Engineering an Empire

Teachers: Mr. Ott - Period 1 & 2 /Mr. Ott (General Ed.) & Mr. Tieri (Special Ed.) Period 5,6

Aim: How do civilizations engineer their empires?

Do Now: Civilizations:

In your notebooks;

1. Define: civilization
2. Name three (3) characteristics/traits of a civilization?

Aim: How did the people of the Renaissance engineer their societies?

Do Now:

Renaissance:

In your notebooks;

1. Define: Renaissance
2. Name three (3) characteristics/traits of the Renaissance?

Lesson Overview:

Item	Approx Time
Do Now	3 Min
Activity	40 Min

Classwork & Homework

Lesson Video:

Episode	Video Guide Worksheet
Ancient Egypt	Ancient Egypt Worksheet
Ancient China
Ancient Greece
The Persians	The Persians Worksheet
Greece of Alexander
Carthage
Ancient Rome	Ancient Rome Worksheet Ancient Rome Worksheet (Alternate)
The Maya	Ancient Maya Worksheet
The Aztecs
The Byzantines	*Byzantine Empire Worksheet
The Renaissance - da Vinci's World	The Renaissance: da Vinci's World Worksheet
The Napoleon's Steel Monster
Russia
Britain: Blood & Steel

Lesson Activity:

• Engineering an Empire Worksheet - Use with any episode

Homework: Assignments

Special Education Modifications

• Teaching Model: Co-Teaching
• Special Education Teacher will work with All students General Ed and Special Ed.
  • Special Ed Students:
    • Teachers will break down assignments into smaller tasks.
    • Teachers will work with students on vocabulary acquisition by breaking down words into prefixes/suffixes and etymology.
    • Teachers will group students according to learning style inventory as a homogeneous group.
    • Teachers will keep students on-task by managing distractions and on-task behavior.
    • Teachers will modify note-taking by modeling notes from PowerPoint to chalkboard/whiteboard.
    • Teachers will differentiate lessons by using; verbal cues for auditory learners, graphic organizers for visual learners, and hands-on cues for kinesthetic learners.