INTERACTIVE LESSON PLAN
Overview
This is a lesson plan from English School for the ninth-grade Citizenship Education class, focusing on critical thinking and democracy. This lesson will be conducted through activities involving speaking, reading, listening, and writing. The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Critical Minds, Democratic Hearts
Teachers:
- Paula Alejandra Avilés
- Maria Del Mar Pinto
- Gabriela Vivas Laguna
- Michael Steven Ayerbe
- Stefania Ibarra
Class: 9th grade
Number of students: 25
School: English School
Topic: Critical Minds, Democratic Hearts
Lenght of lesson: 90 minutes
BLR, aims and ICT frameworks
Basic Learning Rights (BLR):
- Express their opinions and viewpoints in a respectful and constructive manner during debate and discussion activities.
- Identifies and analyzes situations in which civil and political rights are violated.
- Knows, analyzes, and uses mechanisms for citizen participation.
- Critically analyzes information from the media.
- Knows and uses creative strategies to generate options in the face of collective decisions.
Aims:
- Understand the concept of critical thinking and its relevance in a democratic society.
- Develop critical thinking skills through the different activities.
- Enhance communication skills in English.
ICT Frameworks:
- Digital Information Management: Apply digital tools to gather, organize, and evaluate information related to critical thinking and democracy.
- Digital Communication and Collaboration: Engage in collaborative activities using digital platforms
- Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze and evaluate democratic concepts.
Language Focus:
- Vocabulary related to critical thinking and democracy.
- Expressing opinions and arguments.
Skills Focus:
Writing, speaking and reading
Resources and Materials:
- Computers with internet access
- Projector
- Smartphones or tablets
WARM-UP ACTIVITY (15 MINUTES)
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| 15 minutes | Warm-up | Vocabulary race: In this activity, we are going to show some images to our students. The idea is that they connect the image shown with more words related to it. For example, if the image is about King Carlos III, you could ask “what do you see?” or “What kind of government is this?” and write up words such as “king”, “monarchy”, “monarch”, “throne”, etc. The winner will be determined by the team or student with the highest word count, emphasizing that the words must be physically written down in order to be considered valid points. https://view.genial.ly/65178938e0c3d80011c0a798/presentation-warming-up-activity We will do a memory activity.
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WHILE ACTIVITY (40 MINUTES)
| Time | Stage | Procedure | Interaction pattern |
| 40 minutes | While activity | We are going to explain an infographic that contains information about citizen participation mechanisms, and the students will need to take notes https://www.canva.com/design/DAFwIB24GSU/7c_tNNxUpA76mv0b5_M5bA/edit We will watch a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItUGF8GdTw In this activity, the students will engage in a debate consisting of three questions about citizen participation mechanisms. We will divide the students into two groups, some will be in favor and others against. The positions will be randomly assigned and will switch for each question. https://view.genial.ly/6514ad0839878e001165a09d/presentation-presentacion-cuento-genial
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POST-ACTIVITY (20 MINUTES)
| Time | Stage | Procedure | Interaction pattern |
| 20 minutes | Post-activity | In this activity, students will read a short text about the "Significance of a democracy" and later write a letter to a friend, using their own words to explain why participating in democracy is important. https://app.nearpod.com/presentation?pin=F3BF5A1D20F8D4B0580A7CF50CCADAE4-1 | Individually |
ASSESSMENT (15 MINUTES)
| Time | Stage | Procedure | Interaction Pattern |
| 15 minutes | Feedback and assessment Questions | We will reserve this final portion of the class to address any questions and to make sure that the students have understood and internalized the concepts and explanations made during the class, they will take a quiz with 5 questions, and at the end of the quiz they will be able to ask questions for the teacher to solve their doubts. https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/651491ad348207d298902758?source=quiz_share | T-S |