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Daily Lesson Plan

Objectives

- Identify and Label physical and political features on a map (Central America).
- Identify the success and challenges of indigenous peoples around the world in maintaining their traditional cultures in the modern world.

Procedures

1) Students will answer two D.O.G. questions followed by a class discussion over them.
2) Students will take Map Quiz #1 over Central America.
3) The class will discuss the Essential Question.
4) Students will work in Groups on their Mayan Section Dramatization. The goal for today is for all groups to complete their scripts.

Assessment

D.O.G. Questions – (Formative) The class will discuss these
Map Quiz – (Formative) Students will be assessed on the quiz with a grade ranging from 0 to 100 (There are five political and five physical features that must be identified and labeled).
Mayan Dramatization – (Formative) I will circulate around the room. Groups also need me to sign off on their script before moving to the next step

Resources: Geography Alive Text, Map of Central America, Document Camera

Outside Classroom Observation

I also had an opportunity today to visit Burns Middle School (Owensboro, Ky.) as a part of the PD her in the Daviess County Public School District. We observed Ms. Revlett, a 6th grade Geography teacher during one of her collaboration classes. It was a great chance for me to see another experienced teacher instruct in a different setting and envviroment with a group of students that demanded different needs in reacheing their goals.