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Correlation to State Content Standards
8.1: Students understand the major event preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
7.7.1 Study the locations, landforms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade, and developÂment of urban societies.
Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)
Students will be able to:
1. Identify and Explain the social, political, and economic reason for forming the colonies. (8th Grade)
2. Explain the periods of the Mayan Civilization and their accomplishments. (7th Grade)
Common Core Literacy Standard
WHST 2: Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events,...
WHST 8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources,...
Anticipatory Set (3 min.)
SDAIE: Journal: Using the 8th grade textbook, turn to page 630-631 and locate the cities in the following coordinates:
- (36 N, 103 W) Amarillo, Tx and (37 N, 77 W) Richmond, VA
Direct Instruction (10 min.)
SDAIE: Cloze Read: MA Colony: Teacher will CLOZE read the section on the colony of Massachusetts. After the paragraph teaccher will use think aloud to check if any information from our worksheet could be filled in using the headings as a guide. (8th Grade)
SDAIE: Cloze Read: Three Period Maya Civilization : Teacher will read the first section of the textbook to model how to complete the assignment. Before the reading, students will watch a short clip and discuss a video question with their group. (7th Grade)
Guided Practice (10 min.)
SDAIE: TPS/think aloud: MA Colony: Teacher will model how to complete the assignment. After each paragraph read teacher will go into the worksheet to fill in any information that could be filled in based on the categories. (8th Grade)
SDAIE:TPS: Three Period Maya Civilization: Teacher will go over the answer and provide more explanation and clarification. (7th Grade)
Independent Practice (25 min.)
SDAIE: TPS/Take one Leave One: Establishing the Colonies: Teacher will assign one colony to a group. The group will be responsible for becoming experts in the colony. Once all groups are done students will share their answer with other students in a Take one leave one method. (8th Grade)
SDAIE: Monitor/TPS: Three Period Maya Civilization: Students will read the remainder of the chapter and take down notes. They will share their answer after 10 minutes and make any changes on their own. (7th grade)
Homework
N/A.
Closure (3 min.)
1. Clean up.
2. Dismiss Class.
Lesson Modifications for GATE, RSP, and EL Students
EL: Projector (visuals), questioning, chunking, cognitive words, repetition, translation in Spanish.
RSP: Projector (visuals), questioning, modified assignments, check for understandings.
GATE: Require answers that will demonstrate depth and complexity of fertilization.
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