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AIM: I will review 5 items covering two standards for Tuesday's quiz on Greece.
Standards: 7.8.2 & 7.8.3
Lesson Steps: Today is a half day and we have a quiz on Greece on Tuesday. So we jumped right into a review game of partner relays. Students filled out the handout from today in partners and brought it up to me to be checked at each section that was complete. We had fun and also reviewed for Tuesday's quiz!
AIM: I will define 4 political words and document the political evolution of Athens to a democracy.
Standard: 7.8.3 Trace the transition from tyranny to oligarchy to early democracy.
Do Now: 1) What peninsula is Greece on? 2) What government is ruled by voting? 3) What government is ruled by nobles? 4) If Socrates was born in 330 BCE and lived for 60 years, when did he die?
Lesson Steps: We finished our independent reading of the evolution of Democracy in Greece and began a discussion about why Solon and Cleisthenes were motivated to make the changes that they did. we also took time to review the types of political structure that were in place before democracy was established. Students who finished early worked on their vocabulary project that is due on May 27 or they made up missing work since today they received their progress reports.
Homework: Vocabulary Recap Story due on May 27 and complete all missing assignments by Friday.
AIM: I will define 4 political words and document the political evolution of Athens to a democracy.
Standard: 7.8.3 Trace the transition from tyranny to oligarchy to early democracy.
Do Now: 1) What type of government is ruled by a king? 2) What type of government is ruled by the wealthy landowners? 3) What government was ruled illegally? 4) If Cleisthenes was born in 530 BCE and lived 53 years, what year did he die?
Lesson Steps: Today we continued the independent reading from yesterday and students worked on completing the worksheet from Monday. We also went over our final project of the year: The vocabulary story recap of 7th grade. Students have until May 27th to finish this project. I am looking for a really creative synthesis of all the vocabulary terms of the year. Best of luck! We concluded class by having a discussion about why Solon started to move Greece towards a democracy.
Homework: Turn in all missing work and your vocab recap project is due on May 27th!
AIM: I will define 4 political words and document the political evolution of Athens to a democracy.
Standard: 7.8.3 Trace the transition from tyranny to oligarchy to early democracy.
Do Now: 1) What did Cronos eat? 2) Could poor men vote in Athens? 3) What peninsula is South of the Black Sea? 4) If Solon was born in 630 BCE and lived to be 70 years old, what year did he die?
Lesson Steps: Once we finished the new Do Now we reviewed the four political terms from yesterday. We then started a discussion about how a government should be run in order to be fair for all citizens. We then continued class with an independent reading time to take notes on the handout from yesterday. We ended class with a brief discussion on why Democracy might have seemed like a good idea to the Greeks.
Homework: Complete all missing assignments for the fourth advisory.
AIM: I will define 4 political words and document the political evolution of Athens to a democracy.
Standard: 7.8.3 Trace the transition from tyranny to oligarchy to early democracy.
We graded our Do Nows.
Lesson Steps: Once all Do Nows were graded we reviewed the concepts of oligarchy, tyranny, monarchy and aristocracy. Students read sections of the text and were given a time limit to act out the meaning of each type of political structure. We then presented our performances to see how each group could bring each word to life. We then took notes on the different types of political structures.
Homework: Complete all missing work before Friday for the end of the advisory.
I have been teaching at Paul Public Charter School for seven years and I love it! I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology from American University in 1997 and my Masters in Teaching Social Studies from Brown University in 2002. I also have a certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and I used this training to teach English as a Second Language in DC, New York City and also in Puebla, Mexico. I am looking forward to using my extensive teaching experience to have another high performing school year for everyone.
Contact me at
cmagnuson
@paulcharter.org
