Daily Lesson Plan

Name: Summer Durham Date: 1/19/2018

Subject: Social Studies Topic: The voting process

Grade: First Length of Lesson: 30 minutes

The Big Idea: Students will learn about rules that we follow at home, school, and in the
community. Students will learn about votes (majority rules) and laws. Students will take a
classroom vote that demonstrates majority rule. Students will demonstrate mastery goal by
completing a summative assessment and participating in classroom vote with 80% accuracy.

Standard: Social Studies

Cluster: Civics
Objective: SS.1.1 – Model patriotism, cooperation, tolerance and respect for others within
the school and community.

Materials:
 My World – Social Studies Book
 Smartboard

Direct Instruction:
 Teacher will direct students to turn to page 24 in their My World social studies book.
 Students will learn about rules that we follow at home, school, and in the community.
 Teacher will explain that a vote is often used to make a rule or a law. Sometimes votes
are used to make a rule or a law.
 Teacher will ask students if they have ever participated in a vote. Teacher will then
explain what a vote is and how it works. The teacher will explain that sometimes a
group votes to make a rule or sometimes to make a choice. The choice with the most
votes is what the group does.
 Teacher will explain what a law is. A rule for a community is a law.

Guided Practice:
 Teacher will ask students to underline two facts from their workbook. Example: Each
person has one vote.

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Lesson Closure:
 Teacher will provide students with statements. They will be asked to respond with a
thumbs up if correct and a thumbs down if incorrect.
- Laws tell us what we must do. – thumbs up
- Votes are to make a choice. – thumbs up

 Teacher will introduce “take home buddies” to class. The class will be given 2 stuffed
animals to begin taking home and writing about.
 Teacher will inform students that they will be conducting a classroom vote to name the
two “take home buddies”. Students will begin taking them home and writing about their
evening with the animal. More in-depth information about this activity will be given
next week.
 Teacher will ask for name choices to vote on.
 Teacher will explain that the choice with the most votes will be what the animals will be
named.
 Teacher will write choices on board and use tally marks on to record the votes.
 Teacher and students will count votes together to determine the winning results.

Independent Practice:
 Students will answer the following question in their workbook: ____________ help keep
people safe.
Students should respond with “laws”.
 Students will underline 2 facts from the “Laws in the Community” passage in their
workbook. Teacher will read passage to students.

Assessment:
 Students will answer the following questions from their workbook by recording their
answer in their workbook:
What is one rule you follow both at home and at school?
One rule I follow at school is:

Lesson Reflection:

This lesson is my favorite lesson that I have taught. The students liked learning about the voting
process and participating in a classroom vote. I feel that the classroom vote was a great way to
engage students. I feel that the students also learned by taking an actual class vote and seeing
results. The students all participated in the vote and understood the concept of the majority
rule.