Student Response and Assessment Tools

Lesson Idea Name: Government and Civic Understanding

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 2nd grade
Content Standard Addressed:
 SS2CG1 Define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws.
 SS2CG2 Identify the following elected officials of the executive branch and where they work:
president, governor, mayor
Technology Standard Addressed:
Element 7B: Educators will use technology to design and implement a variety of formative and summative
assessments that accomodate learner needs, prpovide timely feedback to students, and inform instruction.
Selected Technology Tool:
☐ Socrative ☐ iRespond ☐ Quizlet ☐ Plickers ☐ Kahoot! ☐ Office365 Forms

☒ Other: Gimkit
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):
https://www.gimkit.com/view/62b694eb4dc96c0023c0f01b
Technology that student will use to respond to questions/prompts:
☒ Computer ☐ Hand-held student response system (like iRespond) ☐ Phone ☒ Tablet (such as iPad)
☒ Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Type of session:
☐ Teacher-Paced ☒ Student-Paced
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):
☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☐ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration:

☒ Infusion Level: Students may work at a higher Bloom’s Level, but they do not have any “Voice or
Choice” during the activity and most of the decisions are made by the teacher.

☐ Integration Level: We would like to see ALL lessons/activities reach this level. The project is student-
driven. Students have “Voice and Choice” in the activities, selecting the topic of study and determining the
technology tool to demonstrate mastery of the standard. The teacher becomes more of a facilitator.

☐ Expansion Level: The projects created are shared outside of the classroom, publishing student work and
promoting authorship. This could be reached by showcasing the project on the school’s morning newscast,
posting the project to the classroom blog, or publishing via an outside source.

Describe the instructional activities that will occur PRIOR to the SRT activity and how you will
introduce the SRT activity.
Lesson Tasks
Students will engage in ‘The Leaders of our Country Pebble in a Pond - Given a graphic of concentric circles,
students write the words “president, governor, mayor” in order where the central circle is city, the following
circle is state, and the outer circle is country.
Below Level/Developing: Create a diagram for student that shows the relationship between mayor, governor,
president and city, state, country. Student uses the diagram when filling out the Pebble in a Pond graphic.
English Language Learner: Make flashcards for the student with the words city, state, and country on one side
and the student’s city, state and country pictured and labeled on the back.

Describe the purpose of the SRT activity (check all that apply):
☐ Assess prior knowledge ☐ Anticipatory set (Create interest in a topic) ☐ To illuminate common
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misconceptions ☒ Formative assessment of content knowledge (for purpose of differentiation and mastery
for ALL students) ☐ Summative assessment of content knowledge ☐ Test preparation
☐ Survey/Poll ☐ Discussion starter ☐ “Homework” collection ☐ Other (please explain):

Briefly describe what will happen DURING the SRT activity: This task will take 25-30 minutes.
Students will use a device (class desktops, ipads, and laptops) to login and engage in tasks. Each student will
have a device. Students will work together to complete the class goal.
The teacher is circulating the classroom to monitor engagement and results in real time.
Type of questions/prompts used in this activity (check all that apply):
☒ Multiple choice ☒ Multiple select ☒ True/False ☐ Yes/No
☒ Short open-ended response or fill-in the blank ☐ Longer open-ended response

If you are unable to provide a working sample of your questions, please list them below (8-10):
Q: Who do the leaders represent in the government? A: The leaders represent the people who elected them.
They are entrusted to go to the government and speak for the people.

Q: Why is electing our leaders an important job? A: Students need to understand that voting for our leaders lets
them know that we care about what happens in our government. By electing people to represent us, we know
that our wishes and ideas are being heard in government.

Q: Who is the current governor of Georgia? A: Brian Porter Kemp, in office since 2019.
Right/Wrong answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions?
☐ Yes ☐ No
☒ Mixed (Some will have correct answers, other will not.)
Immediate corrective feedback: Will you pre-select correct answers to some of all of the questions and
display correct response to the class after the SRT activity?
☒ Yes
☒ No
Why or why not?

Describe what will happen AFTER the SRT activity?

Students will review their results as a class. Students and teacher will engage in a closing discussion to talk
about next steps. Teacher may clear common misconceptions or challenge students beyond the standard.
How will the data be used?
This data will guide instruction for pacing. Teachers usually have an allotted time for standards. Teacher will
review the results to note in gradebook as an assessment of learning. Students can reflect and share their results
with each other. Students will review their results as a class. Students and teacher will engage in a closing
discussion to talk about next steps. Teacher may clear common misconceptions or challenge students beyond
the standard.
Describe your personal learning goal for this activity. I am excited to expose second graders to a new
resource to showcase their learning. I am hoping that students learn to communicate their knowledge precisely
on the open-ended questions. This is a great tool to help students learn because it offers feedback in real -time
and provides students with the opportunity to resubmit a response.
Reflective Practice: This lesson will uniquely impact student learning. Students will enjoy this
purposeful lesson as they work to meet-exceed learning goals. The students will be motivated to learn
new information and share their works with their peers and families. I look forward to enhancing the
skills of young learners with hopes that they will take this newly developed skill and thrive!

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