Social Studies and Arts Unit Plan for First Grade

College of Education LESSON UNIT PLAN TEMPLATE
Section 1: Lesson Preparation
Teacher Candidate Name:
Grade Level: 1st grade
Unit/Subject: Social Studies and the Arts
Title of Unit and Brief Summary: Appreciating History while Improving Literacy Skills
Create a title for each lesson and 1-2 sentences summarizing the lesson, identifying the central focus based on the content and skills you are teaching.
Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping: Describe the important classroom factors (demographics and environment) and student factors (IEPs,
504s, ELLs, students with behavior concerns, gifted learners), and the effect of those factors on planning, teaching, and assessing students to facilitate learning for all students. This should be limited to 2-3 sentences and the information should inform the differentiation components of the lesson.
The important classroom factors that should be considered here are the student population's diversity (classroom factor) and students who are considered Engligh-Student Learners (student factors). This is to ensure cultural diversity while also learning and honing English skills and literacy.
Social Studies Standard: Cultural Awareness (focus) and promotion of intellectual work
Arts Standard: Generating and conceptualizing artistic ideas and work.

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Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

National/State Learning
Standards
List specific grade-level standards that are the focus of the lesson being presented.

Focus on Enduring Understanding

Promotion of Intellectual Work`

Balancing between breadth and depth

Appreciation of other perspectives

Cultural Awareness

Specific Learning
Target(s)/Objectives
Based on state standards, identify what is intended to be measured in learning.

To learn the basic history of the United States

To express their understanding via easy-to-do and creative methods

To improve literacy

To collaborate and share with one another and learn to accept other perspectives

To learn the basics of cultural awareness in the study of social sciences

Academic Language
General academic vocabulary and content-specific vocabulary included in the unit.

History, United States, formation, George Washington, US Constitution, Bill of Rights

History, United States, formation, George Washington, US Constitution, Bill of Rights

History, United States, formation, George Washington, US Constitution, Bill of Rights

History, United States, formation, George Washington, US Constitution, Bill of Rights

History, United States, formation, George Washington, US Constitution, Bill of Rights

Unit Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology

Textbooks, Visual aid

Textbooks, visual aids, art materials

visual aids, art materials

visual aids, art materials

digital device (laptop for video presentation)

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List all resources, materials, equipment, and technology to be used in the unit.






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Lesson Questions
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