This document outlines a two-week lesson plan for a 12th grade Advanced Placement civics class on the United States Constitutional Amendments. The main objective is for students to be able to compare, contrast, describe, identify and apply the amendments with 95% accuracy through activities like videos, group work, debates, and reflection journals. Each day of the first week focuses on a different set of amendments, and the second week concludes with amendments 21 to the present. Various technologies will be utilized including YouTube, PowerPoint, blogs and more.
2. Analyze the learner
This will be a 12th grade Advanced Placement civics class.
The class will contain 23 students where 13 are girls and 10 are boys.
3. Main Objective
By the end of two weeks my students will be able to compare one amendment to
any other amendment, contrast one amendment to any other amendment, describe
the amendments, identify the amendments, and apply what they learned to their
daily lives. They will accomplish this by watching videos, working in groups,
presenting to the class, doing debates, listening to a song/rap, and keeping a
reflection journal with a 95% accuracy.
4. Day by Day
Week One
Monday: Bill of Rights
Tuesday: Amendments 11-16
Wednesday :Amendment 17 Lincoln VS
Douglas debate
Thursday: Amendments 18-20
Friday:21-end
5. Use of Technology
YouTube
PowerPoint
Microsoft word
Podcast
Wiki
Posters
Robotics
Photoshop
Zello
Blogs
Twitter
Facebook
6. Work Cited
US Constitution.net. US Constitution. 6 March 2011. Document. 30 January 2015.
<http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html>.
YouTube. Smart Songs: Bill of Rights. 11 December 2009. Video. 30 January 2015.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlt6R1KD4E0&list=WL&index=3>.