TEACHER:
Chase, Guerrero, Pavlik
Charles H. Milby High School
Weekly Lesson Plan
SUBJECT(S):
World History
Week#2
MONDAY
OBJECTIVES
HOLIDAY
WEEK OF:
2-6 Sept 2013
THURSDAY/FRIDAY
ⓈWHS.2A Summarize the impact of the
development of farming (Neolithic
Revolution) on the creation of river
valley civilizations.
ⓈWHS.1A Identify major causes and
describe the major effects of the
following events from 8000 BC to 500
BC: the development of agriculture and
the development of the river valley
civilizations.
ⓇWHS.16B Analyze the influence of
human and physical geographic factors
on major events in world history,
including the development of river
valley civilizations, trade in the Indian
Ocean, and the opening of the Panama
and Suez canals.
ⓈWHS.1A Identify major causes and describe the
major effects of the following events from 8000 BC
to 500 BC: the development of agriculture and the
development of the river valley civilizations.
ⓈWHS.2A Summarize the impact of the
development of farming (Neolithic Revolution) on
the creation of river valley civilizations.
ⓇWHS.16B Analyze the influence of human and
physical geographic factors on major events in
world history, including the development of river
valley civilizations, trade in the Indian Ocean, and
the opening of the Panama and Suez canals.
ⓈWHS.20B Identify the impact of political and
legal ideas contained in the following documents:
Hammurabi's Code, the Jewish Ten
Commandments, Justinian's Code of Laws, Magna
Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Declaration of
Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the
Citizen.
ELPS C.3b Expand and internalize initial
English vocabulary by learning and using
high-frequency English words necessary
for identifying and describing people,
places, and objects, by retelling
information represented by pictures, and
by using routine classroom communication
ELPS C.4d Use pre-reading supports such
as graphic organizers, illustrations, and
pre-taught topic-related vocabulary and
other pre-reading activities to enhance
comprehension of written text
AIM VIA INQUIRY
1
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY

Warm-up /DO
NOW
6-Weeks
Cycle:
ELPS C.3b Expand and internalize initial English
vocabulary by learning and using high-frequency
English words necessary for identifying and describing
people, places, and objects, by retelling information
represented by pictures, and by using routine
classroom communication;
ELPS C.4d Use pre-reading supports such as graphic
organizers, illustrations, and pre-taught topic-related
vocabulary and other pre-reading activities to enhance
comprehension of written text
ELPS C.5b Write using newly acquired basic
vocabulary and content-based grade-level vocabulary;
What ESPN factors help a society become
more urbanized?
How does a civilization maintain order?
Most civilizations share characteristics
such as…
Hammurabi’s Code helps historians understand social
classes because…
List five things you think a civilization
needs to survive.
How do we know when something is against the law?
AGENDA
1. Warm Up Discussion
2. 5 Minute Lecture – Agricultural
Revolution to beginnings of Civilization
3. BBC Horrible Histories First Stone Age
City
4. Students complete “Comparing Primitive
and Advanced Cultural Groups” sheet
(HISD curriculum documents)
5. Using Glenco WH Text, students will
create a Characteristics of Civilization
Foldable.
1.Warm Up Discussion – importance of writing and
legal codes. We know something is against the law
because, somewhere, someone wrote it down.
2. 5 Minute Lecture – Mesopotamia
National Geographic Video
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/peopleplaces-kids/iraq-mesopotamia-kids/
3. Code of Hammurabi primary source activity (?)
How do we know there were different social classes in
Ancient Mesopotamia?
4. ESPN chart of Sumeria
EXIT TICKET
Which characteristic of civilization do
you think is most important to have
AND WHY?
Why do you think King Hammurabi wrote down
his laws? What form of writing was used in
Sumeria?