Jonathan Brown

Lesson Plans

Subject: World History

Grade: 7th

WEEK:9/15-19/2014
Periods: 1-5

Monday
Bellringer:
How did Mesopotamians get
water from the Tigris and
Euphrates to water their
crops?

Activity/Materials:
This activity will begin with a presentation to
introduce the students to material and allow them
to ask questions they may have. Students will
receive a packet containing the following:

Trivia:
Will be assessed each
morning.
Learning Target:
Students will understand the
basics of agriculture in
Mesopotamia (e.g.
domestication, and irrigation)
Homework:
None

Graphic charts for notes, and essential

questions
Vocabulary list (vocabulary included in
presentation)
Water supply worksheet activity

Assessment:
Students will be assessed
based on the completion of the
water supply activity worksheet.
Modifications:
Students will be filling out
vocabulary and big ideas as a
whole, and will be working in
groups on the activity.

Lets Move Activity:

Simon Says

Advisory/SPL:
Seven wonders project

Activity/Materials:
In this activity the students and I will be discussing
the Cause and Effect of the development of
agriculture in Mesopotamia. The students will be
given a handout so that they can label the causes
and effects. We will be having an open discussion
during this time which will lead them to the
understanding of how a stable food supply lead to
the development of permanent housing, and how
that then led to the beginnings of a government.

Assessment:

Tuesday
Bellringer:
Now that the Sumerians
have a stable food supply,
what do you think will do
next? (Hint: they dont have
to move around anymore)
Trivia:
Will be assessed each
morning.
Learning Target:
Students will understand the
effects that agriculture had on
the development of certain
factors that create a civilization
(e.g. housing, stable food
supply, and government)

Homework:
Cuneiform letter activity if not
completed in class.

Students will then be given a handout that

contains the Sumerian alphabet (Cuneiform) and
will be writing their name, and writing something
nice about themselves and someone else in
proper sentences.

Lets Move Activity:

Stretch it out
Students will stand and perform various
stretches.

Assessment will be based off

the students completion of their
letters written in cuneiform.
Modifications:
Cause and effect diagram will
be filled out as a whole, and
students will be given the option
of working collaboratively to
complete the cuneiform letter.
Students who require such, will
be given extra time to complete.

Advisory/SPL:
Seven wonders project

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Wednesday
Bellringer:
Nomadic people, who live by
eating whatever they can
find, are called what?
Trivia:
Will be assessed each
morning.

Learning Targets:
Students will understand the
basics of Sumerian religion.
Students will identify the
plot, characters, and events
in the Epic of Gilgamesh,
and produce a comic strip
following the series of
events.

Activity/Materials
This activity will introduce students to various
aspects of the Sumerian religion, and will be
having them discuss the relation between
these aspects and their daily lives. (Students
will be given a graphic organizer to record the
various aspects)
The students will also be looking at various
temple structures that were created for
religious purposes in ancient times.
The students and I will then begin to take a
look at the Epic of Gilgamesh, and
comparing Gilgamesh to some comic book
heroes they know today. (Students will be
given a mind map to record the story plot,
characters, and events)

Assessment:
Assessment will be based on
the completion of the graphic
organizers/mind maps, dealing
with religion and Epic of
Gilgamesh.
Modifications:
Students will be filling out
graphic organizers/mind maps
as a whole, and will be creating
a comic strip in pairs.

**** If we have time we will be beginning a

comic strip activity that they will be creating
relating to the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Trivia:
Will be assessed each
morning.
Homework:
None

Lets Move Activity:

Chair Swap
Students will roam around the classroom until
told to sit, they will find the closet chair and
sit; then repeat.

Advisory/SPL:
College and Career
Readiness activity.

Activity/Materials:

Assessment:
Will be assessed on the
completion of big ideas
template worksheet.

Thursday
Bellringer:
Why do you think ancient
people built such huge
structures?
Trivia:
Will be assessed each
morning.

This activity will be a review of the geography,

agriculture, and religion of Mesopotamia. I will
provide the students with a big ideas template
worksheet so that they can record these points
and use as a study guide for tomorrows exam.
Students will then finish working on their comic
strips for the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Modifications:
Students will discuss and fill out
worksheet as a whole.

Learning Target:
Students will discuss the big
ideas about Mesopotamian
geography, agriculture, and
religion in order to prepare
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for an exam.

Homework:
Review notes from class for a
quiz tomorrow.

Lets Move Activity:

Follow the Leader
One student will be chosen at random to be
the leader, the rest of the class will be
expected to follow the movements of the
leader.

Advisory/SPL:
Seven Wonders Project

Activity/Materials:

Assessment:
Students will be assessed on
the number of correct answers
on the given quiz. Also, their
comic strips are to be turned in
and assessed on the number of
images, the amount of effort
that appears to have went into
creating the strip, and whether
or not the strip follows the plot
of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Friday
Bellringer:
Where is the Persian Gulf
located in relation to
Mesopotamia? (Use cardinal
directions to answer)
Trivia:
Will be assessed each
morning.

Learning Targets:
Students understanding of
the geography, agriculture,
and religion of Mesopotamia
will be evaluated.

Homework:

To have fun and be safe

over the weekend.

This activity will be a quiz that will require students

to identify specific locations on a map, match up
definitions with the correct term, and choose
answer that best completes a given sentence.
When the students are finished they will finish up
their comic strips if unfinished, if finished they will
sit quietly and read until everyone else is finished.
**Note:
I will do a brief review after the bellringer just in
case some students decided not to study the night
before; this review and quiz should take up the
entire period.

Advisory/SPL:
Seven wonders project
+ motivational vodeo

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