That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Daily Lesson Calendar

Thomas Friedman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Daily Lesson Calendar

Thomas Friedman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Lesson Plans

Definitions

  • Review Chapter Abstracts: Chapter abstracts are synopses of each chapter that you can use to review the reading assignments with your students.
  • Daily Lessons: There are 30 daily lessons detailed in this lesson plan. Select a new daily lesson for each day.
  • Fun Activities: There are 20 fun activities in this lesson plan. They serve as a way for students to interact with the material in an enjoyable, educational way.
  • Read Aloud in Class: Ask students to take turns reading aloud from where they left off in their most recent reading assignment. Use the Oral Reading Evaluation Form in this lesson plan to evaluate their reading skills.
  • In-Class Handout: An in-class handout can be one of the quizzes/homework assignments, vocabulary games, worksheets, or an essay/writing assignment. It's something the students can complete and turn in during class, or begin in-class and take home to finish as a homework assignment.

One Week Lesson Calendar

Before the unit begins:

  • Homework Assignment: Read through Chapter 4: Up in the Air
Day 1 - Introduce Unit Day 2 - Review Unit Day 3 - Quiz Day 4 - Review Unit Day 5 - Test

Review Chapter Abstracts up to Chapter 4: Up in the Air

1 Lesson from Daily Lessons 1-8

1 Fun Activity from Fun Activities 1-10

Students Read Aloud in Class

Homework Assignment: Read through Chapter 8: This Is Our Due

Review Chapter Abstracts up to Chapter 8: This Is Our Due

1 Lesson from Daily Lessons 9-15

1 In-Class Handout

Homework Assignment: Read through Chapter 12: Whatever It Is, I'm Against It and choose a homework assignment from one of the Daily Lessons

Review Chapter Abstracts up to Chapter 12: Whatever It Is, I'm Against It

Quiz

1 Lesson from Daily Lessons 16-23

1 In-Class Handout

1 Fun Activity from Fun Activities 11-20

Homework Assignment: Read through Chapters 15 and 16 and assign an essay, due the week following the test

Review Chapter Abstracts up to Chapters 15 and 16

1 Lesson from Daily Lessons 24-30

1 In-Class Handout

Homework Assignment: Study for the test

Test

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