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Lesson Plan Amy Hagg Lesson Title: Citizen Duties Unit: Citizenship City Subject Area: Social studies (Civics) Time Required: 45 minutes  1. PA State Standards  a.  8.3.3 A Identify contributions of Individuals and groups to United States History.  b.  8.3.3 D Identify conflict and cooperation among social groups and organizations  2. NCSS Themes  a.  Civic Ideals and Practices  3. Learner Information  a.  Prior Knowledge- students need to know the different roles that take place in society (i.e. police, doctors, teachers, etc).  b.  Learner Diversity- all of the differently learning styles and capabilities will be taken into consideration  4. Learning Objectives  a.  Through research and activities students will recognize the importance of civic duties to society.  5. Materials  a.  Computer with internet access, classroom bulletin board, items to decorate bulletin board (stickers, colored paper, stapler, markers)  6. Procedures/Activities  a.  Anticipatory Set  i.  Ask students to choose a job such as teacher, nurse, politician, etc.  ii. Create a mock class reunion, and have the students walk around and talk to each other about their “professions” <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> iii. Have students sit down, and write everyone’s profession on the board <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> iv. Have students raise hands and say the professions that are missing <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> v.  Discuss what would happen if the community was really missing these important roles <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> b.  Have the students identify of citizenship and community service <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> i.  Brainstorm a list of community helpers <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. Discuss what it means to help the community (Citizenship) <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> c.  Students will create a bulletin board called Citizenship City <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> i.  Students will draw a picture of their own house and put their name on it <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. Students will put their house on the bulletin board <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> iii. Under the students’ houses they should right a community pledge. This will include writing about their plan to better the community by performing services. <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> d.  Students will use the computer to research community service in their own community <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> i.  Students will find out the service that is being done in their own community <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. Students will find a community service project that they may me interested in helping <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> e.  Students will make thank you cards to an organization that has helped their community <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 7. Adaptation for students <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> a.  Give students that need help extra guidance by allowing them to work with other classmates <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> b.  This lesson is friendly to students with special needs <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 8. Curriculum Integration <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> a.  This lesson uses social studies, technology, and writing <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 9. 21st century skills integration <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> a.  The internet is being used for several things in this lesson <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 10. Assessment <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> a.  Each student will be assessed by a rubric <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> i.  Full points- The student participated and cooperative well with peers. They contributed good ideas and have proved to understand what it means to be a good citizen. <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. Most Points- The student participated in the activities. They carried out most classroom directions. They struggled to work well with others. The students work was creative and original. <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> iii. Partial Points- The student needed to be pushed to complete activities. The student created conflicts among peers. The students did not put full effort into the activities.

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