Social Studies Lesson Plan

Grade 1 Social Studies Lesson Plan

S.S.1.A.2: Historical Knowledge

SS.1.A.2.1: Understand historical story of people and events of past times and places.

SS.1.A.2.4: Identify people from the past who have shown character ideals and principles

including honesty, courage, and responsibility.

Strand: American History

People in the 20

Century – Abraham Lincoln

Learning objectives

Students will:

(a) Identify at least four facts concerning Abraham Lincoln.

(b) Define main vocabulary words.

Grade Level

Materials

 A black top hat

 Social studies Textbook pp. 4-8

 Chart showing a drawing of a black hat

 Abraham Lincoln Timeline cards

Vocabularies

Hat- A clothing worn on the head.

Lawyer- A person who practices law.

Card- A piece of stiff paper used for writing on.

President- The head of state like a country

Law- A rule that defines a correct behavior.

Century- A period of ten years.

History- The study of past events.

Wear- To put on something like a clothing on the body.

Procedure

Opening activity

 Hold up a hat similar to the one worn by Lincoln and ask students what they think is the

reason for holding the hat.

 Explain that the hat in my hand is the same as that worn by Abraham Lincoln. Inform

them that they are going to learn more about Lincoln’s life. Ask them to tell you

whatever they know about him and write them down on a flip chart. Inform them that

Lincoln was the America’s 16

President.

 Dump the timeline cards in the hat and the jumble them. Tell the students that Lincoln

mostly kept papers and letters in the hat that he wore, the way you put them in the hat.

Tell the students that every piece has information and pictures showing the life of

Lincoln. Ask them to pick one piece and match them amongst themselves to get the year

and the special fact about Lincoln’s history.

Information Delivery

 Inform learners that Lincoln did various things before becoming the president. Ask them

the kind of job they think he used to do. (Possible responses: Lawyer, teacher).

 Explain to the learners the kind of job Lincoln did before becoming the 16

President.

Ask them to see the pictures in their books on page 6.

 Ask them to find out other facts about Lincoln using the displayed chart and the book.

 Upon doing that, bring out a drawn outline of Lincoln’s hat and ask learners to state the

facts learned from the book and the chart.

 Ask learners to look at Lincoln’s timeline and state what might have been forgotten.

(“Lincoln returned to Illinois in 1849 to practice law”)

 Review the pictures and text cards and explain the meanings of such words as the major

vocabularies.

Formative Assessment

Issue out blank sheets of paper to every learner and ask them to make their personal timeline of

their lives and that of Abraham Lincoln. Ask them to write at least two things to have happened

to them in their lives as well as those to have happened to Lincoln.

Summative Evaluation

Give students a test of writing down five key words that were written on the text cards and their

meanings.

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