Leading a discussion
Think Pair Share
Lecturer
Facilitating a Debate
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The Importance of Voting 535 Ubd
UbD Stage One
The importance of voting!!!
Summary of Curricular Context:
This lesson is centered on showing students what representative democracy is and how if affects you when you do not participate in it. Students will first be shown this quote: “Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination and public spirit required of the individual” Students will then be asked to analyze this quote and make inferences as to what it might mean for them. Students will then be separated in small groups (4-5 people per group). They will be told that the school is being taken over by a new principal. This new principal has many new ideas about school programs and new rules that she thinks will make the school better. She has decided to meet with one student to find out about the school and discuss her plans. Each group must select a representative. First, they must make a list of qualifications they want this representative to have, and secondly, they must then consider each person in the group for the role, except for those people who have more than two piercings on their body. These "pierced people" can not be considered for the role of representative, and should not be given any say in the matter. Later on explain to the students that the people with piercings represented people who choose to not vote in an election. Then students will be asked to analyze the quote again and write a paragraph about eh quote and why it is important to contribute to American democracy.
Standard / Objectives for Unit or Lesson:
14.C.5 Analyze the consequences of participation and non-participation in the electoral process
14.C.4 Describe the meaning of citizenship at all levels of government and society in the United States.
Lesson Goal:
Students will know how a representative democracy works. Students will be able to identify their special role in a representative democracy.
Stage 1
Enduring Understandings
1. Understand the importance of one’s civic duties
2. Understand how people shape American democracy
3. Understand how a citizen’s democratic vote can promote positive change.
Essential Questions What are the essential questions you can ask to guide inquiry?
1. How do citizens of America have a role in democracy?
2. How has and will democracy shape America?
3. What does it mean to be a productive member of society?
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge Skills
• Pick the member of group most suitable to be representative
• What it takes to be a good leader
• What being represented means
• What democracy is
• How to research people in the community
• How to Read
• Work in Groups
• Analyze quotes
• Computer skills
• Research
The importance of voting!!!
Summary of Curricular Context:
This lesson is centered on showing students what representative democracy is and how if affects you when you do not participate in it. Students will first be shown this quote: “Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination and public spirit required of the individual” Students will then be asked to analyze this quote and make inferences as to what it might mean for them. Students will then be separated in small groups (4-5 people per group). They will be told that the school is being taken over by a new principal. This new principal has many new ideas about school programs and new rules that she thinks will make the school better. She has decided to meet with one student to find out about the school and discuss her plans. Each group must select a representative. First, they must make a list of qualifications they want this representative to have, and secondly, they must then consider each person in the group for the role, except for those people who have more than two piercings on their body. These "pierced people" can not be considered for the role of representative, and should not be given any say in the matter. Later on explain to the students that the people with piercings represented people who choose to not vote in an election. Then students will be asked to analyze the quote again and write a paragraph about eh quote and why it is important to contribute to American democracy.
Standard / Objectives for Unit or Lesson:
14.C.5 Analyze the consequences of participation and non-participation in the electoral process
14.C.4 Describe the meaning of citizenship at all levels of government and society in the United States.
Lesson Goal:
Students will know how a representative democracy works. Students will be able to identify their special role in a representative democracy.
Stage 1
Enduring Understandings
1. Understand the importance of one’s civic duties
2. Understand how people shape American democracy
3. Understand how a citizen’s democratic vote can promote positive change.
Essential Questions What are the essential questions you can ask to guide inquiry?
1. How do citizens of America have a role in democracy?
2. How has and will democracy shape America?
3. What does it mean to be a productive member of society?
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge Skills
• Pick the member of group most suitable to be representative
• What it takes to be a good leader
• What being represented means
• What democracy is
• How to research people in the community
• How to Read
• Work in Groups
• Analyze quotes
• Computer skills
• Research
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
School of Rock
This video clip is from the movie school of Rock starring Jack Black. This movie is a about a teacher who is placed in a private school where it seems like the students are very bored with their everyday lives, and Jack Black is also very bored with his surroundings. Jack Black decides to create a band with his students with alternative motives in mind However by the end of the movie he ends up truly caring about the kids and their well-being. In this clip Jack Black is being observed by the principle because there have been complaints of "wired noises" coming from his classroom. The teacher is attempting to show how he uses music to help the children learn. I thought this was an interesting clip because I know has resident Teachers with A.U.S.L. we will be observed very often and will probably be very nervous at first like Jack Black seems to be in the clip. I also do think that there is definitely a different dynamic in the classroom when there is only the teacher and students compared to when there are administrators in the room. I hope as a resident teacher I can learn to bridge the gap between these two situations.
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