Lesson Two Essential Questions: -What is government? - Why is government necessary? - Why are rules and laws necessary?

- How are rules and laws created? NCSS Themes Addressed: VI: Power, Authority, and Governance X: ivic Ideals and Practices Essential Skills: ! "tudents will #e a#le to e$%lain cause and e&&ect relationshi%s ! "tudents will #e a#le to com%are and contrast di&&ering sets o& ideas, values, %ersonalities, #ehaviors, and institutions' ! "tudents will understand the need &or rules and laws on a national level' Objectives: VA Social Studies SOL !"#- (he student will recogni)e the im%ortance o& government in the community, Virginia, and the *nited "tates o& America #y -e$%laining the %ur%ose o& rules and laws -e$%laining that the #asic %ur%oses o& government are to ma+e laws, carry out laws, and decide i& laws have #een #ro+en' - e$%laining the government %rotects the rights and %ro%erties o& individuals' $aterials needed %or &nstruction ! "tudents will need a %encil, and a co%y o& a teacher generated wor+sheet that guides students through the virtual &ield tri%' (he students will also need access to the classroom la%to%s or iPads' ! (he teacher will need access to a smart #oard and la%to%' (he teacher will also need access to the virtual &ield tri% %osted on wee#ly'com' (he teacher will %rovide a teacher generated wor+sheet that guides students through the virtual &ield tri%' "he will also need a %encil and grade recording sheet' &nstructional 'rocedures: &ntroduction () minutes* ! "tudents will go over the classroom %oster +,h- are .ules and Laws im/ortant0 in order to activate %rior +nowledge and allow students to transition into social studies time' ! (he teacher will then introduce the students to the virtual &ield tri%' "he will show students how to access im%ortant lin+s and will ta+e students on a mini tour o& the site' ! (he teacher will %oint out the lin+s to (he *nited "tates onstitution and (he ,ill o& -ights' ! (he teacher will also %oint out the lin+ to the ,en .ran+lin activity' &nstructional Strate1ies (2#32) minutes*

! "tudents will #e handed their wor+sheets and assigned a com%uter or iPad to wor+ on' ! (he teacher will show the students how to access the virtual &ield tri% once they log on to their device' A lin+ to the we#site will #e %osted on the classroom ,lac+#oard %age' ! (he students will #e given a#out /0 minutes to com%lete the wor+sheet' (he teacher will circulate the room at this time to answer any 1uestions and mar+ student %rogress' Summar- () minutes* ! 2nce the ma3ority o& students have com%leted their virtual &ield tri% wor+sheet, the teacher will as+ the students to come #ac+ together and &ocus their attention on the &ront o& the room' ! "tudents will com%lete a class wide turn and tal+ where they will share new ideas, interesting &acts they learned, and 1uestions they have' 4(he class wide turn and tal+ is something the students are used to as it has #een modeled and %racticed many times' 2ne students shares something they learned and the ne$t student ac+nowledges what that student has learned and uses as a 3um%ing o&& %oint &or what they would li+e to share with the class'5 Assessment ! (he students6 understanding o& why we have rules and laws will #e assessed when they turn in their virtual &ield tri% wor+sheet' (he students6 answers will #e com%ared to an answer +ey and they will receive credit #ased on how many they got correct' ! (he students6 grades will #e recorded &or &uture teacher access' Accommodations 4 5i%%erentiation ! "tudents who &inish their virtual &ield tri% early may com%lete the student survey located on the virtual &ield tri% %age 4#ottom o& the %age5' "tudents who need additional time to com%lete the activity may continue to wor+ while the rest o& the class %artici%ates in the turn and tal+' ! "tudents who may have trou#le staying on tas+ while wor+ing with the com%uters7iPads may wor+ in a small grou% at the teacher6s wor+ ta#le' ! "tudents who are un&amiliar with technology may #e assigned a %artner to hel% guide them through the activity and hel% them #ecome ac1uainted with online resources' ! I& students have access to iPads they may wor+ in teacher designated wor+s%aces such as on the car%et' (his will hel% %romote inde%endence and may aid in reducing distractions' ! Auditory learners will have access to head%hones in order to %rovide e$tra su%%ort while wor+ing through the activity' ! (actile learners may &ind the iPads touchscreen to #e more interactive and stimulating while com%leting the virtual &ield tri%' ! 8"29 students will have the o%%ortunity to com%lete this activity with the 8"29 resource teacher' Technolo1- &nte1ration: ! (he la%to% and smart ,oard will #e used when students are %resented with the virtual &ield tri%' ! "tudents will use classroom la%to%s to access the virtual &ield tri%' (hey may also have access to school iPads de%ending on the site resources'

! (he teacher will use wee#ly'com to create the virtual &ield tri% as well as other online resources &ound on (he :ational Archives we#site'