1. Population in the DMV

2. What does it mean to analyze?+
Identifying Evidence
Explaining Evidence =
ANALYZING!

3. Analyzing the Nacirema
Step 1: Read paragraphs 2-10 about the Nacirema tribe.
Step 2: On the chart provided, identify at least two characteristics of the Nacirema tribe (hint: these are the characteristics you underlined!).
Step 3: Then, explain how those characteristics represent the “extremes to which human behavior can go.”
This shows extreme behavior because _________.
Remember, what you write in this box should clearly state WHY it is “EXTREME”!

4. Do Now – 9/1 (A) & 9/2 (B)
A3, A4, B1: We will begin our map quiz shortly, please SILENTLY review your map
HW:
Video Lesson 1.1 – Intro to the Maya
GAME PLAN
Do Now (5 min)
Intro to Analysis (20 min) – A2
Map Quiz (20 min) – A3, A4, B1
SPICE Overview (10 min)
Create-a-civilization (20 min)
Sharing/Discussion (20 min)
Exit Ticket (10 min)

5. Our Goals Objectives Essential Questions
SWBAT differentiate between identifying and analyzing information by practicing historical analysis through SPICE.
What does it mean to analyze?
What are the characteristics of a complex civilization?

6. Objectives Essential Questions: SWBAT:
Evaluate the complexity of a civilization through the lenses of SPICE by creating complex civilizations
How do historians analyze a civilization?
What are characteristics of a complex civilization?

7. Map Quiz #1 18. Which came first: 0, 200 BCE, 200 CE or 2015?
19. Which of the following are the same date? (list all that apply)
a c BCE
b BC d CE
20. Which of the following are the same date? (list all that apply)
a. 500 BCE c. 500 CE
b. 500 AD d. 500 BC
When you are done,
Place the map quiz in the bin at the front table.
Answer the following on your Do Now Slip: What makes a civilization “complex”? In other words, what characteristics are present in “complex” civilizations?

8. Lenses of Historical Analysis: SPICE
Social
How do people group themselves in society ?(gender roles, social classes)
Political
How does the society govern itself?
Interactions between humans & the environment
How do humans adapt to their environmental conditions? (physical structures, agriculture, technology, resources)
Cultural
How do people express their values and customs? (traditions, language, religion, institutions, education, ceremonies, etc.)
Economic
How is wealth distributed? What is considered “wealth?”

9. How do historians analyze civilizations?
Goal: Create a civilization using the lenses through which historians analyze civilizations.
Task: With your assigned team, you will create a civilization based upon the provided social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental guiding questions. You will use the graphic organizer to display this information about your civilization. Think critically: you are seeking to create an complex civilization.

10. Discussion
What were our most commonly confused categories? How can we remember what each of these terms means?
What makes a civilization “complex”?
Were any of our civilizations complex? Why or why not?
Is “complex” objective or subjective?
Objective: characteristic is determined by specific facts/criteria
Subjective: characteristic is determined by the analysis of the observer

11. Exit Ticket
What would be complex characteristics of civilizations as observed through the five lenses of SPICE? In other words, how could you tell if a civilization was complex socially? Politically? Environmentally? Etc.
You can list next to each letter
HW: Video Lesson 1.1 – Introduction to the Maya