David Pennino

Education 359

Politics of ELL Lesson

Title Politics of ELL
Subject Area(s) History/Political Science and Education

Grade Level College?

Summary of the Lesson This lesson will examine the US government’s
policies towards ELL students as well as
compare different presidential
administration’s policies towards ELL
students

Standards: (as applicable)

Essential Questions 1. What was significant about the

Bilingual Education Act?
2. What is one way that NCLB and
ESSA’s policies towards ELL students
are different?
3. What is one way that they are similar?

Objectives By the end of this lesson, students will be able

to…

1. Identify the ways that the Bilingual

Education Act changed education
policy for ELL students
2. Compare and Contrast the policies of
NCLB and ESSA towards ELL
students
3. Analyze how the role of the Federal
Government has grown and shrank
under different recent presidential
administrations

Vocabulary: Bilingual Education

Bilingual Education Act
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
No Child Left Behind
Every Student Succeeds Act
Devolution

Estimated Time
Materials Required
Procedure
Each professor may choose to align this
section to his/her content areas.
This section will include anticipated areas
of differentiated instruction.
Formative Assessment
Partisan
Bipartisan
270
45-50 minutes
Projector, HDMI cable
Discuss the Before, During and After
Segments of the Lesson
BEFORE:
Anticipatory Set
Activating/Assessing Prior Knowledge: done
throughout the lesson through questions on
what certain words and phrases mean (i.e.
what is bilingual education?)
Statement of Objectives: done in the
beginning of the lesson
DURING:
Questioning: done throughout the lesson with
questions about what certain words mean (i.e.
what do the words partisan and bipartisan
mean?)
Checking for Understanding done at the end
of the lesson with the review questions
AFTER:
Closure: Review questions at the end of the
lesson serve as lesson closure
Extension Activities/Enrichment: Class
discussion conducted at the end
Questions will be asked throughout the lesson
and at the end of the lesson about the content
being taught.
Student Resources

Accommodations As needed
Assessment The formative assessment questions touch on
everything I wanted students to know from the
objectives