WOODLAND HILLS SECONDARY LESSON PLAN
Name: Mr. Biondo Date: 2/17/2015 Length of Lesson: 3 Weeks Content Area: Civics
STAGE I – DESIRED RESULTS
LESSON TOPIC (Module, if applicable): Our Living
Constitution
BIG IDEAS:
(Content standards, assessment anchors, eligible content) objectives, and skill
focus)
5.1.9.D - Explain the basic principles and ideals within
documents of Pennsylvania government
5.2.9.E - Explain the importance of the political process to
competent and responsible participation in civic life
5.3.9.G - Explain how the government protects individual
rights
UNDERSTANDING GOALS (CONCEPTS):
Students will understand: How the Constitution is changed
Why the constitution has changed
Who has benefit from particular changes to the Constitution
The importance of having the ability to change the
Constitution.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Why is it important that our
constitution can be changed? How have certain amendments to
the Constitution extended rights to groups of people? How has
the Constitution changed with the growth of our nation?
VOCABULARY: suffrage, segregation, affirmative action
STUDENT OBJECTIVES (COMPETENCIES/OUTCOMES):
Students will be able to: -Explain the change in laws concerning
slavery
-Describe how the amendment process gives Americans a voice
in government
- Describe amendments that guaranteed rights for specific
groups of people
- Describe the Supreme Court's role in applying principles of
the Constitution to a changing society
- Describe the struggle for equality in the U.S.
- Describe the debate centered around affirmative action
- Explain the principles of equal protection
STAGE II – ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
PERFORMANCE TASK: Short class reading and
participation will be assessed. Students will be assessed on a
skill assessment activity. Students will be assessed on their
completion of guided notes. Students will be assessed on their
abilty to define vocabulary in their own words.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: Summarizing Main Ideas,
Exit Tickets, Graphic Organizers
STAGE III: LEARNING PLAN
INSTRUCTIONAL
PROCEDURES:
Do Now
Mini Lesson:
Guided Practice:
Independent Practice:
Summations/Formative Assessments:
Reflections:
Do Now: Daily Collins I
MATERIALS AND
RESOURCES:
-Textbooks, notebooks,
handouts, Excerpts from the
Constitution, Plessy v.
Ferguson handout, Brown v.
Board of Education handout
INTERVENTIONS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
small group
repitition
reminders to stay on task
extended time for activities
-Guided Notes
-Vocabulary Chart
- Amendments Chart
- Interpreting the
Amendments
- School Segregatio n Activity
Writings
Mini Lesson: Amendments
Chart
Guided Practice: Guided
Notes/ Guided Reading
Independent Practice:
Iterpreting the Amendments
Formative Assessment: Exit
Tickets