Unit Plan

Teacher Candidate:
UNIT INFORMATION
Grade/Subject:

12th grade Government

Unit Name:

The Executive Branch

Length of Unit:

6 school days, 5 lessons and one day for testing.

UNIT STANDARD

Learning Goals

Remedial (R)
Enrichment (E)
(to be completed after receiving
diagnostic assessment results)

Students will understand and be able to explain the electoral college and the party
presidential candidate nominating system. This will include being able to list the formal
qualifications to become president, the roles of the president, explain how convention
delegates are selected, describe the format of the national party conventions and
understand the vocabulary related to the office of the presidency. Students will need to
understand the flaws with the electoral college and some of the proposed reforms that
have been offered to fix it. It is also important that students recognize the role of the office
of the Vice President and why presidents have been hesitant to give the Vice President
more power.
Remedial AZ State Standards: Strand 3: Concept 2: PO 5: B, role of competing factions and development of political parties.
E. election process and types of representation.
Enrichment AZ State Standards: Strand 3: Concept 5: PO 2: Describe factors (e.g., trade,
political tensions, sanctions, terrorism) that influence United States foreign policy; and PO
3: describe world governmental and non-governmental organizations (e.g., the United
Nations and its agencies, NATO, the EU, the International Red Cross).

Curricular Resources

Chapter 13 test question bank

Text Book
State Standards
National Standards for Civics and Government
Magruders American Government Lesson Plan Outlines

Step 1: Creating Vision and Planning for Assessment

Unit Plan - GOAL
1. All students will score at least 80% on their unit exam.
2. Students will understand and be able to explain the electoral college and the party presidential candidate
nominating system. This will include being able to list the formal qualifications to become president, the roles of
the president and the history of presidential elections.

Unit Plan Planning For Assessment

How will I measure my 1st Unit Goal?
My Unit Goals will be measured with the unit test with 50 questions, 10 for each lesson taught. The questions will be a mixture of
multiple choice, matching and true or false questions.
How will I measure progress toward the 1st Unit Goal?
The class progress towards the unit goal will be measured with 3 section quizzes of either 5 or 10 questions each and compared to
the pre-test and unit test scores to check for improvement.

Unit Plan Big Ideas

Students will understand and be able to explain the electoral college and the party presidential candidate nominating
system. This will include being able to list the formal qualifications to become president, the roles of the president,
explain how convention delegates are selected, describe the format of the national party conventions and understand
the vocabulary related to the office of the presidency. Students will need to understand the flaws with the electoral
college and some of the proposed reforms that have been offered to fix it. It is also important that students recognize
the role of the office of the Vice President and why presidents have been hesitant to give the Vice President more
power.

UNIT ASSESSMENT ALIGNMENT GUIDE

Standard #

Standard
(add rows as needed)

Aligned Item
#s

PO 6. Analyze the structure, powers, and roles of

the executive branch of the United States
government: a. specific powers delegated in
Article II of the Constitution

10

20

10

20

16

22

44

2
3

PO 6. Analyze the structure, powers, and roles of

the executive branch of the United States
government: b. roles and duties of the president
PO 6. Analyze the structure, powers, and roles of
the executive branch of the United States
government: c. development and function of the
executive branch, including the cabinet and
federal bureaucracy
PO 6. Analyze the structure, powers, and roles of
the executive branch of the United States
government: d. election of the president through
the nomination process, national conventions, and
electoral college

Points
Correct

Points
Possible

TOTAL:

Step 2: Lesson Objectives

Daily Lesson Objective(s)
(Add rows as needed)

Standard
PO 6. Analyze the structure,
powers, and roles of the
executive branch of the
United States government:
a. specific powers delegated
in Article II of the

Identify the presidents

many roles
Understand the formal
qualifications necessary to
become president

# of
days
1 day =
53 min.

Lesson Plan Notes

Grade
(%)

Constitution
b. roles and duties of the
president
PO 6. Analyze the structure,
powers, and roles of the
executive branch of the
United States government:

a. specific powers delegated

in Article II of the
Constitution
PO 6. Analyze the structure,
powers, and roles of the
executive branch of the
United States government:

a. specific powers delegated

in Article II of the
Constitution
PO 6. Analyze the structure,
powers, and roles of the
executive branch of the
United States government:

d. election of the president

through the nomination
process, national
conventions, and electoral
college

Explain how the constitution

provides for presidential
succession
Understand the
constitutional provisions for
presidential disability

Explain the framers original

provisions for choosing the
president
Outline how the rise of
political parties changed the
original provisions set out in
the constitution

Describe the role of

conventions, primaries, and
caucus-conventions in the
presidential nominating
process
Outline the events that take
place during a national
convention

PO 6. Analyze the structure,

powers, and roles of the
executive branch of the
United States government:

d. election of the president

through the nomination
process, national
conventions, and electoral
college
Unit Review and
Assessment
TOTAL

Understand the function of

the electoral college today
and describe the flaws in the
electoral college
Outline the advantages and
disadvantages of proposed
reforms to the electoral
college

1
6

STEP 3: Calendar
CALENDAR OF DAILY OBJECTIVES
April 18-26
Monday

Identify the
presidents
many roles
Understand the
formal
qualifications
necessary to
become
president

Understand the
function of the
electoral college

Tuesday

Explain how the

constitution
provides for
presidential
succession
Understand the
constitutional
provisions for
presidential
disability

4/26/16
Unit Review and Test

Wednesday

Explain the
framers original
provisions for
choosing the
president
Outline how the
rise of political
parties changed
the original
provisions set out
in the constitution

Thursday

Describe the role of

conventions,
primaries, and
caucusconventions in the
presidential
nominating process
Outline the events
that take place
during a national
convention

Friday
4/22/16
School mandated suicide
prevention lesson during my
class period

today and describe

the flaws in the
electoral college
Outline the
advantages and
disadvantages of
proposed reforms
to the electoral
college

Unit Plan Rubric

Category and
Description

Requirements

Points

Unit Information

Grade/Subject

/1 point

All unit information

is thoroughly filled
out and contains no
missing elements.

Unit Name

/1 point

Length of Unit (minimum of 5 lessons,

maximum of 10 lessons)

/1 point

Unit Standard
All unit standard
information is
thoroughly filled out
and contains no
missing elements.

Learning Goals/Standards
Learning goals/standards include the stem, as
well as the written description.

/5 points

Remedial Standards
Remedial standards that review pre-requisite
information are included.

/5 points

Total /3 points

Enrichment Standards
Enrichment standards that extend student
learning are included

/5 points

Curricular Resources

/5 points

Instructor Comments

Step 1: Creating
Vision and
Planning for
Assessment
All vision and
planning for
assessment
information is
thoroughly filled out
and contains no
missing elements.

Unit Assessment
Alignment Guide
The assessment
alignment guide
ensures alignment
between the unit
plan and
summative
assessment.
All information is
thoroughly filled out
and contains no
missing elements.

A thorough bulleted list of curricular resources to

be used during instruction is included.
Unit Plan Goal
The goal for the unit of instruction is described.
Planning for Assessment
A description of the summative assessment
used to measure student progress of the
unit goal is described in detail.

A description of the formative assessments

is used to measure progress toward the unit
goal is described in detail.

Big Ideas
A bulleted list of the big ideas taught during the
unit are included and are a clear and concise
summary of key concepts to be learned during
the unit.
A complete and aligned unit plan
assessment is included.

Total /20 points

/5 points

/5 points

/5 points

/5 points
Total /20 points
/11 points

The assessment is aligned to the following

components of the unit plan:

Unit Goal
Learning Goals/Standards
Big Ideas
Daily Lesson Objectives
Big Ideas

The assessment alignment guides contains

the following:
Standard Number

/1 point
/1 point
/1 point
/1 point
/1 point

/1 point

Standard Assessed
Aligned Item Numbers
Points Possible

/1 point
/1 point
/1 point
Total /20 points

Step 2: Lesson
Objectives
All essential
components of the
lesson objectives
are thoroughly filled
out and contain no
missing elements.

Complete list of standards (including stem and

description) are included.

/5 points

Daily objectives are clear, explicit, measurable,

and written in student-friendly language.

/5 points

Daily lesson objective is aligned to the

corresponding standard.

/5 points

A complete list of the number of days and

minutes is included for each daily objective.
A thorough bulleted and descriptive list of lesson
plan notes and ideas to teach the daily lesson
objectives are included.

/5 points

Notes are a clear and concise description to be

used during the unit.

/5 points

Plan includes one day for unit review and

assessment.

/1 point

Plan includes total number of days and minutes

for entire unit of instruction. (minimum of 4
lessons, maximum of 8 lessons)

/1 point

Total /27 points

Step 3: Calendar
All essential

The month and date of each day of instruction is

included.

/2 points

components of the
calendar are
thoroughly filled out
and contain no
missing elements.
Grammar/Spelling

Daily objectives are logically sequenced.

The unit plan and

assessment have
been checked for
spelling and
grammar errors.

3 or more editing errors: -10 points

/8 points
Total /10 points

0-3 editing errors: -5 points

Final Grade:
/100 points