Title of Unit: 1st Grade Civics Title of Lesson: President of the United States Submitted By: Jamie Holst

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: Students will be able to name the current President of the United States. Students will learn that the current President can change. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 1st Skill Level: on level Grouping: Whole group for procedure steps 1-7. Independent practice for step 8. C. Materials: Elmo Picture of current President of the United States If I were President Worksheet D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C14.1.1 Name the current President of the United States

Student-Friendly Standards I can name the current President of the United States.

E. Procedure: 1. Ask students to raise their hands if they would like to be President of the United States. 2. Ask a few students why they would like to be President. 3. Place picture of current President under Elmo. Ask students if theyve seen this person before. What is the persons name? 4. Name the President for the students who do not know the name. 5. Ask students if we have the same President all of the time. Briefly explain the maximum terms that a President can be in office. Explain that Barack Obama is our current president which means he is in office right now. The current President can change. 6. Teacher will point at the picture once more and the class will say the name together two more times. 7. Teacher will model how to write a short story on If I were President using the outline. 8. Students will copy the text and fill in the blanks independently. 9. CLOSURE: Tell a shoulder partner if they would or would not like to be President and why or why not. F. Assessment:
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Title of Unit: 1st Grade Civics Title of Lesson: President of the United States Submitted By: Jamie Holst

What will you use to measure student understanding? The students completed worksheet on the President will be used as the assessment. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students will have to write the name of the current President at the top of their paper which will fulfill the objective.

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EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Title of Unit: 1st Grade Civics Title of Lesson: President of the United States Submitted By: Jamie Holst

Picture of Current President

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Title of Unit: 1st Grade Civics Title of Lesson: President of the United States Submitted By: Jamie Holst

1. The current President of the United States is ________________________________________. 2. I think it would be ______________________to be President. 3. I think this because ___________________________________________. 4. If I were President I would _____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________.
Write your final draft below. Remember to include a conclusion!

__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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