Week 3 Day 3 Wednesday: Ch. 2 Sect 2

Chapter 2 Section 2

Wednesday

SIMNJANOVSKI

Objectives:
Students will learn that…

1. Many problems threatened the Roman Empire, leading one emperor to divide it in half,
2. Barbarians invaded Rome in the 300s and 400s, and
3. Many factors contributed to Rome’s fall…

-by working collaboratively to move through sections of the chapter in a Modified Jig-Saw Style exercise. Students success and understanding will be based on a mastery of the knowledge for their tables section…based upon their tables responses to questions provided by the instructor.


Vocabulary (NEW – Introduce today)

Diocletian, Constantine, Clovis, Attila, corruption (page 30-35)

California Standard(s)
HSS: 7.1.2. Students analyze the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire.

1. 
   Discuss the geographic borders of the empire at its height and the factors that threatened its territorial cohesion.

LESSON

1) Anticipatory Set: Daily Bell Ringer Transparency Section 2

-Discuss how barbarians changed life for ALL Romans

2) Modeling: Begin discussion with regard to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire by a short Q & A…Instructor will state a question and then respond with an appropriate answer

3) Guided: Students will be asked a serious of questions related to previous material in order to guide responses (instructor will look for appropriate responses from students that will be called on randomly).

4) Independent: Students will have a general question at their tables that will focus their research to a particular section of the book; students will then respond to the question and ask 2 other questions…they MUST ANSWER their own question and provide the page number in which they found their Q & A (These questions will be collected and used for a future Jeopardy Game).

5) Closure: Students will be asked to respond to the instructor’s original questions aloud, they will then ask their fellow classmates their questions and if they (other students) cannot answer, the original table will provide them with the correct answer and page number.


-HOME WORK THIS WEEK:

1) Signed Progress Report

2) Quick Writes

3) Vocab Art Cards

4) Chapter 2 Section 1 Assessment P. 29 (1-4)