Subject: 7th Grade World Cultures & Geography--Unit/ Lesson: European Colonialism, African Independence, and the forming of Modern nations of Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa Dates: Jan 17 to Jan 21 2011 Irving GPS Standards… Objective… Essential Questions… Activities…Performance Task… Procedures & Resources/materials Assessment Formative – teacher observation Summative- Unit Test SIP Goals/ Reading & Writing Across the Curriculum Monday Jan 17 MLK Holiday after a week off due to severe weather Formative assessment of related standards SSR Reading expository text to gather notes Tuesday Jan 18 Essential Question: How has the European partitioning impacted Africa? (H1a, b, d) 1. Review items from “Slave Ship,” “The Impact of Colonialism on Africa,” “World Cultures and Geography: Workbook p. 61,” and Vocabulary terms. 2. Read from text pp. 314-315 “The Works shop of the world” add new vocabulary: missionary, Industrial Revolution, capitalism. 3. Read from text pp. 329-331 clarify definition of nationalism. Homework: Complete p. 37 cluster diagram in Work Book Formative assessment of related standards Reading expository text to gather notes Expository writing Wednesday Jan 19 Essential Question: How did nations in Africa gain their independence? (H1b, c, d) Warm Up: European Colonial Possessions, 1914 from text p. 330 1. Review vocabulary 2. Review and discuss Homework-How did European governments change and how did colonialism affect Africa? 3. View Streaming Video: The Quest for Wealth: European Colonization and Imperialism in Africa 4. Begin “The Road to Independence” text pp. “Sequencing Events” from Workbook p. 61. Formative assessment of related standards Reading expository text to gather notes
Thursday Jan 20 Essential Question: How did nations in Africa gain their independence? (H1b, c, d) Warm Up: African Political Systems, 2001 Geography Skill Builder from text, p. 514. 1. Add new vocabulary: apartheid, multi-party democracy, Pan-Africanism. 2. Discuss conditions in Africa that led to independence movements and how former British colonies differed from former French colonies. 3. View Video Streaming related to apartheid and South Africa Announce Vocabulary Quiz first of next week !!!!!!!!!!!! Formative assessment of related standards Reading expository text to gather notes Expository Writing Friday Jan 21 Essential Question: How did nations in Africa gain their independence? (H1b, c, d) Warm Up: The Congo Basin, 2001 Geography Skill Builder, p. 514. 1. Review work from yesterday and vocabulary. 2. Read pp. 523-527 and answer Main Idea questions on page 527 #3 a,b,and c. 3. Complete “Comparing and Contrasting Venn Diagram from Workbook p. 62 including B. Summarizing. Add to vocabulary: coup d’ etat, mediate Announce Vocabulary Quiz !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Formative assessment of related standards Summative Vocabulary Quiz Reading expository text to gather notes Monday Jan 24 Essential Question: How did nations in Africa gain their independence? (H1b, c, d) Warm Up: Ethnic Groups of Nigeria, 2001 Geography Skill Builder, text p. 537. 1. Vocabulary Quiz and More 2. Discuss work from Friday. 3. Read pp, 536-539; answer Main Ideas questions #3 a, b, and c. 4. Complete graphic organizer on p. 64 of Workbook 5. Introduce New York Times based Poster Project- Overview of South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya in relation to issues of AIDS, malaria, resource management. Formative assessment of related standards Summative Vocabulary Quiz Reading expository text to gather notes