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Lesson Summary and Reflection

This 5E Lesson Plan enabled me to provide engaging learning experiences for my

students and help them learn the basics of the three branches of government. I used technological

resources, such as Pebble Go, MyOn, BrainPop, YouTube, and Prezi, to teach my students about

the branches of government. The students used many of these resources to learn about the

legislative, executive, and judicial branch on their own. Technology tools, such as Jamboard,

Kahoot, and Google Slides, were also utilized to assess students’ learning of the three branches.

Google Classroom and Clever were used to help the students access these technological tools.

The students did very well with using technology throughout this lesson. They navigated

Pebble Go, MyOn, and the Google Classroom successfully. They did a great job of choosing the

technology tools that they thought would help them learn the most about their assigned branch. I

was pleased with their ability to be digital citizens and to creatively communicate the knowledge

they constructed through the use of technology.

There were many successful aspects of this lesson. One part of this lesson that was

successful was the Prezi used during the explanation component. The Prezi included many

engaging videos and pictures to help the students understand who is in each branch and what

their role is. The Prezi also included important concepts, such as power and balance, that the

students need to know in order to understand how the government is set up.

The Google Slides elaboration assessment was another successful part of this lesson. The

students accessed their slide through the Google classroom, and all students were able to change

the background, font, and font color with teacher assistance. The majority of the students had

never used Google Slides before, so this activity allowed them to grow in their technological

skills while creatively communicating what they had learned.


One thing that I would change in this lesson is the time frame for implementing the

lesson. I gave myself one week to teach it, but parts of it felt rushed. The students would have

benefited from more time researching during the exploration part of the lesson. Additionally, we

needed more time to complete the virtual KWL chart since Jamboard was a new tool for the

students to navigate. When I teach this lesson next year, I will plan for a few extra days so that it

does not feel as rushed.

Another thing that I would change is the virtual KWL chart. Instead of using Jamboard

next year, I plan to use Padlet. On Jamboard, students are able to move and edit other students’

sticky notes. With so many students adding sticky notes at once, some became confused about

which sticky note was theirs, and they began moving other students’ sticky notes instead of their

own.

Despite these things, this lesson was successful because the students were engaged

throughout the lesson and responded to it well. I think that the part of the lesson that the students

enjoyed the most was the Kahoot quiz. Several of my students had never taken a Kahoot quiz,

but they were all pleading to take it again afterwards. This is definitely a technology tool that I

will use again in the future.

Overall, this lesson went very well. The objectives of this lesson were “students will be

able to identify and describe the three branches of government” and “students will use

technology to learn about the three branches of government and will produce a technological

presentation describing one of the branches.” These objectives were met in this lesson. While the

students still only have a basic understanding of the three branches of government, most can give

a short summary on the roles of each branch. As described previously, the students successfully
used technology to research about their assigned branch and to show what they know about their

branch. In conclusion, this lesson went well, and I look forward to teaching it again each year.

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