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Professor Reilly
Field II
2/26/16
Title
Subject Area(s)
Grade Level
NCSS:
NSS-C.5-8.1: Civic life, politics, and government
NSS-C.5-8.5: Roles of the citizen
Essential Questions
Objectives
Vocabulary:
Democracy
Popular Vote
Electoral College
Primary Election
Candidate
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Estimated Time
Approx. 45 minutes
Materials Required
Procedure
Each professor may
choose to align this
section to his/her
content areas.
This section will
include anticipated
areas of
differentiated
instruction.
Formative Assessment
BEFORE:
- Ask what they know about the current election, including
candidates, political parties, election process (Gain
attention, stimulate recall of prior learning)
- Talk about what a democracy is, why it's important to
American society (Stimulate recall of prior
learning)
- Write objective on the board (Inform learners of
objective)
DURING:
- Ask the students which states they think have the
biggest populations,
have them write a few of their top choices on the board
(Providing learning guidance, presenting content,
stimulate recall of prior knowledge)
- Look at a map of the United States and each states
populations (Presenting Content)
- Lecture (Presenting Content)
- Having students guess which states are most
important. (Elicit
performance, providing
feedback).
AFTER:
- Extension Activities/Enrichment - Having students make
educated guesses regarding the value of one state (i.e.
California) versus several and why candidates would
campaign more in certain areas. (Assessing
- Ask what the students know about the current 2016 election.
See if they know what primary elections are.
- Check for understanding of a democratic government
Student Resources
Accommodations
Assessment