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Lesson Plan: Teaching
the Lesson: Overview, Goals, and Planning
Overview
This program shows an AP comparative government class participating in
a simulation in which students create a constitution for the hypothetical
country of Permistan. The lesson--which is designed to help students review
a great deal of information prior to taking their final exam--was videotaped
over three class periods near the end of the semester. You will see students
discuss and debate issues relating to the executive branch and the legislative
branch. A worksheet on the judicial branch was assigned for homework;
students’ deliberations on this topic are not seen in the workshop
program.
Goal
The goal of the lesson is for students to develop a constitution for a
hypothetical country called Permistan. To do so, students will need to
review all the materials they have studied over the course of the semester,
pull together their ideas, and analyze what works and what doesn't work
as they attempt to craft an ideal government. Students have a wide range
of constitutions to look at and procedures to examine. The teacher expects
that they will draw from all five countries they have studied, as well
as the United States, in putting together a new constitution.
Planning
Since this is an end-of-the-year activity, students have participated
in numerous cooperative learning activities in the past and Matt Johnson
has learned enough about how individual students interact with one another
to give him a fair degree of confidence in assigning students to cooperative
learning groups. Students are accustomed to being in charge of their own
learning, talking in front of the class, and being held individually responsible
for work, even when it has been done with a group. Prior to the start
of the simulation, students have been asked to access and bring to class
the resources on different constitutions they have gathered and/or used
in prior study (e.g., notes, articles, and presentations).
Overview, Goals, and Planning
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Introduction
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Activity 1
Activity 2
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Activity 3
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Activity 4
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Scheduling and Adaptations
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