Lesson Plan
Chapter 1
August 8-9
August 11-15
Kristen Hood
8th Grade Social Studies
Thursday –
9:45-10:00 Break and Practice opening lockers
10:00-10:30 1st Period
 Assign seats in ABC order
 Discuss class room policies
 Supply list
o 3 ring binder
o Dividers
o color pencils
o Notebook paper
o Glue Stick
o Open Subject composition book
o PENCILS!!!!!
o Have your ASSIGNMENT BOOK here everyday!!
o 125 Standard size index cards and holder
o AAA Batteries
 Emergency Procedures
 Unit Snap Shot if time permits
 Collect locker numbers for clickers
10:30-11:00 2nd Period
 Same as 1st
12:30-1:20 5th Period
 Assign Seats
 Discuss Analytical Writing – Writing prompt – What kind of writer
are you and what role will writing play in your future goals and
career.
 Students will need a composition book dedicated to 4th period.
 Brain storm – What do you know about Thomas Jefferson
12:00-12:30 LUNCH
12:30-1:20 Planning
1:20-1:30 Break
1:30-2:00 3rd Period
Friday – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th
Unit Snapshot
Label Dividers
Locker numbers for clickers
Expectations for flashcards
# of Vocabulary Word (On Front)
Definition clearly written on back
Flashcards are sometimes used on tests.
Poll Everywhere – What is your favorite subject?
4th Period – Current Events magazine
Monday- Back to School Splash!!!!
Unit Topic: Roots of the American People
Core Content for Unit: SS-08-2.1.1, 3.2.1, 4.1.1, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 5.1.2
Learning Target for Unit: I can explain how early civilizations developed in the
Americas. This means I can tell how people began to form communities with science,
cities, and medicine in North, Central, and South America.
Questions to ponder:
How did geography influence the development of cultures in North America?
How did trade link Europe, Africa, and Asia?
What major influences shaped European civilizations?
Vocabulary for Word Wall: Civilization, Mercator projection, Robinson projection,
Culture, Conflict and Competition, Economic Systems, Surplus, nomad, Scarcity,
Agrarianism, Land Bridge Theory
Day One:
Learning Target: I can describe how early civilizations developed in the Americas.
Admit Slip
Venn Diagram – Create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting City Life with life in
Smaller Towns.
City Life
Town Life
Goal: Explain that each area has its own distinct culture.
Read) pages 6 -9
Assignment: Reading Task Card (Differentiation)
Share Reading Task Assignments
Day two –
Learning Target: I can describe how early civilizations developed in the Americas?
Admit Slip – 3 Facts and 1 Fib (1.1)
Vocabulary –create flashcards for Civilization, Culture, Land Bridge Theory
1.1 Transparency – The Earliest Americans
Differentiation Activity
Aztec, Incas, and Mayas
LL – Complete the graphic of the Aztec Society
Just Right – Complete the Aztec and Incan graphic
HL – Complete the Aztec, Incan, and Mayan Graphic
Video on the Aztecs
Review of Maya, Inca, and Aztecs Smart board
Day Three –
Learning Target: I can explain how geography influenced the development of cultures in
North America. This means I can tell how the land influences people as they developed
in North America
Admit Slip – Word Map of Culture (See Attached Sample) Exhibit A
Topic – Cultures of North America
1.3 Cloze Activity or
Create a two column chart of seven of the Native American culture areas. In one column
list the Native American Culture areas and in the next column describe how geography
effected or influence the development of the culture area.
Differentiation – L.L. Use the prepared chart to describe how geography effected or
influence the development of the culture area. Exhibit B
Day Four –
Essential Question: How did trade link Europe, Africa, and Asia?
Learning Target: I can explain how trade linked Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Admit Slip – 3 Statements and 1 Fib
Word Wall - Create Flashcards for vocabulary Muhammad, Silk Road, Islam, Quran,
Mercator and Robinson Projection
Read pages 16-19
Assignment - Locate key points on the trade route on a map.
Homework – visit www.PHSchool.com web Code: mve-0108 complete online quiz and
print.
Exhibit A – Day 3
Exhibit B – Day 3
Native American Cultural Areas
Describe group
Explain how geography effected group.
Far North
Southwest
Eastern Woodlands
Southeast
Great Plains