Inca Empire

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.7.1: Sutdy the locations, landforms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan society

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

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Analyze the rise and fall of the Incan Empire.

Common Core Literacy Standard

RH 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

RH 10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.)

Journal: With the end of the quarter upon us, how will do you think you have done so far? Explain and grade yourself.

Direct Instruction (10 min.) I DO…

SDAIE: Close Reading: Geography of a Mountain Empire: Teacher and students will read pages 409-411

Guided Practice (10 min.) We Do…

SDAIE: VIP’s: Engineering an Empire: Student will watch a video on the Incas dealing with the beginnings of their empire and how they got started.

Independent Practice (30 min.) You Do…

SDAIE: TPS: Incan Vocabulary: Students will define 4 words dealing with the Incan empire.

SDAIE: Whisper Read/Summary/Carousel: Incan Society & Beliefs: Student will be given a number which will be linked to a section of reading from pages 412-413. Students will have to read the section and provide a summary of it. Students will then move around the class sharing their summary with other students until all four sections are complete. Teacher and students will go over summary to assure correctness.

Homework.

EDPuzzle: Incan Roads on Google Classroom

Closure (2 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Dismiss Class.