HIED Lesson Plan Format (Guidry - Revised July 2008)

Date______Time/Period______

Teacher Name______Subject______Grade level ___

Text page #s ______

Lesson step Description of Activities and Setting Question script

1. Focus/hook and review
Review quickly previous lesson and skills. Give meanings if needed. Talk in relative terms. Use as opportunity to engage/excite students (hook). / Hook activity: “Ok everyone; I have an announcement from the School Board. There will be no school this Friday. Everyone will instead be required to attend, and show proof of attendance, a religious service at a mosque.”
Provoke discussion through questions (see script). / - Is everyone OK with this? Why or why not?
- Could this ever happen in the US?
- What would keep this from happening?
- How did you know that you would not have to do this? (Because you know that you don’t have to do this)
2. Statement of Objective
Let students know what they will learn. Be specific. Set minds (anticipatory set). Must align with SCOS. / Students will detail the freedoms provided in the U.S. Constitution’s 1st amendment and will explain the amendment’s centrality to American civic culture.
3. Major instructional sequence - may include:
A. Teacher input – “My time”
Present content with accuracy and clarity. Teacher must now deliver the information. Teacher is in control. Give examples, definitions, and show the process. Check for understanding. Ask students relevant questions.
B. Guided Practice - “Our time”
Involve all. Teacher must monitor the activity and activity must be relevant to the objective. Must be observable and vital if learning is to take place.
C. Independent practice – “Their time” Involve all. Must be relevant and can be observable. Student words, actions, products on his or her own in class- or for homework. / Activity #1 – Teacher Input
Each student will be given a facsimiled copy of the Constitution’s 1st amendment accessed at website referenced below.
Lecture topics (examples of each to be provided)-
Freedom of speech
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of press
Freedom of religion
Right to petition / What is the 1st amendment? What does it protect?
What do you think is meant by free speech?
What constitutes assembly?
Are all “religions” and their beliefs protected?
What would a petition look like?
Activity #2 – Guided practice
As a class generate examples of protections and infringement of people’s 1st amendment freedoms. This should lead to short open discussion (see question script) / What is something that you like to do that the first amendment gives you the right to do?
Activity #3 – Independent practice
Divide class into 5 groups, each with a different freedom found in the 1st amendment. Have each group design a broadside (letter sized poster) that visually represents/defines the freedom they have been assigned. Each group will share with the class explaining the symbolism in their broadside.
6. Closure and/or Evaluation
Have a summary of vital aspects of the lesson, prepare for next lesson- get the students anticipating what is next and check for understanding. Must ultimately answer “What did they learn?” (Essential questions to be listed below) / Discussion of importance of the 1st amendment and its protected freedoms.
(see question script) / - What freedoms are protected through the 1st amendment?
- How does the 1st amendment affect your life on a daily basis?
- How important is the first amendment to us as American citizens?

Lesson Essential questions:

1.What five freedoms are provided for in the Constitution’s 1st amendment?

2.How important is the first amendment to American civic culture?

Materials/resources: Facsimiled copy of 1st amendment (see below). Also, the following webpages may be useful.

Picture of First Amendment:

http://www.rochester.edu/college/psc/images/Courses/Spring2008/FirstAmendment.png

Other Possible Resources to Help in Teaching this Lesson

First Amendment / Five Freedoms (In a School Perspective):

http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/freedoms/freedomsindex.aspx

First Amendment Center.org

http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/freedoms/freedomsindex.aspx