Mayan Empire Test

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.7.1: Study the locations, land forms, and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade, and development of urban societies.

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

7.7.3: Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish

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. Describe the impact of Teotihuacan, Toltec cities, and the Maya Civilization on the rise of the Aztecs.

2. Identify methods used by the Aztecs to gain power and territory.

3. Explain why the Aztecs chose Tenochtitlan as their new home.

4. Explain how the Aztecs evolved from a few cities to an empire.

5. Assessed on the origins, rise, fall, social structure, and achievements of the Mayan Civilization

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):

Daily Journal: Students will read and identify the 5 W's from today's "This Day in History" section.

Direct Instruction (5 min.)

SDAIE: Model: Edulastic Test: Teacher will go over the test procedures and demonstrate how to log into Edulastic to take their test. Teacher will also post and explain the final Quickwrite question to the students: ¨Explain the mystery surrounding the collapse of the Mayan Empire.

SDAIE: Close Read/Chunk/Annotate: Aztec Rise to Power: Teacher will Cloze read the Aztec Introduction section. Will summarize the key points of the reading and add further information. Will help students make a connection.

Guided Practice (X min.)

SDAIE: Progress Monitor: Maya Test : Teacher will be progress monitoring students taking their test through Edulastic and walking around the classroom.

Independent Practice (30 min.)

SDAIE: Metacognitition: Maya Test: Students will take a Unit Test dealing with the origins, rise, fall, social structure, and achievements of the Mayan Empire. Once they are done with the multiple choice test, will answer the Free Response question on a separate piece of paper.

SDAIE: Think Aloud/Annotate: Aztec Rise to Power : Students will annotate the last passage of the Aztecs. That will be followed by an essential question based on the reading. Students will then watch a video clip dealing with the Aztec rise to power based on what they read (video will help visual learners comprehend what they read).

Homework

EdPuzzle: Due Friday by 5:00pm.

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.

1. Explain and Identify the Mayan origins, rise, fall, and achievements of the Classic Period.

2. Critique the latest discovery explaining the fall of the Mayan Civilizations.

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 the events that took place "This Day in History" and identify the 5 W's.

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

SDAIE: Direct Teach: Mayan Review: Teacher will go over the directions and explain where to find the answers. Then explain to students the recent develops with this mystery as archeologists use the latest technology to further understand what happened.

Guided Practice (10 min.)

SDAIE: TPS: Maya Review: Teacher will go over the answers with the students. Students will be selected at random to answer one of the 9 questions of the review.

Independent Practice (20 min.)

SDAIE: Close Read/Metacognition: Mayan Review: Students will have to answer 9 questions that deal with the origins, rise, fall, and achievements of the Mayan Civilization.

SDAIE: Video Clip/QuickWrite: Mayan Downfall "Unexplained": Student will watch a video clip that shows the most recent data explaining what happened to the Mayan Civilization and will be asked to critique it.