Social studies lesson plan receives recognition from Broward County Schools

By: Johari Canty

Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice undergraduate student Eliana Plummer has received special recognition from Broward County Public Schools for a lesson plan she developed during her teaching internship at Seminole Middle School in Plantation, Florida.

The plan focused on law studies and worked to help eighth-grade students learn more about the criminal justice system. Students were given a fictional crime situation, supplementary evidence, and were tasked identifying the crime, the Florida statutes the crime violated, and how the crimes would be prosecuted. Plummer developed the plan by placing herself in the shoes of her students and thinking about how she would want to learn if she were their age.

That proved to be successful as not only did she get positive feedback from her students, but she also got great feedback from Broward County Schools, who plans to incorporate her lesson into the Social Sciences department. Plummer is set to graduate this May with her B.S. in Secondary Social Studies Education.

After graduation, she plans to return to New York and begin working before entering a master’s program focusing on curriculum and instruction. Congratulations, Eliana, on a job well done!