Guns, Germs, and Steel Lesson Plan

Read Prologue: Yali's Question and Part One: From Eden to Cajamarca.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.4

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.5

5. 5

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.7

6. 6

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.8

7. 7

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.9

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Prologue: Yali's Question

It is undisputed that societies...