Download Lesson Plan – Social Studies Ch. 2 - Week 4 – The Fertile Crescent

Lesson Plan – Social Studies Ch. 2 - Week 4 – The Fertile Crescent (September 10, 2012 – September 14, 2012)
Monday
Obj. students
will learn about
the history and
lifestyles of the
ancient
Sumerians,
understand
how human
innovations
dramatically
change the way
people lived,
and create a
journal entry
based on a day
in the life of a
resident of
Nippur, a citystate in the
Sumerian.
Warm-up:
1)
K-W- L
(Mesopot
amia)
2) Key
Terms:
scribe,
city-state,
polytheism
, myth,
Samaria
Lesson:
Students will
view and take
notes of a
Discovery
Education
Video:
Mesopotamia:
“From Nomads
to Farmers”
Link: Discovery
Education
Ask students to
name the
people they
saw or heard
mentioned in
the program, by
their jobs or
their station in
life. Record
their responses
Tuesday
Obj.
Students will
be able
create a map
of
Mesopotamia
and identify
essential
geography,
and describe
what it is like
to live in a
Sumerian
city.
Warm-up:
The Fertile
Crescent
Have
students
read article
and answer
questions
Map Activity
Fertile
Crescent
Blank Map
Students will
use map on
pg28 to
complete
activity.
Reading
Activity:
Section
1pgs. 28-34
Exit
questions:
In Journal
answer
Chapter 2
Section #1
Review #1-6
Homework
for the
week:
Current
Event Due
Wednesday
Link: Current
Event -
Wednesday
Obj. Students will be able to explain the rise and fall of Mesopotamia and describe the
characteristics of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires.
Warm-Up: Timeline of Mesopotamia/complete Ch.2 section 1 review.
Before You Read: Students will answer questions on pg.35
Read Chapter 2 Section 2 pgs. 35-39 read aloud and students will answer questions on pg.
39.
Exit Questions: Oral Presentations on current event.
Homework Due: Current Event
Link: Current Event - Intervention
Link: Current Event - Regular
Link: Current Event Enrichment
Homework: None
Thursday
Obj. Students will
understand why the
Hammurabi's Code made
major steps forward in
human kind, and
understand how writing
developed in Mesopotamia.
Warm-Up: Journal Entry:
Explain the importance of
the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers in the fertile Crescent
Before You Read: Students
will answer questions on pg.
40
Read Chapter 2 Section 3
pgs. 40-44 read aloud and
students will answer
questions on pg. 44.
Homework: Complete
all activities this week in
Journal.
Due Friday: Write a
poem about a day in
Sumerian City.
Friday
Obj. Students will be
assessed of Section 1
and 3 of Chapter 1 and
will earn at least 70% on
the assessment.
Warm-Up: Review for
Ch. 2 Section I and
Section II quiz
1) Ch. 2 Section 1,
Section II and Section III
quiz
2) Grade Quiz
3) Video: Discovery
Education
Link:
Homework:
Complete Quiz
Due Friday: Write a
poem about a day in
Sumerian City.
on the board.
Examples
include:
• Student
• Farmer
• King
• Priest
Journal
Questions:
• What was it
like to live in
the ancient
civilization of
Sumer?
• Why did the
development of
farming allow
people to live in
one place all
year long?
• How do
inventions
improve
people’s lives?
• How did
people trade
with each other
and pay taxes
long ago?
Homework for
the week:
Current Event
Due
Wednesday
Link: Current
Event Intervention
Link: Current
Event - Regular
Link: Current
Event
Enrichment
Intervention
Link: Current
Event Regular
Link: Current
Event
Enrichment