EDU 321 Teaching English Learners with Diverse Abilities
Lesson Plan
Name: Cheri Burke
Grade Level: 8th Developmental Bilingual Education. Intermediate. “Oral and written
production has usually expanded to sentences, paragraphs, and original statements and
questions.”€ The learning theory is Cummins Cognitively Demanding (Difficult) to
Context Embedded (clues)
Subject Area: Social Studies
Topic: This lesson explores the history behind the ideas built into the United States
Constitution by the founding fathers of the United States
Content: Acquire information about the evolution of the Constitution and introduce new
vocabulary in relevant context.
Content Objectives:
* Explore the historical influences on the political ideas of the founding fathers of the
United States
* How do the primary source documents”€”the United States Constitution reflect the
lessons from these historical events?
* How were these ideas reflected in the behavior of the colonists and of the first citizens
of the United States of America?
* How do these ideas help the United States of America today? What influence do these
ideas have in making the United States an attractive location for immigrants to move to
today?
Key Vocabulary: amendment, charter, constitution, independence, sovereign, forms of
government, monarchy, republic, assembly, democratic, point of view, rights, contract,
feudalism, Magna Carter
Learning Outcomes: What insights can history give us for todays experience of
government?
Objectives: FL State Board of Education (2010)
* Student will be able to trace the historical influences on the development political ideas
and practices embedded in the United States Constitution
* Student will be able to show how United States political ideas and traditions are built
into the United States Constitution
* Student can work with historical models, maps, and other historical sources to make
inferences about historical events and eras
* Student can explain why colonists fought for United States independence and how the
ideas of the colonists are reflected in the United States Constitution
Materials Needed:
* Textbooks
* http://www.hyperhistory.comtionline n2 /History n2/a.html
* http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html
* Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers
* Inspiration Software
* Smartboard Games
Procedure or Method of Instruction:
Monday:
Motivation:
The teacher introduces the topic of evolution of the Constitution coming from a study of
history by the founding fathers of the United States and of their selection of relevant
political and religious ideas and ideals that they built into the primary source document of
the United States”€”The United States Constitution.
Students are placed into small groups and work together on the key vocabulary. Based on
what they learned from the movie, they are asked to explore the historical events
