Our Country and It’s Presidents
Lesson planned for: September 20, 2050
Grade Level
This lesson is designed for students grades 4-6, and parts of the lesson could be used as warm-ups for upper level classes such as seventh and eighth grade social studies students.
Subject
This lesson is best suited for an American History class, but the information contained could prove beneficial to any history class across the board/
Duration
This lesson is intended to last for one fifty minute class period, so it is a lesson that is designed in hopes of leaving a small amount of important information concerning all the United States presidents.
Objectives
· Memorization of U.S. Presidents
· Associate Inaugural years
· Understanding of Key Terms and Actions
Material Aid
The material aid that I have created to accompany this lesson is a worksheet that requires students to associate Inaugural years with the correct president and also requires them to write a reflection concerning their favorite president. This material aid should provide students with something tangible to put their hands on and understand the numerous presidents our country has had.
Technology Use
Technology will make its’ presence in this lesson through compact discs and headphones to use the musical program that helps students memorize the presidents by a song that recalls each presidents last name in the order in which they were president. For example, the song begins Washington, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren…..
Procedure
This lesson is one in which requires the students to break into three groups: technology, board game (Passionate Presidents), and a discussion with the teacher in which highlights of presidents and their actions are discussed. After breaking into groups the lesson is fairly self-explanatory as each group will spend 10 minutes at each station. After 3o minutes of groups the teacher should bring the class back together and require that each student free-write for 5 minutes about what they have learned in the lesson. If this procedure is followed in an energetic way I believe that students will leave with a better grasp on the country and its’ presidents.
Assessment/Evaluation
I will access the lesson with the material aid that I have created. I have hopes that the students will be able to have an idea of the inaugural years and a favorite president. I think this worksheet creates a challenge for the students and results are decided. This evaluation expresses the knowledge the students leave the lesson with.
5 comments:
John,
I like your incorporation of music to help your students learn the President's Inaugural years. My children love music and they quickly pick up on concepts when they are combined with music. I also like that the students will go to different stations for 10 minute time increments. That way they won't get bored too quickly.
Trudy Paul
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I think this is a good lesson plan because so many kid go through school without knowing all of the Presidents of the United States. I wish I would have had a teacher that did a lesson like this when we were trying to memorize the Presidents.
I liked your lesson plan! I think that music will help them learn alot! I like the stations idea. They will NOT get bored and that is important in history!
I like your lesson plan. Music and moving should keep the students active and interested.
Lil John,
I really like this lesson plan. It is such a good idea to help the students learn the different presidents and a few facts about them. I know i did not really learn the order of the presidents or much about every single one and i know it could have helped me out later in life.
-Jackie
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