1. Language Arts Theme 4
The Great Wall

2. Define the following vocabulary in your journal.
The Great Wall Vocabulary
craftsmen
domain
durable
dynasty
excluding
extravagance

3. Essential Question
What is cause and effect?

4. Teacher Read Aloud The Day of Disaster
What caused roofs to collapse in Pompeii, trapping people inside buildings?
What were the effects of the glowing avalanches?
What effect do you think excavations of these cities have on scientists?

5. Assignment Read pages 388-389. Transparency 4-9.
Complete Practice Book page 23.
Preview practice book page 24.

6. Ticket out the door
What is cause and effect?

7. The Great Wall
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8. Do Now
Write three facts from the video yesterday about the Great Wall.

9. Essential Question
How can I identify stated and unstated cause and effects in nonfiction stories?

10. Turn to practice book page 24.
Cause
Effect
Mongol warriors threatened to overpower the Chinese
Laborers built the western part of the great wall from packed dirt.

11. Turn to practice book page 24.
Cause
Effect
Mongol warriors threatened to overpower the Chinese
Chinese emperors constructed a wall to keep the Mongols out.
Stone was scarce in western China.
Laborers built the western part of the great wall from packed dirt.

12. Turn to practice book page 24.
Cause
Effect
The Great Wall had to be guarded against the Mongols.
The Great Wall demanded great sacrifice of the Chinese people, yet their leaders lived extravagant lives.

13. Cause
Effect
The Great Wall had to be guarded against the Mongols.
Forts for soldiers to live in were built along the wall.
The Great Wall demanded great sacrifice of the Chinese people, yet their leaders lived extravagant lives.
The Chinese people became angry with their leaders and began to rebel against them.

14. Cause
Effect
The Ming dynasty had been disliked by its own people.
The Great Wall was not longer needed for defense.

15. Cause
Effect
The Ming dynasty had been disliked by its own people.
The Manchus easily won support for the new Qing Dynasty.
The Manchus drove the Mongols away. The Qing emperors ruled both sides of the Great Wall.
The Great Wall was not longer needed for defense.

16. Assignment
Complete practice lab page 25.

17. Lab 25 Ming Leaders- Built the Great Wall, not well liked.
Mongols- nomadic warriors, Chinese built the wall to keep them out.
Laborers and Craftsman- Unskilled laborers built the wall using packed earth. Skilled craftsman used the stone.
Chinese Soldiers- They guarded, helped build, and even lived on the wall.
Chinese People- Were taxed by the Ming Government to pay for the wall and forced to work on it.
Manchus- took over the Ming throne when the Chinese rebelled.

18. Ticket Out the Door
Complete questions 1,4, and 6 on page 402 in your anthology.

19. Assignment Complete selection test. Read lab 26 and complete lab 27.
Keep your papers at your desk.
Find something quietly to work on.

20. Assessment
Complete the Selection Test.

21. Do Now The wall was very expensive.
Causes
Effect
The wall was very expensive.
People were taxed to pay for the wall, and forced to work on it.
The government lost the support of its people

22. Do Now The wall was very expensive.
Causes
Effect
The wall was very expensive.
People were taxed to pay for the wall, and forced to work on it.
The government lost the support of its people
The Ming government
was severely
weakened.

23. Essential Question
How can I identify stated and unstated cause and effects in nonfiction and fiction stories?

24. Level Reader Assignment
Preview and predict.
Complete the vocabulary section.
Look over the graphic organizer.
Read the book with your small group. As you read, complete the graphic organizer together.
Just discuss the answers to the questions.

25. Summarization Activity
Complete practice lab

26. Complete the following questions in complete sentences.
What unexpected circumstances led to the defeat of the Ming Dynasty?
What effect did the construction of the Great Wall have on the people of China?