Maya Beginnings

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

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. Describe the rise and fall of the Mayan civilization

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: Explain the meaning of the Kipling’s second stanza poem?

Direct Instruction (10 min.) I DO…

SDAIE: Close Read: Birth of a Civilization: Teacher will close read the selection with the students.

Guided Practice (10 min.) We Do…

SDAIE: Annotate: Birth of a Civilization: Teacher and students will go over the important information of the reading by highlighting, circling vocabulary, and making connections.

Independent Practice (15 min.) You Do…

SDAIE: Cornell Notes: Birth of a Civilization: Students will transfer their annotations and complete them into Cornell notes by summarizing their findings. This is the clarify portion of the 3 C’s.

SDAIE: CLOZE Read/TRQ: Mayan Life: Student will read pages 382-384 and after each section they will answer the question in complete sentence.

Homework.

EdPuzzle: Maya water supply

Closure (2 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Dismiss Class.