Download Monday, September 22, 2008 Subject: World History Topic: Unit 3

Monday, September 22, 2008
Subject: World History
Topic: Unit 3: The Classical World; Hellenistic
Grade: 10th
TEKS: WH: 1B, 11B, 1C, 18B, 16A, 22B, 23B, 23E
Goal:
The Student is expected to identify changes that resulted from important turning points, apply absolute
and relative chronology, pose and answer questions about geographic distributions, summarize the
worldwide influences of ideas concerning rights and responsibilities, summarize the fundamental ideas,
identify technological advancements and their creators.
Assessment:
Students will take a quiz as the daily focus and compare and contrast Athens and Sparta.
Students will answer create and image and provide a written response to the key topics listed and
participate in the group discussion.
Objectives:
Students will be able to identify, explain, and compare and contrast the key terms and how they connect
to the Hellenistic era and have a current impact. Students will use the key terms in additional mediums
as displayed within the goals heading; Alexander the Great, Macedonia, Eratosthenes, Archimedes,
Ptolemy, and stoicism.
Focus:
Students will take a quiz over material from the previous class. The quiz will ask students to compare
and contrast Athens and Sparta and explain what a City-State is.
Activities/ Procedures:
1. Focus: Quiz
2. Short PPT and class discussion about the classical world
3. Students will be asked to break into groups of 2-3 and create and image and answer the
questions regarding the topic. Students with laptops will use “paint” and on line sources to
complete the assignment and submit it electronically via email. Students without laptops will
use the class set of textbooks as their source and submit a hard copy to the teacher.
Materials:
1. laptop
2. ppt
3. projector
4. textbooks for those without a laptop
5. Internet
6. pen/pencil
7. paper
Close:
A class discussion based on work completed with the teacher as a facilitator will end the class.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Subject: World History
Grade: 10th
Topic: Unit 3: The Classical World; Hellenistic
TEKS: WH: 1B, 11B, 1C, 18B, 16A, 22B, 23B, 23E
Goal:
The Student is expected to identify changes that resulted from important turning points, apply absolute
and relative chronology, pose and answer questions about geographic distributions, summarize the
worldwide influences of ideas concerning rights and responsibilities, summarize the fundamental ideas,
identify technological advancements and their creators.
Assessment:
Students will participate in a class discussion and provide a written response to the daily focus and the
project started during the previous class. Students will provide written responses to the video questions
and create flow chart based on their knowledge and understanding of the key concepts.
Objectives:
Students will be able to identify, explain, and compare and contrast the key terms and how they connect
to the Hellenistic era and have a current impact. The key terms that will be discussed and used in
additional mediums as discussed under the Goals heading are Alexander the Great, Macedonia,
Eratosthenes, Archimedes, Ptolemy, and stoicism.
Focus:
Students will be asked to view and image and answer questions that will aide in the understanding of
the piece. A class discussion will follow linking the piece to the lesson.
Activities/ Procedures:
1. Daily focus: image and discussion
2. Students will continue activity from the previous class period.
3. A ppt and explanation will be provided by the teacher.
4. A 5 minute clip of video will play
5. Students will answer questions based on the video that will link the information learned to the
current lesson.
6. Students will create a flow chart on their knowledge of the classical world.
Materials:
1. Speakers
2. Laptop
3. ppt
4. paper
5. pen/pencil
6. spiral notebook
7. Internet
Close:
Students will play “Heads up 7'n up” to solidify their knowledge.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Subject: World History
Topic:Unit 3: The Classical World; Greek Culture and Science
Grade: 10th
TEKS:WH: 1B, 11B, 1C, 18B, 16A, 22B, 23B, 23E
Goal:
The Student is expected to identify changes that resulted from important turning points, apply absolute
and relative chronology, pose and answer questions about geographic distributions, summarize the
worldwide influences of ideas concerning rights and responsibilities, summarize the fundamental ideas,
identify technological advancements and their creators.
Assessment:
Students will provide responses to a matching series. Students will create a ppt based on their subject.
Students will present their findings in a creative way.
Objectives:
Students will be able to explain the important contributions of the topics/ famous people in history and
tie them into the overarching theme of Greek Culture and Science. Specifically; Socrates, Plato,
Homer, Aristophanes, Pythagoras, and Aeropolis
Focus:
Students will match the accomplishment of an important figure in history to the figures name. This
activity will create a base knowledge and understanding of previous knowledge.
Activities/ Procedures:
1. Focus: Matching
2. Short ppt establishing base knowledge of the subject
3. Students will move into groups of 2-3.
4. Students will create a ppt on their topic(s)/ famous person.
5. ppts will be emailed to the teacher and posted on wikispaces.
6. Creation of foldable for topics to be presented.
7. Students will make a 2-5 minute presentation on their topic through use of their ppt/ play/ etc.
and distribute a 2 question quiz.
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Close:
Laptop
Speakers
ppt
paper
pen/pencil
spiral notebook
Internet
Students will discuss the presentations and give feedback to the presenters.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Subject: World History
Topic:Unit 3: The Classical World; Greek Culture and Science
Grade: 10th
TEKS: WH: 1B, 11B, 1C, 18B, 16A, 22B, 23B, 23E
Goal:
The Student is expected to identify changes that resulted from important turning points, apply absolute
and relative chronology, pose and answer questions about geographic distributions, summarize the
worldwide influences of ideas concerning rights and responsibilities, summarize the fundamental ideas,
identify technological advancements and their creators.
Assessment:
Students will create an image based on knowledge gained within the classroom and previous
knowledge. Student presentations and class discussion, along with written responses regarding the
topics discussed during class will measure student knowledge of the topic.
Objectives:
Students will be able to explain the important contributions of the topics/ famous people in history and
tie them into the overarching theme of Greek Culture and Science. Specifically; Socrates, Plato,
Homer, Aristophanes, Pythagoras, and Aeropolis.
Focus: Students will create an image based on their favorite topic discussed during the previous period
and an additional image of a topic that will be presented during this class period.
Activities/ Procedures:
1. focus: creating an image
2. presentations
3. Class discussion
4. Listening session of music and art during this time era.
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Close:
Laptop
Speakers
ppt
paper
pen/pencil
spiral notebook
Internet
Music
Images of the time period on ppt
Students will provide feedback to the presenters and create a list on their daily focus paper of what they
learned about each topic.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Subject: World History
Topic:Unit 3: The Classical World; Rome
Grade: 10th
TEKS: WH: 1C, 11B, 17B, 18A, 19A, 23B, 23E, 25C
Goal:
The Student is expected to apply absolute and relative chronology, understand the material through use
of transferring information to different mediums, summarize the fundamental ideas, identify
technological advancements and their creators.
Assessment:
Reenactment of the senate and Roman republic, discussion, written response, and participation.
Objectives:
Students will identify, explain, and compare the impact of the Roman Republic and senate on society
today.
Focus:
Students will be asked to view an image from the Roman era and write a response.
Activities/ Procedures:
1.Focus: image and response
2. ppt and discussion
3. Students will create an image that displays the workings of the senate, an illustrated flow chart
4. Class will be dived into sections and a debate will take place regarding the senate.
5. Preview of next weeks lesson and an introduction of project over material.
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Laptop
Speakers
ppt
paper
pen/pencil
spiral notebook
Internet
Images of the time period on ppt
Close:
Students will play basketball to score points on their quiz grade.