Learning Goal: Students will understand why Europeans explored and colonized the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries and how this impacted American Indian societies. Monday, September 17
Thurs/Fri, September 13 & 14 HW: Study guide for the New World Quiz on Tues/Wed. 1. Review European Exploration Policies #9. Compare your answers to the PowerPoint.
Tues/Wed, September 11 & 12 HW: #7 Lame Beaver Paragrah due today HW: Columbus Trial: Trial Prep #10 (see directions below) Due Thurs/Fri 1. History Passport, Unit 1: Checkpoint 2 2. European Exploration Policies. #9 A. For the explorer assigned to you in in your country group, read his "Explorer Fact Sheet" (biography) and answer these questions on the backside of your “Exploration Policy Chart”
B. Meet with your Country Group and compare your answers to fill out your Country column on the “Exploration Policy Chart”. C. Switch groups to your HOME group and teach the other students about your country. Then take note about their countries when it is their turns to teach you. (fill in the other country columns) D. After your “Exploration Policy Chart” is filled out, then work with your home group member to answer the 4 questions below the chart. 3. HW: Columbus Trial: Trial Prep #10
Monday, September 10 HW Due today: #8 "Gold, God and Glory!" Read the "Age of Exploration" article in tab 2 on the Treeofed.com website and answer the 5 questions. HW: #7 Lame Beaver Paragrah due by Wednesday. 1. Classroom Configuration 2. Review HW and watch Christopher Columbus video Thurs/Fri, September 6 & 7 HW: #8 "Gold, God and Glory!" Read the "Age of Exploration" article in tab 2 on the Treeofed.com website and answer the 5 questions. DUE Monday, 9/10.
1. Lame Beaver Mini Stories book chat
2. Lame Beaver Paragraph #7 Compare life in the Arapaho tribe (Lame Beaver’s people) to the life of an average person living in America today. (2 examples: housing, food, growing old, etc.) What was easier, what was more difficult? One paragraph. Due by Tues/Wed. Current Event articles related to the lesson content, for your education enjoyment. *"Found: One of the Oldest North American Settlements" The discovery of the 14,000-year-old village in Canada lends credence to the theory that humans arrived in North America from the coast *"Skeleton plundered from Mexican cave was one of the Americas’ oldest" Rock-encased bone shard left behind by thieves allowed researchers to determine that the remains are probably more than 13,000 years old. Tues/Wed, September 4 & 5 HW Due: American Indian Cultural Regions #5 1. History Passport Unit 1: New World. Reread over the scale. Mark your current level of understanding and mark your checkpoint 1 level on the line graph. 2. Centennial, A novel by James Michener. Chapter 4 "The Many Coups of Lame Beaver." Jigsaw #6. Finish reading your assigned mini-story and answer the questions with your group. Be prepared to discuss the novel with your classmates on Thurs/Fri. ***If you are absent or don't finish in class, here is a scanned copy of the novel pages. 3. Review the American Indian Cultural Regions chart #5 and turn in page 9. 4. American Indians Bartering: The image below depicts people from two different cultural regions. Use your American Indian Cultural Regions Chart to help you identify the regions and support your claims with at least 3 details from the image for each cultural region (6 total.) Write your answer in complete sentences on the backside of your chart worksheet. (page 10) Monday, September 3: NO SCHOOL, Labor Day
Tues/Wed, August 28 & 29 Due: Challenge 3: Where in North America? 1. Finish Video "Making North America: Human" #4 (Answer questions 6 & 7. See questions below in the Monday section) ***If the above PBS link doesn't work, watch it on Youtube. 2. Check out History Alive! textbook and Interactive Student Notebook (ISN) consumable workbook.
Monday, August 27 Due by Wednesday: Challenge 3: Where in North America? 1. Passport Unit 1: New World. Read over the scale and make your initial ratings. 2. Video "Making North America: Human" #4 ***If the above PBS link doesn't work, watch it on Youtube. Watch the first 20ish minutes of the episode and answer the first 5 questions.
Learning Goals: Students will understand... ...physical and political boundaries of the United States. ...how to use maps to explain physical and cultural attributes of major regions throughout American history. ...how to use appropriate geographic tools and terms to identify and describe significant places and regions in American history. Thurs/Fri, August 23 & 24, 2018 HW due:
1. North America Mapping Lab Challenge 3: "Where in North America?" #3 *On notebook paper: label your name, date, period, #3. Title: Challenge 3: Where in North America? *Draw lines across your paper to create 4 sections on the front and 4 on the back. •About every 6-7 lines *For each of the 8 question cards: (also see image below) •Identify the map type used to answer the question. (placard, see images below or attached here: Physical, Climate, Vegetation, Population Density, Economic Resources) •You also might need to use the political map to find the answer. •Write the answer in a complete sentence in the box for that question number on your notebook paper. • Repeat 7 more times. Finish for HW. Tues/Wed, August 21 & 22, 2018 1. Primary Source Evidence of a Summer Adventure: Share
Learning Goals: Students will understand... ...school and class procedures. ...physical and political boundaries of the United States. ...how to think like a historian. Monday, August 20, 2018 1. History Folder
Thus/Fri, August 16 & 17, 2018 1. Homework Due : class supplies 2a. Finish "The Sacred Rac of the Asu Tribe" claim statements from Monday. (Periods 2, 4, 6 only) 2b. Spartan Expectations presentation (periods 1, 3, 7 only) 3. Artifact Bags *At the teacher’s signal, open your bag and examine the items within. *All of the items in the bag are artifacts from one person’s life. Try to determine what the person is like based on the evidence in their bag.
Tues/Wed, August 14 & 15, 2018 1. Homework Due : Quiz about you 2. Finish "The Sacred Rac of the Asu Tribe" claim statements from Monday. ***Periods 2, 4, & 6 will finish this on Friday due to the Spartans Expectations presentation scheduled for Wed/Thurs. 3. Primary and Secondary Sources review 4. HW: Primary Source Proof of a Summer Adventure (due Tues/Wed) Think of something that you did this past summer. How can you prove that you did this? What primary sources were created? For HW due Tues/Wed, find and bring in one example of p.s. proof and answer the following questions on notebook paper. In sentence format answer the following questions. 1.Describe your evidence/ what is it? (receipt, photo, etc) 2.What type of information is included in the evidence? (Who made it, what is it, when made, where made and why made, etc.) 3.Explain why your evidence an example of a primary source. 4.One a scale of 1 to 10, how informative is your evidence? •1 is very little information is included. •10 is very informative, you have no doubt about the who, what, when, where and why this document was made.) 5.Explain your rating for #4. ***Wed/Thurs: students will go to Media Center for the Spartans Expectation presentation. •2nd-10:36 •4th- 11:31 •6th-2:11 •1st- 10:00 •3rd- 11:00 •7th- 2:35 Monday, August 13, 2018 1.Homework: a. Class supplies: Due by Friday b. Quiz About You! Due Tues/Wed c. Decorate your history folder’s cover (due Mon 8/20)
2. Milwee and classroom procedures 3. Due: Historical Geography of Us birthplace map 4. "The Sacred Rac of the Asu Tribe" *Read the article as a group *As a group, write •Make a claim about the article. (Sentence format) •Evidence: Give at least 2 details/facts from the story that support your claim. Cite paragraph # •Interpretation: Explain how your evidence supports your claim. Connect the claim and the evidence. If you found the Asu Tribe to be interesting, read about the "BODY RITUAL AMONG THE NACIREMA."
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AuthorMs. Day is a U.S. History teacher at Milwee Middle. She loves the Florida Gators, social studies, historical fiction novels, Hamilton, Disney,Harry Potter, kitties, and, most of all, students who try their best. Archives
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