EDUC 474 LESSON PLAN

Candidate Name:
Gaby Cervantes

Date:
11/21/16

Lesson Title:
Who is that person?
Type of Lesson:
Inquiry

Grade Level:
3rd grade

Content Area:
Social Studies
Content Standard:
Describe the lives of American heroes who took risks to secure our freedoms
(e.g.,
Anne Hutchinson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln,
Frederick
Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr.).
ELD Standard:
1. Exchanging information and ideas-expanding
Contribute to class, group, and partner discussions, including sustained
dialogue, by
following turn-taking rules, asking relevant questions, affirming others, and
adding
relevant information.
Lesson Objective:
Students will be able to identify and describe the life of one important hero,
who took a risk and impacted the lives of Americans.
Driving Question:
Who influenced our ability to have the rights we have today?
Assessment Plan (formative & summative):
Formative: K.W.L. Chart
Summative: You are there & Journal
Assessment Accommodations (formative & summative, per focus
student):
E.L.L. Learner Adaptations:
Formative: Student will be able to fill out k.w.l. chart can be written in their
primary language or with help of a peer.
Summative: Student will be provided with sentence frames to assist them in
asking or answering interview questions.
EX: Tell me about.. I grew up in..
Sentence stems will also be provided to assist them with journal prompt. EX:
One thing I learned is. This person is important because.
Gifted Student:
Formative: Student can respond provide additional questions they would like
to know about the person they are researching
Summative: Student can compare and contrast two historical figures from the

You are there activity.

INTO (intro event or hook, driving question)

Assign half of the class to have a privilege the other half of the class
doesnt have.
(Take a break from class to get a drink of water, take a bathroom
break and hang
outside for a few minutes to get fresh air) Other
half of class will wait inside watching the other students.
Driving Question: Who influenced our ability to have the rights we
have today?

THROUGH (cycle of inquiry, formative assessment/checking for

understanding)

Book Walk of Important American Heroes:

-What do you see?
-Do you recognize any of these people?
-What important actions do you think they have made?
K.W.L. Chart: (in assigned small groups, but each student will fill out
their own k.w.l. chart)
-What do you know about this person?
-What do you want to know about this person?
-What have you learned about this person? (this part will be
completed at the end of research)
Research (Teacher driven-resources provided)
-Information about this persons upbringing (place of birth, family life,
important events/facts)
-What issues/challenges did this person have that may have caused
them to take action for change?
-How has this person contributed to our lives today?
-What have you learned? (complete K.W.L. Chart)

BEYOND (application or presentation of learning, summative

assessment)

You are There Activity: (SIOP-99 strategies)

-In their groups, students will pretend they are interviewing the person
they have researched. (each person will have a role: narrator,
interviewer, interviewee)
Journal: Classmates will observe their peers doing their You are
there activity and use journal to reflect on each interview. They will be
asked to write down 2-3 facts about each historical figure.