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.
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