Beacon Lesson Plan Library
Constitutional Amendments Survey
Christy Clanton
Bay District Schools
Description
Students conduct a Constitutional Amendments Survey to create an opinion poll forum for the upcoming Florida vote.
Standards
Florida Sunshine State Standards
SS.C.2.2.4
The student knows examples of the extension of the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship.
Florida Process Standards
Information Managers
01 Florida students locate, comprehend, interpret, evaluate, maintain, and apply information, concepts, and ideas found in literature, the arts, symbols, recordings, video and other graphic displays, and computer files in order to perform tasks and/or for enjoyment.
Effective Communicators
02 Florida students communicate in English and other languages using information, concepts, prose, symbols, reports, audio and video recordings, speeches, graphic displays, and computer-based programs.
Numeric Problem Solvers
03 Florida students use numeric operations and concepts to describe, analyze, communicate, synthesize numeric data, and to identify and solve problems.
Systems Managers
07 Florida students integrate their knowledge and understanding of how social, organizational, informational, and technological systems work with their abilities to analyze trends, design and improve systems, and use and maintain appropriate technology.
Cooperative Workers
08 Florida students work cooperatively to successfully complete a project or activity.
Materials
-Teacher presentation system set-up with large screen television for class viewing of web-site
-Computer stations pre-loaded with graphing software and word processing software, and book-marked to web-site
-Printer and printing supplies
Preparations
1. Gather materials.
2. Bookmark web-site.
3. Pre-load software.
4. Check printer status.
5. Prior planning/coordinating with fourth grade teachers.
Procedures
1. Teacher shares web-site of proposed amendments to the Florida State Constitution with the class.
2. A class committee is shown by the teacher how to cut and paste the exact wording of the proposed amendments from the web-site into their survey creation as they prepare a survey in Microsoft Word. This survey will be shared with other fourth grade classes to extend the range of data.
3. Polling results are then counted, compiled, and graphed to share school-wide via the morning announcements and school newsletter. The Graph Club software is utilized to create large posters of the results, as well as a small printing of the graph for the newsletter.
Assessments
Teacher assesses student knowledge as evidenced in the student graphs and survey results.
Web Links
Web supplement for Constitutional Amendments Survey Proposed Amendments in the Florida Legislature
|