Lesson+Plan

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This lesson is aimed at a 6th grade Geography class.

Demographics: 12 Caucasian 8 African American 5 Hispanic 5 Asian Learning Styles: 86% Visual 12% Tactile 2% Auditory Background Knowledge: The students are half way through the first nine weeks of school and have limited knowledge of geogphray and ancient history. Learning Disabilities: Two children with learning disabilities and one with ADHD

The [|Sunshine State Standards] this lesson addresses are:
 * SS.6.G.1.1: Use latitude and longitude coordinates to understand the relationship between people and places on the Earth.
 * SS.6.G.1.3: Identify natural wonders of the ancient world.
 * SS.6.W.1.1: Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events.
 * LA.6.1.6.3: The student will use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar words

Learning Objectives:
 * Given a map, students will be able to pin point the location each of the 7 wonders by using longitude and latitude with 100% accuracy.
 * Provided with approximate dates of age, students will be able to place the 7 wonders on a time line from oldest to youngest with 100% accuracy.
 * Provided with images students will be able to match the name of the 7 wonder with it's visual representation with 100% accuracy.
 * Provided with images students will be able to match the names of the 7 wonders with their location (country) with 100% accuracy.
 * When reading the book, The Egyptian Cinderella, students will use context clues and prior knowledge of Egyptian history to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words with 100% accuracy.
 * Given the book, Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths, students will be able to make a "family tree" of the gods with 100% accuracy.
 * After 4 days of instuction on the 7 wonders and the cultures that built them, students will create a 1 - 2 page essay on a day in the life of either an early Greek or early Egyptian using terms from the lessons with 85% accuracy.
 * Provided with a slide show of geographic terms, students will be able to match terms to their definitions with 100% accuracy.

Materials
 * Powerpoint: Geographic terms - used to present students with terms and information they will need to know for the rest of the year.
 * World map hand outs with longitude and latitude lines(one per student) - used for home work assignments
 * The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo (class set) - to be read in class for futher exploration of the Egyptian culture through a well known fairy tale
 * Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths by Ingri D'Aulaire (class set) - to be read in class to provide background information about the gods and the beliefs of the Greeks. Will help the students understand why these wonders were important to the Greeks.
 * Website: [|Write Like an Egyptian]provides a fun, stressfree activity for students to enjoy
 * PowerPoint: Egypt, Great Pyramid of Giza, Lighthouse of Alexandria - provides all necessary information about Egypt, the pyramid and the lighthouse
 * PowerPoint: Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus - provides all necessary information about the hanging gardens and the mausoleum
 * PowerPoint: Greece, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Colossus of Rhodes - provides all necessary information about Greece, the Statue of Zeus, Temple of Artemis, and the Colossus
 * PowerPoint: 7 Wonders of the Ancient World - provides an overview of what will be learned in the coming lessons will also be used during the picture to name matching quiz.

Required student participation

Monday
 * View PowerPoint on geographic terms
 * Matching activity terms to definitions
 * View Powerpoint on 7 Wonders of the Ancient World

Tuesday
 * View PowerPoint on Egypt, Great Pyramid of Giza, Lighthouse of Alexandria
 * Read The Egyptian Cinderella
 * The students will take turns on the computers looking up their name in hieroglyphics.
 * The students will write their names in hieroglyphics

Wednesday
 * View PowerPoint on Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
 * Finish any activities from Tuesday that were not completed.
 * View PowerPoint on Greece, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Colossus of Rhodes

Thursday
 * Read myths of Zeus, Helios, and Artemis from Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths
 * Create "family tree" of the Greek gods

Friday
 * Students will view images of 7 wonders and write down the name of each image they are viewing
 * Students will be provided a half sheet of paper with a list of the 7 wonders and students will identify the country in which they are located.
 * Students will write an in class essay on a day in the life or a Greek or Egyptian ciztizen using vocabulary from the books read, slide shows, or geographic terms.

Evaluation

Evaluation of student learning will be based on homework assignments as well as the assessmesnts on Friday. Homework assignments include:
 * Locate the countries that the 7 wonders are located in on a map handout using longitude and latitude
 * Arrange the 7 wonders on a timeline by age