Mayan Agriculture & Collapse

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 economies, trade, and development of urban societies.

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 advancements made in Mayan agriculture.

2. Identify the possible theories for the collapse of the Mayan civilization.

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 (3 min.)

Starter: 5 W’s: Students will work on identifying the 5 W’s on a short reading from “This day in History.”

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

SDAIE: Close Read:Annotate/EQ: Mayan Agriculture & Collapse: Teacher will lead students in close reading. Students will then read the paragraph by themselves the second time. After that students will annotate the passage based on the annotation clues after each paragraph.

Guided Practice (10 min.)

SDAIE: TPS: Maya Agriculture Technique: Teacher will review the answers to the essential questions and the four pictures explanation.

Independent Practice (20 min.)

SDAIE: Essential Question/QuickWrite: Mayan Agriculture Techniques: Students will answer two essential questions in complete sentences after each section of annotation. Then students will be given four pictures. Using the reading and annotation they have completed they will match the picture to the information obtained from the reading and explain the importance of the pictures in perspective to the Mayan civilization.

Homework.

EdPuzzle: Ancient Maya 101. Due by Friday at 5:00 pm.

Closure (2 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Exit Question

3. Dismiss Class.

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