TPACK Template

Subject Government
Content

Grade Level 12th

Learning GOVT.5 The student will demonstrate

Objective knowledge of the federal system described in
The objective of the lesson is
the Constitution of the United States by a)
what students will be able to
do as they finish the activity. explaining the relationship of the state
For this objective, use the
Standards of Learning (SOL)
governments to the national government; b)
to say what you want to focus describing the extent to which power is
on.
You can find the SOLs at shared; c) identifying the powers denied state
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/te and national governments; d) examining the
sting/ look on the right of the
screen for the subjects and ongoing debate that focuses on the balance
go from there.
of power between state and national
governments.
Online Activity ASYNCHRONOUS:
Pedagogy

Describe what the learning

activity will be as the
students meet with the
teacher online. What will the
students and the teacher be
doing? (This includes what
they are doing with the
technology).
Technology
logy Techno
For this activity, the students will pretend they are a
member of the state legislator political system. An
important job for state legislators is to make the
lines for redistricting. Many may thing this is an
easy job, but I want the students to experience this
themselves. The students have the option to be
democratic or republican, the lines are premade
you just must draw them where they need to be per
http://www.redistrictinggame.org/about.php

Name of the device and/or

NEEDED ITEMS:
programs being used. (The
description of what the 1. Laptop
students will be doing with
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(therequired, but
text in small italics) . the program is