Aztec Test

October 25, 2023

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.7.1: Study the locations, land forms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade, and development of urban societies.

7.7.2: Study the roles of people in each society, including class structures, family life, war­fare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery.

7.7.3: Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish

7.7.5: Describe the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations’ agricultural systems. 

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

I am learning about the Aztec Empire:

1. Assessed on the origins, rise, achievements, and fall of the Aztec Empire.

Common Core Literacy Standard

RH 1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

RH 7: Integrate visual information (eg. in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

WHST 2: Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events,...

WHST 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Anticipatory Set (5 min):  

 Daily Starter:  Students will read a short chunked section of ¨This Day in History¨ and identify the evidence in the passage that will solve the essential question.

Direct Instruction (5 min.)

SDAIE: Model: Test Taking Procedures:  Teacher will go over the test taking procedures.  Explain how to access their test through Edulastic and go over the tasks once they finish the test.

Guided Practice (x min.)

SDAIE: Progress Monitor: Aztec Test:  Teacher will walk around the room monitoring the class as the students work on their test.  Will be available to answer any question they may have about the test.

Independent Practice (35 min.)                         

                 SDAIE: metacognition: Aztec Test:  Students will take a test to assess them on the origins, rise, and achievements of the Aztec civilization.   Once students are done they are to work on their missing assignments.

Homework

                 EdPuzzle: Inca Road Due Friday by 5:00pm.

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.