Student Response and Assessment Tools

Lesson Idea Name: Three Branches of Government

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 3rd
Content Standard Addressed:
SS3CG1 Describe the elements of representative democracy/republic in the United States.

1. Describe the three branches of national government: executive (president), legislative

(Congress), and judicial (Supreme Court of the United States).

State the main responsibility of each branch: executive (enforcing laws), legislative (making laws), judicial
(determining if laws are fair).

Technology Standard Addressed: 5 – Computational Thinker

Selected Technology Tool:

☐ Socrative ☐ iRespond ☐ Quizlet ☐ Plickers ☒ Kahoot! ☐ Office365 Forms
☐ Other:
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): https://kahoot.com

Technology that student will use to respond to questions/prompts:

☒ Computer ☐ Hand-held student response system (like iRespond) ☐ Phone ☒ Tablet (such as iPad)
☐ Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Type of session:
☒ Teacher-Paced ☐ Student-Paced
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):
☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☐ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☐ Creating

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

• Supports Visual Learners
• Supports Kinesthetic Learners

Describe the instructional activities that will occur PRIOR to the SRT activity and how you will introduce
the SRT activity.
The class will discuss the different branches of government and who controls those branches.

Describe the purpose of the SRT activity (check all that apply):
☒ Assess prior knowledge ☐ Anticipatory set (Create interest in a topic) ☐ To illuminate common
misconceptions ☒ Formative assessment of content knowledge (for purpose of differentiation and
mastery for ALL students) ☐ Summative assessment of content knowledge ☒ Test preparation
☐ Survey/Poll ☒ Discussion starter ☐ “Homework” collection ☐ Other (please explain):

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Briefly describe what will happen DURING the SRT activity:The teacher will read the questions and
answers aloud to the entire class. The students will answer the question that they think is correct. Materials
needed are a computer and a personal device for students. The activity will last about 10-15 minutes.

Type of questions/prompts used in this activity (check all that apply):

☒ Multiple choice ☒ Multiple select ☐ True/False ☐ Yes/No
☐ Short open-ended response or fill-in the blank ☐ Longer open-ended response

If you are unable to provide a working sample of your questions, please list them below (8-10):
1. What are the three branches of government?
2. Which branch of government creates the laws?
3. Which branch of government does the president belong to?
4. Which branch of government carries out the laws?
5. Who is part of the Judicial branch?
6. Which branch of government does Congress belong to?
7. Which branch of government enforces the law?
8. Why is the power separated between all 3 branches of government?

Right/Wrong answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions?

☒ Yes ☐ No
☐ Mixed (Some will have correct answers, other will not.)
Immediate corrective feedback: Will you pre-select correct answers to some of all of the questions and
display correct response to the class after the SRT activity?
☒ Yes
☐ No
Why or why not?
It provides immediate feedback for the students and clears up any misconceptions.
Describe what will happen AFTER the SRT activity?
At the end of the activity, the teacher will answer any questions that the students.
How will the data be used?
The data will be used to help the students see what they still need to work on to become more
knowledgeable in the content. The data will also be used to help the teacher see what needs to be used for
reteaching.
Describe your personal learning goal for this activity.
The learning goal for this activity is student involvement and student engagement. I hope this activity gives
students a fun way to be introduced, learn or study content that wouldn’t be fun otherwise. I hope it
encourages students who are too embarrassed to answer openly in class to answer within the activity.
Reflective Practice:
I feel as though this activity will impact student learning by making it interesting and exciting. This activity can
be used in so many different parts of the lesson (introduction, refresher, or assessment). To further extend
this lesson would have students to come up with their own Kahoot to test their classmates.

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