3/21 Silk Road Review; Mystery Box

                                                                            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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General Overview

Today in class you will

• use critical thinking skills to draw conclusions
• share with others to develop perspectives
• write a paragraph to explain the conclusions you've drawn

Why?

• to develop your critical thinking skills
• to develop other perspectives
• to develop your writing skills 

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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.   Whole class:  Ask questions using deductive reasoning (what do you know) in order to figure out what is in the mystery chest.        10 minutes

3.   Small groups:  Examine the artifacts, and have a discussion about the following in the order of the questions.  You are not doing searches.               15 minutes

• What do you notice about the artifact (materials, shape, colors, objects, etc.)?
• What is it? Why do you think it was made / What was its purpose? Justify your thoughts to your group.
• Who do you think would have used the artifact?  Justify your thoughts to your group.

4.   By yourself:  Choose one of the artifacts.  In your scrap paper doc or on your own paper, write an explanation of the artifact using the questions above as a guide.  You are not doing searches.               10 minutes

5.  Whole class share:   Individuals will share their ideas about each artifact.  We will then reveal what the artifact actually is.                15 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• What artifacts did you look at?  How are they connected?

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General Overview

Today in class you will

•  understand the significance of the Silk Road
• think about information related to the Silk Road
• practice using your memory to recall information

Why?

• to deepen your understanding of Ancient China
• to develop your understanding of how people across the world became connected
• to develop your understanding of how ideas and culture spreads 

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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, without any resources, complete a 7-minute brain dump on the Silk Road.  This is not just a list of topics.         7 minutes

3.    Whole class GimKit.               15 minutes

• go to gimkit.com/join
• use the code given by the teacher to join

4.   By yourself, without any resources, complete a NEW 7-minute brain dump on the Silk Road.  This is not just a list of topics.         7 minutes

5.   Go to Google Classroom and complete the review by yourself.               25 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• Talk to me about the Silk Road for 5 minutes.

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