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5E Lesson Plan Template
5E Lesson Plan Template
Author: Samuel Jones
Date Lesson to be Taught: December 1
Grade Level: 12
Lesson Source:
https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/executive-branch
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-executive-branch/
Concepts:
The powers of the Executive Branch, Checks and Balances of the Executive Branch,
the people in the executive branch and what they do, how does each person get there?
How does it affect me as a citizen?
Objectives:
Students will be able to identify and describe the powers and responsibilities of the
Executive Branch of the United States Government.
Students will be able to explain how each member of the executive gets to their position
The students will be able to analyze how the Executive branch affects them as citizens.
Idaho State Standards:
9-12.G.4.2.1 Identify and describe the three branches of federal government, their
powers, and responsibilities
Materials List and Advanced Preparations:
PowerPoint about the executive branch…guided notes to go along with the
PowerPoint,
The assignment, Computer/access to the internet.
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5E Lesson Plan Template
Safety: Not much safety concerns, just being safe online and making sure the students
don’t attack each other
ENGAGEMENT Time: 10 Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
What the Teacher Will Do
Questions Misconceptions
Question of the day: The student will
“What is your favorite answer the question
movie president?”
Write down that each
student answered for
attendance
Teacher will introduce
the plan for the day and
what the learning
objective are.
EXPLANATION Time: 20-30 Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
What the Teacher Will Do
Questions Misconceptions
“After you have finished Students will share
your people come back answers to
together with your group complete the
and get the other assignment.
answers”
“I will be here if you have Students can come
any questions about the up to teacher or
assignment” raise their hands if
they have questions
about the
assignment.
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EXPLORATION Time: 20-30 Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
What the Teacher Will Do
Questions Misconceptions
PowerPoint on the Guided notes and
Executive branch and ask questions
give students guided throughout
notes that follow along
with PowerPoint
Ask students to get in Students get in
groups of 3 groups of 3
Go over the instructions Students will follow
and what needs to be instructions on the
done to complete the assignment to
assignment. Ask if there complete. They will
are any questions before look online for the
beginning. answers.
ELABORATION Time: 5 Minutes
EVALUATION Time: 10-20 Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
What the Teacher Will Do Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
What the Teacher Will Do Questions Misconceptions
Questions Misconceptions
Teacher will go over Students will ask
The
what teacher
we didwill
todaycollect
and Students
any will turn
questions theyin
the
class and restate theat
assignment either assignment
have at the
the end ofobjectives.
learning class or the end class or next
beginning of next class class
How does this affect me?
The assignment
This will be inwill
the be
ten points,but
PowerPoint basically
explain
graded on completion,
how the president does
but don’t
that tell us
affects the
students that
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