Preparing for Fables and History

Standards
3.1          The student will explain how the contributions of ancient Greece and Rome have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, government (direct and representative democracy), and sports.
3.10        The student will recognize the importance of government in the community, Virginia, and the United States of America by

a)   explaining the purpose of rules and laws;

b)   explaining that the basic purposes of government are to make laws, carry out laws, and decide if laws have been broken;

c)   explaining that government protects the rights and property of individuals.

3.12        The student will recognize that Americans are a people of diverse ethnic origins, customs, and traditions, who are united by the basic principles of a republican form of government and respect for individual rights and freedoms.

 

OBJECTIVES

TSWBAT- identify that there are different ethnic origins, with different customs and traditions.

TSWBAT –to analyze what law was broken, dramatize what the offense was and what the alternative could have been.

TSWBAT- produce a written opinion based on if the offender’s punishment were done by direct vs representative government.

Written purpose- Students should understand that the three basic principles and the type of government determine what laws are created.

Preparation
Before the lesson TTW give S word inventory

Words will be

citizenship, thief, consequences, morale, fable, liberty, pursuit of happiness, judge, judgement, guilty, innocent,  and rules

TTW put the title of the passage on the board. The Thief and his Mother.

TSW make predictions and create possible sentences that may be found in the story.

ASSISTANCE

Story Impression-

I would place the word CITIZENSHIP, THIEF, CONSEQUENCES,and  JUDGE,  in three places around the room. (leaving space for students to post their note cards underneath.

Each student will look at the words and decide which one they have knowledge of and write what they know about the word. Post their definition underneath the word.


TTW give each student a Reader's Theatre copy of the thief and his mother. TTW allow students to work within their group to act out the Reader's Theatre copy of the Thief and His Mother.

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REFLECTION
When the students have completed the task TSW begin discuss what are some characteristics of of the boy

Students will spend 4 minutes doing a rally robin about what is unspoken about the mother?

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Reflection
The students will infer what the author meant by determining the morale of the story.