Carver-Lyon Elementary
Lesson Plans
Math
Science
Social Studies
Health
English/Language
Teacher/Grade: Mr. Dixon/ 3rd Grade
Monday
Week of: February 24-28
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Content Standard(s):
3-3.4 Summarize the effects of the American Revolution, including the
establishment of state and national governments.
3-3.5 Outline the structure of state
government, including the branches of
government (legislative, executive,
and judicial), the representative bodies
of each branch (general assembly,
governor, and supreme court), and the
basic powers of each branch.
Learning Objective(s):
Students will use a four
square note taking
process to learn about
how S. Carolina
developed a new system
of government.
Students will use a
graphic organizer to
learn about evolution of
S. Carolina after the
American Revolution.
Unit Assessment
Students will write
briefly about the
functions of the 3
branches of
government.
Students will use a
four square note
taking process to
learn about the
representative
bodies of
government and
functions of the 3
branches..
Checking for
Understanding
Assessment of student
four square notes.
Assessment of
students’ graphic
organizers.
Assessment of
students’ tests.
Assessment of
student responses.
Assessment of
student four
square notes.
Materials and Resources
SF: p. 191-193; 196-197
SF Workbook: p. 40
South Carolina Studies Weekly: Week 20 “South Carolina: The New
State”
“South Carolina Great Stories That Embrace the History of the
Palmetto State” p. 80-83
Planning Guide: Teacher Toolbox
SF: p. 196; 380-382
SF: p. 80
South Carolina Studies Weekly:
Week 19 “Government”
South Carolina Studies Weekly:
Week 20 “South Carolina: The New
State”
“South Carolina Great Stories That
Embrace the History of the
Palmetto State” p. 246-247
Planning Guide: Teacher Toolbox
Whole Group Lesson (Adapted from the Primary Kit)
Relevance
(Instructional
Procedures):
Engage: Students will
be reading in their estudies weekly
newspaper to discover
more information about
how S. Carolina changed
from a colony to a state
and were able to decide
upon new rules and laws
in the state. Students
will be using a four
square note-taking
organizer. They will
begin by making a
prediction about what
the article will teach
them.
Engage: Students will
pair-share with a
partner about how the
American Revolution
affected S. Carolina.
Explore: Students will
then read the article and
write text-based
questions for their
questioning section of
their four square chart.
Constructed Response:
Comparison Chart
Explain: Students will
then come up with
questions about things
they did not understand
for the clarifying section
of their four square. The
Assessment 33.4
Explore: Students will be
given a graphic
organizer in which they
will organize
information about how
S. Carolina changed
from a colony to a state
and purpose and
function of the three
branches of
government.
Double Click
How the American
Revolution Affected South Carolina.docx
Explain: Using their
graphic organizers,
students will quiz one
another about the
functions of government
Engage: The teacher
will ask students to
write in their
journals about why
they think South
Carolina came up
with 3 branches of
government.
Explore: The teacher
will lead students in
reading about the S.
Carolina
government.
Students will create a
3 column chart, in
which they will
briefly describe the
function of each
branch of
government.
Explain: Students
will answer teachercreated questions
from the reading.
Evaluate: Students
will pair-share one
thing they learned
about the branches
Engage: Students
will be reading in
their e-studies
weekly newspaper
(Week 20) to
discover more
information about
the branches of
government and
they came to be.
Students will be
using a four square
note-taking
organizer. They
will begin by
making a
prediction about
what the article
will teach them.
Explore: Students
will then read the
article and write
text-based
questions for their
questioning
section of their
four square chart.
Explain: Students
will then come up
teacher will clarify
unknown words and
concepts for students.
and how S. Carolina
changed from a colony
to a state.
Evaluate: Students will
then summarize the key
point of the article in
one to two sentences.
Evaluate: Students will
write in their notebooks
about how the system
of checks and balances
helps control the
government.
of government with a with questions
partner or elbow
about things they
buddy.
did not understand
for the clarifying
section of their
four square. The
teacher will clarify
unknown words
and concepts for
students.
Evaluate: Students
will then
summarize the key
point of the article
in one to two
sentences.
Literacy Materials (Must come from the Primary Kit or S3 Supplementary Materials)
Video Extensions (Must come from the S3 Supplementary Materials Only)
*Video Extensions
*Literacy Materials
SF textbook: p. 191-193
Smart Lesson: Effects of the Revolutionary War, teachertoolbox
Website:Articles of Confederation, congressforkids.net
Constitution Convention
Song: Bill of Rights,billofrights institute
Game: Bill of Rights, billofrights
Document:Bill of Rights
Double click
BillofRights.pdf
SF Textbook: p. 196
Student Newspaper: eStudies Weekly
“South Carolina Great Stories That
Embrace the History of the Palmetto
State” p. 246-247
Video: Three Branches of Government:
“This is Our Government”
Video:, Judicial Branch Legislative
Branch Executive Branch Streamline SC
PowerPoint: “The US and Our Local
Government”
Double Click
.
The United States
and
Our Local
Government
PowerPoint: Branches of South Carolina
Government
Branches of South
Carolina Government.pptx
Website: What Is Congress kidsinthe
house.com
Closing
Closure
Lesson Reflection
Students will share their
summaries of the article.
Students will play “the
hot seat” game to
prepare for their
assessment.
The teacher will
summarize the learning
from the unit and briefly
describe what students
will be learning in the
subsequent unit.
The teacher will
summarize the
learning from the
day.
Students will play
“the hot seat”
game to quiz their
knowledge on the
branches of
government.