12/10 Mauryan and Gupta Empires

                    Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

• demonstrate your understanding of Ancient India's empires
• read and take notes

Why?

• to deepen your understanding of other people
• to practice identifying important information

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.     The person listed first in each pairing on the board:  go to Google Classrom and share the Mauryan Gupta slide deck with the other person.  The first person is Student 1.       5 minutes

3.  By yourself on your note slide, use the link to access information on which you will take notes.  Write the notes (not sentences) on the slide or using 2 column note format on paper.             20 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Tell me what you know about the Mauryan Empire OR the Gupta Empire.

12/9 Ancient India: Cause/Impact

                   Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

• demonstrate your understanding of Ancient India's empires
• collaborate with others

Why?

• to check in on your understanding
• to strengthen your memory
• to deepen your understanding of other people
• to analyze cause-effct relationships

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.     Take out the work from yesterday.  We will finish reviewing it together.       10-20 minutes

3.  Wait for Mr.d'E    Cause-impace sort.             15 minutes

4.  Share             10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Describe what you did to review information.

12/8Ancient India Review

                  Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

• demonstrate your understanding of Ancient India's empires
• collaborate with others

Why?

• to check in on your understanding
• to strengthen your critical thinking skills
• to deepen your understanding of other people

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.     Take out the work from yesterday.  We will finish reviewing it together.       10 minutes

3.  Wait for Mr.d'E    By yourself, jot important information (who, what, where, when, why - cause/effect) for one of the Ancient Indian empires.             20 minutes

4.  Comparison             7 minutes

4.  Share             15 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Describe what you did to review information.

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Today in class you will

• demonstrate your understanding of Ancient India's religions and Ashoka
• 
  

Why?

• to check in on your understanding
• to strengthen your memory
• to deepen your understanding of other people
• to analyze cause-effct relationships

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.     With someone near you, discuss what it means to cause something, then discuss what the impact or effect of something means.       2 minutes

3.  Whole class discussion.             5 minutes

4.  Cause - Impact             30 minutes

• Individually
• Share

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Describe what you did to review information.

12/6 Ashoka's Rock Edict

                 Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will

• demonstrate your understanding about Ancient India's religions
• 
  

Why?

• to check in on your understanding
• to strengthen your memory
• to deepen your understanding of other people

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Today in class you will

• analyze primary sources
• use evidence to support an idea

Why?

• to strengthen your writing
• to strengthen your reading
• to deepen your understanding of the Mauryan Empire and Ashoka

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.     Finish working with text evidence and reasoning/explanation in Ashoka's Rock Edict in Classroom.       15 minutes

3.  By yourself Complete Ashoka Photo Clue Puzzle in Classroom.             25 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Tell me what you know about Ashoka.