Unit+Two+Planning+2012

=Unit 2: Ancient Civilizations=

ELA Standards
Informational text Structure of Informational Text Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast
 * Writing**
 * Reading**
 * Analysis**

Other Standards
6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush. Shaping Earth’s Surface 2. Topography is reshaped by the weathering of rock and soil and by the transportation and deposition of sediment.
 * Social Studies**
 * Science**

Critical questions to ask while teaching:

 * 1) How do societies go from small bands of hunter-gatherers to large civilizations?
 * 2) What are the advantages and disadvantages of that move?

What they will understand at the end of the unit:

 * 1) What are the pre-conditions of, and conditions in early civilizations?
 * 2) What is are the causes and effects of water erosion?

Vocabulary

 * 1) civilization; government
 * 2) cultivation/farming; husbandry/livestock/cattle
 * 3) weathering; erosion
 * 4) weather vs. climate

Materials to be used
Grand Cyn: River at Risk Legacy: Origin of Civilizations [|The Magic School Bus:] [|Shows and Tells] [|Standard Deviants School Geology:] [|Volcanoes and Erosion] [|Our Changing Earth] Ancient Civilization on Discovery BrainPop: Climate and Weather Erosion Ancient Civilization Ag Revolution Rivers and Oceans [|Ecosystems and Biomes] || rss url="http://www.diigo.com/rss/user/Mizmercer/6unit2" link="true" number="20" ||  ||
 * ===Videos=== || ===Links=== || ===Other Materials=== ||
 * NG: Grand Canyon

Formative

 * Weekly assessments and quizzes

Summative

 * Survey of students
 * Science and History Chapter Tests
 * Final essay for unit for ELA

Learning Activities
What learning experiences and instruction will enable students to achieve the desired results? 10/22-10/26 || **Digging up the Past** //**Spelling:**// Negative Prefixes //**Grammar:**// Types of Sentences || **Informational Writing:** Feedback on Unit 1 Writing || **Chapter 3 Lesson 1: New Ways of Life** a also visit garden and record changes || Creating avatars Typing || 10/29-11/2 || **The Search for Early Americans -** //**Vocabulary:**// Spanish Words //**Spelling:**// Pre-, Post-, Pro- //**Grammar:**// Adjectives //**Writing:**// Topic Sentences || **Expository Writing:** Process Order || **Chapter 3 Lesson 2:** **Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition** a **Create:** Sand box erosion project **Watch:** NG: Grand Canyon || Starting your own blog || 11/5-11/9 || **The Island of Bulls -** //**Spelling:**// Im-, In-, Re- p36-7 //**Grammar:**// Adverbs p46-7 || **Expository Writing:** Spatial Order || **Chapter 4 Lesson 1: Mesopotamia** a **Rivers and Streams** a || Starting/Writing on your own blog Typing || 11/13-11/16 Holiday + PC start 11/15 || **The People on the Beach -** //**Spelling:**// Sub-, Super- p40-1 //**Grammar:**// Prepositional Phrases p50-1 || **Expository Writing:** Skip || **Chapter 4 Lesson 3: United Lands** **Beaches and Wave Erosion** a || Start work on research project || 11/26-11/30 PC 1/2 days || **The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone* SKIP** //**Spelling:**// Location Prefix p44-5 //**Grammar:**// Quotations Marks and Underlining p54-5 || **Expository Writing:** Cause and Effect (Erosion) || **Chapter 5** **Lesson 1 The Nile Valley** **Changing Habitats** a || Research for reports: Evaluating resources || 12/3-12/7 //**Spelling:**// Col-, Com-, Con- p48-9 //**Grammar:**// Linking Verbs, Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives p 62-3 __**Writing:**__ Citing Sources p64-5 || **Expository Writing:** Problem/Solution Research Report || **Chapter 5 Lesson 3: Egyptian Beliefs** || Skip to give Benchmark. || Research and writing for reports || 12/10-12/14 I will be out 12/10 - 12/11 || **The Silk Road*** //**Spelling:**// Review p52-3 //**Grammar:**// Review p66-7 || **Expository Writing:** Research Report || **Chapter 5 Lesson 4: The Egyptian Empire** || **Science Assessment Chap 6** || Research and writing for reports || 12/17-12/21 ||  ||   ||   || **Science fun!** ||   ||
 * || **Open Court** || **Writing** || **Social Studies** || **Science** || **Technology** ||
 * **Week Eight**
 * //Vocabulary://** Prefixes
 * Create:** African Art
 * Watch:** [|The Magic School Bus:][|Shows and Tells]
 * Art Docent:** Adire Eleko and Yoruba Art || **Chapter 6 Lesson 1**
 * Atmospheric Pressure, Temperature, and Weather**
 * Create:** Rain Gauge
 * **Week Nine**
 * Skip, read when we get to North America**
 * Beginning of Settlement**
 * Chapter 3 Lesson 3:** **Catal Hüyük** || **Chapter 6 Lesson 2**
 * **Week Ten**
 * Skip, read when we get to Ancient Greece**
 * //Vocabulary://** Levels of Specificity p34-5
 * Chapter 4 Lesson 2:**
 * Sumer**
 * Watch:** Legacy: Origin of Civilizations
 * Create:** Pottery || **Chapter 6 Lesson 3**
 * **Week Eleven**
 * Skip, read when we get to Ancient Rome**
 * Chapter 5 Ancient Egypt** || **Chapter 6 Lesson 4**
 * **Week Twelve**
 * //Vocabulary://** Suffixes p42-3
 * Chapter 5 Lesson 2: Egypt's Old Kingdom**
 * Art Docent:** Renaissance in Northern Europe || **Chapter 6 Lesson 5**
 * **Week Thirteen**
 * Benchmark Testing** || **His Majesty,Queen Hatshepsut**
 * **Week Fourteen**
 * Skip, read when we get to Ancient China**
 * **Week Fifteen**