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Lesson Plan 8

The Executive Department II: Presenting Research/Opinion V. Factual Statements

Seventh Grade Civics

Goal: Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding the

governmental system of the United States.

Objectives: Working individually, students will be able to exemplify their knowledge of the

various Executive Departments through presenting their research and differentiate between

opinion and factual statement by classifying oral and written statements

Required Materials: Computer/Speakers/Worksheets/Presidential Rap.

Detailed Lesson:

Warm up Activity: Students will be asked to answer the following prompts in their notebooks,elaborating on their Executive Department research exercise they completed in the computer lab

last class:

Chose three Executive Departments and write who the Departments secretary is and the

Departments responsibilities.

Students will be given five minutes to gather and write their thoughts. After five minutes,

discussion of students sharing which departments they chose to write about will be held. In total,

the writing plus discussion should take no more than ten minutes to complete.

Activity for the Day:

Students will be working on worksheets that call for the appliance of their knowledge of theExecutive Departments. Students will be able to complete the worksheets individually. Both

worksheets are from Rhythm Rhyme Results; use this link to access their website:

http://www.educationalrap.com/song/the-presidents-cabinet/

Students are to complete and Quiz worksheet first.

After the first worksheet on the Executive Branch has been completed by students, the song, The

Presidents Cabinetby Rhythm Rhyme Results will be played for students. In addition to

listening to the song, a copy of the lyrics will be provided for each student to read and followalong with the lyrics. Use the link above to access the second worksheet Matching Game.

Here is the link to The Presidents Cabinet Rap:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCH784tbfUw

The lyrics to this song are listed on the third page of this document.
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Upon the completion of the song, students will be played the first forty seconds of the song

again, and the lyrics The Department of State, the most important one there, will be discussed,

and student will be asked what kind of statement it is, and a discussion and exercises about facts

and opinion statements will ensue to have students decipher opinion statements from factual

statements that utilize Social Studies context. An outline of this discussion will follow this

lesson plan. Students will be instructed to create a T-chart in their notebook to make notes on

the difference between facts and opinions. The lecture for this portion of the class is located on

the fifth page of this document. Students will then be asked to create three statements utilizing

the information from their research project and give it to a neighbor to decipher if the statements

are opinionated or factual in nature.

Wrap up Activity:

Students will be asked to correct the worksheets made for their peers to complete. If a student

mislabeled another students statement, the student who authored the worksheet is to explain

why the statement is either a fact or an opinion to the peer who was given their worksheet.


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The Presidents Cabinet

Chorus

Presidents, they need some help

They cant do the job all by themselvesWeve got the Cabinet, the advisory crew

The heads of the departments, and heres what they do

(2)

Verse I

The Department of State, the most important one there

Advises the president on foreign policy affairs

The Department of Treasury prints the cash

Manages the finances, and collects the tax

DOD, The Department of Defense

Represents our military women and men

Department of Justice defends the law of the land

The Attorney Generals the main woman or man

Chorus

Verse II

Throughout the states, the government owns area

Run by the Department of the Interior

The Department of Agriculture; the USDA

Takes care of the farmers and the food on our plate

The Department of Commerce is always on their toes

Theyre in charge of promoting our economys growthThe DOL, the Department of Labor

Protects the rights that employees favor

Chorus


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Verse III

Health and Human Services, DHHS

Protects the health of all of us, they never settle for less

The Department of Housing and Urban Development

Promotes fair housing and affordable rent

The Department of Transportation, the DOT

Maintains roads and highways for the whole country

The energy policy and nuclear safety

Is guarded by the Department of Energy on the daily

Chorus

Verse IV

Check it out: the Department of Education

Maintains public schools throughout the nation

The Department of Veteran Affairs is on the list

Providing veterans of war with special benefits

Homeland Security defends our homeland

Protecting our borders is part of the plan

These 15 people, plus the Vice

Assist the President with good advice


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Fact V. Opinions Notes

-The lyric The Department of State, the most important one there, will be replayed for

students.

-Students will then be asked what they can tell me about the statement. They will be asked ifthey agree or disagree.

-Students will then be told this statement is an opinion statement and then provided with the

definition of opinion and fact an examples of each:

-Opinion: A statement based on a personal belief that cannot be proven.

-Fact: A statement that can be proven with information.

-The Executive Department is the most important branch in the United States Government.

Opinion

-The United States Government has a system of Checks and Balances to assure no area of

government becomes too powerful. Fact

-The Vice President is the President of the Senate. Fact.

-The President should have more power than a Supreme Court Justice. Opinion

-Students will be cautioned that statements with the following key words indicate a statement is

an opinion: Should, could, want, best, worst, favorite, and seem.

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