Sunday, October 28, 2012

"Shipwrecked" Lesson Plan


Lesson Plan 2

Teacher: Reynolds                 Unit: Types of Gov’t and Influences      Date: Oct. 8 - 10, 2012

Shipwrecked

Description of Lesson
Shipwrecked is a three day activity to help the students learn about the different forms of Governments that exists in the world. This activity allows students to research the different forms of government and develop their own government with their own rights and laws. In this activity students will be placed into groups of 4 or 5. The groups are then told that they have been shipwrecked on an island and there is no ways they will be able leave their Island. They are also told that they must form their own government on the island in order to survive. The students are sitting on table cloths that represent the island that they are stranded on. To assist the students in this process the teacher will guide the students through a series of 8 different steps called “days”.  Through each of the 8 days students will have different challenges or task to complete. The students will fill out a graphic organizer to help them keep track of the different task and challenges. All These steps are labeled as days on the shipwrecked power point and the shipwrecked graphic organizer.

 

Design Qualities of Context
Evidence
Design Qualities of Choice
Evidence
 
Content and Substance
 
ALCOS # 2
Affirmation
 
Students will be able to share their type of government that they created with the rest of the class.
 
Student Friendly Objective
 
* I learned that it was not easy to write the Constitution and that is took compromise.
*I learned that people have many different opinions and this is a reason why we have so many different types of Governments.
*I understand the different forms of government.
* I can use my knowledge of different types of gov’t to create my own.
Essential Questions
·         What are the different types of government?
·         Why do we have our type of government?
·         What are pros and cons of different forms of government?
·         Why do we have Government?
Product Focus
 
 
Completed Graphic Organizers
Reflections
Peer review sheets
Scamper activity (advanced only)
 
Choice
 
Choice is needed in every aspect of Shipwrecked!
 
 
 
Organization of Knowledge
Students fill out a graphic organizer that will help them follow along through the activity as well as help them create their constitution at the end of the lesson.
Affiliation
Working with others in Shipwrecked!
 
Clear and Compelling Product Standards
Rubric for Shipwrecked
Novelty and Variety
Shipwrecked!
Protection from Adverse Consequences
-Ability to make many choices
-Group work in Shipwrecked!
Authenticity
Shipwrecked!
Purposeful Optional Homework
Types of Government review game:
Differentiation
·         Students will have choices to make about every part of the Shipwrecked activity.
·         Shipwrecked address multiple styles of learning.
·         Logical-mathematical- Students will need to use critical thinking to decide what type of government they will be creating and how to deal with certain challenges that they will face.
·         Spatial- Students will create maps of island & Graphic organizers.
·         Linguistic- Students will be able to talk with other students and write down their thoughts throughout this activity.
·         Bodily-kinesthetic- Students will be out of seats on islands and will be able to move around while working
·         Musical- Students will learn an Theme Song for this activity
·         Interpersonal- students will be working with their group members and will have to make compromises in order to establish a working government.
·         Intrapersonal- Students will need to help the group reach compromises.
·         Naturalistic- Students will have to think about what it takes to survive on their island and students will have to create physical maps of their island.

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