History

October 6, 2008

CAPE History

Grade 12

Theme: Indigenous Societies

Topic: Maya and Taino societies

Duration ; 1 hour

Goal of lesson: Students will appreciate the demands of CAPE history with respect to written responses to essay questions and be able to analyse their own responses in light of expected answers.

Objectives:

Students should be able to :

-Provide evidence on Taino and maya socities to respond to questions.

- Produce a coherent and grammatically well crafted response.

-demonstrate the organizational ability to arrange information effectively to produce a written response.

-demonstrate the ability to compare and contrast information to respond to a set question.

Resources and materials:

Students essays- marked and graded.

Notes- previously researched and recorded by students .

Norman, A. (1986) The People Who Came Bk. 1

Newspaper Article “

Lesson Outline and instructional Sequence

Step 1

Teacher will replace questions on whiteboard.

Questions

1. Examine the differences in the social and political structure in the pre-columbian period of the Maya amd Taino. 15 marks

2. For the Maya and Taino, explain the similarities and differences between their agricultural practices beforetheir contact with the Europeans. 15 marks.

Step 2

Class generated model answers for each question. With reference to the literature available on the topic. 30 -40 minutes

Step 3

Students will receive their marked assignment. They will then compare their responses to the mode answers generated

10 minutes

Culminating activity: Students will express thoughts , feelings on exercise.

10 minutes

Notes for Model responses:

Question 1

Political organization

Lived in independent city-states. Had a rigid class system. Each class had its own duties and rights down to clothing and accessories. Each city state had a leader called a halach unich or ‘real man” – hereditary leader. Father to son. Brother of leader...