Lesson Plan Format

NAME: Ben Rogaczewski

Lesson Title: Gerrymandering

Grade level: 9

Total Time: 52 mins.

# Students: 14
Learning Goal:
(Content
Standard/Common
Core)

RH.9-10.7: Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts,

research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
RH.9-10.9: Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in
several primary and secondary sources.

Target Goal or Skill:

Essential Question(s):
Topical question(s):
Instructional
Objective(s):
Assessment
(Criteria / Look Fors/
Performance Tasks)

Disabilities/Diverse
Needs Represented
Student
Accommodations and/or
Modifications
Instructional Procedures
(including specific times)
Introduction:
(including motivational
hook where applicable)

Comprehend the concept of Gerrymandering and its affect on the

US
How do politics affect our world?
How important is Gerrymandering to the electoral process?
How is redistricting used to secure votes for a political party?
SWAT: Comprehend Gerrymandering and analyze the redistricting
of maps.
Formative Assessment:
--Activity
--Exit slip
Summative Assessment:
2 ELL Students
--One-on-one check in with students (proximity)
--Video explaining Gerrymandering
--Handout with key terms and maps

Hook: Redistricting affects many things in life, but Gerrymandering

can affect who represents your district.
Introduction:
--Video and key terms: 5-10 mins.
--Examples of redistricting as a concept with basic images and
maps of some states: 5 mins.

Learning Activities:
Group Activity:
--Redistricting between Democrats and Republicans: 10-15 mins.

Wrap Up: 10-15 mins.

--Redistricting in Wisconsin with past maps and recent maps.
--Exit slip

Closure:
Language Demands:
Function
Vocabulary
Syntax
Discourse

General academic vocab: define, apply, create, analyze.

Subject specific vocab: redistricting, packing, cracking.
Discussion, interaction between teachers and students.

5 Questions (Blooms or
DOK)

1. What factors would you use to redistrict your state?

2. Do you believe Gerrymandering is a fair or unfair strategy?
Why?
3. Would it be better if redistricting were done randomly, without
particular factors? Why?
4. How would you improve the process of redistricting?
5. What information would you use to support the view that
Gerrymandering was fair?
Electoral process of Congress and legislative actions.

Curriculum (APA)
e.g.
Investigations in
Number, Data, and
Space. (2012).
Pearson.

Materials
Prezi, transparencies, projector, internet, copies of handouts, laser
pointer
Notes