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August 26-27, 2024
Correlation to State Content Standards
7.7.1: Study the locations, landforms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan society
ELD Standard:
P1: A1, A2, A3, C10, C12
Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)
Today I am learning about the geography of Latin America by:
Describing the major physical feature characteristics presented within Mesoamerica and Andean Region.
Explaining how the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations adapted to their environment.
Locating the area of the Maya, Aztec, and Incan civilizations.
Predicting problem(s) that the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilziation's may encounter due to their geography.
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.
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 8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.
WHST 9: Draw evidence from information texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
Anticipatory Set (5 min.)
SDAIE: Chunked Reading/5 W's: Starter: Students will complete their starter by reading their daily passage of “This Day in History” and identifying the Who, What, When, Where, and Why from the passage. Daily short task to improve reading and comprehension skills.
Direct Instruction (10 min.)
SDAIE: Cloze Read/Talk to Text/Annotate/Chunk Reading/Lexile level: Geo Challenge MesoAmerica: Teacher will cloze read the chunk passages from the textbook. After the reading students will annotate the key concept from each paragraph that the teacher is guiding them to focus on.
Guided Practice (10 min.)
SDAIE: TPS/Annotating: Geo Challenge MesoAmerica: Teacher and students will go over the annotations to the reading.
Independent Practice (20 min.)
SDAIE: Book to Paper/TPS: Meso America Map Skills: Students will use their textbook page. 369, or the map attached to their Google Classroom and use the maps to help them identify the location of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilization and identify them in their map by coloring each of the societies. Students will answer two DOK 4 questions using the map. For one question they will anaylyze the map and with their group members preidct at least one problem that could occur between the three civilizations.
Homework.
EdPuzzle: The Great Maya Disappearance due Friday by 5 p.m.
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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