Oakland Junior High School
9th grade Government
Student Teaching Professional Internship
(January-May 2013)
Columbia Public Schools - Columbia, Missouri
Oakland Junior High School - Josh Johnson, host teacher
9th grade Government - 3 on-level sections, 1 honors section
- became an active curriculum decision maker within the classroom-planned, designed, and taught lessons and formative/summative assessments necessary to meet and exceed district standards
- maintained a positive and safe classroom environment with clear expectations, rules, and procedures
- collaborated as a professional educator alongside the 8th and 9th grade Social Studies Departments, 9th grade Social Studies PLC, fellow educators, faculty, and administration
As part of my Student Teaching Professional Internship, I was entrusted with the responsibility of creating my own style of lessons for the units I was teaching. The accompanying PDF files are are a comprehensive overview of lessons I created in order to teach a constructivist based Bill of Rights unit.
THE BILL OF RIGHTS UNIT
Lesson 1: BOR Intro + Choosing an Amendment to Explore with Application to Famous Supreme Court Cases
Lesson 2: BOR Significance + Exploring the Supreme Court + Beginning Research on Amendment and Applicable Supreme Court Case
_iCivics Supreme Decision: Interactive Supreme Court Activity
https://www.icivics.org/games/supreme-decision
Lesson 3: Issue Significance + Exploring Political Cartoons + Analyzing a Political Cartoon in Relation to Amendment/Case
Lesson 4: BOR and Common Good + A-Z Thought Generator + Introduce Project Checklist
Grading: Scoring Rubric
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THE BILL OF RIGHTS UNIT - FINAL PROJECT
Student Work Amendment 1
Supreme Court Case: Tinker v Des Moines A Booklet/Pamphlet Amendment 1 Supreme Court Case: Texas v Johnson A Political Cartoon Amendment 4 Supreme Court Case: New Jersey v. TLO A Poster-Flow Chart |
Additional Social Studies:
Resources Lesson Plans
Resources Lesson Plans
Annotated Bibliography
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Electoral College Lesson
Propaganda Lesson
Patriot Act Lesson
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