Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Mississippi Department of Education (2011). Mississippi Social Studies Frameworks Seventh Grade: World History From Pre-Historic Era to the Age of Enlightenment. Retrieved from http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/docs/curriculum-and-instructionslibrary/2011-mississsippi-social-studies-framework.pdf?sfvrsn=4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in
a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 68 text complexity band independently and proficiently (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices).
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common Core State Standards, 6th-8th grade Social Studies. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RH/6-8
NCSS:
1,2, and 3. National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. (2010). The Ten Themes of Social Studies, Chapter 2. Retrieved from http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/strands
Objectives:
1) Tell the students about the Trojan War and have them write down important aspects so they will be able to recall and tell them (Dok 1). 2) The students will learn about literature that supports the Trojan War and read a sample.
Materials:
Paper, pencil, overhead projector
Resources:
Lattimore, Richmond. (1967). The Odyssey of Homer. New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney: HarperPerennial ModernClassics.
Black Ships before Troy: The Story of the Iliad (Rosemary Sutcliff):
Sutcliff, Rosemary. (2005). Black Ships on the Shore: The Story of the Iliad. New York, New York : Random House Childrens Books.
Pearson Prentice Hall. (2005). History Of Our World: The Early Ages, 171-172, 192-193.
Hirschfield, Eugene. (2012). Marxist Theory of Art: Humanity makes itself. [Web log]. Retrieved from http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3VoaueMQoeE/UDuQVD3buI/AAAAAAAAAok/3c653iUnTmM/s1600/trojan-war-map.jpg
Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School of Coventry. (2013). Welcome to the Ancient Greek Unit [Powerpoint slides] . ASFMS Social Studies: World History. Retrieved from http://www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/AncientGreece/Images/TrojanHorseTrans .jpg
Opening Set:
1) Take attendance. 2) Inform students that we will be discussing the first major conflict that Greece was a part of, and that a famous military tactic was used in this conflict.
Closing:
1) Restate the objectives. 2) Ask if there are any questions.