AIM: I will complete 100% of my classwork by interacting with my peers and develop a hypothesis about 4 different civilizations.
Standard: Framing questions that can be answered by historic research.
Do Now:
1) Vocabulary term: “High level of culture and development.”
2) Vocabulary term: “To get water to dry land.”
3) Vocabulary term: “Another word for farming.”
4) How many years ago was 1500 BCE?
Lesson Steps: once we finished the Do Now, students learned that there would be four new students joining our class. This created a little excitement and we discussed the appropriate way to greet a new student. Our new students came in and took their seats at the front of the room and didn't say anything. We discussed how they were shy and that we could interact with writing. So everyone answered questions by looking at the new students trying to guess where they were from and also about what their life was like. Next groups of students were given folders with three photographs connecting to the new students' lives. Everyone had to investigate more about the writing, landscape, technology and animals that were connected to our new students. Since our new students were shy, our regular students got up and introduced them based on their observations of the artifacts.
We ended class with a review of our new students and by going over tonight's homework.
Homework: Complete welcome letter to the new student of your choice.
Handouts:
Welcome Students First Activity
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