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Throughout the duration of this course, you are asked to develop a social studies
mini-unit plan. The first step in completing this assignment is to consider the grade level that you are placed during your field experience and determine a topic for a social studies
mini-unit plan. After you have determined a topic of study, take time to list desired student outcomes for the unit plan. Answering a question such as: "What would you like students to learn?" helps to determine desired student outcomes.
Once you've determined a topic of study and listed your desired student outcomes, it's time to create at least five connected lesson plans that will become your unit plan. Afterward, determine a title for your social studies
mini-unit that provides an overarching idea to your topic of study. Please refer to the following outline when setting up the unit that you create:
Social Studies Mini-Unit Plan Outline
Title of the Mini-Unit
Topic of Study
Grade Level(s)
Overview of the unit (Short introductory paragraph)
Desired Student Outcomes of Entire Mini-Unit (Clearly described and listed)
Lesson Plan #1
This first lesson plan should provide a way for you to survey students to determine their prior knowledge on the topic of study.
This lesson should introduce your topic of study in a way that is exciting and captivating to your students.
This lesson should have students become engaged in initial inquiry on the topic of study.
Lesson Plan #2
This second lesson plan should provide students with an opportunity to practice new knowledge/skills students obtained from lesson #1 and to further develop that knowledge/skill with additional information on the topic of study. This lesson plan should connect information from lesson #1 with new knowledge/skills to desired outcomes listed on this plan.
This lesson plan should include a children's literature book that portrays your topic of study.
Lesson Plan #3
This third lesson plan should provide students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge from lessons #1 and #2 to a given task, activity or project.
The student outcomes of this plan should provide students with a way to demonstrate what they've learned so you can begin to evaluate and assess students' new knowledge/skill gains from these three connected lessons.
This lesson plan should include primary documents of information that portrays your topic of study.
Lesson Plan #4
This fourth lesson plan should provide students with an opportunity to
review and extend their knowledge by utilizing multiple resources such as technology, additional literature, outside guest speakers, field trips, etc. This
lesson plan should provide a way to assess students' knowledge
gains.
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There are four components of the
mini-unit plan that will be graded. They include (1) the unit plan overview, (2) five connected individual lesson plans, (3) assessment and evaluation methods, and (4) the structure and organization of your unit plan. The following information is the grading rubric for the unit plan.
Unit Plan Overview (2 points possible):
1. Provides a detailed description of the setting for the unit plan including a cohesive cluster of learning standards to reflect the scope and depth of the unit.
2. Defines a meaningful and engaging topic, issue or theme and relates it to the New York State Learning Standards.
Lesson Plans (at least 4 connected learning experiences) - (10 points possible)
1. Utilizes a clear lesson plan format including the following: Subject, overall teaching goal, prior student knowledge required, materials needed, detailed teaching sequence, evaluation/assessment, closure, and next steps of extension.
2. Crafts a range of appropriate experiences aligned to the New York State Learning Standards.
3. Provides thoughtful and provoking questions to engage students' thinking.
4. Scaffolds experiences logically moving from concrete experiences to abstract ideas.
5. Includes modified instructional strategies and differentiated learning based on students' needs.
6. Encourages student-to-student interaction.
7. Provides students with a variety of resources and multiple examples to better understand the topic, issue or theme.
8. Plans a variety of balanced assessment and evaluation opportunities.
9. Establishes a way to provide assessment feedback to students.
10. Measures student progress to desired outcomes and identified learning standard(s).
Unit Plan Structure (3 points possible):
1. Uses a clear, comprehensive framework to organize the unit plan.
2. Develops each component thoroughly.
3. Relates and connects learning outcomes, experiences and assessments.
Total number of points (15 possible) _________
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