UNIT X 72 | UNIT 2 Instructional Routine: Social Studies p. Txxxi Human-made Wonders Express an opinion Point out the title of the reading, Modern Wonders. Assess students’ understanding of what this means. (impressive structures built recently) Divide the class into two teams. One team debates in favor of the idea Modern structures are wonders, too, and the other team debates against that claim. Make sure that every student in each group has a chance to say something for or against the topic. Explain that there are no right or wrong answers and that everyone’s opinion is valid. • Compare and contrast two texts Ask groups of students to compare and contrast the topics of this reading with “Secrets of the Ancient World.” They should talk about the title, the format, and the content. Students can represent the information in a Venn diagram. Essential Question: Why do people enjoy human-made wonders? Read the Essential Question aloud and ask students to share the benefits of human-made wonders. ANSWERS Sample answer: People enjoy seeing wonders made by humans to share in the creativity of people. It is also fascinating to most people to learn about how these structures are created and maintained. A Modern Wonders • Understand genre Tell students that this is an informational text. Call on volunteers to share some of the facts they learned from the previous informational texts in the unit. • Use text features to predict Preview the text with students. Ask them to point out the title, pictures with labels, and words in bold. Explain any unfamiliar language. • Listen actively Play the audio of the text as students follow along. Tell students to track the words as they hear them. • Compare and contrast Draw a Venn diagram on the board. Have students compare and contrast two of the modern wonders, writing their ideas on the board. Ask: What are the similarities and differences between these structures? • Read closely Once students have listened to the text twice, give them a chance to read it closely in pairs. Remind students to pay attention to the words in bold type and to use the strategies they have learned to determine meaning through visual and context clues. • Summarize an informational text Have students to summarize the text for a partner. Remind students that a summary includes the key information from a text. EXPLORE AND LEARN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Have students create vocabulary cards for landmark, skyscraper, and construction. Explain that each card should include the term, a definition or description, and a visual that shows its meaning. Amplify Have students choose one of the human-made wonders in the text or another wonder they are familiar with and produce a fact file for it, including the name, location, amazing facts, and a descriptive sentence. Human-made Wonders A Read the informational text. Modern Wonders the Burj Khalifa the monument at Mitad del Mundo Many human-made modern wonders are landmarks. Landmarks are structures that are easy to see and recognize. The Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai. Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates. The skyscraper is over 2,700 feet high. This skyscraper opened in 2010. More than 12,000 people from around the world built it in six years. The building looks like a spider lily. A spider lily is a flower that grows in the desert. Visitors to the Burj can visit restaurants, stores, and hotels. There is even an aquarium! The Grand Canyon Skywalk in Arizona is 10 feet wide and 70 feet long. Visitors walk on the glass floor. When they look down, they see the Grand Canyon 4,000 feet below! Construction began in 2004, and the Skywalk opened in 2007. The Hualapai people own and manage the Skywalk. Visitors can learn about Hualapai history at the Native American Village near the Skywalk. Mitad del Mundo is near Quito, Ecuador. Mitad del Mundo means “middle of the world.” The equator passes through here. The equator is an imaginary line. It divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere. There is a painted line that shows where the equator is. Visitors can put one foot in the Northern Hemisphere and one foot in the Southern Hemisphere. Why do people enjoy human-made wonders? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION CONNECT TO Social Studies 72 UNIT 2 UNIT 2 / CONNECT TO SOCIAL STUDIES
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