Title of Unit: Civics Title of Lesson: Branches of Government Submitted By: Brittini Mrozek

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson plan is designed for fifth grade students to learn about the government, its levels, and its responsibilities. This lesson uses the fifth grade Houghton Mifflin social studies textbook United States History volume 1(p. 328-333). B. Target Population: Grade Level: 5th grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: whole group reading and discussion, independent for activity C. Materials: Houghton Mifflin social studies textbook United States History colume1 (p. 328-333). Pencils paper D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C14.5.2 Identify the three branches of government (as set forth in the U.S. Constitution)

Student-Friendly Standards C14.5.2 I can tell you about the three branches of government.

E. Procedure: 1. Refer to Notes on p. 328 Get Set to Read o o Preview: Ask students what they know about what government does and how it is structured. Introduce vocabulary(Unconstitutional, Balance, Senate)

2. Read as a class, p. 328-333. Ask questions as indicated in the margins o o o o What are some of the government roles?(p329) What is a majority rule?(p329) What is the rule of law? (p. 329) What is the goal of the three branches of government? (p.330)

3. As a class, discuss the differences between executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. How do they differ?

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Title of Unit: Civics Title of Lesson: Branches of Government Submitted By: Brittini Mrozek

4. Have students create a graphic organizer, three columns labeled federal government, state government, and local government. In each column write the responsibilities of each type of government. 5. CLOSURE: Review: Why is it important that a balance of power exists between the three branches of government? F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will measure the students understanding by collecting their organizers and using formative assessment while discussing questions throughout the text. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students will be able to Identify the three branches of government (as set forth in the U.S. Constitution). I will know that students can identify the three branches of government if they can participate in answering questions about the three levels of governments as well as complete a graphic organizer describing the different kinds of government.

G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think it will be easiest to teach about the responsibilities of each branch of government because the book lists all of them and does a good job of guiding the teacher into asking questions about why we have different branches. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I dont really think anything is this lesson will be difficult, its pretty straight forward and gives the information needed to understand the types of government and how the government was made. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I can follow up this lesson by researching other types of governments. Students can research democratic or monarch government types in different countries and compare them to ours. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For students who dont grasp the concept, I will try to find videos or bring in books that better explain the different roles. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?
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Title of Unit: Civics Title of Lesson: Branches of Government Submitted By: Brittini Mrozek

I dont see anything that I would change about the lesson. It is easy to follow and I liked how it didnt have many activities in the textbook, so you could come up with your own. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult part was again, fitting it all into one lesson. There was basically three parts to this lesson that I combined into one.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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