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. Milwee Fall Social: Friday, October 4. Here is the permission slip. Thurs/Fri, September 19 & 20 PreIB periods 1, 3, 7: Due Monday: Write: From your modern day, personal point of view, who is (are) responsible for the slaughter of the Taino Indians? You can pick more than one guilty party. Make sure that you support your answer with evidence from the readings and class debate. All Classes: 1. Unit 1 New World Test (on computer) 2. Folder Check #'s 1-11 (on paper) #12 or #10 3. English Colonies Map #13 or #11 Use the map on History Alive! textbook page 50 or the maps below as a guide while coloring and labeling your map. ***Use highlighters or colored pencils to color your map!!! Finish for HW , if needed. Tues & Wed, September 17 & 18
Monday, September 16 PreIB periods 1, 3, 7: HW due: Lame Beaver Paragraph #7 All classes: Study for the New World Unit Test and Folder Check on Thurs/Fri! Here is a study guide.
3. Columbus Trial: Trial Prep #8
Thursday, September 12 Pre-IB periods 1, 3, 7 HW: Columbus Trial: Trial Prep #10 (See directions below.) 1. Community Service forms. See the "Community Service" tab above for more information. 2. Due: HW #8 The Age of Exploration Read the "Age of Exploration" on the Treeofed.com website and answer the 5 questions.
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. ***If you were absent, you can find the information for the chart here. Fill in the chart and answer the questions below it.
Wed, September 11 Due: American Indian Cultural Regions Chart #5
1. Age of Exploration article with 5 questions. #6
2. Christopher Columbus video Tues, September 10 PreIB Periods 1, 3, 7: HW #8 The Age of Exploration Read the "Age of Exploration" on the Treeofed.com website and answer the 5 questions. DUE Thurs, 9/12. 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 Monday. 2. Christopher Columbus video Monday, September 9 PreIB Periods 1, 3, 7: HW #8 The Age of Exploration Read the "Age of Exploration" on the Treeofed.com website and answer the 5 questions. DUE Thurs, 9/12. All classes: 1. Classroom Configuration Fri., September 6 1. finish American Indian Cultural Regions Chart #5
2. Identify American Indian Cultural Regions "game" American Indians Bartering: The image below depicts people from two different cultural regions. Use your American Indians 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 details total.) Thurs., September 5 1. Finish reading and answering the 4 mini story questions. The book chat will be on Tuesday. Centennial, A novel by James Michener. Chapter 4 "The Many Coups of Lame Beaver." Jigsaw #6 A. Lame Beaver Intro 148-151 (all must read) B. Read one mini-story: (teacher will assign. If absent, read mini-story 1.) 1. “Old Man Staked Out” 151-156 2. “Three Against Three Hundred” 156-164 3. “Visit to the Sun” 164-176 4. “Death of Never-Death” 176-182 *5. “Nine Horses Lost” 182-186* 6. “New Poles for the Tipi” 186-192 *7. “Invading the Camp of Strange Gods” 192-196 8. “Two Gold Bullets” 196-206 C.Chapter conclusion 206-210 (all must read) *Answer after reading your assigned mini story. 1.What is the goal/mission of the mini story? 2.Describe the steps taken to achieve the goal. 3.Was the goal accomplished? How do you know this? 4.Describe an aspect of life in the Arapaho Tribe . (ex. Housing, transportation, food, language, etc.) Be prepared to discuss the novel with your classmates on Tuesday. ***If you are absent or don't finish in class, here is a scanned copy of the novel pages. 2. HW due: American Indian Cultural Regions #5
3. Identify American Indian Cultural Regions "game" Click the links below to see more images of the Timucua Indians of Florida:
Fri., August 30 1.Finish Video "Making North America: Human" #4 ***If the above PBS link doesn't work, watch it on Youtube. Start at 20 minutes and watch through 30 minutes (end of the soil scene.) Answer all 7 questions.
2. American Indian Cultural Regions #5
Wed., August 28 1. Get your copy of Interactive Student Notebook (ISN) consumable workbook.
2. Start American Indian Cultural Regions #5
3. Start 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. (stop after the bison scene)
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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. Monday, August 26 All classes: 1. Create a title page for your history folder. Include the following information:
2.Finish North America Mapping Lab
for PreIB periods 1, 3, 7: 3. Finish Video "Making North America: Human" ***If the above PBS link doesn't work, watch it on Youtube. Start at 20 minutes and finish the video. Answer the all 7 questions.
Thus/Fri, August 22 & 23 1. Behavior Expectations assembly with Dean Alvarado in Media Center 2. Get workbooks from Media Center 3. North America Mapping Lab
•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 until you've finished all of the questions. Wednesday, August 21
1. HW due: Class supplies and folder cover decorated. 2. Primary Source Evidence of a Summer Adventure: Share
Challenge 1: Physical Geography Map Find the following physical locations on the map using the latitude and longitude coordinates (in image to the right). Draw a dot on the location and write the name of the physical feature. Challenge 2: Political Geography Map Label names of the 50 United States on the blank U.S. outline map. You can write out the names of the states or use their abbreviations. (see list/map to right) Learning Goals: Students will understand... ...school and class procedures. ...how to think like a historian. ...physical and political characteristics of North America.
Monday, August 19 Homework: A. Decorate your history folder’s cover (due today)
PreIB (periods 1, 5, 7) 1. Check class supplies and folder cover 2. Primary Source Evidence of a Summer Adventure: Share
1. check class supplies: folders, paper, pencil/pen 2. Finish group artifact bag presentations 3. HW due: Summer primary source evidence. *Make sure that you answered all 5 questions 4. Work on folder cover decoration
1. Milwee and classroom procedures. New seating chart 2. continue Primary and Secondary Sources review 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.
4. Time to work on your histor folder cover and summer primary source proof Tues/Wed, August 13/14 Homework: a. Class supplies: Due by Friday b. Quiz About Me! Due Thurs/Fri c. Decorate your history folder’s cover (due Mon 8/19)
1. Turn in birthplace map (Historical Geography of Us) 2. Milwee and classroom procedures 3. "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." 4. Primary and Secondary Sources review 5. HW: Primary Source Proof of a Summer Adventure (due Mon 8/19) 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 Mon, 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. Monday, August 12, 2019 (1st day of school) Milwee Bell Schedule
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Ms. DayMs. Day is a U.S. History teacher at Milwee Middle. She loves social studies, historical fiction novels, the Florida Gators, Hamilton, Disney,Harry Potter, kitties, and, most of all, students who try their best. Archives
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