Embedded Files
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.
7.7.2: Study the roles of people in each society, including class structures, family life, war fare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery.
Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)
Students will be able to:
1. Create a postcard to persuade people to move into a colony of their choice. (8th Grade)
2. Understand and Explain the the social structure of the Mayan Civilization. (7th Grade)
Common Core Literacy Standard
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: Journal: Name two southern colonies?
Direct Instruction (10 min.)
SDAIE: Direct Teaching: Colonial Postcard: Teacher will go over the directions about creating a Postcard. Students will chose one of the colonies and use the information from their graphic organizer to invite someone over. Criteria is on the postcard along with rubric. (8th Grade)
SDAIE: Discussion: Clever TCI Portal: Teacher will direct students on how to log on to TCI through clever. (7th Grade)
Guided Practice (10 min.)
SDAIE: Model: Colonial Postcard: Teacher will show examples of postcards from around famous city destination. (8th Grade)
SDAIE:Model: TCI Online Textbook: Teacher will showcase the features of the new TCI online textbook. Once that is done, students will read or listen to the section they are assigned ranging from pages 374-381. (7th Grade).
Independent Practice (25 min.)
SDAIE: CER: Colonial Postcard: Students will write a postcard. In the postcard they will try to persuade someone to come over to that colony. They will mention 3 reasons the colony is better than the others and what sets it apart. Students will then create a drawing in the front of the postcard along with a slogan for their colony. (8th Grade)
SDAIE: Auditory: Maya GRAPES: As students read or listen to textbook they will fill in their graphic GRAPE organizer according to the topic they were given; Class Structure, Family Life, Religious Beliefs and Practices, Agricultural Techniques. (GRAPE is an acronym for Geography, Religion, Agriculture, Politics, Economics). (7th grade)
Homework
Complete Edpuzzle.
8th Graders: finish writing your postcard
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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