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Overview of Week 4 September 19-September 23, 2016

Concept: Geography and Civilization Essential Question: How do people get the things that they need

and want?

Weekly Objective: Good Historians will …

1. Identify the Characteristics of Early Humans, the Stone Age, the Ice Age, Neaderthals, and Early Civilization

Transfer Goal:

Students will be able to independently use their learning to analyze and evaluate the emergence of civilizations, societies, and regions over time.

Quote of the Week:

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” ~Gail Devers

Monday, September 19, 2016

Concept: Civilization EQ: How do people and groups get the things that they want? Daily Objective: Good Historians will be able to identify characteristics of the Progression of Human Civilization.

Social Studies

• Progression of Humans

PowerPoint Top of your frame:

Progression of Humans

is about… how early humans progressed, adapted, & evolved into modern humans. Homework:

฀ Homework Packet Due Friday

• To-DO Upon Entry

**THREE-RING BINDERS**

• Pick up each page of

the homework packet

Quote of the Week:

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” ~Gail Devers

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Concept: Civilization EQ: How do people and groups get the things that they want? Daily Objective: Good Historians will be able to identify characteristics of the Progression of Human Civilization.

Warm-Up We are heading straight into our notes. No Warm-Up. Have your DayBook ready to go! Social Studies:

• Finish “Progression of

Humans” Frame

• Social Studies:
• Introduction of Pledge
• Brainstorm what the

word “Pledge” means

• Video on the Pledge of

Allegiance

• The Pledge Video

Quote of the Week: “Every accomplishment starts

with the decision to try.” ~Gail Devers

Homework:

Homework Packet Due on Friday

pledge/plej/

noun 1.a solemn promise or undertaking verb 1.commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise Synonyms for pledge (noun) word of honor

• Students Should “Turn and Talk”

Brainstorming Session

pledge/plej/

noun 1.a solemn promise or undertaking verb 1.commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise Synonyms for pledge (noun) word of honor

• agreement
• word
• Promise
• Vow
• covenant
• ath
• undertaking
• assurance
• guarantee

Majestic Wolves Social Studies Pledge As a Good Historian, I Pledge to… Be Positive Be Helpful Be Kind Be Respectful Be Honest Be Open-Minded Be Hardworking. I Pledge to… Be Good to my Learning Partner & to my Social Studies Classroom. I Pledge to… Be the Best Historian I can be. Be the Best Learner I can be. Be the Best Person I can be.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Concept: Civilization EQ: How do people and groups get the things that they want? Daily Objective: Good Historians will be able to identify characteristics of the Progression of Human Civilization.

• Social Studies
• The Discovery of Fire!
• .Gather in Small Fire

Groups.

• “Small Fires” Activity

(See Wednesday’s Slides)

• Take turns sharing the

information that you learned today.

• Set Up Composition Books

with 8 Vocabulary Words in Preparation for Class on Friday with Substitute.

Homework:

• Homework Packet Due on

Friday

Warm-Up

Quote of the Week: “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” ~Gail Devers

Vocab Boxes with all 8 words

Vocabulary

• Nomadic- moved from place to place in search of food
• Hunters/Gatherers- Did not know how to make their own
• food. Only knew how to hunt/gather animals and plants

that were there

• Hominid- humans and their ancestors that walk upright
• n two feet
• Technology- anything that makes life easier (can be as

advanced as a computer or as simple as a knife)

• Migration- when people move to another place. Can be

forced (made to move) or voluntary (choose to move)

• Adaptation- when people or animals must change or

adjust to their environment ex. Learning to make fire

• Domestication- to make plants or animals more useful to

humans, “taming” them.

• Agriculture- farming

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Concept: Civilization EQ: How do people and groups get the things that they want? Daily Objective: Good Historians will be able to identify characteristics of the Progression of Human Civilization.

To-Do Upon Entry

• 1. Get Composition Book

2.

Line up quietly alphabetically according to Computer #.

*Be prepared to complete the “Otzi the Iceman” Webquest and Cutting and Pasting your Wordle on the cover of your Composition Book

Social Studies

• “Otzi the Iceman: A CSI

Investigative Activity”

• We will be going to the Computer

Lab to Complete a Webquest

• https://sites.google.com/site/otzithei

ceman2013/

• Students will go on a CSI type investigation where

they will look at Otzi the Iceman. They will start with an intro video that will talk about Otzi and where he was found. They will then go to the investigation link where they will go step by step through an investigation of how Otzi may have died.

Homework:

• Homework Packet is Due

Tomorrow Quote of the Week: “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” ~Gail Devers

This is an example of what we are going to create on Friday in the computer lab. We will type out our “I am a Renaissance Man/Woman” poems for the front of our daybooks and make a personalized Wordle with words from our poem for the back of our daybooks. FUN!!!

Friday, September 23, 2016

Concept: Civilization EQ: How do people and groups get the things that they want? Daily Objective: Good Historians will be able to identify characteristics of the Progression of Human Civilization.

REMINDERS! Please be kind and respectful and represent yourselves well!

• Social Studies
• Review Homework Packet and

Collect

• Vocabulary for Early Humans

Activity

• Nomad, Hominid, Hunter/Gatherer,

Technology,

• Migration, Adaptation, Agriculture,

Domestiocation

• Homework:
• No Homework!
• Enjoy your weekend!

Quote of the Week:

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”

~Gail Devers

Vocab Boxes with all 8 words

Vocabulary

• Nomadic- moved from place to place in search of food
• Hunters/Gatherers- Did not know how to make their own
• food. Only knew how to hunt/gather animals and plants

that were there

• Hominid- humans and their ancestors that walk upright
• n two feet
• Technology- anything that makes life easier (can be as

advanced as a computer or as simple as a knife)

• Migration- when people move to another place. Can be

forced (made to move) or voluntary (choose to move)

• Adaptation- when people or animals must change or

adjust to their environment ex. Learning to make fire

• Domestication- to make plants or animals more useful to

humans, “taming” them.

• Agriculture- farming

Monday and Tuesday Lesson/Slides

See “Progression of Humans” Presentation on my Website

Tuesday’s Lesson/Slides

pledge/plej/

noun 1.a solemn promise or undertaking verb 1.commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise Synonyms for pledge (noun) word of honor

• Students Should “Turn and Talk”

Brainstorming Session

pledge/plej/

noun 1.a solemn promise or undertaking verb 1.commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise Synonyms for pledge (noun) word of honor

• agreement
• word
• Promise
• Vow
• covenant
• ath
• undertaking
• assurance
• guarantee

Majestic Wolves Social Studies Pledge As a Good Historian, I Pledge to… Be Positive Be Helpful Be Kind Be Respectful Be Honest Be Open-Minded Be Hardworking. I Pledge to… Be Good to my Learning Partner & to my Social Studies Classroom. I Pledge to… Be the Best Historian I can be. Be the Best Learner I can be. Be the Best Person I can be.

Wednesday’s Lesson/Slides

The Discovery of FIRE! Today we will be working on a project that deals with the discovery of fire. See “The Discovery of Fire” Activity on the back of the Progression of Humans frame.

Possible answers: Language, Agriculture, Fire

Early Man Videos * Early Man * Tools/Weapons of Stone Age * Farming/domestication

What were some of the most important technological or cultural innovations of the earliest humans? What were some of the main uses to which early humans put fire?

What were some of the main uses to which early humans put fire? *These include cooking, which made meat easier to digest

and prevented some diseases *protection against predators *heat in cold climates, which allowed humans to migrate over a much larger percentage of the Earth's surface *frightening prey animals into traps * light, which allowed the working day to be extended and may have led to the "leisure-time" creation of art and other cultural hallmarks.

In groups, answer the question:

How did early humans first discover that they could harness and use fire?

Step 2-Then prepare a short skit or play which dramatizes that discovery. (In order to keep the sketches physical the rule is that students may not speak--or may not speak in a real language--grunts or gibberish is allowed) Step 3- Rehearse 5-10 minutes Step 4- Perform (Discuss each scene... What worked? What didn't? Did they answer the question? Did they communicate it clearly?)

Small Fires

• 1. What were some of the most important technological or cultural ideas or inventions
• f the earliest humans? (3)
• 2. What were some of the main ways early humans used fire? (3)
• 3. Which of these uses do you think occurred first to early Man? Why?
• 4. How do you think early humans first discovered that they could make fire? (2)
• 5. Which skit was your favorite and why?

Thursday’s Lesson/Slides

This is an example of what we are going to create on Friday in the computer lab. We will type out our “I am a Renaissance Man/Woman” poems for the front of our daybooks and make a personalized Wordle with words from our poem for the back of our daybooks. FUN!!!

Friday’s Lesson/Slides