Videoconferencing Lesson Plan

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Videoconferencing Lesson Plan

• Jennifer Grodski

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Lesson Objectives

• Learn how government and congress works through
  interactive learning

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Introduce Activity

• During Social Studies in the government unit
• Interview with a Congressman using
  videoconferencing
• 3 week project

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Provide Information

• Text Book
• Websites
• gtCongress for Kids
• gtU.S. Congress website
• Library if needed

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Provide Practice

• Come up with 5 questions
• Actual Interview, ask at least 1 of the 5
  questions
• Take notes during the interview on what student
  thinks is important
• Will have time in computer lab to go on the
  congress for kids websites

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Knowledge of Results

• Verbal
• gtIn class encouragement
• gtOne on one talks if needed
• Written
• gtCollect sheet with ?s and also essays
• gtProvide comments

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Review Activity

• We will have class discussion on everything that
  was learned
• There will be an essay on everything that they
  learned about congress and the congressman that
  we interviewed

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Assessment

• Point system based on
• Participation
• Questions
• Essay
• Attentiveness in class