BridgetDivney

RESPONSIBILITY(1)
Lessonplanoverviewanddescription
a. Expectedduration:40minutes,or1classperiod
b. SocialSciences:CivicsandSociology
c. Concepts:
Everyonehasresponsibilities.
Responsibilitiesaredifferentbasedoncircumstance.
Therearedifferentkindsofresponsibility(personal,civic,job
dependent,etc.)
d. Vocabulary:
Responsibilityaduty,somethingapersonmustdobecauseitis

necessaryorimportant
Communityagroupofpeoplewithcommoninterests,attitudes
andgoals

e. Skills:

Studentswillneedbasicskillsofwritingandformingsentences

toconveyideas.
Studentswillneedtoworkindependently.
Studentswillneedtoworkcooperativelyinsmallgroups.
f. GoalsofLesson:
Studentswilldefineresponsibilityandidentifydifferent
II.

responsibilitiestheyhavewithinvariousaspectsoftheirlives.
ContentOutline
Therearemanydifferentkindsofresponsibility.Thereare
responsibilitiesthatmostpeoplehave,andthereare
responsibilitiesthatcomewithspecificcircumstances,jobtitles,or
positions.
o Responsibilitiesathome
o Responsibilitiesatschool
o Responsibilitiesinthecommunity
o Differencesbetweenresponsibilitiesfordifferentpeople
andindifferentsettings/locations

III.

Standards
5.2.3.A.5.CivicsandGovernment.2.RightsandResponsibilitiesof
Citizenship.3rdGrade.A.Identifypersonalrightsandresponsibilities.

IV.

LessonObjectives
a. Studentswillworkindependentlytocomeupwithadefinitionforthe
wordresponsibility.
b. Studentswillworkingroupstocomeupwithexamplesofdifferentkinds

V.

ofresponsibilities.
TeachingProcedures
1. AnticipatorySet/Introduction
a. Beforethelessonbegins,studentswillbeaskedtodoaquickwrite
intheirjournals.Thetopicofthequickwritewillbetodefine
responsibilityinhisorherownwords.
b. Studentwillparticipateinaturnandtalkwithaneighborto
discusswhattheythinkresponsibilitymeans.
c. Theclasswillcometogetherasalargegroupandtheteacherwill
askafewstudentstotalkaboutthedefinitionsthattheycameup
with.
d. Theteacherwillasktheclasstostartthinkingabout
responsibilitiestheyhaveintheirlives.
2. LessonInput
a. Themaincomponentofthislessonwillbestudentsworking
togethertocreatelistsofresponsibilitiestheyhaveathome,
responsibilitiestheyhaveatschoolandresponsibilitiestheyhave
inthecommunity.
b. Thestudentswillgettheirideasflowingwithaquickwriteforthe
anticipatoryset.Theywillthenbreakapartintosmallgroupsof
threeorfourandthinkofasmanyhomeandschoolresponsibilities
astheycan.
c. Onceeachgrouphasalistforhomeandschoolresponsibilities,the
classwillcomebacktogetherasalargegroup.Eachgroupwill
haveachancetosharetheirlistswiththerestoftheclass.
3. GuidedPractice
a. Asstudentsworkinsmallgroups,theteacherwillbewalking
aroundtheroomtoansweranyquestionsandredirectgroupsthat
maybeofftask.
4. IndependentPractice

a. Studentswillcomeupwiththeirowndefinitionfor
responsibilityduringaquickwrite.
5. Differentiation
a. Strugglingstudentscanusepicturestodefineresponsibilityorto
describeresponsibilitiestheyhaveathomeoratschool.
6. Closure
a. Studentswillcompleteanexitticket,forwhichtheywillwrite
theirowndefinitionofresponsibilityonasheetofpaperand
provideanexampleofaresponsibilityfromhomeanda
responsibilityfromschool.
TeacherandStudentResourcesandEvaluationofResources
a. StudentReadingResources:
Noneforthislesson
b. TeacherResourcesforLessonDesign:
Backgroundknowledgeaboutthemeaningofresponsibilityand

VI.

VII.

thedifferentkindsofresponsibility
FormativeandSummativeAssessmentofStudents
a. Allstudentswillparticipateintheclassdiscussionandwillhelptheir

groupmemberscomeupwithexamplesofresponsibility.
b. Eachstudentwillcompletetheexitticket.
VIII. Technology/Materials/Equipment
Journal
Pencil
Largepapertocreatelists
Markers
Blanksheetofpaperforexitticket
Spacetospreadoutwhenworkingingroups
Deskortabletositatwhilewritinginjournalorexitslip
IX.
ReflectiononPlanning
Thisisthefirstlessononresponsibilitytaughtintheunit.Byactivatingthe
studentspriorknowledgeaboutresponsibility,Iwillbeabletomoreeasilywork
withthemtocomeupwithaclassdefinitionfortheword.Althoughthestudents
maynothavethoughtofitinthisparticularway,manyofthemwillbeableto
identifydifferentresponsibilitiesthattheyhaveandcategorizethembywhere
theyhavetheseresponsibilities.Thislessonwillactasananticipatorysetforthe
secondlessononresponsibility,whichfocusesontheimportanceof

responsibilitiesofcitizens.Themainfocusoftheunitplaniscitizenship;andan
importantaspectofcitizenshipiscitizenresponsibility.