Early Byzantine Empire

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.1.3.: Describe the establishment by Constantine of the new capital in Constantinople and the development of the Byzantine Empire,…

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Identify Justinian’s accomplishments.

2. Describe life in Constantinople.

Literacy Standard

RH 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone

RH 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.)

Daily Journal: Complete the 5 W's on Today's event in History.

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

SDAIE: Cloze Read: The Rise of Constantinople: Teacher will lead students in a cloze read of the section on page 60.

Guided Practice (10 min.)

SDAIE: TPS: Justinian Builds New Rome: Teacher and students will review the 5 W’s from the section they just read. Teacher will show students the Hagia Sophia’s virtual tour.

SDAIE: Close Reading/TPS: Rise of Constantinople: Teacher and students will go over the answers to the questions.

Independent Practice (15 min.)

SDAIE: TPS: Byzantine Terms: Students will define the key terms and names of the section.

SDAIE: Whisper Read/TPS: Rise of Constantinople: Students will read pg. 60 in their textbook to themselves. Once they are done students will answer three questions after the reading of Rise of Constantinople as been completed.

SDAIE: TPS: Disagreements Split Christianity: Students will analyze the split in the Christian Church by describing the cause and effect of the Schism.

Homework.

Byzantine Empire reader and Quiz on Google Forms.

Closure (4 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Dismiss Class.