Correlation to State Content Standards
7.3.3-Analyze the influence of Confucianism and changes in the Confucian thought during the Song and Mongol periods.
7.3.4-Understand the importance of both overland trade and maritime expeditions between China and other civilizations in the Mongol and Ming Dynasty
Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)
Students will be able:
1. Describe how the Chinese overthrew the Mongols and started the Ming Dynasty.
2. Explain why the Ming emperors isolated China.
Common Core Standard
RH 1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH 7: Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
WHST 9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
Anticipatory Set (5 min.)
Journal: 5 W's on the Baseball Hall of Fame
Direct Instruction (10 min.) I DO…
SDAIE: VIP’s: Overthrowing the Mongols: Teacher will frontload students with information on how the Mongols were overthrown and the creation of the last two Chinese Dynasties.
Guided Practice (10 min.) We Do…
SDAIE: Cloze Read: Trade and Overseas Voyage: Teacher will lead class in a reading on page 241 of their textbook. Students will then answer 3 questions and will review with class.
Independent Practice (20 min.) You Do…
SDAIE: TPS/Sentence Stem: Trade and Overseas Voyage: Students will answer 3 questions dealing with trade and overseas voyages. Students will be given sentence stems.
SDAIE: TPS: Chinese Inventions: Students are given a list of 5 inventions/projects that the Chinese invented. Their job will be to identify the dynasty and importance of the invention.
Homework.
The Great Wall of China video and questions
Closure (4 min.)
1. Clean up.
2. Dismiss Class.