You will each create an exciting, one-day lesson plan on ANY ASPECT OF THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION The lesson will be due on election day, Tuesday, November 8th. This lesson can focus on a candidate, candidates, either or both of the conventions, any event or controversy that occurred in the 15 months leading up to the election, voter rights and responsibilities, etc. Your one-day lesson plan will be designed for a 12th grade U.S. Civics course and must include the following:

1. Describe your topic and how it is relevant to the lives of your students.What is your topic and why did you select it? How and why is it relevant to your students' lives?
2. Explain how and why your topic supports one or more of your ten overall coursethemes. Which of your course themes will your support as you teach this lesson?
3. Describe the hook that you will use to introduce your topic and to get your students' attention. What is your hook? (Be specific; you must include the full content of your hook.) How will you introduce/continue the lesson in a way that hooks student interest by making it interesting and relevant to their lives?
4. Describe how you will transition from your hook to your content. How will you connect the hook directly to the lesson content?
5. Provide a brief outline of the content of your lesson.
   • Outline the full content of your lesson. This will include some lecture - but no more than 30 minutes.
   • Descibe how you will integrate the course theme(s) directly into the lesson content.
6. Describe at least two teaching methods you will use to teach your topic. What methods will you use to teach the content AND to assess how well they understood the content?