Lesson+Plan

= Name of Lesson: Early American Leaders =

3 Sunshine State Standards Addressed:
1) SS.2.A.1.1 – Examine primary and secondary sources. 2) SS.2.A.1.2 – Utilize the media center, technology, or other informational sources to locate information that provides answers to questions about a historical topic 3) SS.2.C.3.2 – Recognize symbols, individuals, events, and documents that represent the United States.

NETS Standards
1) Creativity and Innovation - Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

2) Research and Information Fluency - Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

Bloom’s Taxonomy
Knowledge – students will identify leaders Comprehension – students will discuss what makes a good leader Application – students will construct a webmap and list leaders and leader qualities Analysis – students will investigate leaders to answer questions

= A =

A= Analyze your Learners
This lesson plan is intended for a second grade class Social Studies class. There are 22 kids in the class; 15 are girls and 7 are boys. The ages of these students range from 7-8 years old. The majority of the class comes from lower-middle class families. They are average level readers with only 1 or 2 having difficulty with the average level of work. Most of the students in the class are visual and kinesthetic learners but there are a few that are auditory learners. The class is pretty evenly split white and Hispanic.

= S =

S = State your Objectives
Given research books and information on an early American leader, the student will be able to organize the information into a mind web through Kidspiriation with 100% factual accuracy.

Given access to specific websites linked on the wikispaces website, the student will be able to answer a list of questions with at least 80% accuracy.

Given information about a few early American leaders, the student will be able to identify at least 5 other leaders that exemplify the qualities of the leaders previously discussed.

= S =

S = Select Media and Materials

 * Computer
 * Kidspiration
 * Wikispaces
 * 2know clickers
 * Smartboard with projector
 * Paper
 * Pencils
 * Research books (ie encyclopedia)

= U =

U = Utilize Media and Materials
The computer is needed to have access to information found in websites given on wikispaces and to build their web map on kidspiration. The 2know clickers are used to answer the questions that they are given to answer with research on the computer. The smartboard and projector are used to display the scores from the clickers. Paper and pencils will be used to take notes on the qualities of leaders. Research books will be used to begin research on early American leaders.

= R =

R = Require Learner Participation
Students will begin the class by researching a list of early American leaders that are given by the teacher. The students will then make a list of qualities that they believe that those leaders have. From there, the students will go to the computer and do further research on those leaders and write down more qualities that the leaders have and examples of things that those leaders have done that show those qualities. The students will use their clickers to answer questions given to them while they do research. A chart of the scores on these questions will be shown on the smartboard. On the second day, the students will then make a web map of a specific leader of their choice, their qualities, and example of those qualities in use. After they have completed their web map, they will come together in groups to discuss universal qualities of leaders and brainstorm a list of at least 5 other leaders that they believe exemplify the universal qualities of a leader.

= E =

E = Evaluate and Revise
I will assess student learning through the factual accuracy of their web maps, the accuracy through which they answered the questions given during their research, and through their list of other leaders that they came up with.

Web Map Rubric

 * CATEGORY || 10 || 7 || 3 || 0 ||
 * Web map information || At least 80% of the facts are correct and gathered from at least 3 different sources || At least half of the facts are correct and gathered from at least 2 different sources || Less than half of the facts are correct and gathered from at least one source || None of the facts are correct and did not use any sources ||
 * Web map readability || Map is clearly laid out and easy to read. It has arrows traveling from one idea to the next. All ideas are in bubbles. Grammar is at least 80% correct || Map is some what difficult to read. It has arrows traveling from most ideas to the next. most ideas are in bubbles. Grammar is at least 60% correct || Map is extremely difficult to read. It has arrows traveling from some ideas to the next. Some ideas are in bubbles. Grammar is at least 40% correct || Map is impossible to read. It does not have arrows traveling from one idea to the next. None of the ideas are in bubbles. Grammar is less than 40% correct ||

Quiz/Question rubric
Answers will be graded out of 20 points. There are 10 questions worth 2 points each.

List of Leaders rubric

 * CATEGORY || 10 || 7 || 3 || 0 ||
 * List responses || At least 5 leaders that we had not discussed are listed. || At least 3 leaders that we had not discussed are listed, may have listed leaders that we had discussed. || Only listed leaders that we had discussed or listed less than 3 original leaders. || Did not make a list of leaders. ||

To evaluate the lesson plan, I would see how accurately the students met the objectives. If this level was unsatisfactory I would change the websites that the students were asked to use or I would change the lesson plan to be more cooperative or individual based on the problems that arise.