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Lesson Plan Template Abridged

(May be adapted based on instructors needs)

Pre-Planning
TOPIC
Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Standards/
anchors/
competencies
PA/Common
Core/Standards
(Plus any others
as may be
required)

DETAILS
Maria Prazenica
Social Studies
4th Grade
February 18, 2016. 30-35 minutes
6.1.4.B.
Recognize the difference between basic needs and
wants.
Explain the role of producers in making goods and
providing services.
6.2.4.G.
Explain the three basic questions all economic systems
must answer. What to produce? How? For whom?
6.4.4.A.
List and explain factors that promote specialization and
division of labor.
6.5.4.B.
Identify the requirements for different careers and
occupations.

Formative
AND/OR
Summative
Assessment
Evidence

The teacher will assess students with exit slips of them

writing as a current employee on the assembly line
asking for a promotion or a change of their position on
the assembly line to a different position and why they
deserve this.

Objectives
A-B-C-D

Students will be able to simulate building a car on an

assembly line with 100% completion of the candy car.

Bloom's Taxonomy

Blooms Taxonomy: Application/Knowledge

Webb's Depth of
Knowledge (DOK)

Webbs Depth of Knowledge: Level 1: recall; Level 2:

skill/concept

CK

Step-by-Step Procedures
RATIONALE for the
Learning Plan
DETAILS
Introduction
Together the teacher and students will read page 212 to
gain a brief understanding of what mass production is,
and how an assembly line works.
Explicit
Big Idea Statement
Instructions
Big Ideas
Henry Ford changed the economy in the Midwest by
mass-producing cars on an assembly line.

CK

Essential
Questions

Manufacturing would grow to be a huge part of Midwest

economy.

Essential Questions
Who is Henry Ford?
What is an assembly line?
What is mass-production?
What is manufacturing?
Key Vocabulary
Mass production-the manufacturing of many
products at one time
Assembly line-a line of workers and machines that
are used to make a product in steps
Lesson Procedure
Must include
adaptations &
accommodations
for students with
special needs
Accommodations,
Modifications

Lesson Procedure
Students will watch a video on Model T Fords and how
they are made in an assembly line in the Ford plant.
The teacher will provide discussion questions about the
short video:
How does an assembly line work?
How do people work together to be successful?
Do you think you could work together to create an
effective assembly line?
The teacher will then pass out the template to guide the
students to build an accurate candy Model T Ford.
The teacher will divide the class into two groups and
assign a team manager for each group.
The teacher will provide the students with explicit
directions and expectations where the group manager
has to make sure each worker has an assigned job.
The formation of the assembly line will be:
o Pack of Freedent- Body of the Model T
o Sticky tack gumdrop to front of car body
o Break toothpick in half
o Poke toothpick into gumdrop
o Stick 2 front wheels (mints) on with sticky tack
o Stick 2 back wheels (mints) on with sticky tack
o Stick cab (Starburst) onto back of the body with sticky
tack
o Bend piece of gum and stick with sticky tack in front of
the starburst- car seat
o Place round candy up against gumdrop with the
toothpick through the hole- steering wheel
o Package the car for delivery in plastic baggie
o Move packaged Model T to back table

Modeling the concept

The video will be the model of how to correctly work
together to create an effective assembly line.
The teacher will provide explicit directions to explain
how to create an effective assembly line.

Independent practice

Students will work together on their assembly line to

correctly build a candy Model T Ford, by following
explicit directions from their instruction sheet.
Students will be expected to cooperate to successfully
build their Model T Ford.

Adaptations/Accommodations for Students with Special Needs

Instructions for assembly line goal have images and text
for auditory and visual learners to have equal
opportunities to complete the task.
Groups are heterogeneous to let the students naturally
accommodate for lower leveled learners.
Materials
(reading,
technology,
equipment,
supplies, etc.)
Closure

o
o
o
o

Social Studies book pages 212-213

Candy pieces for car
Model T Ford template handout
Model T Assembly line video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4KrIMZpwCY

o
o Large group discussion about the pros and cons of
working on an assembly line and how Henry Ford shaped
the economy of the Midwest with mass production.
o The teacher will assess students with exit slips of them
writing as a current employee on the assembly line
asking for a promotion or a change of their position on
the assembly line to a different position and why they
deserve this.
Homework/Assignments
o N/A

Other(This area
is to be
determined by
instructor OR
student as
needed)
Supervising
teacher
comments and
signature

Teacher
Self-reflection
o What
worked?
o What would
you
change?

Directions:
Today we will be mass producing Model T Fords. You are the manager of your assembly line.
You will need 11 employees, one for each task on the list below. I will provide you with the
supplies to build your car. It is your job to make sure that your team of employees accurately
builds 6 Model T Fords.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Pack of Freedent- Body of the Model T

Sticky tack gumdrop to front of car body
Break toothpick in half
Poke toothpick into gumdrop
Stick 2 front wheels (mints) on with sticky tack
Stick 2 back wheels (mints) on with sticky tack
Stick cab (Starburst) onto back of the body with sticky tack
Bend piece of gum and stick with sticky tack in front of the starburst- car seat
Place round candy up against gumdrop with the toothpick through the hole- steering
wheel
10. Package the car for delivery in plastic baggie
11.Move packaged Model T to back table