CADET CORPS LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
Name of Instructor:
David Sosa
Date of class:
11 August 2012
Start time:
0800
End Time:
0850
Number of Cadets:
24
Location of Class:
R-6
Asst. Instructor(s):
N/A
Total length of class:
50 Minutes
Step 1: Decide what you want your cadets to know and be able to do at the end of your
instruction.
Select which CACC Standard you will be teaching:
Standard 5: Drill/Ceremonies
Which objective(s) will you be teaching (from the listing of CACC Standards and Objectives)?
Write the objective(s) here:
c. Properly execute close order drill.
Step 2: Decide how you will know your cadets have learned what you taught. Select the
method(s) you will use to ASSESS their understanding, knowledge, and skill:
Quiz / test
Worksheet
Oral questions
Game
Essay/Paragraph
Rubric for stationary drill
N/A
from the CACC curriculum
to ensure consistent grading
of movement.
Performance task
Art activity
Questioning throughout the Drill Down Competition
lesson to reinforce proper
foot, hand, arm, etc.
placement.
Singing / song
Marching
N/A
Drill inspection at end of
N/A
instruction to have students
demonstrate their proficiency
of the movement.
Fitness activity
Group project
N/A
Individual/Detail/Squad
formations to teach,
perform, and evaluate
N/A
Group (squad) quiz
Discussion
Other
N/A
N/A
Individual
N/A
N/A
Team Sport
Step 3: Write out the steps you will use to get the cadets to learn the material you are presenting
so they are successful on the assessment.
A: Engaging Beginning – What will you do to get the cadets interested in your topic?
I will show a video of the Marine Corps Silent Drill Team that will demonstrate one
aspect of drill that students will use a a gauge to visualize others drilling/marching.
B: Activate Prior Knowledge – How will you get cadets to show you what they already know
about the topic?
I will have students walk around first in an unorganized manner to simply just walk
around before I have them march. This will give them the idea that marching is simply
walking in a different manner.
C: Direct Instruction – What information will you present to your cadets through direct
delivery?
I will show cadets the proper position of attention. From this point I can teach all other
positions or marching movements. I will begin with basic facing, paying close attention
to head, hand, and foot placement. I will employ a basic structure of modeling the
movements with direct representation and execution of each movement prior to the group
practice.
D: Group Practice – What questions / activities will cadets do in small groups to practice the
skills you have just taught?
Students will be given time to work on executing the movement on their own
immediately after learning the movement. The students will then be told to go back to the
position of attention to resume instruction. Students will be asked the proper position for
movemens such as position of attention, right face, left face, about face, and present
arms. Students that are more advanced will help those that are having difficulty.
E: Independent Practice – What questions / activities will cadets do individually to practice the
skills you have just taught?
Students will also be given more time to both call out the stationary drill commands as
well as perform the movements in a timed. Students will also be given an opportunity to
ask each other questions and work in groups of four or five. Students will have a rubric
that they will use on their final assessment, so they know how and what they will be
evaluated on.
F: Assessment: What will you now do to make sure that the “Message Given” is the “Message
Received? How will you test cadets’ knowledge, skill, and understanding of this topic?
(specifics)
After students have been given a few days of practice, students will be given an
assessment at a squad level to determine their level of understandin and mastering of
movements.
G: Re-teaching: What steps will you take to help cadets who “do not get it” the first time the
material is taught?
Because drill is a performance based concept, I will allow students time to practice and
many times to remediate the information and the movements. I will also give students
time to work with more advanced students until they grasp the concepts.
Step 4: Gather the materials you need for the class. What materials will you need for the class?
The following will be used as the rubric for grading cadets in stationary drill:
TA_2-A-3_Stationary_Drill.pdf
The following is the Army Drill Manual that will be used to make copies from chapter 4
to hand out or use a visual models for students to use and see in the classroom and when
they go home, so they can do it on their own.
Step 5: After the class: What went well in your class and what would you do differently next
time to make the class better?
One of the things I have done as a result of giving this class is to make sure I break down
each of the movements and give students a lot of time practicing on their own, with me
supervising and correcting, before I actually give the commands and have students do
them in a formation. This gives students plenty of time to become proficient enough that
they will not be to focused on whether other students are watching them make mistakes.
This needs to be a stress free environment where students know they can make mistakes
and where they know they will be given guidance to correct any deficiencies.