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 • To-DO Upon Entry • Progression of Humans PowerPoint **THREE-RING BINDERS** Top of your frame: Progression of • Pick up each page of Humans the homework packet is about… how early humans progressed, adapted, & evolved into modern humans. Quote of the Week: “Every accomplishment starts Homework: with the decision to try.” Homework Packet Due Friday ~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. Social Studies: Warm-Up • Finish “Progression of Humans” Frame We are heading straight • Social Studies: into our notes. • Introduction of Pledge No Warm-Up. • Brainstorm what the Have your DayBook ready word “Pledge” means to go! • Video on the Pledge of Allegiance • The Pledge Video Quote of the Week: “ Every accomplishment starts Homework: with the decision to try.” Homework Packet Due on ~Gail Devers 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 oath ● ● 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 Warm-Up • 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 Quote of the Week: with 8 Vocabulary Words in “Every accomplishment Preparation for Class on starts with the decision to Friday with Substitute. try.” Homework: ~Gail Devers • Homework Packet Due on Friday
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 on 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 Social Studies 1. Get Composition Book • “Otzi the Iceman: A CSI Line up quietly 2. Investigative Activity” alphabetically according • We will be going to the Computer to Computer #. Lab to Complete a Webquest • https://sites.google.com/site/otzithei *Be prepared to complete the “Otzi the Iceman” Webquest ceman2013/ and • Students will go on a CSI type investigation where they will look at Otzi the Iceman. They will start Cutting and Pasting your with an intro video that will talk about Otzi and Wordle on the cover of your where he was found. They will then go to the investigation link where they will go step by step Composition Book through an investigation of how Otzi may have died. Homework: Quote of the Week: “Every accomplishment starts • Homework Packet is Due with the decision to try.” Tomorrow ~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. • Social Studies REMINDERS! • Review Homework Packet and Collect Please be kind and respectful • Vocabulary for Early Humans and represent Activity yourselves well! • Nomad, Hominid, Hunter/Gatherer, Technology, • Migration, Adaptation, Agriculture, Domestiocation Quote of the Week: • Homework: “Every accomplishment starts • No Homework! with the decision to try.” • Enjoy your weekend! ~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 on 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 oath ● ● 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? *T hese 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.
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