The final part of 6th grade Social Studies will be the Lesson Plan Project. You will work in a group to research a particular time period in the 20th century, and then you will teach your classmates about that time period in an entire lesson. This major project will be a large part of your final grade. More information about your assigned group and topic will come later, but below you can find the Grading Criteria and Requirements, the Grading Rubric, and the Lesson Plan Format.
Grading Criteria and Requirements for Lesson Presentations:
This presentation is to prepare you for your FUTURE. Knowing how to plan and execute a lesson on specific material is a skill that you will be able to use no matter what path you take. Teachers, doctors, lawyers, police officers, and even professional basketball players are expected to present themselves in a well-thought-out fashion on a daily basis. This is your opportunity to practice that kind of presentation in a friendly environment.
Moreover, this project is a major portion of your fourth quarter grade. You need to take this assignment seriously and to execute it in a professional fashion. YOU are responsible for the lesson on your assigned day, DON’T LET ME OR YOUR CLASSMATES DOWN.
That said, what follows below are the requirements and grading rubric for the assignment. Good luck! Please feel free to come in before or after school with questions IN ADVANCE of your presentation.
Requirements (check them off as you meet them):
Scoring Criteria |
5 Outstanding |
3 Needs Improvement |
0 Unacceptable |
Written lesson |
Project was well written, neat, and without major grammatical errors. |
Project was a little sloppy, had minor structural errors or grammatical errors. It was turned in a day late. |
Project was very sloppy and/or had major grammatical errors. The project was turned in less than 48 hours before the lesson was taught. |
Individual Student Effort |
Participant worked on the task at hand 95% of the time and rarely distracted others. |
Participant worked 75% of the time and played or distracted others some of the time. |
Participant worked less than 75% of the time and/or was often distracting others. |
Presentation |
Presenters were organized, gave other students a note sheet to guide listening and presented information in a clear way. |
Presenters were a little disorganized, failed to present a note sheet and/or were a little confusing about their presentation. |
Presenters were very disorganized, did not present a note sheet and/or were very confusing. |
Overall Group Work |
Group completed a thorough examination of the time period. At least 12 major events (3 social, 3 political, 3 economic, and 3 geographic) were presented clearly. |
Group completed a good examination of the time period/region. At least 8 major events (2 social, 2 political, 2 economic, and 2 geographic) were presented clearly. |
Group completed a poor examination of the time period/region. Fewer than 8 major events were presented clearly. |
Group Members:
Date of Lesson:
Topic:
These are our 5 test questions and their answers:
1.Question:
Answer:
2.Question:
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3.Question:
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4.Question:
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5.Question:
Answer:
These are our 12 major events (3 for each type of history):
Political
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Social
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Geographic
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Economic
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1. This will be our Do Now:
*Approximate time length of Do Now:
2. This is how we plan to teach our lesson:
*Approximate time length of teaching:
3. This is how the students will take notes:
4. This is our group/paired/individual learning activity:
*Approximate time length of learning activity:
5. This is our creative presentation method (video/poster/overhead/audio clip):
*Approximate time length of presentation method:
6. This is our exit question:
*Approximate time length of exit question: