Student Teaching edTPA Lesson Plan Template

Subject: C& E

Central Focus: Election Campaigns

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:

CE.C&G. Analyze government systems
2
within the United States in
terms of their structure,
function and relationships.

Date submitted:

03/14 Date taught: 03/20

Daily Lesson Objective:

CE.C&G.2. Analyze Americas two-party system in terms of the political and economic views that led to its
8
emergence and the role that political parties play in American politics

21st Century Skills: Communication, Collaboration,

Creativity, Critical Thinking, Innovation, and
Problem-Solving

Academic Language Demand (Language Function and

Vocabulary):
Function: Justify
Vocab: Electoral College, proposition, referendum, recall

Prior Knowledge:
Students learned the day before about who all is eligible to vote in elections
Activity

Description of Activities and Setting

View Trailer of Mitt

1. Focus and Review

Time
12 mins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLHxbemvpxY
Brief discussion on video.
What all does a campaign involve?
How stressful does it seem to be a candidate?
How do you have to appear?

2. Statement of Objective
for Student
3. Teacher Input
4. Guided Practice
5. Independent Practice

6. Assessment Methods of
all objectives/skills:

I can talk about election campaigns

20 mins
Lecture on 10: 2 Election Campaigns
Show class different Presidential campaign commercials on Living Room
15 mins
Candidate. Talk about how ads portray candidates. How they have evolved
over time
In party groups, students will shoot a campaign commercial for their
35 mins
candidate they chose.
Objective:
What type of democracy would a proposition, referendum, and recall be examples of?
Should these options be used more often to maintain power with the people?
Why do we have the electoral college?
Should it be changed?
How would you change it?
21st Century Skills:
Were commercials creative?
Did they promote their candidate and or downplay the opponent?
Were they convincing?

7. Closure

Students will answer exit ticket on socratice.com

http://b.socrative.com/teacher/#live-results
How well did you understand todays material?
What did you learn in todays class?
Answer a question posed by the teacher

8 mins

Objective:
Students recognized that a referendum and recall give more power to the people. They also articulate
8. Assessment Results of
the electoral college was developed because the founding fathers did not have faith in the people to e
all objectives/skills:
candidate, politicians must still feel this way since we still use the electoral college system. The majo
classes believed that the popular vote should determine the president.
21st Century Skills:
Students enjoyed making their commercials and had some original ideas in pitching their candidates.
Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations
Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations
504 plan-student sit near the board
504 plan- do not single out student
Student with ADD use computer for quizzes
Materials/Technology: SMART board, PowerPoint

Reflection on lesson: 1st: Students really got into campaign commercials. The lecture went good and they worked better in groups to
2nd: Students also enjoyed the commercials and were very creative in filming their own.

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Today in History: 03/20/1854 Republican Party Founded