EDEL453 Spring2013 AlyceMACK Unit 2 Civics DAY 3

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Title of Unit: Social Studies RULES!

Title of Lesson: Lets Vote Submitted By: Alyce Mack and William Hall

Nevada State College EDEL 453 - Spring 2013 Karen Powell- Instructor page 1

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan:Students will be able to understand the concepts of voting by actively participating in

voting on an assignment in class. Students will define majority rule and tally the results of

their ballots.

B. Target Population: Grade Level: 4th Skill Level: For students at all learning levels Grouping: Students will work individually, small groups and as a whole class.

C. Materials: Scraps of paper for ballots Pencils Box for ballots Student notebooks Computer lab

D. Objectives:o NV State Social Studies Standards

C13.4.2 Explain that democracy involves voting, majority, rule, and settingrules.

o Student-Friendly Standards Students will be able to understand how voting works by actively voting in

class.

E. Procedure:1. Teacher will tell students that they will be having a quiz but they get to vote on whether

the test will be today or tomorrow. Teacher will then pass out ballots with 3 choices:

today, tomorrow, and no preference. Students will take a vote and mark one option.

2. Teacher will have students discuss in theirgroups what the term majority rule andrecord their thoughts in their notebooks. One student from each group will sharethoughts discussed and teacher will compare with definition:

Majority Rule: control by majority: control of an organization or institution according to

the wishes or votes of the majority of its members

3. Teacher will then collect ballots and have students create a chart in their notebooks totally the results. Teacher will read off the ballots aloud and students will record tallies

accordingly. The teacher will ask students to examine results and discuss in each group

what the majority rule states from the results.


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4. Teacher will then have students move to the computer lab to utilize computers toaccess link:

http://pbskids.org/democracy/vote/

Students will be able to Step Inside the Voting Box and read about the importance of

voting and cast their vote on important issues of their choice.

5. CLOSURE: Students will share and discuss different options chosen to what they believeshould be presented on a ballot. Teacher will chart these options and compare with

other 4th grade classes.

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding?

Student notebooks will be used to measure student understanding.

Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.By being able to observe student discussions In groups and responses made by

students will tell me if students are understanding concepts of voting and majority rule.

G. Reflection:1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach?

The easiest part of the lesson to teach would be having students vote to take a test

for today, tomorrow, or no preference. I am almost certain the majority rule would

be tomorrow.

2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?The most challenging would be presenting the lesson when it coordinates with the

use of the computer lab.

3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?It would be interesting to extend this lesson to the entire 4th grade classes so the

amount of voters would increase. The results could also be dramatically different.

4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts?I would work with students individually and in small groups and provide different

voting sessions and have students tally results and find the majority rule.

5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?I do not think any changes are necessary.
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6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?Finding a kid friendly definition for majority rule.

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