Bayou View Middle School – Weekly Lesson Plans
Teacher: Johnson/Altsman
Week of: 2/23-2/27/2015
Subject: World History
Classroom News/Information: Ancient Rome Unit Test 3.2 is on Tuesday.
Essential Question: What caused the Fall of the Roman Empire?
Day/Date
Bell
Schedule
Monday
2/23/15
Bellringer
2a,4a,4b,5b,5c,7b,8a,8d
Wednesday
2/25/15
 Show what I know
about Roman
culture.
 Answer
review
questions
 Study notes!
 Demonstrate my
knowledge and
understanding
about ancient
Roman culture.
 Last minute
Q&A
 Orange book;
pg 245
Analyze
images
 Create a mosaic
piece of art work.
 Pictures of
famous
Roman
mosaics
Thursday
2/26/15
 Orange
Textbook pg
286
Constantinople
2/27/15
TI = Teacher Input, M = Modeling,
GP = Guided Practice, IP = Independent Practice
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Review bellwork (TI,M)
Anticipatory set
Students will complete their review questions for the upcoming test.
The teacher will review the questions and answers with the students.
Students will participate in a review game for their unit 3.2 test on
Wednesday.
 Review bellwork (TI,M)
 Anticipatory Set
 Students will take a unit test covering their Ancient Rome unit.
 Review bellwork (TI, M)
 Anticipatory Set
 The teacher will use power point on the promethean to give
students their notes on the Roman Art.
 Students will recreate simple picture using scraps of
construction paper to create a mosaic.
 Draw conclusions
from informational
text to answer
questions.
 What is
R.A.C.E.?
 Review bellwork (TI, M)
 Anticipatory Set
 The teacher will show students how to properly answer document based
questions by citing evidence from the text.
 Students will read multiple documents and answer questions by citing
evidence from the individual documents.
 Draw conclusions
from informational
text to answer
questions.
 Why do you
think the
Roman Empire
fell?
 Review bellwork (TI, M)
 Anticipatory Set
 The teacher will show students how to properly answer document based
questions by citing evidence from the text.
 Students will read multiple documents and answer questions by citing
evidence from the individual documents.
Friday
Orange
Textbook pg
289 Reading
Check
Procedures
Anticipatory
Set
 Orange
Textbook pg
257 Women
and men in
Rome
Tuesday
2/24/15
Objectives
(“The student will…”)
Differentiation: Teacher Led/Modeling, Student Led Activities, Flexible Grouping Strategies
Assessment
Students will be
assessed by
observation,
questioning, and review
Closure

Q&A
game results.
Students will be
summatively assessed
by their unit test.
 Test Reflection
Students will be
assessed through
observation,
questioning, and their
completed mosaic.
 Exit Question:
“What does Roman
art explain to us?”
Students will be
assessed by
observation,
questioning, and
writing products to
see if they were able
to cite text based
evidence and properly
answer the questions.
Students will be
assessed through
observation,
questioning, and
 Exit Questions:
“What was the
basic problem
facing the Roman
Empire?”
 Exit Question:
“What happened
among the Roman
Emperors that
may have led to
Rome’s decline?”