Escolar Documentos
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America
SocialStudies
MixedAgeClassroomGrade6and7
23Weeks
CassandraLockwood
Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to
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Describe the following civilizations: the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec and the Inca
including when and where they existed, their culture and accomplishments
Identify and analyze the characteristics that made the Inca a well-organized
civilization
Analyze primary sources by Hernn Corts and determine the central idea of
those sources
Compare and contrast primary sources with secondary sources (textbooks)
Meaning
UNDERSTANDINGS
U ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Q
Students will understand that
1.) Whose story is represented and
Civilizations existed in the Americas
how do we determine that?
before European exploration
Acquisition
KNOWLEDGE
K SKILL
S
Students will know
Students will be skilled at
The peoples of the Americas who
Utilizing visual information in the
predated the arrival of the
form of diagrams, artifacts and
Europeans
maps to enhance their
Why the Inca were considered to
understanding of the Olmec, Maya,
be a developed and well-organized
Aztec and Inca civilizations
civilization
Describing the difference between
The characteristics of various
a primary and secondary source
civilizations of early North America
Determining the central ideas and
The difference between a primary
information from both primary
source and a secondary source
sources and secondary sources
Stage 2 - Evidence
Evaluative Criteria
Moctezuma and Corts questions
are graded based on accuracy and
student understanding
Projects are assessed based on a
rubric
Homework is graded based on
accuracy and student
understanding
Assessment Evidence
CURRICULUM EMBEDDED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PERFORMANCE TASKS)
Moctezuma and Corts readings and questions from the Stanford History
Education Group
Native Tools of the Aztecs project
Inca Civilization Tagxedo project
OTHER EVIDENCE:
Homework Lesson 2 Review
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