading Skill and Strategy (to refer to) Index cards (about 4 class sets) Student privacy folders (for voting) Social Studies Notebooks Colored construction paper, scissors, crayons/markers (optional for creating flag) Ballot box (decorate a box for use in the lesson) D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C13.4.2 Explain that democracy involves voting, majority rule, and setting rules.

Student-Friendly Standards I will apply what I have learned about a representative democracy voting process.

E. Procedure: 1. Tell the class its time to vote on the activity were going to play on Friday. 2. Split the class into thirds. Tell the class that each third of the room will be considered a State. Allow each state to come up with a state name, draw up a state flag (flag is optional)! 3. Share with the class, that because we have a republic or representative democracy, the first step in the voting process is to elect a representative for each state. 4. Representatives can be citizens who volunteer to represent their state. If there are multiple people who would like to represent their state, then have each representative come up with a small speech to try to get the students to vote for them. Each state must vote for the representative they want. States set up privacy folders to vote, and then turn in their ballots.

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Title of Unit: Nevada Civics Title of Lesson: Democracy Continued Submitted By: Meghan McQuain

5. Once the representatives have been picked, it is time for each state to vote for either capture the chicken, or kickball. The representatives will base their vote on what the majority of their state wants. The three representatives will then cast their votes and the decision will be made. 6. CLOSURE: Ask the class to reflect on the voting process in their social studies notebooks. They can reflect on the following questions: o o o Define Representative Democracy in your own words. Do you feel this was fair way to decide our class activity? Why? Why not? Do you feel that the representative democracy is of the people and for the people? Explain you answer.

Discuss these journal prompts as a class. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Journal answer Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. If students give well thought out answers to the questions in their journals and in discussion, then I will know how much they understand. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? Delegating the election 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? Making sure students realize that the form of government we have is based on a Republic or Representative democracy. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? You could hold elections for class jobs every time its time to change students out. Students could campaign too. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I will find out what exactly they dont get, and then discuss using pictures or examples. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?
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Title of Unit: Nevada Civics Title of Lesson: Democracy Continued Submitted By: Meghan McQuain

I feel this lesson works well as a follow up to day 1s lesson 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? My main concern was getting students to apply what they learned of a democracy Citizens choose representatives to vote for them our representatives make day-today decisions for the government Pg 309 Houghton Mifflin TE

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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