EDEL453 Spring2013 AlyceMACK Unit 2 Civics DAY 4

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Title of Unit: Social Studies RULES!

Title of Lesson: Leadership 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 understand traits that leaders possess. They will also learn that certain traits

are more convincing than others by engaging in a writing activity.

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: whiteboard notebooks pencils popsicle sticks smart board for internet access

D. Objectives:o NV State Social Studies Standards

C15.4.1 Describe the qualities of a good leader.o Student-Friendly Standards

I can describe traits that a leader possess.E. Procedure:

1. Teacher will engage students in a discussion about who is considered leaders andwhat words come to mind when thinking about a person who is a leader. The teacher

will make a larger T-chart on the whiteboard with Leader on one side and Traits on the

other. Students will also create a T-chart in their notebooks. The teacher will call on

students for responses using Popsicle sticks.

2. Teacher will then play video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQfrcOX5tW4

Teacher will have students mark off traits that are mentioned in the video from theircharts in their notebooks.

3. Teacher will have students think back to what they decided was an important issuethat they would have wanted to see on a ballot from yesterdays lesson. The teacher

will explain to students that they are now the person in charge of making the important

issue take place. They must now write a letter to the people to convince them that

their issue is more important than anyone elses using examples of traits they possess.
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4. Students will read aloud letters that they have written and try to convince classmatesthat their issues are the most important and what traits were used to help be

convincing.

5. CLOSURE: Students will decide what letters were more convincing and why.F. Assessment:

What will you use to measure student understanding?Student participation during discussions, T-charts in student notebooks, and letter

written by students will be used to measure student understanding.

Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.Student letters will be used to identify if students understand the concepts of the

qualities of a good leader.

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

The entire lesson will be fairly easy to teach.

2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?I think time is the only challenging factor in this lesson but could have students write

letters for homework and present the next day.

3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?Extension could be for students to create and display a leader of their choice using

evidence of traits that describe how and why this person is a leader.

4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts?I would work with students individually or in small groups defining traits that a leader

possess.

5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?The only change I would make would be that maybe the length of the lesson be

extended over two days.

6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?The most difficult was choosing a video that represents leadership traits from a kids

perspective.


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