Unit 3 Chapter 6 Sections 1 & 2

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MONDAY, October 1, 2007

Chapter 6 - Section 3

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK: Due Friday

1. Quick Writes (Completed in class, daily) *5 Points
2. Signed Progress Reports *5 Point
3. Section 3 Take Home Quiz (Given Tue/Wed) *10 Points
4. Section 4 Take Home Quiz (Given Wed/Thurs)*10 Points

Objectives (Standards 7.4.3)

Students will learn that …
1. The Songhai built a new empire in West Africa.
2. Askia the Great ruled Songhai as an Islamic empire.
3. Songhai fell to Moroccan invaders, ending the great era of West African empires.

Vocabulary

1. Sunni Ali
2. Askia the Great

Preteach

___ What You Will Learn … (SE) Preview Main Ideas, Big Idea, and Key Terms and People.
___ Academic Vocabulary (TE) Review with students the high-use academic term in this section.
___ Building Vocabulary (TE) Preteach the terms listed under Building Vocabulary.
___ If YOU were there … (SE) Have students read and discuss the section introduction and question.

Direct Teach

___ Teach the Big Idea Activity (TE) Students discuss the Main Idea questions and create both an annotated timeline and a Venn diagram.
___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Standards-based discussion questions
___ Critical Thinking: Comparing and Contrasting (TE) The Empires of West Africa
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: Learners Having Difficulty (TE) Askia the Great Chart
___ Critical Thinking: Analyzing (TE) Why Empires Decline [ES]
___ Map: Songhai Empire, c. 1500 (SE)
___ Biography: Askia the Great (SE)
___ Quick Facts: West African Empires Time Line (SE)

Review & Assessment

___ Close (TE) Ask students how Timbuktu’s status represented the power of an empire. Remind them that Timbuktu was attacked and rebuilt many times.
___ Section 3 Assessment (SE)

Possible Resources for This Week

___ Online Quiz Section 3(keyword: SQ7 HP6)
___ PASS: Section Quiz 3
___ Interactive Reader and Study Guide: Section 3
___ CRF: History and Geography: Trade in the Songhai Empire
___ CRF: Biography: Sunni Ali
___ Map Transparency: Songhai Empire, c. 1500
___ Quick Facts Transparency: West African Empires Time Line
___ Daily Bellringer Transparency: Section 3
___ CRF: Vocabulary Builder, Section 3
___ Universal Access Modified Worksheets and Tests CD-ROM
___ Online Chapter Summaries in Six Languages

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TUESDAY, October 2, 2007

Chapter 6 - Section 3 (REVIEW)

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK: Due Friday

1. Quick Writes (Completed in class, daily) *5 Points
2. Signed Progress Reports *5 Point
3. Section 3 Take Home Quiz (Given Tue/Wed) *10 Points
4. Section 4 Take Home Quiz (Given Wed/Thurs)*10 Points

Objectives (Standards 7.4.3)

Students will learn that …
1. The Songhai built a new empire in West Africa.
2. Askia the Great ruled Songhai as an Islamic empire.
3. Songhai fell to Moroccan invaders, ending the great era of West African empires.

Vocabulary (REVIEWED)

1. Sunni Ali
2. Askia the Great

Preteach

___ What You Will Learn … (SE) Preview Main Ideas, Big Idea, and Key Terms and People.
___ Academic Vocabulary (TE) Review with students the high-use academic term in this section.
___ Building Vocabulary (TE) Preteach the terms listed under Building Vocabulary.
___ If YOU were there … (SE) Have students read and discuss the section introduction and question.

Direct Teach

___ Teach the Big Idea Activity (TE) Students discuss the Main Idea questions and create both an annotated timeline and a Venn diagram.
___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Standards-based discussion questions
___ Critical Thinking: Comparing and Contrasting (TE) The Empires of West Africa
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: Learners Having Difficulty (TE) Askia the Great Chart
___ Critical Thinking: Analyzing (TE) Why Empires Decline [ES]
___ Map: Songhai Empire, c. 1500 (SE)
___ Biography: Askia the Great (SE)
___ Quick Facts: West African Empires Time Line (SE)

Review & Assessment

___ Close (TE) Ask students how Timbuktu’s status represented the power of an empire. Remind them that Timbuktu was attacked and rebuilt many times.
___ Section 3 Assessment (SE)

Possible Resources for This Week

___ Online Quiz Section 3(keyword: SQ7 HP6)
___ PASS: Section Quiz 3
___ Interactive Reader and Study Guide: Section 3
___ CRF: History and Geography: Trade in the Songhai Empire
___ CRF: Biography: Sunni Ali
___ Map Transparency: Songhai Empire, c. 1500
___ Quick Facts Transparency: West African Empires Time Line
___ Daily Bellringer Transparency: Section 3
___ CRF: Vocabulary Builder, Section 3
___ Universal Access Modified Worksheets and Tests CD-ROM
___ Online Chapter Summaries in Six Languages

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WEDNESDAY, October 3, 2007

Chapter 6 - Section 4 (INTRO)

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK: Due Friday

1. Quick Writes (Completed in class, daily) *5 Points
2. Signed Progress Reports *5 Point
3. Section 3 Take Home Quiz (Given Tue/Wed) *10 Points
4. Section 4 Take Home Quiz (Given Wed/Thurs)*10 Points

Objectives (Standards 7.4.4 & 7.4.5)

Students will learn that …
1. Storytellers helped maintain the oral history of the cultures of West Africa.
2. Visitors to West Africa from other lands wrote histories and descriptions of what they saw there.
3. Traditionally, West Africans have valued the arts

Vocabulary

1. oral history
2. griots
3. proverbs
4. kente

Preteach

___ What You Will Learn … (SE) Preview Main Ideas, Big Idea, and Key Terms and People.
___ Building Vocabulary (TE) Preteach the terms listed under Building Vocabulary.
___ If YOU were there … (SE) Have students read and discuss the section introduction and question.

Direct Teach

___ Teach the Big Idea Activity (TE) Students discuss the Main Idea questions and list and identify about West Africa’s historical and artistic traditions.
___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Standards-based discussion questions
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: ELL (TE) Oral Histories
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: Learners Having Difficulty (TE) Travelers’ and Scholars’ Scrapbooks [RS]
___ Social Studies Skill: Analyzing Visuals (TE) Art Appreciation
___ Primary Source: A Description of Mali (SE)
___ Linking to Today: Music From Mali to Memphis (SE)
___ Literature in History: Sundiata (SE)

Review & Assessment

___ Close (TE) Have students discuss the elements of history and art that have had a lasting effect on West Africa. Ask students to identify elements that still exist today.
___ Section 4 Assessment (SE)
___ Quick Facts: (SE) Chapter Visual Summary

Possible Resources for This Week

___ Online Quiz Section 4(keyword: SQ7 HP6)
___ PASS: Section Quiz 4
___ Quick Facts Transparency: West African Empires Visual Summary
___ Interactive Reader and Study Guide: Section 4
___ CRF: Interdisciplinary Project: West Africa: Tales, Fables, and Stories
___ CRF: Primary Source: Leo Africanus visits Timbuktu
___ CRF: Biography: Leo Africanus
___ Daily Bellringer Transparency: Section 4
___ CRF: Vocabulary Builder, Section 4
___ Universal Access Modified Worksheets and Tests CD-ROM
___ Standards Review Workbook
___ Online Chapter Summaries in Six Languages

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THURSDAY, October 4, 2007

Chapter 6 - Section 4 (REVIEW)

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK: Due Friday

1. Quick Writes (Completed in class, daily) *5 Points
2. Signed Progress Reports *5 Point
3. Section 3 Take Home Quiz (Given Tue/Wed) *10 Points
4. Section 4 Take Home Quiz (Given Wed/Thurs)*10 Points

Objectives (Standards 7.4.4 & 7.4.5) REVIEWED TODAY

Students will learn that …
1. Storytellers helped maintain the oral history of the cultures of West Africa.
2. Visitors to West Africa from other lands wrote histories and descriptions of what they saw there.
3. Traditionally, West Africans have valued the arts

Vocabulary REVIEWED

1. oral history
2. griots
3. proverbs
4. kente

Preteach

___ What You Will Learn … (SE) Preview Main Ideas, Big Idea, and Key Terms and People.
___ Building Vocabulary (TE) Preteach the terms listed under Building Vocabulary.
___ If YOU were there … (SE) Have students read and discuss the section introduction and question.

Direct Teach

___ Teach the Big Idea Activity (TE) Students discuss the Main Idea questions and list and identify about West Africa’s historical and artistic traditions.
___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Standards-based discussion questions
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: ELL (TE) Oral Histories
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: Learners Having Difficulty (TE) Travelers’ and Scholars’ Scrapbooks [RS]
___ Social Studies Skill: Analyzing Visuals (TE) Art Appreciation
___ Primary Source: A Description of Mali (SE)
___ Linking to Today: Music From Mali to Memphis (SE)
___ Literature in History: Sundiata (SE)

Review & Assessment

___ Close (TE) Have students discuss the elements of history and art that have had a lasting effect on West Africa. Ask students to identify elements that still exist today.
___ Section 4 Assessment (SE)
___ Quick Facts: (SE) Chapter Visual Summary

Possible Resources for This Week

___ Online Quiz Section 4(keyword: SQ7 HP6)
___ PASS: Section Quiz 4
___ Quick Facts Transparency: West African Empires Visual Summary
___ Interactive Reader and Study Guide: Section 4
___ CRF: Interdisciplinary Project: West Africa: Tales, Fables, and Stories
___ CRF: Primary Source: Leo Africanus visits Timbuktu
___ CRF: Biography: Leo Africanus
___ Daily Bellringer Transparency: Section 4
___ CRF: Vocabulary Builder, Section 4
___ Universal Access Modified Worksheets and Tests CD-ROM
___ Standards Review Workbook
___ Online Chapter Summaries in Six Languages

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FRIDAY, October 5, 2007

Chapter 6 - Section 3 & 4 (Homework DUE & Quiz Show)

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK: Due TODAY

1. Quick Writes (Completed in class, daily) *5 Points
2. Signed Progress Reports *5 Point
3. Section 3 Take Home Quiz (Given Tue/Wed) *10 Points
4. Section 4 Take Home Quiz (Given Wed/Thurs)*10 Points

(Standards 7.4.4 & 7.4.5) REVIEWED TODAY During the QUIZ SHOW!!!!