Sunday, August 3, 2008

August 4- August 8, 2008




Chapter 1: Studying the Ancient World
CA Standards: 7.2.4 & 7.1.0

Homework for this week is (Due FRIDAY):
  • Turn-In Quick Writes (Completed in Class)
  • Read ALL of Chapter 1 (Textbook pages 6-15)
  • Complete the Section 2 Assessment on Page 15 (#'s 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, & 3)
  • Vocabulary Art Card (Shown on TUESDAY...Class time allotted)
  • **Be prepared for a quiz on Sections 1 & 2 FRIDAY!!!!

Quick Overview of the Week...
MONDAY
-Copy Homework
-Daily Bell Ringer/Quick Write (Clues from the Past)
-Key Terms
-Section Overview/Discovery

TUESDAY
-Q/W -Bellringer
-Complete Page 9 (Section 1 Assessment in Class/Groups)
-Introduce Vocab for Section 2
-Begin Vocab Art Cards

WEDNESDAY
-Q/W - Daily Bellringer
-Complete Vocab Art Cards
-In Class: Page 17, #'s 1-8
-Discuss responses and closure

THURSDAY
-Quiz Show - Essentially a Game Show where students compete for correct answers (questions are mirror images of what they will be tested on!)

FRIDAY (HOMEWORK IS DUE)
-Chapter 1 Test
-Overview of responses

Chapter One...The Important Stuff from Sections 1 & 2 :)

NOTE:
Monday-Tuesday we will focus on Section 1...
Wednesday-Thursday Section 2...
Friday students will be tested

Objectives (Section 1)
Students will learn that …
1. Historians and archaeologists look for clues in written records and artifacts.
2. Other sources of clues include legends and luck.


Vocabulary (Section 1)
history
primary source
secondary source
archaeology
fossil
artifacts

PreTeach (Section 1)

___ 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 terms in this section.
___ If YOU were there … (SE) Have students read and discuss the section introduction and question.

Direct Teach (Section 1)

___ Teach the Big Idea Activity (TE) Students discuss the Main Idea questions and discuss the differences between historians and archaeologists.
___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Standards-based discussion questions
___ Critical Thinking: Comparing (TE) Primary and Secondary Sources
___ Critical Thinking: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion (TE) Solving History’s Mysteries [ES]

Review & Assessment (Section 1)

___ Section 1 Assessment (SE)

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Objectives (Section 2)
Students will learn that …
1. Using the evidence they have gathered allows historians to draw conclusions about societies in the past.
2. Views of the past change because of new discoveries and new interpretations.

Vocabulary (Section 2)
society
social structure

PreTeach (Section 2)

___ 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.
___ If YOU were there … (SE) Have students read and discuss the section introduction and question.

Direct Teach (Section 2)

___ Teach the Big Idea Activity (TE) Students discuss the Main Idea questions and find out what causes historical and archaeological interpretations of history to change.
___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Standards-based discussion questions
___ Social Studies Skill: Changing Interpretations of History (TE) Artifacts of Tomorrow
___ Critical Thinking: Analyzing (TE) Looking at Architecture
___ Critical Thinking: Contrasting (TE) Connecting with Past Learnings
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: Advanced Learners/GATE (TE) Journal Activity [ES]

Review & Assessment

___ Close (TE) Ask students what they know about the Trojan War and compare that knowledge to the photo on this page.
___ Section 2 Assessment (SE)
___ Quick Facts: (SE) Chapter Visual Summary

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(c) 2008 FMS Social Studies Team: Simnjanovski, Silva & Ramirez

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