The Great Schism

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.1.3.: Describe the establishment by Constantine of the new capital in Constantinople and the development of the Byzantine Empire,…

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Understand and Identify the imperial traits and motives.

2. Analyze Empress Theodora and the decisions she made.

Literacy 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 7: Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.)

Daily Journal: Day with a celebrity. Explain what would you do.

Direct Instruction (15 min.)

SDAIE: Close Read: Credentials of an emperor: Teacher will cloze read the selection form the book Women in the Purple. After they are done reading it they will annotate and answer an essential question.

Guided Practice (15 min.)

SDAIE: CER/QW: Credentials of an emperor: Teacher will help students to write their Claim, Evidence, and Reason for the the QuickWrite.

Independent Practice (25 min.)

SDAIE: Annotate: Empress Theodora: Students will annotate the section by themselves after the teacher has Close Read the selection. Teacher will monitor then go over the important information.

SDAIE: TRQ/TPS: Understanding Empress Theodora: Students will answer 3 Text related questions. Students will cite their secondary source to justify their conclusion.

Homework.

Quiz on Google Forms.

Closure (5 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Dismiss Class.

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