Design+for+Instruction

** Day Four- ** Judicial Branch ** Day Five- ** Three Levels of Government/Conclusion
 * Design for Instruction: 3rd Grade Government **
 * Day One- ** Introduction/Constitution
 * Pretest- Promethean Planet as unit introduction and pre-assessment
 * Discuss book __John, Paul, George and Ben__ by Lane Smith (done previously in centers)
 * National Constitution Center website
 * “Getting to Know” Videos on George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams
 * Constitution Review on Ben’s Guide to the Constitution website
 * Show students actual document on government archives website
 * Students create their folders; make Constitution with tea bags, place on the front of the folder and Constitution facts on the back of the folder as informal assessment.
 * Day Two- ** Legislative Branch
 * Introduction: School House Rock video
 * Discussion/visuals on lawmaking
 * iCivics- Law Craft __Game__ in computer labs (allows students to establish themselves as congressmen and senators)
 * Class acts out __steps__ of creating a class law on cheating (bill à law)
 * On-going Assessment: Written law activity, have students (senators) create their own bills and have other senators sign off on them for unit folder
 * Day Three ** -Executive Branch
 * Duties, Responsibility, and Role of the President, Vice President, & Cabinet
 * Brochure Pamphlet on current US President, Vice President, and Cabinet. Student will be including pertinent information and supplemental illustrations.
 * "Who's Who" Executive Branch online matching activity
 * "What's What" Executive Branch Online Matching Activity
 * "Day In The Life of A President" PBS Activity
 * On-going Assessment: Students will be observed as they contribute to the class discussion about the Executive Branch, and will be graded for accuracy as they complete the above online interactive activities. A rubric will be distributed for the brochure pamphlet so that students will know the criteria that they will be graded on.
 * Introduction video with supreme court justice (blabberize)
 * Video- how courts work/discussion
 * __Mini__ Mock Trial
 * On-going Assessment: Gavel activity for unit folder
 * Introduction: Show pictures of president, governor, and mayor & discuss roles through power point
 * Ben’s Guide to the Constitution Website- 3 levels, link to information on Florida
 * iCivics- Separation of Powers à State WebQuest
 * On-going Assessment: Services Chart in small groups for unit folder/ class discussion on 3 levels