Month: November 2015

Lesson Plans for Monday November 30th, 2015 through Friday December 4th, 2015 ***First Week on the Second Trimester***

Monday November 30th, 2015

Essential Question: How did geography affect early settlement in Egypt, Kush, and Canaan?

Objectives:  I-Can Create a Brace Map showing the relationship between environmental factors and early human settlement

Key Content Terms: topography, vegetation, Nile River, Egypt, Kush, Mediterranean Sea, Canaan, Jordan River

Agenda:

  1. Warm-Up:
    1. Type 1 Question
  2. Read page 72-73 and create a Brace Map showing the relationship between environmental factors and early human settlement
  3. Channel One News Notes

Tuesday December 1st, 2015

Essential Question: How did geography affect early settlement in Egypt, Kush, and Canaan?

Objectives:  I-Can create tree maps classifying the physical and environmental factors that led to early human settlement 

Key Content Terms: topography, vegetation, Nile River, Egypt, Kush, Mediterranean Sea, Canaan, Jordan River

Agenda:

  1. Warm-Up: Type 1 Question
  2. Read pages 74-77
    1. Tree Map for Egypt and Kush pages 74-75
    2. Tree Map for Canaan pages 76-77
  3. Channel One News Notes

HOMEWORK

Wednesday December 2nd, 2015

Essential Question: How did geography affect early settlement in Egypt, Kush, and Canaan?

Objectives:  I-Can create tree maps classifying the physical and environmental factors that led to early human settlement 

Key Content Terms: topography, vegetation, Nile River, Egypt, Kush, Mediterranean Sea, Canaan, Jordan River

Agenda:

  1. Warm-Up: Type 1 Question
  2. Read pages 74-77
    1. Tree Map for Egypt and Kush pages 74-75
    2. Tree Map for Canaan pages 76-77
  3. Channel One News Notes

Thursday December 3rd, 2015

Essential Question: How did geography affect early settlement in Egypt, Kush, and Canaan?

Objectives:  I-Can create tree maps classifying the physical and environmental factors that led to early human settlement 

Key Content Terms: topography, vegetation, Nile River, Egypt, Kush, Mediterranean Sea, Canaan, Jordan River

Agenda:

  1. Channel One News Notes
  2. Chapter 7 Quiz

HOMEWORK

Friday December 4th, 2015

Essential Question: What did the pharaohs of ancient Egypt accomplish, and how did they do it?

Objectives:  I-Can create Vocabulary Maps for Chapter 8 Key Content Terms

Key Content Terms: pharaoh, Hatshepsut, Ramses II, treaty

Agenda:

  1. Warm-Up: Chapter 8 Pre-Test
  2. Channel One News Notes
  3. What Would You Do? Video and questions
  4. Vocabulary Map for Chapter 8 Key Content Terms pages 78-85

Lesson Plans for Monday November 9th, 2015 through Friday November 13th, 2015

Monday November 9th, 2015

Essential Question: What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?

Objectives:  I-Can use a Directed Reading and Thinking Activity (DRTA) to answer: What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?

Key Content Terms: empire, capital, tribute, code of laws, economy, siege

Agenda:

  1. Warm-Up:
    1. Type 1 Question
    2. Channel One News Notes
  2. Read Chapter 6 Exploring Four Empires of Mesopotamia pages 54-63
    1. Akkadian Empire DRTA pages 56-57
    2. Babylonian Empire DRTA pages 58-59
    3. Assyrian Empire DRTA pages 60-61
    4. Neo-Babylonian Empire DRTA pages 62-63

Tuesday November 10th, 2015

Essential Question: What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?

Objectives:  I-Can use a Directed Reading and Thinking Activity (DRTA) to answer: What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?

Key Content Terms: empire, capital, tribute, code of laws, economy, siege

Agenda:

  1. Warm-Up:
    1. Type 1 Question
    2. Channel One News Notes
  2. Read Chapter 6 Exploring Four Empires of Mesopotamia pages 54-63
    1. Akkadian Empire DRTA pages 56-57
    2. Babylonian Empire DRTA pages 58-59
    3. Assyrian Empire DRTA pages 60-61

HOMEWORK

Wednesday November 11th, 2015

Essential Question: What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?

Objectives:  I-Can Create 10 laws and consequences for a new city based off of Hammurabi’s Code of Laws

Key Content Terms: empire, capital, tribute, code of laws, economy, siege

Agenda:

  1. Warm-Up:
    1. Type 1 Question
    2. Channel One News Notes
  2. Read Hammurabi’s Law Code and complete Comprehension Questions
  3. Create 10 laws and consequences for a new city

Thursday November 12th, 2015

Essential Question: What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?

Objectives:  I-Can demonstrate what I have learned about the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires.

Key Content Terms: empire, capital, tribute, code of laws, economy, siege

Agenda:

  1. Warm-Up: Channel One News Notes
  2. Chapter 6 Exploring Four Empires of Mesopotamia Quiz

HOMEWORK

Friday November 13th, 2015 

Essential Question: What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?

Objectives:  I-Can take Lancer Notes about “Mystery of the Nile” video

Agenda:

  1. Warm-Up: Channel One News Notes
  2. Chapter 7 Pre-Test
  3. Lancer Notes about “Mystery of the Nile” video