CEP Lesson Plan Form

Teacher: Mallory Sullivan

School:
Geography

Boltz Middle School

Date: November 15, 2016

Grade Level: 6th

Content Area:

Title: Different forms of Government in the World

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Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson:

directly from the standard)

Lesson #: 8 of

(Write Content Standards

Standard 4.1 (Civics) - Analyze the interconnectedness of the United States and
other nations
Standard 4.2 (Civics) - Compare multiple systems of government

Understandings: (Big Ideas)

a. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of living in an interconnected world (DOK
1-2)
b. Describe how groups and individuals influence the government and other nations
(DOK 1-2)
c. Explain how political ideas and significant people have interacted, are
interconnected, and have influenced nations (DOK 1-3)
d. Describe different forms of government (DOK 1)
e. Identify how different forms of government relate to their citizens. Topics to
include but limited to democracy and authoritarian government (DOK 1-2)
f. Compare various governments and the liberties of their citizens (DOK 1-2)

Inquiry Questions: (Essential questions relating knowledge at end of the unit of

instruction, select applicable questions from standard)
1. What evidence can you find of effective and ineffective governments in the past
and the present?
2. What does it mean to live in an interconnected world?
3. What would a government look like if you created it?

Evidence Outcomes: (Learning Targets)

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Every student will be able to: (Create your own lesson objectives from the
standard, follow the ABCD format, using student voice)
I can 1. Describe the differences of governments around the World
2. Analyze their impacts on societies.
This means I can compare and contrast different forms of government such as:
dictatorship, monarchy, and democracy, and apply my knowledge to why countries
like the United States impact other countries and their governments around the
World

List of Assessments: (Write the number of the learning target associated with
each assessment)
1 and 2: Venn diagram
2. Answer follow-up questions after todays guest speaker: Marine Sargent Woody
Vokt

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Planned Lesson Activities

Name and Purpose of Lesson
Should be a creative title for you and the
students to associate with the activity.
Think of the purpose as the mini-rationale
for what you are trying to accomplish
through this lesson.
Approx. Time and Materials
How long do you expect the activity to
last and what materials will you need?

The Impacts of Governments

70 minutes,
Pictures from Guest Speaker to pass around
Sargent Vokts participation
Skype Application
Projector and SMARTboard
Notebooks and laptops

Anticipatory Set
The hook to grab students attention.
These are actions and statements by the
teacher to relate the experiences of the
students to the objectives of the lesson,
To put students into a receptive frame of
mind.
To focus student attention on the
lesson.
To create an organizing framework
for the ideas, principles, or
information that is to follow
(advanced organizers)
An anticipatory set is used any time a
different activity or new concept is to be
introduced.

1. The days before the lesson I told the students there will be a
guest speaker and he has dealt with the different types
governments we were discussing personally. This gave them
wonder and excitement because the kids couldnt wait to find out
how and whom.
2. Day of the lesson hopefully the kids are still excited. The first
couple minutes will be me explaining who the speaker is,
what he does, and why he is talking to us today.
I want them to understand the interconnectedness of societies and the
impact the different governments have on one another. Being a
member in the military and having been deployed, Vokt has actual
experience with different forms of government.

Procedures
(Include a play-by-play account of what

10 minutes Transition time this time occurs every day at the

beginning of the period. Students have this time to update their

It is a way for students to understand the class materials. Students may

know someone in the military, are interested in it, they may know
something about it or nothing at all. It is just a unique way for students
to connect with the materials personally, which in turns makes them
pay attention.

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students and teacher will do from the
minute they arrive to the minute they
leave your classroom. Indicate the length
of each segment of the lesson. List actual
minutes.)
Indicate whether each is:
-teacher input
-modeling
-questioning strategies
-guided/unguided:
-whole-class practice
-group practice
-individual practice
-check for understanding
-other

Closure
Those actions or statements by a teacher
that are designed to bring a lesson
presentation to an appropriate conclusion.

planners and then proceed to watch CNN student news or silent read. I
want them transitioning into the Social Studies mindset
4 minutes This time is to explain the lesson plan for that day
1. Ask students quickly what they found out during transition
time (2 minutes)
2. Explain that we are going to review the governments we
learned about the previous day before the guest speaker
and have students get out a piece of paper to turn in at
the end of class. One side they must draw a Venn Diagram
like mine on the board
15 minutes Review Time!
1. Giving them 10 minutes, Students must compare and
contrast Monarchy, Dictatorship, and Democracy. This is my
time to check for understanding and answer any questions
they might have. Students can work with their table partners
(group practice)
2. Last 5 minutes is for Whole-Class practice where I ask them to
share some points they wrote down, sharing at least one
thing from each category.
40 minutes Guest Speaker activity
1. Introduce the Guest speaker this is finally my hook
statement. 2 minutes
2. Set guidelines for students and go over class expectations: Be
respectful to both the speaker and fellow classmates.
Participate and pay attention, He doesnt have to be doing this.
Remind them to thank him after we are done. This should take
no longer than 3 minutes
3. Skype Sargent Vokt for the remaining 35 minutes during this
time I will be monitoring and asking questions to keep the
students engaged. Students do not have to write down notes if
I see them actively participating. I will also show pictures of
what Sargent Vokt does
Once students and myself say goodbye to Sargent Vokt and thank him
for his time there will be around 7 minutes left in class. During this time
I will give them time to express their feelings, reflect anything that they
thought was interesting, or ask any questions that they may still be

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Used to help students bring things
together in their own minds, to make
sense out of what has just been taught.
Any Questions? No. OK, lets move on is
not closure. Closure is used:
To cue students to the fact that
they have arrived at an important
point in the lesson or the end of a
lesson.
To help organize student learning
To help form a coherent picture and to
consolidate.
Differentiation
To modify: If the activity is too advanced
for a child, how will you modify it so that
they can be successful?
To extend: If the activity is too easy for a
child, how will you extend it to develop
their emerging skills?
Assessment
How will you know if students met the
learning targets? Write a description of
what you were looking for in each
assessment.

confused on. U.S. military involvement is a complicated topic but I want

the kids to focus on essentially democracy vs. none democratic
countries.

The assessment will to answer the question shown on the SMARTboard

at the end of the video chat. It can be written on the other side of the
Venn Diagram piece of paper and will be turned into me. This is their
exit ticket. I will go through them and the following day address any
confusion they had and explain where need be. Will not be graded for
correctness it is just participation.
Why did Sargent Vokt talk to us and what are your thoughts on how
different governments impact societies?

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Post Lesson Reflection

1. To what extent were lesson objectives achieved? (Utilize
assessment data to justify your level of achievement) The students did
an exceptional job and I couldnt be happier on how well they received
Sargent Vokt. They all found it pretty interesting so it was easy for
them to explain to me and made the connections I was looking for.

2. What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would

you make if you were to teach again? I would probably have the
kids know whom they were talking to before hand so that I didnt have
to take up video chat time to explain whom they are. This would also
allow me to ask them to bring in a couple questions to ask.

3. What do you envision for the next lesson? (Continued practice,

reteach content, etc.)
The next lesson I see myself reviewing the information given from the
video chat and the previous lessons in the unit. I would introduce the
final project of creating a comic on PIXTON to compare and contrast
governments. They will work on this for the next 2 days to end the unit.

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