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Daily Lesson Plan

Objectives

- Define and Explain the importance of key geographic terms.
- Identify the success and challenges of indigenous peoples around the world in maintaining their traditional cultures in the modern world.

Procedures

1) The class will discuss the Essential Question.
2) The class will check/grade the Geo Terms (ISN page 79)
3) I will then divide the class into their mixed-ability assigned groups that they will be in for the rest of the chapter and introduce the activity (interactive dramatization over one aspect of life in a highland Maya village).
4) Groups will pick the section (5 different sections) from Geography Alive that they would like to dramatize.
5) Students will then read as a group the section of Maya life they are dramatizing and receive the necessary information on their responsibilities as a group when completing the activity (worksheets).

Assessment

ISN (page 79) – (Formative) Will be graded as a Homework assignment (0/100).

Resources: Geography Alive Text, ISN. Preparing a Dramatization Worksheet.

Reflection

. . . Very interesting "Round Table" conference with a student today. It appears this is something that the team does when they notice "warning" signals going off concerning a student. The teachers pull the student from their elective and has a meeting with them. It appears to be very effective and it is a good situation to get the student away from their peers where they may feel the pressure to act cool (or like they don't care). It is a bit intimidating for the student and appears to be an effective way to let the student know the teachers are serious about their behavior and acaddemic progress.