CASE STUDY 3

SCENARIO: RAILROADS IN THE

UNITED STATES
 SUBJECT DOMAIN
• SOCIAL STUDIES
– Is the integrated study of multiple fields of
social science and humanities, including
history, geography and political science
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• AT THE END OF THE LESSON, THE
STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
– Describe the role of the railroads in the
history in US
– Discuss and identify the various vehicles
(train engine or cars) and there purposes
– Demonstrate understanding of the lesson
through drawing and coloring
 PREPARATION AND
PRESENTATION
• Learning Environment – Classroom set up:
the day before the lesson started Ms. Jacobs
puts up a colorful bulletin board showing
photographs and artist sketches of historical
events in American railroading
• Learners (Profile) – Grade 4 students
 LESSON FLOW

Lesson
Colorful Commercial Discussion
Bulletin Filmstrip (advantages
and
disadvantages)
 LESSON FLOW

Wrap up
Review Lesson Oral
Discussion the
Lesson (Presentation) Quiz Lesson
(activity)
 INSTRUCTIONAL
ACTIVITY
• Motivation – using the colorful bulletin and a
commercial filmstrip
• Orientation – allowing the students to study
ahead of time
• Information – she talks about the history of
railroads and the different vehicles.
• Application – the students draw the car they
want and color it
• Evaluation – the students evaluate through
oral quizzes
 INSTRUCTIONAL
METHOD
• Lecture with Discussion / Presentation/
Multimedia
– Teaching
– Explaining
– Demonstrating
– Classifying
– Collaborating
 INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA
AND MATERIAL
• The teacher, Ms. Jacobs used a displayed
visual, a colorful bulletin board.
• A multimedia, a short commercial filmstrip
was presented by her.
• She also used real objects and models
such as HO scale examples.
• A printed visuals, was also used by Ms.
Jacobs
 LEARNING THEORIES
• INFORMATION LEARNING PROCESSING
– By using the memory or knowledge of the
students regarding the history of railroads
and other vehicles, thus the teacher implies
the purposes, disadvantages and advantages
of it.
 SWOT ANALYSIS
• STRENGTH – it involves the students
(interaction), SMART
• WEAKNESS – time consuming, can easily
lose focus of lesson topic
• OPPORTUNITIES – students can question,
clarify and challenge
• THREATS – discussion may not have full
participation