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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

Arkansas Standards:

H.13.6.4 Construct arguments about characteristics necessary for a civilization using multiple sources (e.g., writing systems, government, religion, specialization of labor, technology, economic systems, education) D2. His.2, 3, 16.6-8

H.13.6. 5 Compare characteristics, contributions, and achievements of early river valley civilizations, Mesopotamia, Egypt Indus River Valley, China D2. His.1, 2, 3.6-8

H.13.6.6 Identify social and cultural effects of militarization and the emergence of new kingdoms on early civilizations (e.g., chariot transport, warfare, invaders) D2. His.1, 2, 3, 14, 15.6-8

A. Introduction/Motivation

1. I will call the class to attention.

2. I will tell the students to complete the “DO NOW” that is written on the board, while I take roll.

3. After taking roll I will have the students pass the “DO NOW” forward and then take them up.

4. After receiving the “DO NOW” from the students I will proceed to go over them with the class.

5. I will then tell the students that we will begin on a new unit that is over Ancient China.

6. I will ask the students if they know what continent China is located on.

7. Once we have discovered the answer to the previous question, I will then ask the students what they know about Ancient China, while assuring them that it is ok if they do not know to much about this area.

8. I will then ask the students if there is anything specific about Ancient China that interest them and that they may be interested in furthering their knowledge about.

9. Next, I will tell the students that we will be discussing a power point and playing a game once we have finished the power point.

B. Study/Learning Activities

1. We will begin the unit with a power point over the geography of China.

2. As we look through slides 2 through 5 we will discuss the focus questions that are found on each slide.

3. Once we make it to slide 6, which is a map, I pass out a blank copy of the map and ask the students to fill it the features while I present it to them.

4. I will ask the students several different questions such as, “How did rivers and bodies of water impact or sustain life? And In what ways did people of a specific region depend on their environment for survival?”

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Attachment 1: PowerPoint

Attachment 2: Blank Map

II. Specific Objectives

* Enrichment Objectives

** Remedial Objectives

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

RH.6-8.7

Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

WHST.6-8.1.C Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

Objectives:

*Given no resources, student will write a paragraph about the Geography of Ancient China with no errors.

**Given no resources, student will write 4 facts about the Geography of Ancient China with no errors.

5. When we reach slide 7, we will begin a visual fieldtrip of the different regions.

6. Once we have completely discussed each slide, the students will be assigned to a specific group of 4 students.

7. After assigning the groups, I will explain to the students that we will be playing a game called World Domination through YOUTUBE.

8. I will ask the students create a name for their group.

9. Once they have decided on a name, I will ask them to get out a sheet of paper and pencil and write their name as well as their group name on it.

10. Once they have completed that we will begin the game.

11. After the game is complete, I will pick up their papers and ask them to return to their seats quietly.

C. Culmination

1. Once the students have returned to their seats, I will ask them questions from the lesson.

2. We will quickly and briefly review what was taught.

3. I will allow time for the students to ask questions that they may still be unsure of.

4. If needed, I will display the map again and have the students look it over briefly again.

5. Have student took out a sheet of paper.

6. Tell the student to write 4 facts about the Geography of Ancient China. (remedial)

7. Tell the student that they can write a paragraph about the Geography of Ancient China. (enrichment)

8. Give the student 5 minutes to finish.

9. When the student is finished, have them to go put their paper in the basket marked 2nd period.

10. Tell the student we need to seat back down in their desk.

11. Ask the students if they have any more questions.

12. Answer any questions if no questions, tell the student we are going to finish up the lesson for today.

Note: Links to videos are given and work by clicking on them. Materials are listed.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLTkfezAfe8&list=PLTy20U1mGXrXq9AEdgZ1fU0bXaV15PHbw&index=4

Pencil and paper

Paper and Pencil

The teacher will read evaluate students’ paragraph about the Geography of Ancient China with for errors.

The teacher will evaluate students’ 4 facts about the Geography of Ancient China with checking for accuracy.

II. Specific Objectives

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

Given resources, student will answer questions missing no more than 2.

Note: This objective is the specific objective for the class. Everyone is expected to complete this.

D. Follow- Up

1. Once we have reviewed, I will ask the students to clear their desk of all things except for a pencil.

2. I will clear off the SMART board and tell the students they will be taking a quiz.

3. I will then pass the quiz out and tell the students to remain in their seat and to not speak while the quiz is being given.

4. Once the students have completed the quiz, I will pick them up.

5. I will ask the students if they have any further questions and allow them to elaborate on things that they have learned.

Attachment 3: Quiz

This attachment is found on pages 21 & 22..

The teacher will grade quiz with 10 questions about the Geography of Ancient China.

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

A. Introduction/Motivation

1. I will call the class to attention.

2. Once I have their attention, I will ask them to complete the “DO NOW” that is found on the board.

3. While they are completing the “DO NOW”, I will take roll.

4. Once they have completed the “DO NOW” I will ask them to pass them forward to the front of the class and then pick them up.

5. Once I have received all the “DO NOWS” I will go over them with the class.

6. I will then explain to the students that today we will be discussing the vocabulary of Ancient China and then play a vocabulary game.

7. I will ask the students if they know any important vocabulary that pertains to Ancient China.

8. I will then ask the students if there is any specific thing or word that they may be interested in learning about that comes from Ancient China.

B. Study/Learning

1. I will begin the class discussion by passing out the copy of the definitions that we will be learning about.

2. Once each student has received their papers, I will begin by reading the definitions aloud to the class.

3. Once we have read the definitions aloud, I will ask the students if they have any questions.

4. If no students have questions, I will ask the students to silently review those vocabulary words by themselves for 10 minutes.

5. Once those 10 minutes are up, I will assign the students to two different groups.

6. Once the groups have been assigned, I will allow the students to quickly create a group name and to decide on one team representative.

7. Once each team has a representative and a name, we will begin the term game.

Smart Board, paper, and pencil

Attachment 4: List of vocabulary words and definitions.

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V. Evaluation related to objectives

Objectives:

**Given resources, student will finish the Ancient Chine word search with no errors.

*Given no resources, student will write 10 sentences using vocabulary words with no more than 2 errors.

8. I will explain to the students that they will take turns being the team representative and answer the question.

9. I will ask each team representative to come to the front of the room and turn their backs toward the SMART board.

10. Once they have done so I will tell the students that they must give ONE WORD clues to the representatives, but they MUST raise their hand before speaking.

11. I will tell the students that once I have called on them, they may give their one-word clue and try to get their representative to guess the word that is behind them on the SMARTBOARD.

12. The first team representative to correctly guess the word before the time runs out will win a point for their team.

13. Once all students have had a chance to be team representative, and each word has been used at least once I will announce the winner.

14. After the winner has been announced I will ask the students to return to their seats quietly.

C. Culmination

1. Once the students have returned to their seats, I will ask them to face forward.

2. I will begin to ask questions about the vocabulary words.

3. Once we have reviewed each word, I will ask if any students still have any kind of misunderstanding of ANY word from the lesson.

4. Tell the student they are going to do a word search to help the remember the vocabulary words in the lesson. (remedial)

5. Tell the student that they can pick 10 vocabulary words from the list of words and use them in a sentence.

6. Tell the student they have to write a sentence for each vocabulary word. (enrichment)

7. If there are no questions, we will proceed to the final part of our lesson.

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Attachment 5: word search

Paper and pencil

The students will be evaluated by finishing a word search on Ancient China Vocabulary with no errors.

The students will be evaluated by writing 10 sentences using Vocabulary words from Ancient China with no more than 2 errors.

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* Enrichment Objectives

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

Given no resources, student will take a vocabulary quiz about Ancient China with no more than 2 errors.

D. Follow-Up

1. I will ask the students to clear their desk and leave only a pencil out please quietly.

2. Once their desk has been cleared, I will tell them they are about to take a quiz over the previously learned vocabulary words.

3. I will then pass the quiz out and ask them to please remain in their seat and to remain quiet.

4. Once each student has completed the quiz, I will pick them up.

5. After I have all quizzes, I will ask the students how they think they scored on the quiz.

6. If the students have any further questions, I will allow them to be asked and clear up any confusion they may still have.

7. Once all questions have been answered, I will tell the students to enjoy the rest of their day.

Attachment 6: Vocabulary Quiz

The students will be evaluated by taking a vocabulary quiz over Ancient China and no more than 2 errors.

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

A. Introduction/Motivation

1. I will call the class to attention.

2. Once I have their attention, I will ask them to complete the “DO NOW” that is located on the board.

3. While they are working on the “DO NOW” I will call roll.

4. Once they have completed the “DO NOW” I will ask them to pass them forward and pick them up.

5. After I have received all the “DO NOWS” I will go over them.

6. I will then explain to the students that we will begin going over the Geography of Ancient China and working in group with different stations to gain more knowledge.

7. I will ask the students if they know anything about the geography of Ancient China.

8. I will then ask the students if there is any geographical area of Ancient China that may stand out to them more than the others.

B. Study/Learning

1. I will begin the lesson by pulling up the PowerPoint and asking the students to take out paper so they can take notes.

2. We will go through each slide and discuss it thoroughly.

3. I will ask the students to be sure to take notes as we go along so they have something to study for the quiz and test.

4. After we have completed the PowerPoint, I will ask the students if they have any further questions regarding what we have discussed.

5. Next, I will pass out the Ancient China worksheets and tell the students that we will work together to go fill them out.

6. After the students have received the work sheets, we will begin to go over them as a class.

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Attachment 7: Powerpoint

Attachment 8: worksheet

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V. Evaluation related to objectives

7. I will ask the students if they fully understand what we are learning several times throughout the lesson.

8. Once we have completed the worksheet, I will assign the students to one of seven different groups.

9. After the groups have been assigned, I will appoint each group to a different station.

10. Once the students have gotten to their stations, I will tell them they will only have six minutes to read and answer questions provided at each station.

11. Once those six minutes are up, the students will rotate to the next group and complete the tasks that are found there.

12. Once each group has been to every station, I will ask the students to return to their seats.

C. Culmination

1. Once the students have returned to their seats, I will ask them to face forward and pay attention.

2. I will begin to briefly go over everything from the lesson.

3. I will ask the students if they have any questions or concerns about what we have discussed today.

4. If there are no questions, we will continue with the next part of the lesson. If there are questions, we will discuss the issues and then move forward.

D. Follow- Up

1. I will ask the students to clear their desk and leave only a sheet of paper and a pencil out.

2. Once they have cleared their desk, I will inform the students that they will be taking a quiz over the geography and the dynasties from Ancient China.

3. I will then remind the students to remain in their seats and stay quiet while they take the quiz.

4. Once I have asked the students this, I will begin to call out the questions for the quiz.

Attachment 9: Station

II. Specific Objectives

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

Given no resources, students will take quiz with 10 questions about the geography and dynasties of ancient China missing no more than 3.

*Given no resources, students will write 2 paragraphs about the geography of Ancient China and how it relates to the Dynasties with no more than 3 grammatical errors.

**Given no resources, students will list 3 geography facts and 3 dynasties facts about Ancient China with no errors.

5. Once the students have finished the quiz, I will pick them up.

6. Once I have received all the quizzes, I will ask the students if they think they scored good on it.

7. I will also ask them if they have any further questions about anything we have learned.

8. After the questions have been answered, I will take the students to enjoy the rest of their day.

9. The enrichment students will write 2 paragraphs about the geography of ancient China and how it relates to the Ancient Dynasties of China.

10. The remedial students will list 3 geography facts and 3 dynasties facts about Ancient China.

Attachment 10: quiz

The students will be evaluated by taking a quiz over the geography and dynasties of Ancient China and no more than 3 errors.

The students will be evaluated by writing 2 paragraphs about the geography of Ancient China and how it relates to the Dynasties with no more than 3 grammatical errors.

The students will be evaluated by listing 3 geography facts and 3 dynasties facts about Ancient China with no errors.

II. Specific Objectives

* Enrichment Objectives

** Remedial Objectives

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

A. Introduction/Motivation

1. I will begin by calling the class to attention.

2. Once I have their attention, I will tell the students to complete the “DO NOW” that is found on the board.

3. While they are working on the “DO NOW” I will take roll.

4. Once they have completed the “DO NOWS” I will ask them to pass their papers forward and pick them up.

5. After I have received all the “DO NOW” papers I will begin to discuss them.

6. I will then tell the students that we will be discussing the different religions of China.

7. I will ask the students if they know about any religions from China.

B. Study/Learning

1. I will begin the lesson by opening the PowerPoint up over the beliefs and religions of China.

2. I will then pass out the Doodle Notes worksheet and tell the students to be sure to take notes as we go through the slides.

3. I will tell the students to be sure to label what information they got from each slide in their notes because they will need it to complete a worksheet at the end of the PowerPoint.

4. I will thoroughly explain each slide and allow time for the students to take notes.

5. After I have explained the slide, I will ask the students if they have any questions.

6. Once we have gone through each slide, I will ask the students if they have any further questions or if they need me to go back to any slide.

7. Once we have finished answering questions, I will ask the students to clear their desk of everything except for the notes they just took and a pencil.

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Attachment 11: powerpoint

Attachment 12: doodle notes

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

**Given resources, students will answer questions about the religions of Ancient China with no errors.

*Given no resources, students will write a summary about the religion of Ancient China with no errors.

Given no resources, students will take a quiz over the religion of Ancient China missing no more than 2.

8. I will then pass out the Religions of China worksheet and answer the questions found on the worksheet. (remedial)

9. Have the enrichment student write a summary about what they have learned.

10. After taking up all the worksheets and summaries, I will ask the students if they had any trouble answering any question.

C. Culmination

1. I will ask the students to face forward and pay attention.

2. Once the students have all turned forwarded and stopped talking, I will briefly and quickly go over the religions that we have discussed.

3. I will ask the students if they have any questions concerning any of the religions we have discussed.

4. Once all the questions have been answered, we will move on to the final part of the lesson.

D. Follow-Up

1. I will ask the students to quietly clear their desk and leave only a pencil and sheet of paper out.

2. Once the students have cleared their desk, I will ask them to be sure to remain facing forward, remain quiet, and keep their hands to themselves.

3. I will explain to the students that they will be taking a quick quiz over the Religions of China.

4. I will tell the students that the quiz is beginning and to pay attention.

5. I will read aloud each question and allow the students adequate time to answer each one.

6. Once the students have completed the quiz, I will pick them up.

7. Once I have the quizzes, I will ask if they have any questions.

8. Once all questions have been answered, I will tell the students to be good and enjoy their day.

Attachment 13: worksheet

Paper and pencil

Quiz will be oral

The students will by evaluated by answering questions about the religion of Ancient China with no errors.

The students will by evaluated by writing a summary about the religion of Ancient China with no errors.

The students will be evaluated by taking a quiz over the religion of Ancient China missing no more than 2.

II. Specific Objectives

* Enrichment Objectives

** Remedial Objectives

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

A. Introduction/ Motivation

1. I will call the class to attention.

2. Once I have the students’ attention, I will ask them to complete the “DO NOW” found on the board.

3. While the students complete the “DO NOW” I will take roll.

4. After the students have finished the “DO NOW” I will ask them to pass them to the front of the room and I will pick them up.

5. Once I have gotten all “DO NOW” papers, I will begin to discuss and go over them.

6. I will then explain to the students that we will be talking about the Ancient Chinese Architecture.

7. I will ask the students if they know any type of architect from the Ancient China culture.

8. I will ask the students what the word architecture means to them.

B. Study/Learning

1. I will begin the lesson by asking the students to have a seat and to face forward.

2. Once they have done this, I will ask them to take out paper and pencils so they can take notes over the information I will be reading to them.

3. After the students have gotten the paper and pencil out, I will begin to read them the information over the Ancient Chinese Architecture.

4. Once we have finished discussing the Ancient Chinese Architecture, I will ask the students if they have any questions. Play videos for the students.

5. Once all the questions and concerns have been resolved I will ask the students to face forward.

6. I will then pass out the worksheet over the Ancient Chinese Architecture.

7. I will ask them to quietly answer the questions.

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Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23oHqNEqRyo&t=191s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuDvAJhnoxM

Attachment 14: Article

II. Specific Objectives

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III. Procedure A. Introduction/Motivation B. Study/Learning Activities C. Culmination D. Follow-up (Include directional statements for evaluation and any enrichment or individual activities)

IV. Materials/Resources

V. Evaluation related to objectives

*Given resources, students will answer questions about Ancient China architecture with no errors.

**Given no resources, students will list 8 facts about Ancient China architecture with no more than 2 errors.

Given resources, students will take a quiz about the Great Wall with no errors.

8. Once the students have finished the worksheets, I will ask them to pass them forward and pick them up.

9. Once I have gotten all the worksheets, I will begin to go over them.

10. Once we have gone over all questions on the worksheet, I will pass out the card for the students to fill out.

11. I will explain to the students once they have all gotten the card, that they can answer the question found on it by writing or drawing.

12. Once the students have completed this paper, I will pick them up.

13. I will then ask the students if they understand what they discussed about the Architecture.

C. Culmination

1. I will ask the students to face forward and remain seated.

2. I will then review the Ancient Chinese Architecture.

3. Once we have finished reviewing, I will ask the students if they fully understand what has been discussed.

4. I will answer all questions.

5. After every question has been answered, the class will move on to the final part of our lesson.

D. Follow-Up

1. I will ask the students to clear their desk.

2. Once they have done so, I will tell them they are about to take a quiz over THE GREAT WALL.

3. I will explain to them that since this will be a quiz, I will not tolerate any talking, playing, or leaving their seats.

4. I will pass out the quiz and tell them they may begin.

5. Once they are finished, I will pick them up.

6. Once I have picked up all quizzes, I will ask the students what their thoughts about the Great Wall are.

7. I will ask them what their favorite Ancient Chinese Architecture was.

Attachment 15: worksheet

Attachment 16: great wall worksheet

The students will be evaluated by answering questions about Ancient China architecture with no errors.

The students will be evaluated by listing 8 about Ancient China architecture with no more than 2 errors.

The students will be evaluated by taking a quiz about the Great Wall with no errors.