Teachers Name: Michael Pechon

Unit 1: What is government?

What is the purpose of
government?

Week: 1/18/2016-1/22/2016
Course/ Period: Civics 1,2,4
Curriculum Mandates:
SSR
Evidence Based Writing Assignment
Monday

AIM &
Objectives

Tuesday

MLK Holiday

Student Holiday

Daily Formative
Assessment
(ex: Exit Slip)
Lesson Scope

Instructional
Strategies
Differentiation

Agenda

Time

CFUs

Direct instruction, Group work, student presentations

Struggling
Ask weaker students "leading" questions to bring them "step by step"
to the depth of understanding necessary.
Advanced

Agenda

Time

CFUs

Direct instruction, Group Research Activity, Student debate

Struggling
Ask weaker students "leading" questions to bring them "step by step" to the
depth of understanding necessary.
Advanced

Ask stronger students higher level questions during class

discussions to challenge them and increase depth of thought.

Ask stronger students higher level questions during class discussions

to challenge them and increase depth of thought.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2,
C.1.1, C.1.4

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2, C.1.1,

C.1.4

CCSS/ GLEs

Wednesday
AIM &
Objectives

Daily
Formative
Assessment
(ex: Exit
Slip)
Lesson
Scope

Thursday

AIM: Which of the Philosophers do I agree with

the most?
Objective: SWBAT explain which of the 5
philosophers ideas about government they
most closely agree with.
Student written homework that will be
assessed the next morning with the entire
class.

Agenda

Time

Review Friday's
assignment

Introduce lesson
and the idea of the
Enlightenment to
the class.

15

CFUs

Talk moves
Cold calls

Philosophers DBQ
75

SSR for Early

Finishers

DBQ

Students
reading

Friday

Aim: How did the Philosophers influence

Founding Documents of America?
Objective: SWBAT explain how the
Philosophers influenced the creators of the
Founding Documents of America.

AIM: What does it look like when the government

guides and leads the people?
Objective: SWBAT explain what it looks like when
the government guides and leads the people.
Exit Ticket

Agenda
Review yesterday's
assignment about
Enlightenment
Philosophers.
Describe the day's
lesson.
Assign students
and their partner to
answer the
worksheet located
on the 3rd Floor
webpage.
Discuss with
students the
relationship
between the
philosophers and
their ideas and
America's Founding
Documents.
Homework: AECR.
Using documents
from yesterday,
explain whether
you think it is a
good idea for
people, not
American,
contributing ideas

Time
10

CFUs
Talk moves
Cold calls

Agenda
Review homework

10

Introduce the lesson

about the government
guiding and leading
the people.

Listen and read along

with the speech
45

30

Computerized
worksheet

Talk moves
Cold calls

Time

Obama tries to
explain and give
context to the
incendiary remarks of
Pastor Wright. In a 5
paragraph AECR
essay, explain how
Obama is able to
contextualize for his
audience and what he
achieves in doing so.
Homework: Finish
paper

CFUs
Check
homework
Talk
moves,
cold calls

40

45

Written paper

to America's
Founding
Documents.

Instructiona
l Strategies

Direct instruction, computers, close reading,

SSR

Direct instruction, computers, discussion

Written test

Differentiati
on

Struggling
Ask weaker students "leading" questions to
bring them "step by step" to the depth of
understanding necessary.
Advanced
Ask stronger students higher level questions
during class discussions to challenge them and
increase depth of thought.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1, CCSS.ELALiteracy.RH.9-10.2, C.1.1, C.1.4

Struggling
Ask weaker students "leading" questions to
bring them "step by step" to the depth of
understanding necessary.
Advanced
Ask stronger students higher level questions
during class discussions to challenge them and
increase depth of thought.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1, CCSS.ELALiteracy.RH.9-10.2, C.1.1, C.1.4

Struggling
Ask weaker students "leading" questions to bring them
"step by step" to the depth of understanding necessary.

CCSS/ GLEs

Advanced

Ask stronger students higher level questions during

class discussions to challenge them and increase
depth of thought.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1, CCSS.ELALiteracy.RH.9-10.2, C.1.1, C.1.4