Jesus Flores  Introduction Objectives Activities Assessment  Results Resources
		Introduction Insert a brief overview of your lesson plan. Remember teachers are your target audience on this page. You might want to edit this section after you have finished designing your lesson. At that time you'll have a better idea of your lesson plan highlights. Subject: Civilizations of the Americas Topic The roles of people in Aztec Society.: Grade Level: Seventh  Student Lesson name and URL: Standards Addressed: Seventh Grade Social Science: Focus Aztec Society Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations. (7) 1. Study the locations, landforms, and climate of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Economies, trade, and development of urban Societies.       2. Study the roles of people in each society, including class structures, family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery.       3. Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish.       4. Describe the artistic and oral traditions and architecture in the three civilizations.       5. Describe the Meso-America achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations' agricultural systems.                                                                                                                                                           Instructional Objectives Insert your learning objectives here. For example: After viewing an animation of continental movement on a laser disk, students will be able to arrange the fit of the continents with continental puzzle pieces. After analyzing information from an Encarta CD, students will be able to compare the distribution of fossils, rock types and ancient climatic zones on different continents as evidence for plate tectonics by fitting puzzle pieces marked by these special features. Students will be able to draw a diagram of the earth’s layers. After collecting information from The Earth CD, students will be able to locate earthquakes, volcanoes and mid ocean ridges as evidence for plate tectonics. After viewing a laser disc geology chapter, students will be able to pass a true/false quiz on lithospheric plates and layers of the earth. Students will be able to identify the major geologic events that result from plate motions in a Power Point multimedia presentation. Students will be able to present their findings on the sixth grade plate tectonics and Earth’s structure standards in a Power Point multimedia presentation to an audience of peers and adults, including the World Geologic Society. Students will be able to write, edit and revise their findings on the sixth grade plate tectonics and Earth’s structure standards using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.   Student Activities Insert brief summaries of your introductory, enabling, and culminating activities. Insert links to online resources in your text and insert links to activities on your student lesson web site. 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Results After implementing your lesson (sometime between January & March), insert a chart of your pre-test, post-test, and culminating assessment data.     Web Resources & Supplementary Materials Introductory Activity List and link the web resources for this activity here. Also link supplementary materials such as PDF files and /or document files. Enabling Activity List and link the web resources for your learning activity(ies) here. Also link supplementary materials such as PDF files and /or document files. Culminating Activity List and link the web resources for this activity here. Also link supplementary materials such as PDF files and /or document files.     William Moreno Jr. High 1202 Kloke Rd. Calexico, CA 92231 Jesus Flores and jflores@calexico.k12.ca.us Last Revised: 07/29/2000 (insert and update last revision date every time you work on this page)