ED 345 Calvin College Lesson Plan

Teacher: Kristina Wicks

Date: 10/31, 11/1
Subject/Topic/ Theme: Social Studies/ Presentation/Native American Groups
I. Objectives
What is the main focus of this lesson?
This lesson focuses on characteristics of a good presentation. Students have most of the class period to
practice their presentation with their group.
How does this lesson tie in to a unit plan?
This lesson provides time for students to practice their presentation multiple times with their group
members. The presentation is one of the main summative assessments for this Unit.
Objectives:
Standards:
Assessments (formative and
Indicate connections to
summative):
applicable national or state
standards. If an objective
1.
applies to only certain students
write the name(s) of the
student(s) to whom it applies.
Common Core State Standards English:
Students will:
Summative:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.4
1. Discuss what makes a
1. Students will present their
Report on a topic or text or present an opinion,
good presentation.
Native American group to
sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate
2. Explain Native American
the entire class.
facts and relevant, descriptive details to support
Group information
main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an
understandable pace.
individually and with
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.5
partners.
Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics,
sound) and visual displays in presentations when
appropriate to enhance the development of main
ideas or themes.
Social Studies Michigan State
Standards:
P1.3Express social science ideas clearly
in written, spoken and graphic forms
including tables, line graphs, bar graphs,
pie charts, maps, and images.

II. Before you start

Differentiation
Materials-what materials
(books, handouts, etc) do
you need for this lesson
and do you have them?
Do you need to set up
your classroom in any
special way for this
lesson? If so, describe it.
III. The Plan
Time
Parts

N/A
Poster board of Anasazi Native American Group
Whiteboard
Marker
No. Students will be able to choose a place to practice their presentations.

Teacher Activities

Introduction/
Motivation

N/A

Development

Todayisapresentationpracticeday.Whatdoesagoodpresentationlooklike?

Student
Activities

Teacherwilldiscussthefollowingcharacteristicsofagoodpresentation:
EyeContact
Speakloudlyandclearly
Knowyourinformationwell
Usepictures
Usegestures
Donotreadstraightoffyourposterboard
Today is a presentation practice day. Remember that your presentation has to be in
between six and nine minutes. This means each of you will talking for two to three
minutes. It might work best for you to split up the topics on your poster board between the
people in your group. For instance, one person could talk about food and shelter, another
person could talk about tools and beliefs, and then the third person could talk about
transportation and geography. Since you will only be talking for two or three minutes, you
should not use notecards. You should know the information about your group well enough
to be able to talk about it for two or three minutes. After you decide who will talk about
what, practice your own part for a few minutes. Then practice as a whole group for the rest
of the class period.
Teacher will write three steps on board:
1. Choose who will talk about what
2. Individually practice what you will say out loud (to the wall)
3. Practice the presentation with your whole group
Closure
Reflection:

Students will use the rest of the class period to practice their presentation.
N/A