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UNIT INFORMATION
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UNIT STANDARD
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Remedial standards:
1. N, L, L, E, N, A
2. J(1), J(2), C, A
4. D, J, S
S- Grouped appropriately,
5. A, E, H,
Enrichment standards:
1. R, J
5. T, K
Discovery Streaming
Curricular BrainPop
Resources Padlet
GoogleTreks
Canva
At the conclusion of the unit, students should be able to describe and explain important social,
political, religious, intellectual, technological, and economic components of the ancient
Mesoamerican civilizations by taking a unit exam as well as creating an online magazine article
detailing the SPRITE categories.
Formative assessments:
Exit tickets: On a sticky note, give a simple answer to a question that will gauge the
students understanding of the lessons topic and objective.
Journal Entries: Notes and thinking maps will be entered into student interactive
journals as a form of formative assessment.
SPRITE Categories:
Social- How did the people in a civilization act? Speak? Interact? Live?
Poliical- What a civilizations political structure and what it looked like (Laws? Rulers?
Government?)
Maya
Aztec
Inca
e. Achievements
Mesoamerica
Final Project
Your task: You are a historian writing a magazine article on the civilizations of
ancient Mesoamerica. You have been assigned the task of researching one of the
SPRITE categories for one of the three ancient civilizations we have studies in
Mesoamerica. YOUR GROUP will be the local experts for your civilization and
category! You will use https://www.canva.com to complete this task.
HEADS UP: You will be graded on your group participation and collaboration as
well!
Resources:
Student includes
Student includes Student includ
minimal content. Student includes
some content variety of con
Content may not sufficient content
related to their related to the
be related to related to their
assisned SPRITE assigned SPR
Content assigned SPRITE assigned SPRITE
category and category and
catogory or category and
civilization. Content civilization. C
civilization. civilization. Content
includes little includes amp
Content may not includes evidence.
evidence. evidence.
include evidence.
Student contr
Student occasionally equally to the
Student contributed
offered information and was an
equally to the group.
Student made or helped create the exceptional te
Student played
minimal digital project, player. Studen
Collaboration equal roles in
contributions to however, group offered help a
discussion, research,
group work. members completed played equal
and creation of the
a majority of the discussion, re
final project.
work. and creation o
final project.
Handouts: Creating a Unit Plan
# of days
Standard Daily Lesson Objective(s)
Lesson Plan Notes
1 day = xx min.
S1C2PO5 Describe the Mayan, Aztec, SWBAT become familiar with the Each lesson will be Gallery walk, discussion, and
and Incan civilizations: vocabulary related to taught for 1 day vocabulary activity
Mesoamerica and 60 min. each
a. Location, agriculture, housing, BrainPop and BrainPop activity
and trade networks SWBAT define important sheet.
components of the Mayas
b. Achievements civilization by filling out a 5W Accomplishments and
and H chart after watching a geography choice menu
c. How these cultures adapted to A total of 20 days
BrainPop introducing the Mayas.
and altered their environment will be used to
DBQ Hook Mayas
SWBAT demonstrate their teach the daily
S2C2PO6 Analyze the impact of lesson objectives.
understanding of Mayas DBQ Close Read and
cultural and scientific contributions of
civilization by completing a Discussion
ancient civilizations on later
menu of choices.
civilizations
DBQ Question research and
SWBAT create a definition for Padlet creation
S2C2PO1 Describe how farming
what makes an achievement
methods and domestication of animals
remarkable DS Angry Aztecs
led to the development of cultures and
civilizations from hunting and gathering SWBAT decide what the Mayas Aztec DBQ Hook
societies
most remarkable achievement is
and support their thesis using Aztec DBQ close read and
evidence from DBQ documents community Padlet discussion
and notes by creating a
GoogleTrek: Hiking Macchu
community padlet discussion Picchu
Handouts: Creating a Unit Plan
post. Incas BrainPop
3 days/ 180
Students will have three days to minutes to
complete a final cumulative project for prepare
the unit.
2 days for
2 half days will be spent presenting presentations
STEP 3: Calendar
CALENDAR OF DAILY OBJECTIVES
Feb-March 2017
Standard: (PS)Describethe Standard: (PS)Describe Standard: Analyze the Standard: Analyze the Standard: Analyze the
impact of cultural and impact of cultural and impact of cultural and
Mayan,Aztec,andIncan theMayan,Aztec,andIncan
scientific contributions of scientific contributions of scientific contributions of
civilizations: civilizations: ancient civilizations on later ancient civilizations on later ancient civilizations on later
civilizations civilizations civilizations
a.location,agriculture, a.location,agriculture,
housing,andtradenetworks housing,andtradenetworks
Daily Objective: Daily Objective: Daily Objective:
b.achievements(e.g., b.achievements(e.g.,
mathematics,astronomy, mathematics,astronomy, SWBAT create a SWBAT decide SWBAT decide
definition for what what the Mayas what the Mayas
architecture,government, architecture,government,
makes an most remarkable most remarkable
socialstructure,artsand socialstructure,artsand achievement
achievement is achievement is and
crafts) crafts) remarkable
and support their support their thesis
Formative Assessment: thesis using using evidence
c.howtheseculturesadapted c.howtheseculturesadapted evidence from from DBQ
toandalteredtheir toandalteredtheir DBQ documents. documents and
environment environment notes by creating a
padlet about their
Formative Assessment: most remarkable
achievement and
Daily Objective: Daily Objective: Interactive Journal do a Stay and
SWBAT become Entry Stray share
SWBAT define
Handouts: Creating a Unit Plan
familiar with the important Vocabulary Quiz
vocabulary related components of the
to Mesoamerica Mayas civilization Formative Assessment:
by filling out a 5W
Formative Assessment: and H chart after Padlet
watching a
Interactive journal entry BrainPop
introducing the
Mayas.
Formative Assessment:
5W and H chart
20 21 22 23 24
No School
Formative Assessment:
27 28 1 2 3
Standard: (PS)Describethe Standard: (PS)Describe Standard: (PS)Describethe Standard: (PS)Describe Unit Exam
Mayan,Aztec,andIncan theMayan,Aztec,andIncan Mayan,Aztec,andIncan theMayan,Aztec,andIncan
civilizations: civilizations:
civilizations: civilizations:
a.location,agriculture, a.location,agriculture,
a.location,agriculture, b.achievements(e.g.,
housing,andtradenetworks housing,andtradenetworks
housing,andtradenetworks mathematics,astronomy,
architecture,government, b.achievements(e.g., b.achievements(e.g.,
b.achievements(e.g., socialstructure,artsand mathematics,astronomy, mathematics,astronomy,
mathematics,astronomy, crafts) architecture,government, architecture,government,
architecture,government,
socialstructure,artsand socialstructure,artsand
socialstructure,artsand
crafts)
Handouts: Creating a Unit Plan
crafts) Daily Objective: c.howtheseculturesadapted crafts)
SWBAT identify toandalteredtheir
c.howtheseculturesadapted environment c.howthesecultures
important political
toandalteredtheir adaptedtoandalteredtheir
and social
environment components of environment
Incan society after Review for Test:
watching Incas
Daily Objective: BrainPop. SWBAT use Review for Test:
multiple game-like
SWBAT make Formative Assessment: structures to review SWBAT
inferences about for the test demonstrate
Interactive Journal Entry-
the geography of Venn Diagram understanding of
Machu Picchu and Mesoamerican
how the geography civilizations by
and technology completing
present in this Mesoamerica
location impacted scavenger hunt
Incan success.
Formative Assessment:
6 7 8 9 10
Standard: (PS)Describethe Standard: (PS)Describe Standard: (PS)Describethe Final Project Final Project
Mayan,Aztec,andIncan theMayan,Aztec,andIncan Mayan,Aztec,andIncan Presentations Presentations
civilizations: civilizations: civilizations: