Community in Crisis Lesson Plan Collection | BrainPOP Educators

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

This collection of lesson plans, provided by our partner Read to Lead, support your student before, during, and after playing the game Community in Crisis.

On the Job Training: What Does it Take to be the Boss?
Lesson Objective: Students define effective and ineffective attributes of an individual in a leadership position. (accompanying worksheet)

Mini-Lesson: Hurricanes
Lesson Objective: Students identify and describe important facts about hurricanes.

Mini-Lesson: Community Service Organizations
Lesson Objective: Students describe the purpose of a community service organization

Mini-Lesson: Game Episode “Not It!”
Lesson Objective: Students define the term needs assessment and apply it to a variety of situations in preparation for game play. (accompanying worksheet)

Mini-Lesson: Game Episode “Trust Me”
Lesson Objective: Students define the term accusation in preparation for game play. (accompanying worksheet)

Lesson Plan Common Core State Standards Alignments

Grade: K, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.6

Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.

Grade: K, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4

Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

Grade: K, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.8

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

Grade: K, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.9

Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

Grade: K, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Filed as: 6-8, 9-12, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.8, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.9, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4, Lesson Plan, Teacher Resources, reading, reading comprehension, social emotional learning