CJ Dominic 6 th Grade Lesson Plan 11/26/13

Essential Question: What would our world be like today if the ancient Greek civilization never existed?

Objectives:

In this lesson, students will be doing two activities. These activities will make the students recall prior knowledge and information learned in today’s lesson. (Provided at end of the lesson)

The preview activity will be a Smart Board Activity that is an erase and reveal activity that shows the white house without the Greek influenced columns. As you erase the plain black columns, it reveals the real columns.

The first activity will use two primary sources. They will have to digest the documents and answer several questions about each picture and connect it to the book.

By the end of this lesson, the students will comprehend the arts and architecture of Greece. The learner will analyze information about Ancient Greece through several sources by answering questions. The learner will generalize information that has been taught to them through several sources and by completing discussions and graphic organizers. The students will have to complete the questions and graphic organizers with accuracy and organization in order to move on.

The activities that will be used today will be on the final unit test. Not the exact questions but similar questions will be asked. Later in the unit, the students will complete a project to compliment the final unit test. They will be making a brochure that will use some, if not all of this information that will be gathered today.

Procedure/Activities: Preview Activity: Start off lesson by showing the students the White House Smart Board erase and reveal activity. After calling on several students and having them erase the rectangle columns, introduce the video clip.

To further engage the students, show the short YouTube clip: History of Ancient Greece. Also provide a question to go along with the video.Video hook: write down on a piece of paper 5 interesting facts from the clip.Clip Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Mgb1mav_U

Activity 1: At the start of this activity, the students will be put into groups of 3 to 4. Each group will be given a book, What did the Ancient Greeks do for me? By Patrick Catel. They will look at the section that talks about architecture as a group. After they have read and looked through the pictures in the book, give them the graphic organizer. The next step is to give each group 3 questions that compare the graphic organizer and the book. Each group should answer these questions in a discussion format. The

questions will be posted on the front board.Questions:

1. What do you see in What did the Ancient Greeks do for me? that is similar to what you see in the image?

2. In your own opinion, did the illustrator of What did the Ancient Greeks do for me? do a good job drawing the architecture? Explain.

3. After looking at these two documents and comparing them, why do you think we still use this architecture today?

Walk around the room to see how the groups are doing and making sure that the answers they write down are correct. If they are not correct, show them where they can find the correct answer and guide them in the correct direction. If some groups are falling behind or taking longer provide them with help so that they can get caught up with the rest of the class. When groups are waiting for groups to finish, have them discuss what they have discovered that day during the lesson. Prompt them to write down on a piece of paper 3 facts that they talked about in their groups. Each student should do this individually. At the end of this activity collect the graphic organizer with the 3 questions. Also collect the paper with video questions.

During the discussion, ask the class if they all understand the information being discussed. Encourage the students to raise their hands if they do not understand what they are talking about. Try to get every student involved in the discussion by drawing sticks, asking them to continue on a topic that is being discussed currently or starting a new idea for the class to discuss.

**During both activities, go around and answer any questions the students may have**

Materials/ resources:

-Graphic Organizer -History of Greece YouTube clip-White House Smart Board Activity-Computer-Projector- Book: What did the Ancient Greeks do for me? By Patrick Catel-Common Core Standards

Common Core:

Reading for Literature/ informational texts:#1-Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

#3 Informational text- Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text

**The students will be doing this when they answer the questions in activity 2. It will be covered in the 3 questions that they will discuss as a group and the 3 questions on the activity.**

Speaking and Listening:#2-Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.

Writing:#2-Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Rubric:Use the following rubric to grade Activity #1. Use the criteria provided to grade each students work done for the activity done today.Activity #2 5 4 3 2 1 CommentsCompletion: Complete IncompleteQuality Excellent Satisfactory PoorOrganization Excellent Satisfactory Poor

Total: /15 Participation and qualityComplete: All answers are filled out with detail.Incomplete: More than 2 answers are left blank.Excellent: Work demonstrates that they have an understanding of what is expected, all work is present.Satisfactory: Work shows that effort was put forth but not enough to meet the full grade, some of the work is missing.Poor: Work does not show that effort was put forth by student, majority of work is missing.

They should understand the information by answering the questions with correct answers.

Reflection:

The information that will be taught to the students today through the activities will help in future lessons in the unit. It will set them up to better understand the arts, and contributions of the Greeks. In future lessons in the unit, information learned during this lesson will be called upon and will help them answer questions. This information will also help them with the final unit test. Through the lesson today, it uses different ways of learning for students who do not learn well through traditional learning.

Graphic Organizer

Name:_________________________________Date:____/_____/______

Questions:

1. What do you see in this image?

2. What various pieces of art do you see in the image?

3. What pieces of art do we still see today in our culture

Smart Board