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__Trezure Zagers Rainforests Around the World/Civilizations in the Rainforest/Grade 6 www.rainforestthematicunit,wikispaces.com Day 2: Civilization in the Rainforest__ //**What will students accomplish/be able to do at the end of this lesson?**// ||< 1) Students will be able identify civilizations that live in the rainforest. 2) Students will be able to identify the characteristics of civilization 3)Students will be able to create hypothetical scenarios to solve problems. 4) Students will be able to compare and contrast different civilizations || //**Teacher Activities/Student Activities**// ||< # Review yesterday's lesson through oral questioning as a class. > > __Post Assessmen__t: Pair exceptional students with stronger students in literature circles Modeling ||
 * < **Learning Objectives**
 * < **NCSS Theme/Sunshine State Standards** ||< * **SS.6.W.2. ** Describe the emergence of early civilizations (Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, and Yellow Rivers, Meso and South American).
 * **SS.6.W.2.3.** Identify the characteristics of civilization
 * **SS.6.W.2**.4. Compare the economic, political, social, and religious institutions of ancient river civilizations.
 * **LA.6.1.6.2**. The student will listen to, read, and discuss familiar and conceptually challenging text. ||
 * < **Student Activities & Procedures**
 * 1) Students will be assigned to one of three literature circles to read one of the following books: __Growing up Yanomam'o__ by:Mike Dawson; __Bringing the Boy Home__ by: N.A. Nelson; __Spirit of the Rainforest__ by: Mark Ritchie
 * 2) Students will be assigned roles in their literature circles. They will discuss literary elements of their books and relate the content to our lesson on the rainforest.
 * 3) Students will research the tribe associated with their literature books.
 * 4) Have students explore this link @http://sd71.bc.ca/sd71/school/courtmid/2004_student_web/7_2/2_m_brittney/tribes_ inthe_rainforest.htm to learn about tribes in the rainforest.
 * 5) Have students create a Venn Diagram to compare civilizations in the rainforest to their own civilization.
 * 6) Model how to create a Venn Diagram.
 * 7) Discuss and List ways that the rainforest is important to the people that live there.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Have the students predict what would happen to these people if the rainforests were destroyed and respond in a one page essay. ||
 * < **Resources/Materials** ||< * <span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__Growing up Yanomam'o<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal;"> by:Mike Dawson __
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal;">Bringing the Boy Home __by: N.A. Nelson__
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal;">Spirit of the Rainforest __by: Mark Ritchie__
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">computer
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">internet access
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">research books
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">paper
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">pencil
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">venn diagram model ||
 * < **Assessment** ||< __Pre-Assessment:__
 * Review yesterday's lesson through oral questing as a class.
 * Students will keep record of the work done in their literature circles.
 * Students will turn in a one page essay about their predictions.
 * Students will turn in a Venn Diagram. ||
 * < **Exceptionalities** ||< Venn Diagram is a graphic organizer
 * < **Discussion Note**s ||<  ||