Ellis 6th S.S. Lesson Plans, Jan 30-Feb 3, 2017

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Standard / Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, social, and religious structures of the
civilizations of Ancient China. / Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, social, and religious structures of the
civilizations of Ancient China. / Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, social, and religious structures of the
civilizations of Ancient China. / Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, social, and religious structures of the
civilizations of Ancient Israel. / Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, social, and religious structures of the
civilizations of Ancient Israel.
Objective / EQ: What can I learn about ancient China from a webquest? / EQ: How do the dynasties of ancient China compare? / EQ: What have I learned about ancient China? / EQ: What vocabulary words do I need to know to understand ancient Israel? / EQ: What did the ancient Israelites believe?
Introduction / Students log into laptop computers and view class webpage for instructions. / Students create a graphic organizer about the four Chinese dynasties. / Students review lessons and study guide before test. / Students complete the River Valley Civilizations Worksheet. / Students create a graphic organizer to list two facts about each category: Hebrew Bible, Promised Land, Twelve Tribes
Questions / N/A / What are the most important accomplishments of each dynasty? / N/A / N/A / What was the Hebrew Bible?
Who was Abraham?
Why were Isaac and Jacob important?
Who was Moses?
Instruction / Students begin reading on topics about ancient China. / Students watch video from ConnectED “Chinese History from the First Emperor to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” / N/A / Students choral read the list of vocabulary words and definitions. / Students fill in note page as lesson 1 is read in textbook. Pgs.198-201
Practice / Students answer questions about topics on ancient China / Students divide into small groups and prepare a presentation of the article assigned to their group. / N/A / Students write sentences and create drawings for each vocabulary word. / Students play concentration game about the Ten Commandments and the Israelites from ConnectEd Website.
Assessment / Students answer five statements as true or false. / Students answer sample questions from Ch 7 Test. / Students take Chapter 7 Test. / Students match words with definitions. / Students write a paragraph answering the following question: How did the Israelites beliefs differ from the beliefs of most other ancient peoples?
Reflection / If you could pick one topic from ancient China to learn more about, what would it be? / Which topic about ancient China do you need to study most to be prepared for the test tomorrow? / Students predict their mastery of ancient China information by guessing their score on the chapter test. / Based on the list of vocabulary words, what do you think you will be learning about? / Why are the Ten Commandments considered an influential list of rules?
Technology / Computer Lab
Internet
Website / Teacher Laptop
Internet
ConnectEd Website / N/A / N/A / N/A