Danielle Turner Sadie Fritz Peter Ulrich Eric Kuehn.

Danielle Turner

Sadie FritzPeter UlrichEric Kuehn

Lesson Study: On Congress

Placement: Sexton High School

Government

Lesson – Role Play on Congress

Debate on Raising the Driving Age.Lesson Plan – on Google Docs

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Learning ObjectivesStudents will learn: Chapter 4 Instructional

Strategies

How a bill is debated in Congress and the process that makes a bill.

How to discuss both sides of an issue and come to a consensus with their peers even if it is not their personal opinion.

How Republicans and Democrats think. How to state their arguments in an effective way

and be able to support their arguments academically.

StandardsP3.1 Clearly state an issue as a question of public policy, trace the origins of an issue, analyze various perspectives, and generate and evaluate possible alternative resolutions.

3.1.1 Analyze the purposes, organization, functions, and processes of the legislative branch as enumerated in Article I of the Constitution

P3.2 Deeply examine policy issues in group discussions and debates (clarify issues, consider opposing views, apply democratic values or constitutional principles, anticipate consequences) to make reasoned and informed decision

Measuring Student LearningWe used an Exit Slip!

What We Learned Students learn better

With connections. When you have lessons that use

multiple intelligences. When they know what is going on.

Be able to think on your feet Students know more than you think

they do.

Changes?? Had a rough start, slow and was not fully

explained.

No Snow Day.

More Time

Tell them the topic was actually real.

Knowing their names more