12/23 Ancient India Lessons & Connections

                             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
• make connections to the present
• determine lessons you can learn from Ancient History
• explore the world

Why?

• to deepen your understanding of other people
• to practice critical thinking
• to analyze information for "lessons" or "messages" you can learn from it

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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.      If you feel you need to, add to or finish your work from yesterday.          20 minutes

3.    Research (find information about) one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World OR one of the New Wonders of the World.          15 minutes

4.    Find and image of the wonder and place it in a slide or drawing.          5 minutes

5.     See Mr. d'E         2 minutes

6.   Add a speech bubble with at least two sentences that explains why you think this wonder is interesting.

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Tell me lessons you can learn from Ancient India.

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Today in class you will

• demonstrate your understanding of Ancient India
• make connections to the present
• determine lessons you can learn from Ancient History

Why?

• to deepen your understanding of other people
• to practice critical thinking
• to analyze information for "lessons" or "messages" you can learn from it

_______________________________________________

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.    On paper, using only your memory, list the three most important things about each topic listed below. DON'T USE MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.          10 minutes

• Hinduism
• Siddhartha
• Buddhism 
• Ashoka
• The Gupta Empire

3.    By yourself, go to Google Classroom under Ancient India and complete the thinking exercise called Lessons and Connections.          25 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• What lessons can we learn from Ancient Indian History.

12/22 Ancient India Fairy Tales and Lessons

                            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
• read and discuss in small groups

Why?

• to deepen your understanding of other people
• to practice identifying important information
• to analyze information for "lessons" or "messages" you can learn from it

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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.      Look at your responses to the form from last class (Look in GMail.).          7 minutes

• Under RESOURCES in Google Classroom, open the spider rubrics.
• On the first slide only, change Activity 1 to What do you know
• For each of the three sections from the form, drag a yellow dot to the correct spot on rubric.
• Connect the three yellow dots with a yellow line. 

3.    Whole class discussion: theme, "lesson," "message".          5 minutes

4.    Read aloud and discussion with your assigned group          15 minutes

5.     Whole class discussion         15 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Tell me about the stories read in class today.

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Today in class you will

• demonstrate your understanding of Ancient India
• make connections to the present
• determine lessons you can learn from Ancient History

Why?

• to deepen your understanding of other people
• to practice critical thinking
• to analyze information for "lessons" or "messages" you can learn from it

_______________________________________________

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.    On paper, using only your memory, list the three most important things about each topic listed below. DON'T USE MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.          10 minutes

• Hinduism
• Siddhartha
• Buddhism 
• Ashoka
• The Gupta Empire

3.    By yourself, go to Google Classroom under Ancient India and complete Lessons and Connections          25 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• What lessons can we learn from Ancient Indian History.

12./21 Ancient Indian "Fairy Tales"

                           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 of Ancient India
• read and discuss in small groups

Why?

• to deepen your understanding of other people
• to practice identifying important information
• to analyze information for "lessons" or "messages" you can learn from it

_______________________________________________

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.      Look at your responses to the form from last class (Look in GMail.).          7 minutes

• Under RESOURCES in Google Classroom, open the spider rubrics.
• On the first slide only, change Activity 1 to What do you know
• For each of the three sections from the form, drag a yellow dot to the correct spot on rubric.
• Connect the three yellow dots with a yellow line. 

3.    Whole class discussion: theme, "lesson," "message".          5 minutes

4.    Read aloud and discussion with your assigned group          15 minutes

5.     Whole class discussion         15 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Tell me about the stories read in class today.

12/20 Ancient 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

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.     By yourself and without resources:  Show what you currently know and understand by answering the questions provided in the link. Close all of your windows except for the one, once the link opens.           25 minutes

3.    Whole class discussion.          5 minutes

4.    Two truths and a lie          10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Tell me at least 5 different important ideas about Ancient India.