LESSON FOUR
Lesson
Title: Guest Speaker: Mayor
Officer, the City Planner, or a Representative from the city
Unit title: The East St. Louis Community
Grade Level: 9th and 10th Grades
Submitted by: Elena Badjie
Subject: Social Studies
Timeframe: 90 minute block schedule
Materials:
Notebooks (to take notes and to write questions)
Pens and pencils
Resources:
Classroom Assessment –
Microsoft Internet Explorer http://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/cats/paraph1.html
A. Listen effectively in
formal and informal situations.
4.A.4a
Apply listening skills as individuals and members of a group in a variety of
settings (e.g., lectures, discussions, conversations, team projects,
presentations, interviews).
4.A.4b Apply listening skills in practical
settings (e.g., classroom note taking, interpersonal conflict situations,
giving and receiving directions, evaluating persuasive messages).
STATE
GOAL 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the
history of
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/socscience/sog16.html
Learning Standards
As a result of their schooling students will be able to:
A. Apply the
skills of historical analysis and interpretation.
16.A.4a
Analyze and report historical events to determine cause-and-effect
relationships.
16.A.4b
Compare competing historical interpretations of an event.
16.B.1
(W) Explain the contributions of
individuals and groups who are featured in biographies, legends, folklore and
traditions.
Preparations:
1.
Contact and set
the date for the guest speaker to come.
2.
Each student has
a copy of their concept map from the previous lesson.
3.
Each student has
a notebook, pen and pencils for taking notes.
Methods:
1.
The student uses the
concept map to help organize taking notes while the guest speaker
presents. (Note taking skills should be
taught, modeled, and practiced before this unit is presented.)
2.
Direct the
students to write down questions as the speaker presents. (Developing questions is a skill that should
be taught before presenting this unit.)
3.
Have someone in
the class introduce the speaker.
4.
Speaker’s
presentation
5.
Question and
answer period.
Evaluation/Assessment:
1. What are the two [three, four, five] most significant [central,
useful, meaningful, surprising, disturbing] things you have learned during this
session?
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2. What question(s) remain
uppermost in your mind?
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