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Lesson Plan

Rank the Presidents by ECSDM


Description

In this lesson, students read brief biographies of U.S. presidents and explorers, and then decide which characteristics make a good president.

Materials

Projector, Laptop, Biography Sheets (attached), SMART Board (optional),

  • President Bio
  • Rank the President
  • Presidential cartoons
  • Rank the Presidents Answer Key

    • Objectives

    Students will:

    1. Work cooperatively in small groups.
    2. Identify key characteristics of a good president.
    3. Judge and rank the biographies.

    Activities

    1. As a group, you will read each biography and decide unanimously which biography would make the best president and which would make the worst president, #1 being the best and #5 being the worst.
    2. Discuss why you choose this ranking for each person. Example: What quality did you like the best or the least?
    3. Select one person from the group to share your decisions with the class (may write on the SMART Board if available).
    As a class, we will average the class rankings and discuss why this placement was chosen and who the people were.

    Assessment

    Class discussion and completion of questions which are attached to the biography


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