LVHS Weekly Lesson Plans
Teacher: Chris Ward / Subject: World History / Week of: September 1 – 5, 2014Clear Learning Objectives / Assessment / Leveled Questions
(include L2 or L3 questions)/ Strategies / Instructional Activities/
Lesson Focus
Monday / RC: / Leveled Questions: / Bellringer:
TEKS: N/A
HOLIDAY / Evidence of Learning:
I will know I have learned it when… / 1.
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Essential Questions:
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Tuesday / RC: / Leveled Questions: / Bellringer:
TEKS: 2
(A)summarize the impact of the Neolithic Revolution on the creation of river valley civilizations; (B)identify the characteristics of civilization / Evidence of Learning:
I will know I have learned it when…
I can identify the geographical factors that led to the creation of Mesopotamia. / 1. How did the Mesopotamians use irrigation to control the Tigris and Euphrates?
2. Identify what type religion the Mesopotamians were and what role it played in their buildings.
3. Who were the various tribes of Mesopotamia and how did their cultures differ? / How might people’s lives been more closely tied to rivers during early river valley civilizations?
Essential Questions:
Evaluate the civilization of Mesopotamia and determine which of the five characteristics of civilizations it was most strong.
/ Lesson:
Mesopotamia
--Cornell notes
--define polytheistic, ziggurat, city-states
Partners will identify and interpret map of Fertile Crescent.
Exit –Compare a ziggurat to a local church.
PLC Reflection: / W-Bellringer/Cornell
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Wednesday / RC: / Leveled Questions: / Bellringer:
TEKS:20
(B)identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in the following documents: Hammurabi's Code, the Jewish Ten Commandments, Bill of Rights / Evidence of Learning:
I will know I have learned it when…
I can identify the legal impact of the Code of Hammurabi. / 1. Do all communities need a system of laws to guide them?
2. How does Code #1 differ from principles of law used today in the United States?
3. Why do you think that many of the laws had different crimes for different social classes? / Name 4 achievements the Sumerians are credited for inventing or creating.
Essential Questions:
What is the significance of the Code of Hammurabi?
/ Lesson:
Hammurabi / Ten Commandments / Bill of Rights
--Cornell Notes
--comparison
Student handout ---Read and decide whether to use ‘eye for an eye” justice or propose on punishment.
PLC Reflection: / W- Bellringer
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Thursday / RC: / Leveled Questions: / Bellringer:
TEKS: 2
(A)summarize the impact of the Neolithic Revolution on the creation of river valley civilizations; (B)identify the characteristics of civilization / Evidence of Learning:
I will know I have learned it when…
I can identify the geographical factors that led to the creation of Egypt. / 1. How did the use irrigation to control the Nile and were they always successful?
2. Identify what type religion the Egyptians were and what role it played in the construction of the pyramids. / Voc. Quiz
Essential Questions:
Evaluate the civilization of Egypt and determine which of the five characteristics of civilizations it was most strong.
/ Lesson:
“The Gift of the Nile”
--Cornell Notes
--define pharaohs, hieroglyphics
PLC Reflection: / W-Bellringer/Cornell
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Friday / RC: / Leveled Questions: / Bellringer:
TEKS: 2
(A)summarize the impact of the Neolithic Revolution on the creation of river valley civilizations; (B)identify the characteristics of civilization / Evidence of Learning:
I will know I have learned it when…
I can identify the geographical factors that led to the creation of Indus and Chinese River Valley Civilizations.. / 1. What role did the caste system and religion play in life in the Indus River Valley?
2. What was the social significance of the dynasty’s in the Chinese Valley Civilizations.
3. What technology did the Chinese invent? / Name two advantages and disadvantages of having a caste system within a society?
Essential Questions:
Evaluate the civilizations of the Indus River Valley and the Chinese River Valley and determine which of the five characteristics of civilizations they were most strong.
/ Lesson:
India’s Caste System and First Chinese Dynasty’s
--Cornell Notes
--define Aryans
PLC Reflection: / W-Bellringer/Cornell
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Planning Guiding Questions:
What will the students learn? At what rigor level will they learn? What strategies will be used to ensure they learn it? How will learning be assessed? What are the next steps if they did not “get it”?
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