UNIT:
The Vietnam War
LESSON: 1
SAS STANDARDS: 7.1.U.A, 5.4.C.A, 6.5.12.
DATE: 11/10/2014
TIME LENGTH:
60 minutes
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
1. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to correctly list and define by a
sentence or two all of the programs that make up LBJ’s Great Society program with
at least 90% accuracy.
2. Students will be able to by the end of the lesson list in chronological order the
programs implemented by President Johnson in a timeline form with 90% accuracy.
3. Students will be able to by the end of the lesson be able to compare and contrast, by
using a Venn diagram, President Johnson’s Medicare and Medicaid programs with
90% accuracy.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. Compare and contrast JFK’s domestic programs to LBJ’s. Which programs were the
best out of both campaigns?
2. What is some of the programs that LBJ implemented while he was in office? Out of
all of these programs, which do you feel like is the most important or significant and
why?
3. Evaluate how the country would be now today without the Social Security program?
Do you think that another president would have implemented a similar program?
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:
1. Students will receive a ticket out the door question which they must answer before
they leave. Each student will receive a program that President Johnson created and
will have to describe the program they were assigned in at least two sentences.
2. Throughout the lesson, students will be answering questions through their clicker
devices that was assigned per student at the beginning of the year.
LESSON TYPE (Pedagogy): Direct instruction and cooperative learning
LESSON ELEMENTS:
I. Lesson Introduction (10-15 minutes)
A. Motivational Device: Students will be shown a picture of Lyndon B. Johnson being
sworn in after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and will be asked to write in their
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journals what they thought about the picture and how quickly after the assassination he was
sworn in to office. Students will reflect how they feel and volunteers will be asked to share their
thoughts.
(picture:http://upload.wikimedia.org/2ikipedia/commons/c/cc/Lyndon_B._Johnson_taking_the_oath_of_office,_November_1963.jpg)
II. Lesson Outline (35 min)
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Students will arrive in the classroom and will see the motivational device (photo) displayed
on the screen and will have to write their reflection on the picture. Students will share their
thoughts if they volunteer.
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The teacher will briefly go over what has happened since the JFK assassination and the
swearing in of President Johnson soon after.
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Students will then be asked to create a powerpoint based on one of the Great Society
Programs in groups. The power point will list and explain in great detail one domestic
program that was enacted under Johnson’s presidency and its components. The programs
are as following:
o The Civil Rights Act
o The Great Society campaign
o The Voting Rights Act
o Elementary and Secondary Education Act
o Higher Education Act
o War on Poverty
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After each group creates a powerpoint, students will then present their information to the
class by their powerpoint. After each group presents, the teacher will then upload the flip
book onto the smart board for a review game of the programs.
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The Students will select one volunteer from each group at a time, rotating the position to
each group member of the team so every child has a chance to use the white board. The
teams would have a list of the programs and would have to drag the program to the
correct definition as well as to put the programs in order of when they were put into place
on an interactive timeline. Students would also have to highlight the important words
within the program’s definition that are key words.
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After each team correctly labels, defines and places the acts in the correct spot the teacher
will then change to a blank slide on the promethean board where students will take notes.
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Each student must go up to the board and describe/write one important thing that they
learned that day during the lesson but cannot repeat what is already listed. After each
student writes their notes, the teacher will convert the handwriting from the whiteboard to
text and will print out the notes for the students to have to study for their upcoming
quizzes or tests.
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Throughout the lesson there will be clicker questions between important programs as well
as content to keep the students engaged in the lesson.
III. Lesson Summary (10 min)
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The teacher will go back and review the clicker questions that were asked throughout the
lesson and will reveal/go over the right answers for the students. The teacher will also
explain the importance of these programs and the impacts that it has on the future of the
country, as well as will introduce the foreign policy of President Johnson for the next class.
C. Closure: Students will receive a ticket out the door question which they must answer before
they leave. Each student will receive a program that President Johnson created and will have to
describe the program they were assigned in at least two sentences.
DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING ACTIVITY:
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Visual learners will like the pictures and colors of the powerpoint, they will also like seeing
the words on the screen as well as the manipulation on the flip board of the information.
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Auditory learners will like the oral descriptions of the slides as well as the answers for the
clicker questions
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Kinesthetic learners will like the manipulation of the materials on the white boards. They
will also like the clicker questions and it will keep them engaged in class.
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES:
Materials:
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Class textbook
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Paper
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Pencils
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Students’ writing journals
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Technology:
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Computer
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Flip chart
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Promethean board
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Projector
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Promethean pen
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Internet
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Picture:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Lyndon_B._Johnson_taking_the_o
ath_of_office,_November_1963.jpg
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