Mayan Achievements

Correlation to State Content Standards

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

7.7.5: Describe the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations’ agricultural systems.

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Identify and Explain the scientific and technological achievements of the Maya and explain how they were adapted to the environment.

Common Core Literacy Standard

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

RH 7: Integrate visual information (eg. in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

WHST 2: Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events,...

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

Anticipatory Set (3 min):

Starter: 5 W's: Students will read and identify the 5 W's from a short reading dealing with "This Day in History."

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

SDAIE: Close Read/Talking to Text: Mayan Family Life: Teacher will Close Read the section Mayan Family Life. As the teacher finishes reading the paragraph, teacher will use talk to the text to guide students in finding the appropriate notes for their Cornell Notes. (Finish from yesterday)

SDAIE: Model: Mayan Achievements: Teacher will go over the directions to the Mayan Achievements assignments. Students who brought their headphones will be watching 4 videos and completing 4 Video based questions (VBQ). Students without headphones will complete Cornell Notes as they read about the achievements.

Guided Practice (10 min.)

SDAIE: TPS: Maya Family Life: Teacher will go over the answers on what notes students should have gotten based on the hints provided by the teacher. Finish up the Essential Question and the Connections part of the

Independent Practice (20 min.)

SDAIE: VBQ/Video Clips/Cornell Notes/Talking to the Text: Mayan Achievements: Students will discover the Mayan achievements dealing with mathematics, water canals, writing, calendar, and roads. Some students will be watching videos and others will be reading and using the Cornell Notes which have hints and clues about what notes to take to guide their reading and learning.

Homework

Complete Edpuzzle "The Mayan Disappearance" due September 17, 2021.

Closure (2 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.