Problem Based Learning
Problem Based Learning
Problem Based Learning
Social Studies: 3. K.2.4 Give Objective 1: Students will be able All objectives are
examples of how to be a to gradable as
responsible family member provide examples of when they highlighted in the
and member of a group. have been responsible in the rubrics
classroom
These should be at the reading and comprehension level of your audience! These should
not be copy and pasted
We will begin the class with a skit to entertain and engage the students. One skit
(role plays) where in one a student is being responsible and in the other a student is
being irresponsible. We will have the students discuss the skit and pick out the student
being responsible and the one they were not being responsible in. We will then show a
PowerPoint displaying an overview of the vocabulary terms we will teach in our lesson
(https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SRrLLHn2JpVpCdfB1ZhN391KFKnUqbWkQUxvt
CZMbzQ/edit?usp=sharing) .
Skit:
Students sitting on the floor reading books quietly
Teacher: Can everyone stop where they are and put their books back where they belong
please.
Students begin cleaning and putting books away, three books are left on the floor by
Student 1
Teacher: Whoever left the books on the rug can you pick them up please
Student 1 looks around the classroom as if he did not leave his books on the floor
Teacher: Can someone please clean up their classmates books
Student 2 picks up the books and puts them away on the right space
Teacher: Thank you [student 2 name] for taking care of our classroom
Lesson Main:
We will begin our main lesson with a classroom discussion where students talk about
how the role play demonstrates responsibility. We will then move on to discussing
how to create solutions when someone is being irresponsible in the classroom.
● Present skit to class, twice if needed (about 2 minutes for them to think about it)
● Present students with worksheet
(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bn7TRovgijuaG5ZlKEPK9syKNf3QOLKQkB
Q0-C5XxS0/edit?usp=sharing) and have them answer the questions on their own
for 4 minutes.
● Have students share answers by raising their hands ( highlight how raising hands
to answer questions is responsible in the classroom)
● Introduce key terms for students through powerpoint provided
(https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SRrLLHn2JpVpCdfB1ZhN391KFKnUqbW
kQUxvtCZMbzQ/edit?usp=sharing)
● Have students volunteer to read each slide to better engage them with the words
● Students should then view examples for chatterpix
(https://docs.google.com/document/d/15-
UvfhwE0FcCn0SLzrv7b9gHHBDWgfcwP9GC8mavQRA/edit?usp=sharing)
● Each student will use their own device to create a chatterpix that demonstrates
one way to be a responsible student in the classroom (10 min or less)
● Chatterpix will be a good way to be creative and also productive while
entertaining children.
● Next we will have students turn in chatterpix so they can be graded later using
rubric below.
● Ask students to get into groups of 3-4 to end the lesson
● Explain the assignment and share the sketches they will present the poster about
(https://docs.google.com/document/d/11NdtvI6Qm_esTm-
axphHS3V497MT4LsFxlBIKNRZErQ/edit?usp=sharing)
● Move to lesson ending (making posters)
The activity is authentic because students are applying the knowledge they
learned about responsibility to a real-life possible scenario. The audience of this
culminating activity could be students and teachers. By having each group share their
poster in front of the class, it allows the entire class to learn more about responsibility
and understand what to do in certain situations too. This activity connects to the driving
question because it teaches students what they can do to be responsible instead of the
opposite. Showing a poor example of responsibility and then having the students fix the
situation is important so students know what is good behavior and what is not. This
activity provides students with the opportunity to present and defend their solution to the
problem because they get to share their ideas in front of the entire class. They will be
able to state why they would have handled particular scenarios in a responsible manner.
They can use their posters to defend their answer and they can give reasons behind why
they chose certain pictures to represent responsibility. This activity requires students
collaboration. Students must work in groups to first define responsibility. They then must
figure out how they will represent responsibility on a poster board which will require that
they talk to one another so they are on the same page with the definition.
We will know that they've learned what I wanted them to learn if they have an
accurate portrayal of responsibility in their poster boards. The poster boards will be good
because it allows students the freedom to decide how they want and how they see
responsibility. Students can show creativity in this activity while also demonstrating their
knowledge.
Assessment Rubric:
Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor
(4) (3) (2) (1) (0)
Chatterpix Rubric:
Resources / Artifacts:
Differentiation:
This section should describe how you could to differentiate your lesson for learners with
diverse needs. Some ideas would be to offer differentiated solutions for English
Language Learners, students with mobility challenges, students on the autism spectrum,
students with emotional or behavioral challenges, students with auditory or visual
impairments, gifted students, etc. You should address
Anticipated Difficulties:
We anticipate that not all students will equally participate in making a poster. In order to
eliminate this difficulty, we could potentially assign each student in the group a task. For
example, person 1 could be the writer, person 2 could be the collector of the materials,
person 3 could be the person who speaks out to the class and explains their group’s
poster. This way, all students have an equal chance to participate and they can all
actively be engaged.
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