Lesson

Title/Focus

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 Curriculum Overview Lesson

Teacher
The Provincial Budget
Ryan Smith
:
Grade 6, Social Studies, Provincial government unit
Dec. 1/15
Date:

GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES

6.1 Citizens Participating in Decision Making
Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the dynamic relationship between governments and citizens as
they engage in the democratic process.

SPECIFIC LEARNER OUTCOMES

6.1.5 analyze the structure and functions of Albertas provincial government by exploring and reflecting upon the following
questions and issues:
- What are the responsibilities of the provincial government (i.e., laws, taxes, services)? (PADM)
- What are the differences between the responsibilities of a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and a cabinet
minister? (PADM)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
SWBAT understand how the provincial budget is created and broken down
SWBAT create and justify their own provincial budget

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:

Valid justification of their own budget

Key Questions:

How does the provincial government allot funds to its different ministries?
How are these choices justified?

Products/Performan
ces:

Students will create and justify their own provincial budget

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Taking part in our Democracy textbook, pg. 268
Alberta POS

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Textbooks
Pencil crayons
Rulers
Worksheets

PROCEDURE
Introduction
Attention Grabber

Transition to Body
Learning Activity
#1

Agenda:
Election tomorrow!
Make up campaign posters tonight and bring them for tomorrow if you want,
highly recommended
Students will vote for their constituency rep, the party that wins gets their leader
to be premier. Those elected from a different party will be the opposition,
elected party members will be made cabinet ministers
Today: The provincial budget
Ask students what they know about the provincial budget
Body
Have students open their textbooks to pg. 268
Have two students read the first two paragraphs to the class
Define income tax: a tax based on a percentage of what a person earns
Have students write this in their notes

Time

5min

2min
Time
10min

Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity
#2

Have a student read the oil and gas blurb, explain how Alberta has had low
income tax thanks to the oil industry, ask about and discuss the pros and cons of
investing in oil
- High demand
- Not diverse

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

10min

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 Curriculum Overview Lesson

Abundant
Many jobs
Not environmentally friendly, sort of
Finite

Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity
#3

Ask students about the pie chart on page 268, give them time to study it and come
up with ideas/opinions about it
Do students agree with the distribution on funds? Why?
Hand out budget worksheet
- Students re to put their name and the date at the top.
- Students will use a ruler to divide up the pie chart into eight parts
- Students will come up with percentages for how much of the budget they
want to go to each section, must total 100%
- Students are to use pencil crayons to colour their graph and legend so that
they correspond
- Students will then answer the three questions on the back of the
worksheet

20min

Assessments/
Differentiation

Assessment of
Learning:
Transition:

Cliffhanger/Closure
Have students created a logical budget? /1
Have students adequately justified their budget? /3

Time

Rationale
How does this individual lesson
scaffold learning opportunities
for students?
What assumptions does this
lesson make about what
students already know?
In what ways is this lesson
connected to the next lesson?

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe