LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
Name Michelle McGuire
Date 8-2-04
Standard: Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of
the US Government. (History-Social Science 3rd Grade)
Objective: The student should be able to develop awareness and determine the importance of rules
and regulations and how they function in daily life.
Syntax of the Model of
Teaching
Description of the Lesson
Motivation
The element of surprise and the
unknown. Give the students temporary
freedom as a social experiment and see
how they function and if they can make
their own rules and regulations.
Technological Enhancement
Input of Information
(how and why, what mode
and with what kind of aides)
Tell students that in 5 minutes they will
travel to a different planet that looks
exactly like our classroom. They will
only be there for 10 minutes, and will be
invisible to me, so I won’t be able to see
or hear them (even though I’ll still be in
the class). When I give the signal, time
starts and the same signal indicates the
end of their space travel. When time is
up, class resumes as normal.
Play a space travel soundscape that
has the premise of the classroom
experiment.
Checking Comprehension
(did they understand, do you
need to input in a new way?)
Allow students to ask any questions
about the exercise until the 5 minute
grace period is over.
After 2-3 minutes into the exercise,
Structured Practice
(in a structured way to insure write a question on the board that the
students must answer during their time
success)
in “space” such as: “As a group, decide
upon one space travel artifact to bring
back to Earth and give 3 reasons why
the group chose it.”
Guided Practice
(in a more difficult way to
really show you they are
grasping the concept)
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Have the questions played as a
part of the space soundscape 2-3
minutes after space travel starts.
After the 10 minutes are up, and the
Have the goal played as part of the
class presents their artifact, repeat the
soundscape.
exercise, but give them a goal to achieve
during the exercise and time to think
about it before their 10 minutes starts.
“You will be given an all access pass
back the planet you just visited, but in
order to keep it, you must pick 4
different people to be in charge of the
planet and describe their duties.”
Closure
( how do you bring to a close
and sum up what learning
was to take place)
After students present their 4 leaders,
After time is up, have reflective
ask the student how they came to their
questions played out on the
decisions. Ask them how this relates to soundscape.
everyday life, and what life would be
like if there were not rules or regulations
to follow. Guide their discussion to
focus on the importance of leaders, how
rules are made, and the importance of
following rules for social harmony.
Explain how this relates to the colonists
and how they had to come up with a
new government. Point out the
similarities between the leaders that the
class chose and how that relates to the
government that we have in our own
country.
Formal/Informal Assessment (reflection of degree some students reached the objective.)
Have the
j students write a single paragraph reflection on their experience and as them to include one new thing that they learned as
a result of the activity.
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