Teacher Name:
Roderick Steward
Week of:
October 24 -28
World Cultural Studies
Objective: ⓅSS.6.2B Evaluate the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions of individuals and
groups from various societies, past and present.
SS.6.4D Identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and
urban centers of various places and regions;
Monday
Warm-Up: Review with your group members the meaning of ESPN.
Classwork: Students will use the textbook to learn about ESPN of significant countries of the Middle East:
[North Africa] Egypt-(pgs. 100-101), Libya-(pgs. 101-102, and The Maghreb: Tunisia, Algeria, and
Morocco-(pgs. 102-103.) They will use the information on Friday to complete a “Concept Map” which will
then be used to complete a graphic organizer on the S.H.A.P.E. of the Middle East. They will complete Guided
Reading sheet on section 1. The skill to be completed is “Reading for Accuracy.”
ELPS: Reading and Writing
Objective: Objective: ⓅSS.6.2B Evaluate the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions of
individuals and groups from various societies, past and present.
SS.6.4D Identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and
urban centers of various places and regions;
Tuesday
Warm-Up: Review yesterday’s work with someone you did not work with.
Classwork: Students will continue with same information by using the textbook to write the ESPN of
significant countries of the Middle East: Turkey-(pgs. 105-106) and Israel-(pgs. 107-108). They will use the
information on Friday to complete a “Concept Map” which will then be used to complete a graphic organizer on
the S.H.A.P.E. of the Middle East. They will complete Guided Reading sheet on section 2. The skill to be
completed is a cloze activity [“Filling in the Blank”].
ELPS: Reading and Writing
Objective: ⓅSS.6.2B Evaluate the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions of individuals and
groups from various societies, past and present.
SS.6.4D Identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and
urban centers of various places and regions;
Wednesday
Warm-Up: Review yesterday’s work with someone you did not work with.
Classwork: Students will continue with same information by using the textbook to write the ESPN of
significant countries of the Middle East: Syria-(pgs. 110-111), Lebanon-(pgs. 111-112), Jordan-(pg. 112), and
Saudi Arabia-(pgs. 113-114). They will use the information on Friday to complete a “Concept Map” which will
then be used to complete a graphic organizer on the S.H.A.P.E. of the Middle East. They will complete Guided
Reading sheet on section 3. The skill to be completed is “Answering Questions.”
ELPS: Reading and Writing
Objective: ⓅSS.6.2B Evaluate the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions of individuals and
groups from various societies, past and present.
SS.6.4D Identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and
urban centers of various places and regions;
Thursday
Warm-Up: Review yesterday’s work with someone you did not work with.
Classwork: Students will continue with same information by using the textbook to write the ESPN of
significant countries of the Middle East: Iraq-(pg. 122-123, Iran-(pg. 124), and Afghanistan-(pg. 125). They
will use the information on Friday to complete a “Concept Map” which will then be used to complete a graphic
organizer on the S.H.A.P.E. of the Middle East. They will complete Guided Reading sheet on section 4. The
skill to be completed is “Outlining.”
ELPS: Reading and Writing
Objective: ⓅSS.6.2B Evaluate the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions of individuals and
groups from various societies, past and present.
SS.6.4D Identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and
urban centers of various places and regions;
Friday
Warm-Up: Work with someone you have not worked with to compare answers.
Classwork: Students will complete a “Concept Map” which will include the significant ESPN aspects of the
Middle East [North Africa and Southwest Asia]. Students will include the information from the charts and notes
on religion from last week, as well as the information on Mesopotamia and Egypt
ELPS: Reading and Writing
The S.H.A.P.E. graphic organizer will be completed next week.