Name: Samantha Morgan Date of Lesson: 2/19/21

Subject: Social Studies

Topic: Presidents Day

Grade Level: 1st grade

Time Frame: 25-30 minutes / 10:00 – 10:30

Common Core Standards: SS.H.2.1: Describe individuals and groups who have
shaped a significant historical change

Objective: Students will be able to identify who Abraham Lincoln was and how he
got elected.

Assessment: Students will answer and participate when the teacher asks the students
about voting. The students will also come up with some laws for the class to vote on.
Students will be completing their worksheet for homework by writing out and
illustrating a picture about the law that they would make if they were president
(summative).

Procedure:

Anticipatory Set: (hook: this should be 1-5 minutes. Some examples would be reading a
story, having students guess what is in your mystery box, completing a science
experiment and asking them why they think it bubbled over)

The teacher will talk to the class about what holiday we are celebrating today. Since
President's day was this past Monday, we are celebrating it today! The teacher will get
the students in the spirit of President's day by getting them up and moving by presenting
a President's Day inspired GoNoodle (Vote!--https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/vote?
sp=search&sn=search&st=video%20versions&sid=428). The teacher will also be
wearing cool red white and blue day glasses for most of the lesson. (5 minutes)

Instructional Modeling: (you do the teaching: this should be the second biggest time
portion of your lesson. Here is where you do the teaching. Don’t want to spoon feed
students. Ask them questions like why? How? What do you think?)

The teacher will talk to the students about what is a president (a president is the head of
government.) The teacher will ask the students if they know any names of any past or
 current president(s). The teacher will then start to discuss one of Illinois' famous
presidents, Abraham Lincoln. The teacher will present a short Powerpoint about when
she took a trip to visit Abraham Lincoln's town, house, and tomb. After the presentation,
the teacher will talk to the students about the public (citizen) vote for a president to be
elected. Is the United States a democratic republic? The United States is a representative
democracy. This means that our government is elected by citizens. Here, citizens vote for
their government officials. (10 minutes)

Student Engagement/Practice: (students are engaged: This is the biggest time portion of
your lesson. Here is where students are in centers, completing science labs, working
individually or in groups. You as the teacher are now walking around the room as a
facilitator guiding them)

The teacher will come up with some laws (some silly and some serious). The teacher will
talk about the power of voting and using their voice/opinion. The teacher will pull up the
Voting Election Worksheet that she will talk about with the students. The teacher will
read a loud and quick passage. The teacher will ask the students about questions from the
passage and let the students answer. (10 minutes)

Closure: (closing the lesson: this should be 1-5 minutes. This is a re-cap of your
objective. Some examples would be reading a story and identifying the nouns, asking
them what is the difference between a gas, solid and liquid, etc …)

The teacher will go over with the class the importance of voting. The teacher will talk to
them about their homework. The teacher will end the day with some jokes. (5 minutes)

Instructional Accommodations: (If you do not have ELL students in your room, you
may delete this section) I do not have any ELL students

Highly Proficient Struggling Learners

Students can go to this website to learn more
about presidents.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/hi
story/presidential-fun-facts/
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresid
ents/
https://www.coolkidfacts.com/us-president-
facts/
Students can go to this website to learn more
about presidents.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/hist
ory/presidential-fun-facts/
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspreside
nts/
https://www.coolkidfacts.com/us-president-facts/

Students can compare and contrast two Students can try to write down one fact about a
different presidents president. The students could also write down a
question regarding a president or the government
that they would like to discuss in class.

Students can come up with a classroom law Students can research about one president
and the entire class can vote on it

The teacher can break the students into break out

rooms. One group of students could go with the
mentor teacher and the other group of students
could go with the student teacher. If there are not
two teachers in the room, the students could stay
after class since we are online

Students can do one side of the homework

assignment.

Materials

● Computer
● Google Meets
● Homework worksheet
● Miss Morgans PowerPoint
● President’ Day teacher accessories (glasses)
● Vote!--https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/vote?sp=search&sn=search&st=video
%20versions&sid=428) (Warm up activity)
● President’s Day Jokes--https://www.primarygames.com/holidays/presidents/jokes.php
● Extra resources for the students:
○ https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/virtual-tour-of-the-lincoln-home-
national-historic-site-lincoln-home-national-historic-site/GgIS7IXhfshLKg?hl=en
○ https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/videos/teaching-content/virtual-tour-lincoln-
library-kid-reporter-michael-geheren/
○ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_pets