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Lesson Plan 6a - Assessment
Purpose: ! Develop & Evaluate Performance
Name: ! Meet a Theorist!
Type: ! Mock Interview
Est. Length: ! Two 40-minute sessions
Assessment Materials
• Copies of Worksheet G (in the Appendix) for each student
• Notebook Paper
:
• Pencil/Pen
• Computer Online Access
Assessment Objective(s)
• Students will show mastery of understanding the basic theories of moral development.
• Students will show understanding of the importance of moral development at various stages of development.
• Students will show their understanding of why moral development is important to a society.
• Students will demonstrate how to apply moral developmental guidelines when working with children.
• Students will explain how a lack of moral development could lead to negative consequences
I. Lesson Set-up (10 minutes)
Facilitate a discussion about what makes a good TV interview. Ask students to name a few famous people who
are good at it (Oprah?). Ask students: “Why are they good? What types of questions get the best answers?”
II. Assessment Activity (40 minutes—Two class periods)
A Child's Mind: How Kids Learn Right & Wrong
Summary:! Students will work in pairs to research a developmental theorist and then write questions and
! ! answers for a mock interview that will be presented to the class.
1. Divide students into pairs. Assign each group a developmental theorist or “Theorist who believes that theory
of mind is the best theory of moral development.”
2. Read through “Meet a Theorist” (Worksheet G) and field any questions about the assessment.
3. Allow students 20 minutes to fill out the “Meet a Theorist” worksheet in class.
4. Designate the last 20 minutes for groups to practice the mock interview they will present to class the next day.
5. On the next day of class, each pair should present their interview to the class.
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