SOCIAL SCIENCE WEEKLY LESSON PLAN FORMAT
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Unit Title Unit 2 Political Ideologies and Beliefs
Subject AP Government and Politics Grade
Essential/Driving
 How are American political beliefs formed and how do they evolve over time?
/Historical Question
 How do political ideology and core values influence government policy making?
and/or Theme
Day M T
Unit 1 Test Review and
STAFF IN SERVICE
Lesson Topic/Title Review- Political
DAY- No Students
Socialization
As a class we will go
over the most missed
questions from our
first unit exam.
Students will then
analyze and discuss
the four major agents
of political
Objectives N/A socialization by
engaging in practice
multiple choice
questions and table
convos in order to
individually complete
the padlet post
assignment in
ekadence.
Content Standards N/A HSS 12.3. 1. Explain
and ELA Common how civil society
Core State Standards provides opportunities
for individuals to
associate for social,
12 Week of
W R
Wrap Up Political
Socialization and
Introducing Public
Opinion
Students will continue
where they left off
yesterday and practice
analyzing quantitative
data questions via
practice questions and
in order to engage in a
class discussion. By the
end of the period
students will be able to
answer the question:
‘’how does public
opinion evolve over
time?’’ in a 4-5
sentence paragraph.
HSS 12.3. 1. Explain
how civil society
provides opportunities
for individuals to
associate for social,
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Polls- How We
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Measure Public
Review
Opinion
Students will watch Individually, students
two separate videos on will spend the entire
polls and individually class period reviewing
research online in their notes and
order to identify at utilizing their textbook
least one trustworthy to define each
poll and summarize vocabulary key term
the polls’ issue in a from the unit using the
discussion post. chart provided below.
HSS.12.8. 3. Explain 12.3 Students evaluate
how public officials use and take and defend
the media to positions on what the
communicate with the fundamental values and
citizenry and to shape principles of civil society
cultural, religious, cultural, religious, public opinion. are (i.e., the
economic, and political economic, and political autonomous sphere of
purposes. purposes. ELA.Grades.11-12.RST. voluntary personal,
7. Integrate and social, and economic
12.6. 1. Analyze the ELA.Grades.11-12.SL.2. evaluate multiple relations that are not
origin, development, Integrate multiple sources of information part of government),
and role of political sources of information presented in diverse their interdependence,
parties, noting those presented in diverse formats and media and the meaning and
occasional periods in formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, importance of those
which there was only (e.g., visually, video, multimedia) in values and principles for
one major party or were quantitatively, orally) in order to address a a free society.
more than two major order to make informed question or solve a
parties. decisions and solve problem. ELA.Grades.11-12.L. 6.
problems, evaluating Acquire and use
ELA.Grades.11-12.SL.2. the credibility and accurately general
Integrate multiple accuracy of each source academic and domain-
sources of information and noting any specific words and
presented in diverse discrepancies among phrases, sufficient for
formats and media the data. reading, writing,
(e.g., visually, speaking, and listening
quantitatively, orally) in ELA.Grades.11- at the college and
order to make informed 12.WHST.7. Conduct career readiness level;
decisions and solve short as well as more demonstrate
problems, evaluating sustained research independence in
the credibility and projects to answer a gathering vocabulary
accuracy of each source question (including a knowledge when
and noting any self generated question) considering a word or
discrepancies among or solve a problem; phrase important to
the data. narrow or broaden the comprehension or
inquiry when expression.
appropriate; synthesize
multiple sources on the
subject, demonstrating
understanding of the
 subject under
investigation.
Public opinion, liberal Push poll, margin of
Political culture,
conservative, populist, error, exit poll. Sample Review all Unit 2 key
Vocabulary N/A political socialization,
progressive, size, tracking polls, terms (26 in total)
salience, wedge issue
libertarian benchmark polls
20 minutes. This
lesson will start by
going over and
reviewing the results
of the first Unit Exam.
This includes
10 minutes. In their
congratulating the
table groups students 10 minutes. Students
highest scores in each
will create a jamboard will be given 5 minutes
period, breaking down
and create at least two to list and summarize 10 minutes will be
the class averages,
post-its per group the 5 major spent on our ‘’Good
going over the
member analyzing the components of a public Things Friday’’ where
questions where 50%
ways the four major opinion poll. 5 minutes students share out one
or more of students
Lesson Intro N/A agents influence will be dedicated to thing that they are
got incorrect, and
political socialization review the looking forward to or
showing examples of
(family, events, components in a class one good thing that
exemplary short
politicians, and group discussion and happened to them
response answers.
identity). I will then reviewing the during the week.
During this time
call on volunteers to homework from last
students will also
share what they wrote night.
complete a Google
down.
Form reflection to
gauge their
understanding of unit
1’s content and how to
prepare for the next
exam.
Content Delivery N/A 30 minutes. After 30 minutes. For the 25 minutes. Students No new content will be
reviewing the unit bulk of this lesson I will have access to my presented today,
exam, we will turn our will lecture the Google Slides so they rather students will
focus to reviewing generational effects on may type their own spend the remainder
political core values public opinion and notes in however way of the period
and socialization. This display numerous they desire as we reviewing their notes
will involve a 5-to-10- charts (quantitative watch the two videos and assignments in
minute analysis of an data) for students to on polls. For the first order to complete the
infographic comparing individually analyze video (about six vocab chart and assign
liberal and and share their minutes long) students definitions to each key
conservative beliefs findings with the class. must fill out a chart to term.
and sharing student (example: what does expand their
perspectives among the chart tell us about knowledge on the five
one another in a table group identity? components of a
convo and type their According to the data scientific public
responses in an will approval for same opinion poll. Next, for
individual padlet post. sex marriage increase 2 minutes students
After this activity or decrease in the will work with their
students will get future? Why?). table groups to
practice multiple physically list all of the
choice questions on reasons a poll may
the process of political produce inaccurate
socialization (example: results or be
‘’which of the following unreliable. After
scenarios best reflects students share a few
the process of examples, we will turn
socialization?’’). This to our last video of the
will take day. This video is
approximately 20 about 3.5 minutes long
minutes to discuss, and students will type
review, and reflect on bullet point notes as
each question. they follow along.
After taking notes, I
will lecture for
approximately 10
minutes on the
characteristics of a
good, reliable poll as
well as what to
consider when
 evaluating a poll.
Throughout the
period. I will ask
students to conduct
table convos (similar
to think, pair, shares) Throughout the lesson.
to discuss the practice Students work
multiple choice collaboratively on our
questions. This way warm-up jamboard
Throughout the lesson.
students can activity, engage in an Whole period (30
Students take notes
understand which interactive lecture by minutes) where
throughout today’s
topics they need more analyzing data and students will work on
lecture, compare their
practice on, what areas answering questions their vocabulary
findings with table
they excel at, and how how the graphs depict review Google doc.
Student Engagement N/A partners, and must
their interpretations political socialization, Whatever key terms
work on their own to
compare to those of and will end the period not finished in class
investigate and
their peers. Students writing a minimum 4-5 will become
summarize a
will also spend a few sentence paragraph homework to complete
trustworthy public
minutes individually regarding their own over the weekend.
opinion poll.
assessing the political political socialization
infographic comparing before we view the
conservative and current events video
liberal views and share as a class and discuss.
one ideal/belief that
stood out to them or
that they found
interesting.
Lesson Closure N/A This will be a two-day 10 minutes. 5 minutes 15 minutes. Students 10 minutes. I will go
lesson so this day will will be provided to will have the around and visually
end on the multiple- students to write remainder of the class assess students’
choice practice down their response to begin researching progress regarding the
questions. I will take a on their exit slips, online for a vocabulary review
minute or so to answering the trustworthy public chart. Few, if any,
mention grades will be questions: ‘’what are opinion poll and students are expected
due Friday afternoon your key takeaways on complete the to finish this in class so
and there will be no political socialization? discussion post on I will remind students
 What factor(s) this is homework to be
influenced your own completed over the
political opinions? weekend. Additionally,
How?’’ The remaining grades for first quarter
homework assigned
5 minutes will be spent ekadence. are due this afternoon
this night.
doing current events so I will meet with a
on the recent scandal few students
of Los Angeles’ City individually to discuss
Council. their grades.
The Google Form
Reflection on the Unit
1 Exam serves as an
informal assessment of
students’
understanding and
comprehension on Student discussions
both the content and will serve as an
additional ways to informal assessment The Google Document
study for exams. and the exit slip containing the
The discussion posts
Verbal discussions will paragraph will serve vocabulary key term
where students must
be an additional as another form of review chart will serve
investigate and
informal assessment assessment and as the formative
Assessments N/A identify a trustworthy
as well as class provide students the assessment for this
poll serves as the
discussions regarding opportunity to reflect period as I can see how
formative assessment
the practice multiple on political students are defining
for this lesson.
choice questions on socialization while also the key terms and offer
my Google Slides. The tying in personal guidance if necessary.
padlet post will also agency with the
serve as an informal curriculum.
assessment to see if
students are
developing
appropriate/accurate
interpretations of
political socialization.
Accommodations for N/A All class materials are There’s a variation of All videos watched in We do have translated
ELs and SSNs translated as activities to class will have Spanish versions of the
appropriate. Students accommodate different captions for EL textbook for our ELs.
are also given access to types of learners. For students. Students will Additionally, the
the slides so they are example, I included a have access to the textbook is also
able to follow along visual of the different slides prior the class to available online via
with the lesson at their factors that influence know what to expect our class page and
own pace, view political socialization and so they can offers text-to-audio
information on their for visual learners and individually take their features, annotation
own screens, and the jamboard activity own notes instead of features, etc. to further
access any additional helps summarize relying on mine. This support students. All
apps (text-to-speech, major topics into provides students unit materials such as
translations, precise post-its. We opportunities to take my Google Slides,
annotations, typing alternate between their own form of videos watched,
notes into their own collaborative and notes in their own edpuzzles, and
copy of class materials, individual activites to style. Pair shares and assignments are all
etc.). As always table help support ELs and table convos help available online and
convos and SSNs but ensure each promote collaboration can be accessed via
collaborative activities student has an and peer scaffolding. iphone or chromebook
act as a scaffold via opportunity to Students will also be to ensure widespread
verbal assessments demonstrate given the videos we’ll accessibility for all
and exchanging ideas understanding of the watch together in class students. This
with peers before content (exit slip so they can rewatch it assignment is assigned
presenting their paragraphs). Students at their own pace. Friday and will not be
thoughts in a class- have access to all class Class time is given to due until Monday to
wide discussion. If I materials. students to complete provide students
plan on calling on the discussion post adequate time to
students, I let SSNs and assignment. finish. The entire class
ELs know ahead of time is dedicated to
time that I will call on this assignment to give
them to give them time students time to begin
to prepare to share. studying the key terms
that will appear on the
future quiz and exam.
Lastly, this assignment
must be turned in
individually but I
 always encourage
students to
communicate with
each other and myself
to exchange
interpretations and
perspectives, adding in
an additional scaffold
for students who may
not understand certain
key terms yet.
 Google Slides
 Textbooks
 Google Slides  Current Event  Google Slides
 Google Slides
N/A  Google Form Video  2 Public
Resources  Vocab Review
Reflection on  Chromebooks Opinion Poll
Doc
Unit Exam  Pencil/Pen and Videos
 Chromebooks
Paper