Teacher: Casey Hawley

Class: 6th Grade Geography

Date: October 17th, 2017

*Areas italicized and highlighted in red are comments from the Observation Short Form which aligns with the
Center for Educator Preparation Teacher Candidate Quality Standards.

Goals:
1. Students will make the connections between the Greek Assembly, the Roman Senate, and
Representative Democracy.
2. Students will understand that 2 consuls were chosen to lead Rome.
3. Students will understand how the 2 social classes of Rome operated.
4. Students understand how the Plebeians gained more power and influence in Rome, despite being poor.
5. Students can understand the benefits of being a Roman soldier, such as land being a reward for their
service.
6. Students will identify the positives of being a part of the Roman Empire including becoming a Roman
citizen, and being protected by the Roman Empire. Students will understand that these aspects made
their citizens loyal to them.
7. Students will understand that Romes economy was entirely based off of the success of their military.
8. Students will understand how Romes architecture made them successful.
Objectives:
1. Students will be able to:
a. Make connections between Greece and Romes government
b. Identify parts of the Roman government diagram
c. Define plebeian and patrician
d. Identify Romes military strategy of conquering peoples and lands and then incorporating them
into their Empire
e. Write a successful paragraph that identifies three reasons their civilizations will be successful.
2. Standards:
1.2: The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas and themes in regions of the Western (Eastern for
Core Knowledge) Hemisphere and their relationships with one another.
4.1: Analyze the interconnectedness of the United States and other nations.
(P) Demonstrates knowledge of vertical and horizontal alignments of the grade or subject area.
Areas of Celebration: Lesson Plans are thorough and well thought out.

Extension: Around the World Extension, Advanced Answers on Romes government, military, and blue
civilization sheet.

Activity Details Time and Interaction

Warm-Up The warm-up will include 3 5-7 minutes

questions. 1. List one reason it S-S
was good to be conquered by T-S
Rome. 2. Who did the Romans
model their government after? 3.
What was Romes military strategy
and why was it successful? Have
students share their answers in
 their table groups. Tell students
that if their partner has something
they dont, they need to add it.
Transition into having a class
discussion. Would anyone like to
share out something your partner
had that you didnt?

Go over Map Questions Transition into map questions. T-S

Have students hold up their 5-10 minutes
map questions and a grading
utensil. Put map questions on the
Smartboard and go over the
answers with the students.

Students check their government Students transition into holding S-S

questions. up their grading utensil and 7-10 minutes
their ISN, open to the Roman
Government Questions. Have
students put their pencils down
and have full attention to the front
of the classroom. Explain that we
are going to grade in groups by
playing a competitive game of
Snake. Have students count
off in groups of 6. Explain that
the key to the questions is listed
next to their groups snake.
Explain that all students must have
the right answer in the group in
order to build their snake. This
means students can correct their
answers, but cannot move on until
every member has the correct
answer. Explain there is a prize,
but that the teacher will be
checking the winning teams
answers to ensure they are
correct.

Students check their military Transition by clapping and have S-S

questions. students go back to their seats. S-T
Have students open their ISN to 15-20 minutes
their military questions. Have
students hold a grading utensil
and their ISN with the military
questions. Explain to students that
we are going to play a round of
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
in order to grade our Military
questions. Explain the importance
of putting the correct answer into
their homework. Divide students in
half. There should be 4 tables per
group. Tell each table to nominate
at least 3 people who would be
 brave and courageous enough to
give the answers. Tell students
you will know they are ready
when they are contemplatively
tapping their hands. Explain that
each group has: 1 phone a friend
save, and 2 50/50 saves. Explain
that a phone a friend save is when
you decide to ask a group member
for the answer and that a 50/50
save is when the teacher gives
you two choices, only one of which
is correct. Also explain this is a
game in which there is no talking.
If talking, teams lose points.

Paragraph for Civilization Pass out the Civilization S-T

Paragraph Planning Sheet. Ind. Student work
Gather all students attention by Remainder of class.
having pencils down and eyes
on you. and have them read
through the directions quietly.
Then, have students each read a
step and explain what that means.
Annotate the prompt together.
Then, have students choose which
3 areas of their civilization they
would like to focus on and have
them highlight those in the prompt.
Continue through the directions
and then allow students to begin
their planning on their essays.

Materials for me:

Smart Board
Who Wants to be a Millionaire Presentation
Snake Presentations (5)
Keys for government (5)
Dry Erase Markers for Snake (5)

Materials for Students:

All HW
Grading Utensil
Highlighter