Washington's Presidency/Ghana

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.4.1. Study the Niger River and the relationship of vegetation zones of forest, savannah, and desert to trade in gold, salt, food, and slaves; and the growth of the Ghana and Mali empires.

7.4.2 Analyze the importance of family, labor specialization, and regional commerce in the development of states and cities in West Africa.

8.3.1: Analyze the principles and concepts codified in state constitutions between 1777 and 1781 that created the context out of which American political institutions and ideas developed.

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Understand and Explain Washington's task as president. (8th Grade)

2. Identify Washington's cabinet and responsibilities. (8th Grade).

2. Explain how trade in gold and salt led to the growth of Ghana and Mali. (7th Grade)

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 (5 min.)

Daily Journal: In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. The midnight raid, popularly known as the “Boston Tea Party,” was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

8^th Grade-SDAIE: Annotate/Cloze Read: Washington As President: Teacher will cloze read the passage with the students and guide students in annotating the passage. Teacher will provide further information to go along with the reading.

7^th Grade-SDAIE: Cloze Read/annotate: Rise of Kingdoms: Teacher will lead students in a reading of the Rise of Kingdoms in Africa.

Guided Practice (10 min.)

8^th Grade-SDAIE: Annotate/Think Aloud: Washington as President: Students will listen to the teacher using Think Aloud to help them annotate the passage. Students will answer the essential question after the reading.

7^th Grade-SDAIE: TPS/Talk to text/Annotate: Rise of Kingdoms: Teacher will use talk to text to help students annotate the passage from the book dealing with the rise of kingdoms in Africa.

Independent Practice (22 min.)

8^th Grade-SDAIE: VBQ/TPS: Washington's Presidency: Students will watch a video and complete the assignment of identifying Washington's Cabinet by identifying the people, title and responsibility.

7^th Grade-SDAIE: Label: Africa Kingdoms: Students will identify the three kingdoms of West Africa. They will identify the Kingdoms of Mali, Ghana, and Songhai on a map.

Homework.

Finish what was not finished in class during class time if applicable.

Closure (4 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Exit Question

3. Dismiss Class.