OTZI: THE ICEMAN
Linking the Brain, Mind, Teaching and Learning
Cara Boseski
October 21, 2013
❏ Christopher Columbus Middle ❏ 6th Grade Inclusion
School
Social Studies Class
Ms. Boseski
❏ 24 students: culturally
diverse with various
learning styles
❏ Incorporation of differentiated
instruction coupled with mutual
respect and tolerance
Compare and contrast
hunter - gatherers
and early agrarian
societies.
Explain the importance
of archaeological
discoveries in
helping to
understand the past
Determine the impact
of technological
advancements on
early societies
Goals/Objectives
Performance Objs.
Performance in the classroom (behavior)
Performance on the project (work)
Understand the life of Otzi
Prime Time 1/AKA PRIMACY
❏ Journal - Map Master
❏ Chapter 1 Section 1: “Geography and History”
D
❏ Youtube Clip
A
Down Time
Y
❏ Otzi Death Scenario in Project Groups
1
❏ Sharing of Scerarios
❏ Making Groups
Prime Time 2/AKA RECENCY
❏ Closure: 3-2-1 Card
Prime Time 1/AKA PRIMACY
D
A
Y
❏ Journal - Map Master
❏ Introduction of Otzi Project (detailed explanation of all parts over
the ELMO)
❏ Rubric Review
Down Time
211
❏ Begin and continue working on projects
Prime Time 2/AKA RECENCY
❏ Closure: 12 Word Summary
Prime Time 1/AKA PRIMACY
D
❏ Journal - Map Master
A
Y
12
Down Time
❏ Project Presentations
Prime Time 2/AKA RECENCY
❏ Project Critique
❏ Group Critique
Informal Assessment
❏ Journal
❏ Independent Work
❏ Group Participation
❏ Completion of Activities
❏ Homework
Formal Assessment
❏ Otzi Cut-Out Final Project = DOUBLE
TEST GRADE
❏ always busy at work
❏ detect
❏ integrate
❏ respond
❏ constantly being transmitted throughout the brain
❏Frontal Lobe
❏Occipital Lobe
❏Motor Cortex
❏Parietal Lobe
❏Temporal Lobe
❏Thalamus
❏Hypothalamus
❏Hippocampus
❏Amygdala
❏Abstract Random
❏Concrete Random
❏Abstract Sequential
❏Concrete Sequential
❏ take information in through the senses and process it into short-term
memory
❏ apply information to make meaning of it to push this information in long-term
memory
MEANING
SENSE
❏Notes
❏Facts
❏Reading
❏ACTIVITIES
❏CLOSURE
❏ applying their facts to
make meaning to them
in their projects
Sousa, D. (2001). How the Brain Learns. 2nd Edition. California, Corwin Press, Inc.
Web Images
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Liem_6D8sSodEdbEhYiIIkasrDOKSZ3whD9U5
eQWKA/edit#slide=id.g1211814f2_069
hugesponge.blogspot.com
umeaturistbyra.com
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animatedcliparts.net
www.ssthweatt.com
aflyontheclassroomall.com
clipart (for the rest of images)