Olmec Heads

August 30, 2024

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

ELD Standard:

P1: A1, A2, A3, C10, C12

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Today I am learning about the Maya Civilization by: 

1. Identifying the three main periods of the Maya Civilization.

2. Understanding the achievements accomplished during each of the Mayan periods.

3. Creating a representation of an Olmec monumet.

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.

            RH7: Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts 

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

            WHST 8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.

WHST 9: Draw evidence from information texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.)

       SDAIE: Chunked Reading/5 W's/Text to Read: Starter:  Students will complete their starter by reading their daily passage of “This Day in History” and identifying the Who, What, When, Where, and Why from the passage.  Daily short task to improve reading and comprehension skills. 

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

     SDAIE: Direct Teach/Video Clip: Olmec Heads:  Teacher will will provide a short lecture about the power of monuments and why archeologists suggest ancient societies create them.  Students will watch a video and answer that question.  Teacher will then explain their next task that they will be creating an Olmec head for future generations to explore.

Guided Practice (10 min.)

   SDAIE: TPS: Three Period of Maya Civilizations :  Teacher will go over the answers to the section dealing with Three Period of Maya Civilizations.  Students started that yesterday and were to complete it at home.  Teacher has already corrected the assignments that were turned in and students are to correct their mistakes as teacher goes over answers.

Independent Practice (20 min.)

   SDAIE: Realia/Tactile: Olmec Heads: Students will be given playdoh and plastic tools to recreate 1 of 4 Olmec head.  The activity is to mimic the difficulty of creating such monuments out of stone and to demonstrate the purpose of keeping society busy with a task so they don't overtake the ruler.

Homework.

            EdPuzzle: The Great Maya Disappearance due Friday by 5 p.m.

Closure (3 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.