Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Law and Equality Name: Jeniffer Martinez

Content Area: US Government Grade Level: 12
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

12.1 Students explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy as expressed in the U.S. Constitution and other essential documents of American
democracy.
12.2 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the scope and limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they
are secured.
12.4 Students analyze the unique roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government as established by the U.S. Constitution.
12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

Big Ideas
Learning the function and purpose of each branch of government
Understanding the ins and outs of lawmaking
Understand and identify the different stages of the Civil Rights Movement
Be able to identify how equality can be achieve through the different branches of government
Understand the importance of federal court cases and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Unit Goals
Identify and explain the process of lawmaking
Be able to determine the importance of citizen participation
Demonstrate understanding of important of court ruling such as Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education
Be able to analyze the civil Rights Movement and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the role each branch of government played
Unit Summary:
Its important for students to understand the relationship and the functions of the three branches of government. We will examine the process of lawmaking, and use the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 as an example. We will look at the events and court cases that led up to the Act, and the process that it underwent to become a law. After looking at
the Civil Rights Act we will look deeper into the lawmaking process and the role of each branch of government.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Formative: Summative:
Quiz student to asses their prior knowledge of the Lecture of Court rulings and their importance of the Essay in which they will us all they have learned to
Civil Rights Movement and the structure of the fights for equality. answer the question on whether the government can
government. Guided Notes to go along with the lecture create social equality
Webercise to introduce more knowledge Final Exam made up of both multiple choice and short
Flowchart to show understanding of the lawmaking answer questions
process
Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:
Students will be able to (Assessments): 1. The teacher use lecture notes to introduce student the federal court cases
understand court rulings, Students will answer a set of 2. Students will watch quick videos that will show the importance of Brown v Board of Education
their importance, and how question that will help 3. They will watch another video to show how people were affect during segregation, and another video
they all help lead to the civil
determine if students on the Little Rock Nine
Rights Act of1964 understand the material. The 4. Throughout the Lecture students will be ask to answer a set of question
question will ask students to 5. Students will also create a quick timeline on the events that le to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
identify facts, but also to
analyze.
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Students will gather a deeper Question should not only be 1. Have an overview of the previous lesson, and introduce students to new lesson
understanding about the Civil answer by fact, but students 2. Students will gather basic information and facts about the Civil Rights Movement and the Civil Rights
Rights Act of 1964. Students should be able to analyze Act of 1964
will also get a quick preview those facts. 3. Students will read government document, or documents governmental websites such as the Library of
on what is needed to turn a Be able to analyze electoral Congress
bill into law. map and congressional votes. 4. Students will use resources and websites given to them to answer all the question given to then in the
webercise
5. Students will then have a few minutes among themselves to compare their answers
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Students have a clear Create a flowchart showing 1. Teacher will go over the last two lessons, and will make the connection to the new lesson
understanding of the all the different steps in how a 2. Teacher will give student a quick overview on how a bill becomes a law, and the show a video in class.
lawmaking process at the bill becomes a law. The video and other resource use in class are posted in the Digital Unit Plan website.
federal level. All steps should be in the 3. Teacher will separate students into groups of 3-4
proper order, and proper 4. Teacher will give instruction and show an example on how the chart should look.
terms should be used. 5. All students are to work together to create their project
6. Students will submit a hard copy of the chart
7. Each student will also be required to write one page paragraph in which they will discus what they
contributed to the project
Unit Resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_49rE9lOnT0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S64zRnnn4Po
http://corg.indiana.edu/freedom-summer-and-the-civil-rights-act-1964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2SocnUHro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS4Qw4lIckg
https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Civil-Rights-Movement.aspx
http://www.270towin.com/1960_Election/
http://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xERXusiEszs&t=306s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHLdr-iak
Useful Websites:
https://www.icivics.org/games/lawcraft
https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/eGLGwVHFnWb/how-a-bill-becomes-law-interactive-game/?mode=movie
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/makinglaws/2_makinglaws.htm
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=97