Elementary+-+Government

Elementary Fifth Grade Social Studies Government Joanne Brengel Duration: 2-3 days 5.4.spi 5 Differentiate among the purposes stated in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights TSWBAT recognize terminology, key phrases, and examples that are relevant to the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

TTW have students view a 12 minute powerplus video on This is Your Government: What does it Mean to be a Good Citizen? [|PowerMediaPlus.com] Discussion and relativity to read world experiences will be generated and questions at the end of the video will be answered leading to how our government was created.

TTW provide students with a study guide with terms and phrases. TSW use the rolling computer lab to go to Quizlet to become familiar with the key phrases and information pertaining to the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Articles of Confederation. [] TSW practice the phrases learned using Learn or Play Scatter on Quizlet.

TTandSW orally review document terms and concepts. TSW use Kidspiration to create a Venn diagram showing the differences between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

TTW next present a powerpoint of the Bill of Rights demonstrating the first 10 amendments. Discussion will be generated as to how the Bill of Rights relates to current events. TSW use Kidspiration(Social Studies-Fact and Opinion Diagram) to analyze and evaluate the freedoms of the first amendment.

As a wrap up and review, TSW locate, draw, or download pictures representing the Bill of Rights. To facilitate this project, TTW demonstrate the VisualThesaurus Vocabgrabber. [] TTW assign pairs of students one of the first 10 amendments. TSW research their amendments. They will write a short summary of the amendment and share this with the class on voicethread. [|Voicethread.com]

