North Carolina 6-Point Lesson Plan

Teacher: Brian Baker

Subject: Social Studies

Grade: 3rd
Date: April 27th, 20016

Standard:
3.C&G.1.2 Describe the structure of local government and how it functions
to
serve citizens.
ISTE Standard
6. Technology operations and concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding
of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
a. Understand and use technology systems
b. Select and use applications effectively
and productively

Activity
I. Focus and Review
(Establish prior
knowledge)

II. Statement (Inform

student of objectives)

III. Teacher Input

(Present tasks,
information, and
guidance)

Description of Activities and

Setting
We will begin this lesson by
completing a KWL Chart on the
board. Students will fill in the
K and W portions for now.
Given the three branches of
government, students will be able
to describe the purpose of each,
without getting any wrong.
We will have a class discussion
as each branch will be written on
the white board. I will tell the
students what each name is and
tell them that by the end of this
lesson they will understand the
purpose of each.
In our classroom with the
students seated, I will begin a
Power Point presentation. The
slides will go into detail about the
functions of the three branches of

Materials and Time

White Board Marker
Computer
Overhead Projection
YouTube video ready
5 minutes
White Board Marker
5 minutes

Computer
Power Point
Overhead Projection
15 minutes

government.
After the power point is over I
will play a video.

IV. Guided Practice

(Elicit performance,
provide assessment
and feedback)

V. Independent
Practice (Retention and
transfer)

VI. Closure (Plan for

maintenance)

Students will be placed in six

groups of three. Each group will
be assigned a branch of
government. Each group is to
write up their own 2 minute skit
to be performed in front of the
class according to which branch
they are from. The class will
guess which group is which
branch.
The students will work
independently to create a poster
that will be used to decorate our
classroom. Students are
instructed to use crayons,
markers, and colored pencils to
decorate.
The students will now write
down on a piece of paper what
they learned and write their name
on the back of it. They can place
this in the basket in front of the
room when they are done. This
will complete the L portion of
our KWL chart.

Paper
Pencils
Copies of skit to read off of
15 minutes

Crayons
Markers
Colored Pencils
Poster
15 minutes
Paper
Pencil/Pen
5 minutes