Invention Activity

Vicky Porter
12th Grade

 

Students will: learn that the Constitution was written to be a flexible document that would promote representative democracy through separation of powers and checks and balances. Using an overhead projector showing the content vocabulary words, students will create two columns seperating words under Constitution and The Three Branches of Government. Also a graphic organizer word web is shown on the overhead to have student participate in deciding what words in the chapter relate to the word Constitution; student fill out the work sheet.

Objective(s)  1. Students will learn how the Constitution was written to be a flexible document that would promote representative democracy through separation of powers and check and balances., 2. Students learn to be creative thinkers while constructing knowledge., 3. Students collect information and make informed decisions.,
 

NETS: 

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION: demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION: communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

RESEARCH AND INFORMATION FLUENCY: locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.

CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING:plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.

 

 

Technology Tools Online Forms,

 

Procedures - 1. Online forms were created to compliment the lesson. Crossword Puzzle covering the chapter content vocabulary words, word web used for the word Constitution, where students have to come up with words related to the Constitution in the chapter andvarious activity worksheets to extend the lesson.,
 

Assessment Chapter Test