Trousdale County Schools Focused Lesson Plan 2015­16 Teacher:​
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Chelsea Jones
Unit Name: China
Unit #: 5
Unit Length: 3
Week: 13
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6th grade social studies
Tennessee State Standard(s) to be taught:
● 6.34 Identify the political and cultural problems prevalent in the time of Confucius and how he sought to solve them. ● 6.35 List the policies and the achievements of the emperor Shi Huang and explain how these contributed to the unification of northern China under the Qin Dynasty and the construction of the Great Wall of China. I Can Statements :
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I can identify the problems during the time of Confucius.
I can explain how Confucius sought to solve those problems.
I can list the policies and achievements of Shi Huang.
I can explain how the achievements of Shi Huang led to the unification of
northern China.
5. I can analyze the construction of the Great Wall of China.
Accommodations for students, both regular and special populations :
● I will be making a hard copy of all texts for students that need them. ● I will be including a video about what the students are going to learn. ● I will be allowing the students to participate in class and group talks BEFORE I require them to write. ● I will be accommodating student writing as indicated by their IEP. ● I will be accommodating student writing as determined by me. Unit Vocabulary:
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Taoism: religion that teaches people to give up earthly desires in favor of nature. Shi Huangdi: first emperor of China. Silk Road: 4,000 mile trade route between China and Europe. Social Class: three levels of society­peasants, nobles, king pictographs: characters that stand for objects in writing. dynasty: line of rulers that belong to the same family. ●
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Legalism: obeying rulers out of fear. Oracle Bones: used to predict that future in the Shang dynasty. Confucianism: philosophy that teaches responsibility and moral behavior. Filial Piety: children must respect their parents North China Plain: fertile land for farming. Where China started. acupuncture: method of relieving the pain by sticking tiny needles in the skin. Great Wall of China: built for defensive purposes. Daily Agenda
Monday
1. 2nd and 3rd blocks: Confucius
2. 4th block: China Projects
Resources, Technology, Formative and/or Summative
Assessments, Assignments, and a Daily Activity for
citing text based evidence in conversations and/or
writing
2nd block:
1. Bellringer: “​
China, worried about aging society, lifts law limiting families to 1 child.” This article is from newsela.com 2. Students will watch a video about the life of Confucius (​
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It
6VhK9ztVY​
). As they are watching the video, they will be filling in notes that go along with the video. 3. We will discuss the video as a class. I will introduce the term filial piety and explain how this is still important today. 4. Students will receive a handout titled
“Explore More--Political and Cultural
problems in the time of Confucius.”
5. With their partner, students will read
the article and answer the questions
that follow.
6. When students finish, we will go over
the answers as a class.
7. Students will be given a text called
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Selections from the Confucian Analects.​
” We will go over this as a
class because the wording is
completely different than how we
speak. I will read a section and the
students will rewrite it in their own
words.
8. Once we have gone through all of the
sections, students will discuss
answers to the questions with their
partners.
9. We will end the class with a class
discussion on Confucius and his
ideas.
3rd block:
1. Bellringer: “​
China, worried about aging society, lifts law limiting families to 1 child.” This article is from newsela.com 2. Students will watch a video about the life of Confucius (​
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It
6VhK9ztVY​
). As they are watching the video, they will be filling in notes that go along with the video. 3. We will discuss the video as a class. I will introduce the term filial piety and explain how this is still important today. 4. Students will receive a handout titled
“Explore More--Political and Cultural
problems in the time of Confucius.”
5. As a class, we will read and discuss
the text.
4th block: 1. China Projects using their Chromebooks.
Technology: Chromebooks, newsela,
YouTube
Assessment: Confucius questions, class
discussion, student discussion
Tuesday 1. 2nd block: Confucius
1. 2nd and 4th block assignments are the same as Monday. 2. 3rd block: Finish discussion on
Confucius
3. 4th block: China project
3rd block: 1. We will review our text from Monday. 2. With their partners, students will answer the questions that go along with the text, ​
“Explore More--Political
and Cultural problems in the time of
Confucius.”
3. As a class, we will discuss Confucius
and his ideas.
4. I will introduce a very small excerpt
from the “Analects”.
Technology: Chromebooks, newsela,
YouTube
Wednesday
1. 2nd and 3rd blocks: 6.35 2. 4th block: Finish China projects and begin presentations. Assessment: Confucius questions, class
discussion, student discussion
2nd block: 1. Bellringer: I will go over how today’s activity will work. We are doing a jigsaw with standard 6.35. I will divide the class into groups. The first group they are in is called their “home group”. This is the group they begin AND end in. I will then divide the class into their second groups. The second group is called the “expert group”. In the expert group, students will read a text and answer questions that go along with that text. After a certain amount of time, students go back to their home group where each “expert” teaches their group about what they read. While the expert is speaking, the other group members will be filling in their notes. 2. Expert groups: i. Emperor Shi Huang ii.
Terracotta Army iii.
Great Wall of China iv. Mandate of Heaven 3. Once groups are finished, we will go over these four topics as a class. Thursday
1. 2nd and 3rd blocks: 6.35 2. 4th block: Finish China projects and begin presentations. Friday
No School 3rd block: 1. Begin jigsaw activity. 2. We will probably only get through the expert group readings. 4th block: 1. Students will be finishing up their China projects. 2. We will begin presentations. Technology: Chromebooks Assessments: Questions, Group discussions, Notes 2nd block: 1. Same as Wednesday 3rd block: 1. We will finish our jigsaw activity. 2. Students will go back to their home groups and teach their group members. 4th block: 1. Students will be finishing up their China projects. 2. We will begin presentations. Technology: Chromebooks Assessment: ​
Questions, Group discussions, Notes