This document provides an example lesson plan for an adult literacy class focusing on the Second Amendment. The plan outlines setting expectations, previewing vocabulary, providing texts and data on different positions regarding gun rights, and having students engage with the material by discussing the definition of a militia, choosing a position to support, and writing a short response using evidence. Formative assessment is through a writing sample and technology use includes a word processor.

1. Meagen Farrell @farrellink farrellink.com
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Interdisciplinary Adult Literacy Lesson Plan
Instructor(s): Date:
Focusing Theme:
(Optional) Common Core State Standard(s) or GED Test Assessment Target(s):
Set Expectations:
Vocabulary/Content Preview or Review:
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Text on the Theme to Interpret:
Data on the Theme to Interpret:
Directions for Student Activity to Engage Content: Examples: Make a prediction. Practice Vocabulary.
Compute with data. Reader’s Theater. Write a summary. Make an argument. Identify main idea.
Writing or Graphic Organizer Used: Examples: Venn Diagram. Pros and Cons. Sequence.
Formative Assessment:
Technology for Student Use:

2. Meagen Farrell @farrellink farrellink.com
Exciting Strategies to Prep Learners for the 2014 GED Test
Sample: Adult Literacy Lesson Plan
Instructor(s): Meagen Farrell Date: May 2, 2013
Focusing Theme: Second Amendment
(Optional) Common Core State Standard(s) or GED Test Assessment Target(s):
USH.a.1 Key historical documents that have shaped American constitutional government and
the ideas that they signify.
SSP.8 Analyze relationships between texts. Compare treatments of the same social studies topic
in various primary and secondary sources, noting discrepancies between and among the
sources.
Set Expectations: Why do we learn as a group? Discuss rules and modify if necessary.
Vocabulary/Content Preview or Review:
4. What is the U.S. Constitution?
5. What is the Bill of Rights?
6. What is an amendment?
Text on the Theme to Interpret:
Summary of each position from: National Rifle Association and Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun
Violence.
Data on the Theme to Interpret:
Murder Rates in Washington, DC and the United States
Firearm Facts
Directions for Student Activity to Engage Content: Examples: Make a prediction. Practice Vocabulary.
Compute with data. Reader’s Theater. Write a summary. Make an argument. Identify main idea.
Discuss how you would define “a well regulated militia.”
Choose between which you would support between the NRA and the Brady Campaign.
Explain your choice using quotes or data as evidence.
Writing or Graphic Organizer Used: Examples: Venn Diagram. Pros and Cons. Sequence.
Write a few sentences using at least one quote or statistic.
Formative Assessment: Writing sample
Technology for Student Use: Word processor or notepad