Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)

Lesson Idea Name: US Government Map

Content Area: Social Science
Grade Level(s): 2nd

Content Standard Addressed: SS2CG2 Identify the following elected officials of the executive branch
and where they work: a. President (leader of our nation) and Washington, D.C. White House b.
Governor (leader of our state) and Atlanta, GA State Capitol Building c. Mayor (leader of a city)
and city hall

Technology Standard Addressed: 2b. Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when
using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
Selected Technology Tool: Inspiration

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Blooms Taxonomy Level(s):

Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

Level 1: Awareness Level 2: Exploration Level 3: Infusion Level 4: Integration
Level 5: Expansion Level 6: Refinement

Lesson idea implementation: I wanted students to create their own map using the
productivity tool, Inspiration, we were studying government, so I wanted them to creat e
a map of the United States government. I wanted my students to create a map simple
enough for someone that didnt grow up in the United States could understand how our
governments branches were set up and their duties.

Summer 2017_SJB