Backwards Design Lesson Plan

Name: Subject/Course: Social Studies Topic: lesson3, Communities Grade Level: 3rd Desired Results Established Goal(s)/Target(s)—

Students will be able to identify a community as a rural area. Students will be able to define the term “rural”. Students will understand what specific characteristics define a rural community.

Standard 1: Differentiate between urban, suburban, and rural regions.

Assessment Objective: To identify a rural community and its characteristics : small populations many have land for farming very few businesses large open spaces

Understanding (s): Students will understand there are different kinds of communities. Students will understand that each community can be identified by its characteristics.

Essential Question (s): What is a rural area? How can you identify a rural community? What characteristics identify a rural community? What are the different kinds of communities? Assessment Evidence What is your evidence of Learning:

Students’ abilities to identify a rural community by naming its characteristics.

The teacher will listen to students’ responses during whole-group discussion.

Learning Plan

Pre- Assessment: Students will be asked specific questions to check their understanding of a rural community. Learning Activities:

Students will review the power-point on communities.

Students will be asked specific questions as a whole class to check for understanding of lesson’s objectives.

Students will review information form lesson 1 and 2 on urban (cities) and suburbs.

Students will be asked to compare a city, a suburb, and a rural community based on their knowledge gained from lesson 1, 2, and 3.

At the end of the lesson, the students will be asked to complete the web on rural communities.

Post Assessment/ Lesson 1:

Complete the web on rural communities (this can be a graded assignment or whole-group).

Post Assessment/Unit Assessment:

The teacher may have students complete the post-assessment at the end of this lesson or the day after.

Rural Area