Title of Unit: Stars and Stripes Title of Lesson: Nations Working Together Submitted By: Amy Branstetter

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson is designed for 3rd grade students to learn about the interactions of the United Nations and the U.S. President amongst other nations in the world. This lesson uses the 3rd Grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Communities(p. 248-251). B. Target Population: Grade Level: 3rd grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: whole group reading and discussion, partnered & independent for activity, independent for assessment C. Materials: 3rd Grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook, World Connections: Nations Work Together (p. 248-251) Artifacts: photos and pictures of other countries flags, the United Nations, and President Obama One per student: Reading Skill & Strategy (Unit Resources p. 70) see last page of lesson plan for example Vocabulary & Study Guide (Unit Resources p. 71)see last page of lesson plan for sample Chapter 8 Test (Resources Index- Chpt. Test p. 71)-see last page of lesson plan for sample pencils D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C.15.3.2 Discuss why people form groups? C.14.3.1 Name the current President of the United States.

Student-Friendly Standards I can write about and explain things the United Nations and U.S. does for other countries. I can tell and write who the president of the United States is currently.

E. Procedure: 1. Read the objectives on the board for students and then have them repeat them again with you. 2. Start by identifying who the current president is and give a very brief biography description of Mr. Obama. Write President Barack Obama on the whiteboard. Ask students to turn to their neighbor and repeat answer, Who is our current president of the United States? 3. Refer to notes on TE 248 Get Set to Ready
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Pass out & explain the Study Guide & Reading Skills students will complete as we read. Call students attention to p. 249. Discuss the many flags of the different countries represented. Ask them what this tells them about the United Nations. Identify and read Build on What You Know. Discuss giving and getting help with students. Introduce vocabulary words (ambassador, treaty, President Barack Obama) and review the definition

4. As a class read p. 248-251. Stop and read the background information on the bottom of TE p. 248, United Nations. 5. Stop and ask questions from margins of TE (p. 249-250) to check comprehension: (TE 249) What is an ambassador? (TE 249) What is a treaty? (TE 249) Review: Why do countries send ambassadors to other countries? (TE 250) In what way did Nelson Mandela and others make a difference in South America?

6. Students should take notes and record information on their Study Guide while we are reading. 7. Read and demonstrate the Critical Thinking Prediction- Think Aloud on the bottom of TE p. 250. 8. Break-up students into partnered pairs. Have students discuss and review . Have them write them in their journals. 9. Students will finish the Vocabulary/Study Guide and complete the Reading Skill: Problem and Solution and Reading Skill: Monitor/Clarify worksheet together. 10. Review student responses and the correct answers for both vocabulary and reading skills. Call on random students (draw name sticks) during summary. Another possible problem/solution focus could be working together to clean up the ocean. 11. Look over the Chapter 8 Review (p.254) and pass out the test. Students take test independently and hand to teacher as their Ticket Out the door for the day. 12. CLOSURE:
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Have students reread the objectives on the board.

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Title of Unit: Stars and Stripes Title of Lesson: Nations Working Together Submitted By: Amy Branstetter

Objectives: I can write about and explain things the United Nations and U.S. does for other countries. And I can tell and write who the president of the United States is currently. Ask students if they believe they met these objectives. Have them show you with okay, thumbs-up, or thumbs-down sign up near their hearts. Students hand in their tests as their Ticket Out the door.

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Students will be able to identify the United Nations as a group that helps other countries. They will recognize President Barack Obama as the current president of U.S. I will check student understand during the discussion responses, Reading Skills, Study Guide, and Chapter 8 Test. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. I will informally check students verbal and written responses on the Study Guide, Vocabulary Study Guide, and Test (Ticket Out). An informal thumbs up or thumbs down will additionally identify students who met objectives or may need clarification during closure. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? Reading and following the textbook guidelines will be the easiest part of this lesson. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? The most challenging part of this lesson is not devoting an entire lesson on President Obama. Im not sure Im doing the class justice by throwing the additional objective in there and briefly discussing him in such a short time period. I just realized towards the beginning of this lesson that we would have been discussing Obama during previous lessons. I probably should have had the objective included in one of those. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I would love to extend this lesson with more study on National holidays and foreign affairs. It would be cool to go into some economical exports and trades with other countries at this time. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I will have students contribute to a class chart about the United Nations and President Obama. They would photocopy pictures and charts about the United Nations and

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president from other resources. And lastly, I could reteach the minilesson on (TE 251) to struggling students. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? Id like to add a read aloud and possibly a flags activity station for students to further explore countries and their flags. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? These lessons are getting much easier. I added the Chapter 8 Test as the assessment, so the assessment part was pretty easy this time. Not too difficult preparing this last lesson. Reading Skill & Strategy

Vocabulary & Study Guide

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