• Context
• Lesson-Specific Standards
• Teaching the Lesson
• Assessment
• Lesson Materials
• Resources

The Lesson Plan section contains everything you will need to fully understand the featured lesson. It has the following sections:

• Context presents background information on the teacher, the school, and the course in which the lesson was taught;
• Lesson-Specific Standards identifies the national standards from the Center for Civic Education and the National Council for the Social Studies that correlate to the featured lesson;
• Teaching the Lesson provides an activity-by-activity description of how the lesson was organized;
• Assessment includes both the lesson assessment tools and the rubrics associated with them;
• Lesson Materials contains any printed information or worksheets distributed to students as part of the lesson; and
• Resources are additional items and/or articles that may further help you adopt these strategies in your own classroom.