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Lesson Plan Overview:. -12th Grade Government class -Using NY Times and PBS interactive mapping websites to gain understanding of electoral college & voting patterns in United States. EDHD5007 PECHA KUCHA Created by: Joel Fowler, Kaitlin Hallett-Pugh, Andrea Kay, Isaac Monke-Lundberg.

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  1. Lesson Plan Overview: -12th Grade Government class -Using NY Times and PBS interactive mapping websites to gain understanding of electoral college & voting patterns in United States EDHD5007 PECHA KUCHA Created by: Joel Fowler, Kaitlin Hallett-Pugh, Andrea Kay, Isaac Monke-Lundberg of 20

  2. Prior Knowledge Covered before lesson: • History of electoral process • Constitutional amendment process • Bio and stances of Presidential Candidates • Watched debates, news, followed polls, etc. of 20

  3. 3rd grade class votes on whether or not they should use color pencils or markers. Overwhelming majority vote for pencils. Then, they divide into groups and there's a delegate that gets to vote for each group. When the delegates vote the outcome is opposite. Kids freak out about "fairness"www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/opinion/electoral-college-101.html?_r=2 Anticipatory set warm up: of 20

  4. Body of lesson ROLE: Campaign Advisers to Romney or Obama SITUATION:Hypothetical news events TASK: Step 1: Use NY Times and PBS electoral cites to advise candidate as to which states they should allocate resources based upon hypothetical events. Step 2: Create final electoral map based on predictions. of 20

  5. Hypothetical situations: The Republican Governors in Wisconsin and Iowa have decided to end collective bargaining in their states. Latest numbers for unemployment show unemployment going down nationally. Latest numbers for new home construction are up across the country. Advise your candidate on how these events will affect their campaigns in swing states. of 20

  6. Closure: Share maps with a pair of advisors on other team via... Twitter Facebook Other mediums Value Beyond School and Addressing real world problems=AIW of 20

  7. SWBAT: - (content objective): Analyze factors that can alter the electoral college. MNSS, NCSS -(skill objective): use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues. NETS-S 1C: Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues MN State Standard Citizenship and Government: 9.1.1.1.4:, 9.1.4.9.1, 9.1.4.8.1. and 9.1.4.8.2 NCSS Standard: Civic Ideals and Practices Step 1: Choose Learning Goals of 20

  8. Step 2: Make a pedagogical decisions of 20

  9. Step 3: Learning Activity Types • Read Maps, Charts and Tables • Consider Evidence • Compare/Contrast via answering hypothetical questions (scenarios) that affect campaign decisions • Create a Map of 20

  10. Step 4: Assessment Strategies Formative: Answer to hypotheticals & final electoral map Summative: Students, acting as political scientists, will test a hypothesis about voting patterns in the United States. of 20

  11. Step 5: Tools Tools to use: PBS & NYT WebsitesSupplemental: "Scholars ponder better ways to elect a president" http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/presidential-election-conference-1023.html of 20

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