7th Social Studies Lesson Plan Skipper TAG 1-26-30-15

The Development of Africa- Unit 7 and 8

Monday
Standard

Standard(s)/Element(s)

SS7H1
Standard SS7CG2
The student will explain the structures
of modern governments of Africa.
a.
Compare the republican
systems of government in the
Republic of Kenya and the
Republic of South Africa to
the dictatorship of the
Republic of Sudan,
distinguishing the form of
leadership and role of the
citizen in terms of voting and
personal freedoms

Essential Question:

What are the key forms of

government and
economics for Africa?
Focus Question: -----------

Tuesday

Wednesday

Standard SS7CG2
The student will explain the structures
of modern governments of Africa.
b.
Compare the republican
systems of government in the
Republic of Kenya and the
Republic of South Africa to
the dictatorship of the
Republic of Sudan,
distinguishing the form of
leadership and role of the
citizen in terms of voting and
personal freedoms

Standard SS7CG2
The student will explain the structures
of modern governments of Africa.
c.
Compare the republican
systems of government in the
Republic of Kenya and the
Republic of South Africa to
the dictatorship of the
Republic of Sudan,
distinguishing the form of
leadership and role of the
citizen in terms of voting and
personal freedoms

Standard SS7CG3
The student will analyze how politics in
Africa impacts standard of living.
a. Compare how various
factors, including
gender, affect access to
education in Kenya and
Sudan.
Describe the impact of
government stability on the
distribution of resources to
combat AIDS and famine across
Africa

Standard SS7CG3
The student will analyze how politics in
Africa impacts standard of living.
b. Compare how various
factors, including
gender, affect access to
education in Kenya and
Sudan.
Describe the impact of government
stability on the distribution of resources to
combat AIDS and famine across Africa

Essential Question:? How are

Essential Question: What happens

when a ruler believes in ethnic
cleansing of his own people?

Essential Question
What do I know about the
governments and economics of
Africa?

Essential Question: How do

governments of Africa show
similarities and differences with
each other?

Focus Question: What happens

when a ruler believes in ethnic
clensing?

Focus Question:
How can I best master the
standards from UNIt 7 and 8 and
learn about how Africa is today?

Focus Question: How do the type

of governments and economic
systems determine how people
live?

governments in Africa
organized and what do you
think life is like based on the
type of govt?
Focus Question: How do the type
of governments and economic
systems determine how people
live?

Thursday

SS7 CG2 and CG3The

student take their Unit 7
and 8 pretest

Friday
Standard SS7CG2
The student will explain the structures
of modern governments of Africa.
d.
Compare the republican
systems of government in the
Republic of Kenya and the
Republic of South Africa to
the dictatorship of the
Republic of Sudan,
distinguishing the form of
leadership and role of the
citizen in terms of voting and
personal freedoms
Standard SS7CG3
The student will analyze how politics in
Africa impacts standard of living.
c. Compare how various
factors, including
gender, affect access to
education in Kenya and
Sudan.
Describe the impact of government
stability on the distribution of resources to
combat AIDS and famine across Africa

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Vocabulary -

Vocabulary Vocabulary

Federal Republic

Federal Republic

Federal Republic

Federal Republic

Federal Republic

Constitutional
Monarchy

Constitutional
Monarchy

Constitutional
Monarchy

Constitutional
Monarchy

Constitutional
Monarchy

Communist State

Communist State

Communist State

Communist State

Communist State

Dictatorship

Dictatorship

Dictatorship

Dictatorship

Dictatorship

AIDS

AIDS

AIDS

AIDS

AIDS /Famine

Famine, corruption, refugees,

coup, exiles, terrorism

Famine

Famine

Famine, corruption, refugees,

coup, exiles, terrorist

Warm Up ( < 10 min.): The S will

receive a Dictionary walk and
vocab worksheet.
TSW

Warm Up ( < 10 min.): S will look

at two test questions and give
answers and participate.
TSW

Warm Up ( < 10 min.):

TSW look at the PPt, for EQ,

Warm Up ( < 10 min.) .S will be

given instructions on the test and
what to do afterward which is
work on homework given on
Monday.

Warm Up : .): TSW will look at

two test questions and give answers
and participate.

Mini Lesson (5-10 min.): TSW

We will go over the worksheet and
look at how to find vocab in both
our textbook and on
dictionary.com

Mini Lesson (5-10 min.):

S will be shown how to make a 5
sheet foldable using
Country name, type of govt,
election cycle, type of economy,
what life is like for people in the
country.

Mini Lesson (5-10 min.): Show a

political cartoon regarding Omar
al Bashir and the genocide that
goes on in the Sudan.

Mini Lesson (5-10 min.): Rules

on the test and S will be instructed
to finish HW and foldables.
.

Mini Lesson (5-10 min.): TSW

will look at the three assignments
available and based on data from
tests.

Work Period (25-30 min.): WILF

The S in teams of two will
research their word and draw a
picture of the definition without
writing the word. It will be posted
on the classroom walls and
students will walk from vocab
word to word to fill in the vocab
definitions and words. Correct
answers will be revealed.
TSW .

Work Period (25-30 min.): WILF

TSW They may work on class
computers, my computer and
phones with partners or themselves
S, will research, Egypt, Sudan,
DRC, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria

Work Period (25-30 min.):

.Walt- Enduring Understanding

S will be selected to show how they
understand how ethnic cleansing is
how some rulers choose how to
deal with their own people.

Walt- Enduring Understanding

S will understand that Africa is
still growing due to European
colonization and current political
policies. --------------------------------

Work Period (25-30 min.): S will

Go over as a class will be separated
into three groups.
Group 1 High data- Will make a 3
circle Venn diagram and will
compare and contrast the
governments of DRC, S. Africa and
Sudan or Egypt, Nigeria and
Sudan.
2. Investigative Report on country
using pg. 233-234 Everything.
3.. Medium Data Breaking the
chains. 203-204 (Everything I
needed to know)
Walt- Enduring Understanding
TSW, learn that paying with cash
later is cheaper than using a credit
card now. .
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Homework
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Take home what is not finished

Homework:
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Homework:
HW Due

Students will Create a Political

Cartoon of the Genocide that
goes on in Sudan. Apply it to
your own life.

Work Period (25-30 min.):

S will take the Unit 6 test and will
complete either JA from
Wednesday or HWork from week
of January 5th.
.

PPt. Sudan. Video Clip: A

Great Lie and Fill in the blank
worksheet
.

Walt- Enduring Understanding

Walt- Enduring Understanding

TSW, understand that the
governments of Africa are diverse.

Homework: S will make vocab

cards using their vocabulary walk.

Homework:
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Have an awesome weekend!

Higher Order Thinking
Gardners-Kinesthetic
Analyzing Blooms

Higher Order Thinking

Blooms Taxonomy- Identification/
Analyzing
Visual Comprehension

Higher Order Thinking

Blooms Apply it to your own life
Cooperative Learning

Higher Order Thinking

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Higher Order Thinking

Jigsaw- Report back to Class