UNIT : 4th- 5th grade
Would you want to be President?
Learning Outcome:
Standards
Standard 1:The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.
Benchmark 2:The student recognizes that accurate and comprehensive information is the basis for
intelligent decision making
Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.
Benchmark 2:The student distinguishes among fact, point of view, and opinion.
Background Information: N/A
Date: February Subject/Grade: 4th-5th
Prerequisite Skills Needed for Learning: NA
Books/Resources / Dates / Handout/ActivityBook flix: Duck for President / Voting box. ballets
Encyclopedia of the presidents by David Rubel / listens to others' ideas, waits for one's turn and describes others' ideas accurately and completely
Electronic list of presidents duties
A History of the Presidency
(DVD)
So you want to a President
(DVD)
Depending on what you have in your building. / Add to your president duties list
Day 1
Would you want to be president?
Learning Outcome:
Background Information: n/a
Date: FebruarySubject/Grade: 4th-5th grades
Prerequisite Skills Needed for Learning: N/A
Learning Resources:
Book/Resource / Props / ActivityDuck for president on book flix / Ballot box
Ballots / think-pair-share
Opening -Prepare the Learner
Attention: How will I get the students’ attention?
Presidents day is February 16th. So this month we will be talking about presidents and their job. Ask studentswould they want to be president give them a few minutes to talk to their neighbors. Then allow them to sharewould you want to be president and why?
Then have students vote would you want to be president or not. Be sure to talk about proper voting procedure. (If you have time have them help you tallie the votes at the end of class)
Then watch do Duck for Presidenton bookflix. This can be found in the family and community title on pages 17-20.
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Closing - Solidify the learning
--Review and Practice
--Celebrate : How will I affirm students’ efforts and learning ?
Student Ballot
Do you want to be president?
(circle one)
YesNo
Student Ballot
Do you want to be president?
(circle one)
YesNo
Student Ballot
Do you want to be president?
(circle one)
YesNo
Day 2
Would you want to be President?
Learning Outcome: Students will define the duties of a president.
Date: FebruarySubject/Grade: 4th-5th
Learning Resources:
Book / Props / ActivityEncyclopedia of the Presidents and their Times / Electronic list of presidents duties.
Copy a different president section for each group. / Demonstrate the proper procedure for reading a nonfiction.
Opening -Prepare the Learner
Attention: How will I get the students’ attention?
Remind students we are talking about presidents, for presidents day. We are trying to figure out if we would really like to be president or not.
Select a president from your book and demonstrate how read a non fiction. Start by reading through the sub titles, choose one that seems interesting to you, then read through that section. Do your thought process out loud so that students understand how to read a nonfiction.
Copy a different president section for each group.
They will practice reading through nonfiction and as they read they will highlight different jobs of a president. Give them some time to accomplish this.
Once finished reading, record all the duties of a president. (Be sure to save this electronically or on a large sheet of paper)
Day 3
Would you want to be President
Learning Outcome: Students will define the duties of a president.
Date: FebruarySubject/Grade: 4th-5th
Learning Resources:
Book / Props / ActivityMovie: A History of the presidency / Previous made list of president duties
Opening -Prepare the Learner
Attention: How will I get the students’ attention?
Remind students we are talking about presidents, for presidents day. We are trying to figure out if we would really like to be president or not.
Watch A History of the presidency.
Add any new duties of president to the list. Read through the list. Is there anything else we need to add?
Day 4
Would you want to be President?
Learning Outcome: Students will define the duties of a president.
Date: FebruarySubject/Grade: 4th-5th
Learning Resources:
Book / Props / ActivityJohn, Paul, George, and Ben / Electronic list of presidents duties. / Revoting for presidential job.
Opening -Prepare the Learner
Attention: How will I get the students’ attention?
Ask student would you take a job if you had to …(read through the list made in the last few classes)
Then talk about all the jobs of the presidents.
Let students know we are going to revote.
Allow students time to vote then have them come back. Then have students answer Why they voted the way they did.
Read John, Paul, George, and Ben.
Then tallie the votes, discuss why the out come was the way it was.
If you have extra time through out the any lessons I will provide you with exerts from the book How they croaked (warning exerts may be a little graphic, you may want to edit portions) these are a little longer, but tell all about how several presidents passed away.
Student Ballot
Do you want to be president?
(circle one)
YesNo
Student Ballot
Do you want to be president?
(circle one)
YesNo
Student Ballot
Do you want to be president?
(circle one)
YesNo
Name______
Would you want to be president? Yes or NO
Why did you vote this way? Give at least two reason you would or would not want to be president.
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Name______
Would you want to be president? Yes or NO
Why did you vote this way? Give at least two reason you would or would not want to be president.
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Name______
Would you want to be president? Yes or NO
Why did you vote this way? Give at least two reason you would or would not want to be president.
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