Edited unit plan presentation

1. THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES
By
Chloe Holley
Unit Plan

2. THE CLASS
 The class I will be teaching is a 12th grade class.
 It consists of 22 students; 12 girls and 10 boys.
 Two of the students have ADHD.
 One girl is a gifted student two years younger than the rest of the
class

3. My objective is for my students to have a better understanding of
how these two political parties came to be and what they believe
within a week. My students will retain knowledge of these parties
with 90% accuracy. I want my students to learn what it means to be
a Republican or Democrat. Along with their learning experience,
students will utilize technology, participate in class discussions and
activities, and have the students think creatively and critical.
My Objective

4. DAY BY DAY SCHEDULE
 Monday – Introduce the two parties and how they were created. Discuss
important leaders of each party and how they made an impact.
 Tuesday – Discuss the democratic party; take online survey “Which political
party do you belong to?” Class will then get an idea of who they will be working
with on Friday’s class debate.
 Wednesday – Discuss the republican party; Review for quiz we will be having on
Thursday via smartboard. Discuss class debate we will be having on Friday.
 Thursday – Have small quiz on the two political parties; see what the students
have learned from this lesson. Have class divide into their groups and do
research to prepare for tomorrow’s debate.
 Friday – Have class debate “Why do you think your party is the better party?”

5.  Quiz taken on http://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/vote2012/quiz/
 Discussions are aided with PowerPoints
 Students use computers in order to do research on parties.
 Jeopardy on Smartboard
Use of Technology

6.  Political quiz retrieved from
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/vote2012/quiz/ on January
31st, 2015
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