TERM2UNITPLANNER_AsianandAncientHistory8_SY20142015

Stage1:DesiredResults

EssentialGoals

AsiaintheContemporaryPeriod
describetheGovernmentandPoliticalSystemin

Transfer,MakingMeaning&Acquisition

Transfer

Asia

explorethegovernmentandpoliticalsystemin
WestAsia

explorethegovernmentandpoliticalsystemin
EastAndNorthAsia

explorethegovernmentandpoliticalsystemin
SouthAsia

explorethegovernmentandpoliticalsystemin
SoutheastAsia

GovernmentandSociety

describethevariousformsofgovernments
practisedinancientIndia,SoutheastAsiaand
China

describethedifferenttypesofsocialstructuresin
ancientsocieties

describethestrengthsandlimitationsofthe
variousformsofgovernmentsandsocialstructures

AsiaintheDifferentPeriods:Transitionaland
ModernAsia

Culture

explainhowreligionsandphilosophies
influencedancientsocietiesandpolitical
systems
explainthefactorsfortheculturaland

Studentswillbeabletoindependentlyusetheirlearningto

createanonlinelectureoftheirlearningandunderstandingofAsianphilosophies

MakingMeaning

UNDERSTANDINGS
Earlygovernmentswereusedtoestablishorderanddiscipline
Earlycivilizationsestablishedsystemsfordifferentaspectsofsociety
Religionandphilosophywerevitalinunderstandingtheworldandcreatingorderin
earlycivilizations
ESSENTIALQUESTIONS

WhatweretheearlygovernmentsystemsinAsia?
Howdidthesegovernmentsfunctionandinteractwithothergovernments?
Whyweregovernmentsessentialduringthesetimes?
Whatwerethechallengesfacedbyearlygovernments?
WhatarethechallengesthatwomenfaceinAsia?
HowdoAsianwomenovercomethesechallenges?
WhatopportunitiesorbenefitsareofferedtoAsianwomentoday?

scientificdevelopmentsinancient
civilisations
AsiaintheContemporaryPeriod
analyzetheReligionsinSouthandWest
Asia
exploretheReligionsandPhilosophiesin
East,NorthandSoutheastAsia
DeterminetheroleofWomeninTraditional
Asia
UnderstandtheLegacyoftheAncient
Civilization
AsiaintheContemporaryPeriod
DescribetheReligionandCultureinAsia
DiscusshowcultureisaDeterminantof
AsianWaysandBehavior
AsiaintheDifferentPeriods:Transitionaland
ModernAsia
ExploretheconceptofAsianNationalism

DescribethecultureofAsia?
Howdifferentisoneculturefromanother?
Howdoescultureplayaroleindeterminingbehavior?
WhatisAsiannationalism?
WhatisthesignificanceofAsiannationalisminAsia?

Acquisition
Studentswillknow

TheearlyformsofgovernmentinAsia
ThepoliticalandsocialsystemsinAsia
TheroleofWomeninAsia
ThestrugglesfacedbywomeninAsia
ThereligionsandphilosophiesofChinaandAsia
Thesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthesereligionsandphilosophies
TheimpactandinfluenceofthesereligionsandphilosophiesinAsia
Theinfluenceofreligionandphilosophyindeterminingbehavior
Asiannationalism

Studentswillbeskilledat

Comparingandcontrasting
Analyzingdata
Creatinginsightsandgeneralizations
Makinginferencesandhypotheses
Explainingandsynthesizinginformation

Stage2:AssessmentEvidence


PerformanceBasedAssessment
.

G tobeabletocreateanonlinelectureonAsianphilosophy
R Lecturer
A School
S YouarealecturerofDomuscholaOnlineUniversityandasalecturer
youaretaskedtocreatelectureonAsianphilosophies.Providing
informationaboutthatphilosophyyouhavechosenandyourown
analysisofit,especiallyhowitisapplicableintodaysworld.

Somequestionstohelpyouinthediscussion:
whatwerethedifferentphilosophiesthatemergedinancient
Asia(10minutediscussion)
arethesephilosophiesstillrelevanttoday,citeexamplesand
alsoargumentsifitisnotrelevantintodaysworld(10
minutes)
SpecialtaskforChinagroup:HowdidtheConfucian
philosophyaffectthewaytheChineseinteractedwithone
anotherandtheirgovernment?

P onlinelecture
S rubric/s

OtherEvidence

Reading/Reporting
Researchpapers(ifneeded)
Recitation
Seatworks
Quizzes
Homework
Diagrams


Stage3:Engagements

LearningObjectives/
Reflection(Remarks)

LearningOutcomes

Week1
AsiaintheContemporaryPeriod

Tuningin
Videoaboutthegovernment
Whatisagovernment?
Whatdoesagovernmentdo?
shareordiscusswithclassmates
createasloganorunderstanding
statement

AsiaintheContemporaryPeriod
describetheGovernmentandPoliticalSystemin
Asia

explorethegovernmentandpoliticalsysteminWest
Asia

explorethegovernmentandpoliticalsysteminEast
AndNorthAsia

LearningAssessment

Findingout
Whatisagovernment?
Formsofgovernment
Functionsofthedifferent
governments
Sortingout:Conceptualchartontypesof
governments
Form
Function

Findout2
Whatisalocalgovernment?
Whatisanationalgovernment?

Sortingout:Venndiagram
Function
Responsibility

Sortingout3:
Whatisthesignificanceofhavinga
government?

Week2
AsiaintheContemporaryPeriod

Asiainthecontemporaryperiod

explorethegovernmentandpoliticalsystemin
SouthAsia

explorethegovernmentandpoliticalsystemin
SoutheastAsia

Tuningin
Review:government
Createaconceptualchartofgovernment
form
function
responsibility

Findingout:
Whatarethegovernmentsandpolitical
systemsinSouthAsia?
Whatarethegovernmentandpolitical
systeminsoutheastAsia?

Sortingout:
VennDiagram
whatsimilaritiesanddifferences
dothegovernmentsandpolitical
systemsinSouthAsiaand
SoutheastAsiahave?

GovernmentandSociety

describethevariousformsofgovernments
practisedinancientIndia,SoutheastAsiaand
China

Week3
BeijingTour
Ancientpoliticalandsocialsystems
Studentswillbedividedintothreegroups:
China
India

describethedifferenttypesofsocialstructuresin
ancientsocieties
describethestrengthsandlimitationsofthevarious
formsofgovernmentsandsocialstructures

SEAsia

Studentswillresearch:
thegovernmentofAsia
theroleofthegovernmentandits
interactionwiththepeopleinthepast

Sortingout
reportonthegovernmentsofAsiainWeek
4

Week4
AncientPoliticalandSocialSystems

evaluationoftheOutdoortrip

Tuningin
whatgovernmentdidChinahave?
Sharingofexperiencesofthosewhowent
toChina
insightsandthoughtsaboutthe
followingsites:
Tiananmensquare
ForbiddenCity
GreatWallofChina

Findingout
howdidthegovernmentinChinawork?
whatwaydidthegovernmenthelpits
people?
whatprogramsorpoliciesdidtheChinese
governmenthaveinplace?

HowdidEmperorsQins
governmentwork?
Whatisthemandateofheaven?
howwasthisrelevantin
thegovernmentofChina?
Whatisthedynasticcycle?

Sortingout
connectionmap/mindmap
summaryoffindings

Findingout2
whatkindofgovernmentsdidIndiaand
SoutheastAsiahave?
whatcommonalitiesdidthesecivilizations
havewithChina?
howdidthegovernmentsintheseplaces
have?

Week5
AncientgovernmentsinIndiaandSEAsia
SocialsystemsinIndiaandSEASia

ContinuationofWeek4
Sortingout2
reportingontheGovernmentsofIndia
andSE.Asia

Tuningin
howareweorganized?
perspectiveanalysis:Chinesemarket
analyzeandadoptaroleinthe

*oneblockwillbetakenbytheTAOCorp
conference

picture
howdoyouthinkthatpersonfelt?
whydoyouthinkhefeltthatway?

Findingout
whatkindofsocialsystemsdidIndia,SE.
AsiaandChinahaveinplace?

Sortingout
createanewsreportofhowthe
governmenttreatsitspeople.
focuspoints:
whatrelationshipdidthe
peopleofIndia,SEAsia
andChinahavewithits
government

Week6
(Midterms)
ReligionsandPhilosophyinAsia

*continuationofWeek6
classeswerecancelledlastFridayto
makewayfortheTAOCorppresentation
oftheG8

Findingout
whatkindofsocialsystemsdidIndia,SE.
AsiaandChinahaveinplace?

Sortingout
createanewsreportofhowthe

governmenttreatsitspeople.
focuspoints:
whatrelationshipdidthe
peopleofIndia,SEAsia
andChinahavewithits
government

*tobeusedfortheirreviewforsummative1
duetosuspensionofclassesandtomake
wayforthereviewofthetopicscovered
duringtheexam

Week7
(Midterms)

*willmeetonlyforone2blocksessiontobetaken
byMidterms

Week8
ReligionandPhilosophyinAsia

Tuningin
videoNazareno
howdoFilipinosshowtheir
devotiontotheirreligion?
howdoesreligionaffecttheway

Findingout
Resourcespeaker:SantiCastilloPhilosophiesof
Asia
whatwerethereligionsofAsia?
howdidthesereligionsstart?

Source:
WorldReligionsConfucianism,Taoism(Daoism),
andBuddhism

Buddhism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSfzbOQXC4
Taoism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZiasFYQSj8
Confucianism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AATVRx3ReK
U

whataretheirbasicbeliefs?
howdidthisaffectthepeopleofAsia?
whatimpactdidthesereligionshave?
whatdifferencesandsimilaritiesdothey
share?

Sortingout1
Triplevenndiagram

Week9
ReligionandPhilosophyinAsia

Tuningin
whatdoyoubelievein?
shareaboutbeliefsandvalues
howdobeliefsandvaluesshape
thewaywelive?
howdobeliefsandvaluesshape
thewayweinteractwithothers?

Findingout
whatphilosophiesorbeliefs/valuesdidthe
Asiansfollow?
Expertgroups:
India
Hinduism
Buddhism
China
Confucianism
Legalism
Taoism
ReligioninChina

SEAsia
Islam

Sortingout
areportonthecentralbeliefsofeachof
thereligions

Week10
TheGoldenAgeIndia

Tuningin
whatistheperiodofthegoldenage?
video
whatdidthevideotalkaboutthegolden
ageofcivilizations?

Findingout
whatweretheconditionsforgoldenage?
howweretheseconditionsmet?
whatkindofexamples
Sortingout
chartonthereasonsandconditionsforthe
GoldenAge

Findingout2
whatevidenceoftheGoldenAgeexisted
inIndia
AdvancesinScience
RichnessoftheArts
Sortingout2
PictureexhibitoftheadvancesofIndian
culture

Week11
TheGoldenAgeChinaandSoutheastAsia

Tuningin
Review:whatisthegoldenage?
whatevidenceofthegoldenageexisted?
chalktalk
thegoldenagewastheflourishing
ofculture?
thegoldenageadvancedthinking
andthespreadofnewideas?

Findingout
whatadvanceswereseeninthe
flourishingofChineseandSoutheast
Asianculture?
Expertgroups:
Chinesesciencesandthearts
SoutheastAsiansciencesandthe
arts
Sortingout
continuationoftheirphotowallonthe
goldenageofcivilizations

Week12
TheGoldenAgeAcrossCivilizations
Tuningin
sharingideas
howdidthegoldenagehelp
civilizations?
whatadvantageswoulda

civilizationhavewhentheyhave
achievedagoldenage?

Findingout
howdidreligioninspiretheseworks?
whatwerecharacteristicsofthepeopleof
thesecivilizations?
whatcommonalitiesdoweseeacrossthe
threecivilizations?
arethesecontributionsstillseenorevident
today?

Sortingout
speech
whyisitimportanttoprotectour
heritageandculture?

ENDOFLESSON

Week13

Week14

PerformanceBasedAssessment

Week15

WrittenExams

Ongoingreflectionsandevaluation
Inkeepinganongoingrecord,considerthefollowingquestions..
StudentsandTeachers
Whatdidwefindcompelling?Wasourdisciplinaryknowledge/skillschallengedinanyway?
studentswereabletoapplytheirknowledgeandunderstandingofAncientAsiangovernments
studentsanalyzedtheimportanceofgovernmentandsocialorganizationsinAsiancivilizations
studentsdisplayedtheirunderstandingofAsianbeliefs,valuesandphilosophies
Whatinquiriesaroseduringthelearning?What,ifany,extensionactivitiesarose?
howdidgovernmentsfunctionduringthattime?
fieldtriptoChina(BeijingandXianProvince)
howimportantisthegovernmentandthedifferentformsofgovernment?
chartonform,functionandresponsibilitiesofagovernment
whatarethedifferentAsianphilosophiesandhowdothesephilosophiesaffectthewayAsianslive?
resourcespeaker:SantiagoCastillo
Howdidwereflectbothontheunitandonourownlearning?
assessmentswereprovidedattheendofeachactivity
learningwasscaffoldedintothenextlesson

Possibleconnections
Howsuccessfulwasthecollaborationwithotherteacherswithinmysubjectgroupandfromothersubjectgroups?
teacherscollaboratedinmakingtheSecondaryDanceusingconceptsfromHumanitiesclasses

Assessment
Werestudentsabletodemonstratetheirlearning?
studentswereabletodemonstratetheirlearningthroughtheassessmenttasksprovided


Didtheassessmenttasksallowstudentstodemonstratethelearningobjectivesidentifiedforthisunit?DidImakesurestudentswereinvitedtoachieveatall
levelsofthecriteriadescriptors?
studentswereabletomakeoutputssuchasvisiblethinkingconceptmaps,timelinesandunderstandingstatements

Arewepreparedforthenextstage?
adjustmentsweredonetoensurethatstudentswerepreparedforthenextengagement

Datacollection
HowdidIdecideonthedatatocollect?Wasituseful?
studentsworkswerepresentedtoshowprogressionoftheirlearningandunderstanding