Title of Unit: Social Studies RULES!

Title of Lesson: Leadership Submitted By: Alyce Mack and William Hall

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: Students will understand traits that leaders possess. They will also learn that certain traits are more convincing than others by engaging in a writing activity. B. Target Population: Grade Level:4th Skill Level: For students at all learning levels Grouping: Students will work individually, small groups and as a whole class. C. Materials: whiteboard notebooks pencils popsicle sticks smart board for internet access D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C15.4.1 Describe the qualities of a good leader.

Student-Friendly Standards I can describe traits that a leader possess.

E. Procedure: 1. Teacher will engage students in a discussion about who is considered leaders and what words come to mind when thinking about a person who is a leader. The teacher will make a larger T-chart on the whiteboard with Leader on one side and Traits on the other. Students will also create a T-chart in their notebooks. The teacher will call on students for responses using Popsicle sticks. 2. Teacher will then play video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQfrcOX5tW4 Teacher will have students mark off traits that are mentioned in the video from their charts in their notebooks.

3. Teacher will have students think back to what they decided was an important issue that they would have wanted to see on a ballot from yesterdays lesson. The teacher will explain to students that they are now the person in charge of making the important issue take place. They must now write a letter to the people to convince them that their issue is more important than anyone elses using examples of traits they possess.
Nevada State College EDEL 453 - Spring 2013 Karen Powell- Instructor page 1

Title of Unit: Social Studies RULES! Title of Lesson: Leadership Submitted By: Alyce Mack and William Hall

4. Students will read aloud letters that they have written and try to convince classmates that their issues are the most important and what traits were used to help be convincing. 5. CLOSURE: Students will decide what letters were more convincing and why. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Student participation during discussions, T-charts in student notebooks, and letter written by students will be used to measure student understanding. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Student letters will be used to identify if students understand the concepts of the qualities of a good leader. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? The entire lesson will be fairly easy to teach. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think time is the only challenging factor in this lesson but could have students write letters for homework and present the next day. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? Extension could be for students to create and display a leader of their choice using evidence of traits that describe how and why this person is a leader. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I would work with students individually or in small groups defining traits that a leader possess. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? The only change I would make would be that maybe the length of the lesson be extended over two days. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult was choosing a video that represents leadership traits from a kids perspective.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

page 2

Title of Unit: Social Studies RULES! Title of Lesson: Leadership Submitted By: Alyce Mack and William Hall

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

page 3