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Language Arts
Theme 4
The Great Wall
Define the following vocabulary in
your journal.
The Great Wall Vocabulary
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craftsmen
domain
durable
dynasty
excluding
extravagance
Essential Question
• What is cause and effect?
Teacher Read Aloud
The Day of Disaster
1. What caused roofs to collapse in
Pompeii, trapping people inside
buildings?
2. What were the effects of the glowing
avalanches?
3. What effect do you think excavations of
these cities have on scientists?
Assignment
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Read pages 388-389.
Transparency 4-9.
Complete Practice Book page 23.
Preview practice book page 24.
Ticket out the door
• What is cause and effect?
The Great Wall
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Do Now
• Write three facts from the video yesterday
about the Great Wall.
Essential Question
• How can I identify stated and unstated
cause and effects in nonfiction stories?
Turn to practice book page 24.
Cause
Effect
Mongol warriors
threatened to overpower
the Chinese
Laborers built the
western part of the great
wall from packed dirt.
Turn to practice book page 24.
Cause
Effect
Mongol warriors
Chinese emperors
threatened to overpower constructed a wall to
the Chinese
keep the Mongols out.
Stone was scarce in
western China.
Laborers built the
western part of the great
wall from packed dirt.
Turn to practice book page 24.
Cause
The Great Wall had to
be guarded against the
Mongols.
The Great Wall
demanded great
sacrifice of the Chinese
people, yet their leaders
lived extravagant lives.
Effect
Cause
Effect
The Great Wall had to
be guarded against the
Mongols.
Forts for soldiers to live
in were built along the
wall.
The Great Wall
demanded great
sacrifice of the Chinese
people, yet their leaders
lived extravagant lives.
The Chinese people
became angry with their
leaders and began to
rebel against them.
Cause
Effect
The Ming dynasty had
been disliked by its own
people.
The Great Wall was not
longer needed for
defense.
Cause
Effect
The Ming dynasty had
been disliked by its own
people.
The Manchus easily won
support for the new Qing
Dynasty.
The Manchus drove the The Great Wall was not
Mongols away. The Qing longer needed for
emperors ruled both
defense.
sides of the Great Wall.
Assignment
• Complete practice lab page 25.
Lab 25
Ming Leaders- Built the Great Wall, not well liked.
Mongols- nomadic warriors, Chinese built the wall
to keep them out.
Laborers and Craftsman- Unskilled laborers built
the wall using packed earth. Skilled craftsman
used the stone.
Chinese Soldiers- They guarded, helped build, and
even lived on the wall.
Chinese People- Were taxed by the Ming
Government to pay for the wall and forced to
work on it.
Manchus- took over the Ming throne when the
Chinese rebelled.
Ticket Out the Door
• Complete questions 1,4, and 6 on page
402 in your anthology.
Assignment
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Complete selection test.
Read lab 26 and complete lab 27.
Keep your papers at your desk.
Find something quietly to work on.
Assessment
• Complete the Selection Test.
Causes
Do Now
The wall was very
expensive.
People were taxed
to pay for the wall,
and forced to work
on it.
The government lost
the support of its
people
Effect
Causes
Do Now
Effect
The wall was very
expensive.
People were taxed
to pay for the wall,
and forced to work
on it.
The government lost
the support of its
people
The Ming government
was severely
weakened.
Essential Question
• How can I identify stated and unstated
cause and effects in nonfiction and fiction
stories?
Level Reader Assignment
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4.
Preview and predict.
Complete the vocabulary section.
Look over the graphic organizer.
Read the book with your small group. As
you read, complete the graphic organizer
together.
5. Just discuss the answers to the
questions.
Summarization Activity
• Complete practice lab 26-27.
Complete the following questions in
complete sentences.
1. What unexpected circumstances led to
the defeat of the Ming Dynasty?
2. What effect did the construction of the
Great Wall have on the people of China?