Texas
Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
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ABE/ASE LESSON PLANS
Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan
Before you begin
Title: Geneva Conventions
Setting: ABE/ASE
NRS Level(s):
Level 4: High Intermediate Basic Education
Level 5: Low Adult Secondary Education
Level 6: High Adult Secondary Education
Open entry/exit: Yes
Context: Community
Standard(s): ABE/ASE Read with Understanding
Benchmark(s): 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 5.4, 5.5 5.6, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
Objective: To build reading comprehension by studying the guidelines of the Geneva Conventions.
Materials: Articles from the news media or Internet, paper, pencils, Copies of the Summary Fact Sheet on the Geneva Conventions. Can be downloaded from: http://www.redcross.org/static/file_cont5230_lang0_1902.pdf [PDF document, Adobe® Acrobat® Reader]
Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 2 hours
Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 2 hours
The Lesson Plan
Introduce the lesson:
As a class, discuss the intent and purpose of the Geneva Conventions.
As discussion starters, the teacher might as an example how Iraqis
are treated, and discuss whether students feel the U. S. is in compliance
with the Geneva Conventions. Another discussion starter might be whether
the students feel the Geneva Conventions apply to what is happening
with Iraq?
Teach the lesson:
Distribute copies of the Summary Fact Sheet on the Geneva Conventions.
Decode unfamiliar words that appear in the text. Students should be
instructed to create a personal vocabulary list and record unfamiliar
words on a blank sheet of paper. Discuss the fact sheet with the class
drawing special attention to specific articles in each convention.
Ask specific questions relevant to each article. Further discussions
will likely emerge.
Practice the lesson:
Divide class into groups. Assign each group a current event news article
to read, discuss, and present findings to the class. During this process
students continue to decode and search for new words and add these
words to their personal vocabulary list.
Assess the lesson:
A teacher made assessment teacher made test consisting of 20 questions
and based on the Summary Fact Sheet on the Geneva Conventions.
Apply the lesson to the real world:
Students should be able to follow world news relating to Geneva Conventions
or other world events.
Submitted by: Georgia Reese
