GeoChallenge: Japan

February 5, 2025

Correlation to State Content Standard:

7.5: Students analyze the geographical, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Japan.

ELD Standard:

P1: A1, A2, A3, C10, C12

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

I am learning about Medieval Japan by:

Understanding the geographical location, features, and dangers of Japan.
Analyzing physical and historical maps to Explain the pros and cons of Japan's geography.

Common Core Literacy Standard

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

RH 2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

RH 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

RH7: Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts

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

WHST 6: Use technology, including the internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiency.

WHST 8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources (primary and secondary sources).

WHST 9: Draw evidence from information texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.)

SDIAE: RACE/TPS: Starter: Students will read four sentences that make up each of the sentences for RACE (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explanation) and place them in order. Students will check their answers with their group members before teacher goes over the answers.

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

SDIAE: Close Read/Talk to Text/Chunked Reading/Annotate/Video Clip/Lexile: GeoChallenge Medieval Japan: Teacher will lead students in the first two chunked paragraphs dealing with Japans geography. First paragraph is based on the location and physical feature of Japan the second paragraph is about Japan's natural disasters. Teacher will show a video clip that visual expresses the ideas of the paragraphs.

Guided Practice (5 min.)

SDIAE: TPS/Annotate: GeoChallenge_Medieval Japan: Students will discuss their annotations answers with their group and discuss the pictures they selected to visually create their storyboard for the reading.

Independent Practice (25 min.)

SDIAE: Chunked Reading/Annotate/TPS: GeoChallenge_Medieval Japan: Students will complete the last chunked reading of the GeoChallenge on their own. After the reading they will annotate the section using the Talk to the Text comment to guide their reading and comprehension.

SDIAE: Visuals: GeoChallenge Storyboard: Students will go back and revisit the three paragraphs of the reading. Students will then select a picture to represent the main idea of each paragraph and place it on the storyboard section to check for understanding and comprehension.

SDIAE: Visuals/maps/TPS/Sentence Stems: GeoChallenge: Students will analyze two maps of Japan; a political map and medieval one. Students will be given a series of 5 questions that can be answered by analyzing both of the maps given to them. Students can work with their table members.

Homework.

EdPuzzle: Japan's Geography due by Friday, February 7, 2025.

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.

February 22, 2024

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.5: Students analyze the geographical, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Japan.

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective/Learning Intent)

Today I am learning abou the geography of Japan by:

1. Identifying the geographical features, natural danger, and geographical benefits that make up Japan.

2. Analyzing physical maps to explain the influence Japan had on its neighboring countries.

Common Core Literacy Standard:

RH 2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

RH 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

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

WHST 9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.)

SDIAE: Chunked Reading/CER: Starter: Students will answer their daily chunked starter taken from "This Day in History" from the History Channel. Students are being asked to find evidence from the passage that will answer the Claim provided by the teacher.

Direct Instruction (I Do…) (10 min.)

SDIAE: Close Read/Talk to Text/Chunked Reading/Annotate/Video Clip: GeoChallenge_Medieval Japan: Teacher will lead students in the first two chunked paragraphs dealing with Japans geography. First paragraph is based on the location and physical feature of Japan the second paragraph is about Japan's natural disasters. Teacher will show a video clip that visual expresses the ideas of the paragraphs.

Guided Practice (We Do…) (5 min.)

Independent Practice (You Do…) (25 min.)

SDIAE: Visuals/maps: GeoChallenge: Students will analyze two maps of Japan; a political map and medieval one. Students will be given a series of 5 questions that can be answered by analyzing both of the maps given to them. Students can work with their table members.

Homework.

EdPuzzle: Japan's Geography due by Friday at 5 p.m.

Closure (2 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Exit Question

3. Dismiss Class.