The IncasA Native American civilization

CLIL class

Specific Conditions7th gradeHeterogeneity

Multicultural classesAll 3 sets

Basic knowledge of American Native culturesSpanish conquerors

Main Objectives:The students should feel comfortable with having a CLIL

class.The students learn about the lifestyle of the Incas.

LessonplanTime Phase Contents

5 min Introduction Teacher explains the overall plan of the lesson, including guidelines, etc.

15 min production The students get a short introductory texts about the Incas’ lifestyle (houses, cities, infrastructure, political system, religion,…) They have to browse trough the text and its vast amount of visualization and discuss it with their partners.

10 min consolidation In plenum the class discusses the content of the text and the teacher explains some more abstract concepts of the Incas’ lifestyle. (e.g. terraces, empire,…)

15 min Production/consolidation

-The Incas’ farming worksheet- The Incas and Aztecs domino

5 min Feedback

Materials

Materials II

Farming Worksheet

Aztecs & Incas Domino

Highlights„Warum moch ma des auf Englisch?“English translations vs. German concepts

Fortress = FestungCLIL classes everyday

No correction of mistakesBilingualismAnalphabetism