Ch. 14 The Early Americas

Chapter 14 (Pages 378-399)
Section 1 (Pages 384-389)

Homework This Week

1. Read Pages 384-389
2. Complete Page 389 #'s 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b
3. Turn in Q/Ws

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY
Watch the linked video and write 2 paragraphs SUMMARIZING the video


This week in an overview:

MONDAY

• Intro Ch 14
• Key Terms and Vocab
• Quick Write
• Closure
  

TUESDAY

• Ch. 14 section 1 review
• Key term overview
• Vocab Builder Exercise
• Review Understanding
• Closure
  

WEDNESDAY

• Intro Ch. 14 Section 2
• Key Term intro
• Overview of key points
• Closure
  

THURSDAY

• Ch. 14 Section 2 Review
• Quick Write
• Vocab Builder
• Section 2 Assessment
• Closure
  

FRIDAY

• Ch. 14 Sections 1 & 2 Quiz
• Q/W
  
• Collect H/W
• Intro Section 3

The Legal Stuff

CA Standards 7.7.1

Objectives
Students will learn that …

1. The geography of the Americas is varied with a wide range of landforms.

2. The first people to arrive in the Americas were hunter-gatherers.

3. The development of farming led to early settlements in the Americas.

Vocabulary

1. Mesoamerica
2. maize

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 then make a list of the main ideas for each topic in the section.
___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Standards-based discussion questions
___ Cross-Discipline Activity: Geography (TE) Geography of Early Migration to the Americas
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: ELL (TE) Cave Drawings
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: Advanced Learners/GATE (TE) Migration Study [ES]
___ Critical Thinking: Understanding Cause and Effect (TE) Agriculture in the
Americas
___ Collaborative Learning (TE) Farming in the Americas Map
___ Map: The Americas: Physical (SE)
___ Primary Source: Views of Writing (SE)

Review & Assessment

___ Close (TE) Have students summarize the development and spread of agriculture in the Americas and how if affected life and settlement patterns in the Americas.
___ Section 1 Assessment (SE)

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PASSWORD: SQ7 HP14

Simnjanovski & Silva, 2008
Fontana Unified School District