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=Lesson 2 = by Drew Van Vooren [|hide properties] Document Type: Lesson Plan

Subject
 Social Studies

Topic
 Day 2: early civilization study

Grade Level
 6

Time Frame
 30-45minute

Overall Goal/ Purpose
 Before we begin digging we must understand how to use the tools and know the vocabulary that is used by an Archeologist. We must also gain a deeper understanding of the time period that we will be investigating in order to draw conclusions about these early humans based on the evidence we discover and the conditions they lived in.

State Standards
**<span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">IL Correlated Sets ** <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> -- || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Investigate and categorize living things in the environment. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Show an awareness of changes that occur in themselves and their environment. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environments. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Compare physical, ecological and behavioral factors that influence interactions and interdependence of organisms. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Express wonder and ask questions about their world. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Analyze a particular occupation to identify decisions that may be influenced by a knowledge of science. ||
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Instructional Objectives
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Students will be able to utilize the tools and terms of archeology in order to investigate the past. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Students will be able to identify the positive and negative effects of the environment on early humans. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Materials
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Computers with internet access <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Text book <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Charts to keep track of terms and tools and research on the environment that these early humans lived in.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Procedures
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Focus Attention/Motivation: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Today we will be creating our dig site by turning our classroom into a dig site. (I will have boxes around the room with dirt in them that contain artifacts, either real or pictures.) But before we begin digging we must discover more about the individuals that we are investigating and the proper use of the tools that are laid out on tables around the room. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Instructional Input & Modeling: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">In order to get a feel for the world of our early humans I will show a short clip from the movie 10,000 bc. Then I will split the students into their teams and have them watch a few "you tube" clips on archeology that I will have pre-selected, these clips will give the students a real flavor for how to use the tools and what terms Archeologists use during their investigations.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Student Engagement/Practice: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">The teams will be given a location on the globe where they will be digging. Their first task is to research either on the computer or in their book to discover what that area of the world was like during the time frame that we are interested in. They will be given several charts to help them organize their new found knowledge.

Closure: I will tell the students that the next few days they will be digging and makeing discoveries.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Assessment
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Formative: As the teams are working I will meet with each team and disscuss their progress. I will utilize a check list with some of the key concepts that I want them to discover that I will check off or if they are lacking this information I will prod them toward the proper source to find that information.