LESSON PLAN: PGCE WEEK 29

SUBJECT Mexican Heritage

TOPIC Prehispanic buildings

LESSON TITLE Time line

LEVEL 7 MS LESSON 50 minutes

DURATION

Teacher’s name Alejandra Salas Villagrán

Previous Learning

* Students designed a time line, researching 10 Pre-hispanic buildings and 6 built in Europe
and Asia during the same period.

KUD

* Students will know the architectural relevance of the buildings in the aesthetic and functional
aspect.
* Students will understand the global context under these edifications were built.
* Students will compare 2 buildings, according to their color classification, in order to justify
which one is more relevant.

Lesson Objectives

* Distinguish the characteristics of a civilization

* Observe and identify the oldest/newest edifications built in the Mesoamerican Pre-Hispanic
period
* Compare two edifications built by a different civilization
* Interpret which building is more relevant

Summary of Tasks/ Actions

1. Starter: Video - Introduction to the main topic - Where the Aztecs like the Nazis?
2. Main Task: According to the readiness level answer the research question.
3. Plenary: Class discussion - Share your answers.

Porpouse of activities

* Starter
As a group, Students will watch a 3 minute extract of a an interview given by José Antonio
Sánchez, here he states the aztecs were like the Nazis.Students will state if they agree or
disagree.

Main Task
1.-Students will be classify and answer a research question according to their readiness. This is
an individual task.

Plenary:
Students will share their answers and will be able to self-evaluate what they answer and listen
to a different perspective from their classmates.
Assessment

1.- Learning disposition (rubric)

2.- Document- to answer the research question

Materials/ Equipment

Projector - Notebook
G-docs

Take home task

If they didn’t finish the task they can finish at home.