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Lesson Plan 2
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Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Big Ideas

Essential
Questions

PA/Common
Core/Standards

Objective

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Miss Sydney Geyer
Social Studies
Fourth Grade
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Mining and agriculture are vital parts to the Midwestern
economy.

6.1.4.B.
Recognize the difference between basic needs and
wants.
Explain the role of producers in making goods and
providing services.
6.2.4.G.
Explain the three basic questions all economic systems
must answer. What to produce? How? For whom?
6.4.4.A.
List and explain factors that promote specialization and
division of labor.
6.5.4.B.
Identify the requirements for different careers and
occupations.

Student will be able to identify the strengths and

weaknesses of mining and agriculture in the Midwest
region with 100% accuracy defending their position
with text-based facts.

I will assess student knowledge on content during their

verbal debate, looking for text reference to their
argument.

Communication and collaboration

Research and information fluency
Creativity and innovation
Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making

Student with vision impairment uses large text

Bloom's
Taxonomy
Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative &
Summative
Assessment
Evidence
ISTE Standards
for Students
Framework for
21st Century
Learning
Accommodation

What are the jobs of miners in the Midwest?

What are the jobs of farmers in the Midwest?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of mining and
agriculture as a career?

CK

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workbook and textbook.

Students with learning disabilities will be provided extra
teacher guidance to stay on task and meet objectives.

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TEACHERS
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Procedures
RATIONALE for
the Learning
Plan
Introduction

CK
Activating Prior Knowledge
Topic was introduced yesterday, readdress mining and
farming and their affects on the Midwest economy with
probing questions
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Present the debate and the goal to persuade Mrs.
Francia and myself to choose their argument (mining or
agriculture)

Explicit
Instructions

Big Idea Statement

Mining and agriculture are vital parts to the Midwestern
economy.
Essential Questions Statement
What are the jobs of miners in the Midwest?
What are the jobs of farmers in the Midwest?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of mining and
agriculture as a career?
Objective Statement
Student will be able to identify the strengths and
weaknesses of mining and agriculture in the Midwest
region with 100% accuracy defending their position with
text-based facts.
Transition
Timer to control time management for appropriate
lesson transitions.
Key

Vocabulary
Mining
Agriculture
Iron
Ore
Open-pit mining


Lesson
Procedure

Agribusiness

1. I will open the lesson with a discussion readdressing

what we discussed yesterday regarding their Miner
versus Farmer Debate.
2. I will distribute the career image cards to the class
dividing the farmers and the miners.
3. Half of the class will have 15 minutes to develop an
argument as to why mining is a better career while the
other half creates the same argument about farming.
4. The groups will select 3-4 presenters amongst
themselves.
5. Each group will have 3-5 minutes to present their
argument to the opposing team and to Mrs. Francia and
myself.
6. Following the arguments, both sides will have their
presentation panel go back up to the front of the class to
debate and question the other sides argument for 5
minutes.
7. Mrs. Francia and I will choose our career and the winning
team will receive candy from the treasure chest.
8. We will close by each opposing side giving three facts
about the other team to show they have learned
something from their peers.

Reading
Text books
Materials
Career image cards
Technology
Equipment
Supplies
Evaluation of
Formal Evaluation
the
There will be no formal evaluation until the test on
Learning/Master
Friday.
y of the
Concept
Informal Evaluation
I will assess student knowledge on content during their
verbal debate, looking for text reference to their
argument.
Closure
Summary & Review of the Learning
We will close by each opposing side giving three facts
about the other team to show they have learned
something from their peers.
Homework/Assignments
My lesson includes no assignments.
Teacher
Self-reflection