HW due Friday -- Students must have four citated sources appropriate to their research topic with some notes on each source. Many students have copied materials to work on at home. Classes have also been introduced to online resources that launch from the JHMS media center site, and will be using those. Please, no Google or Wikapedia yet.
Today in class, students will be watching, discussing and practicing modeled note-taking using CNN student news. Today's story deals with the Blackwater appearance in Congress.
Then we move on to the age of exploration. Students will work in pairs to create a manipulative booklet that organizes the origins, names, time periods, causes and locations of the many explorers to the "New World". These range from Portuguese to Vikings and, of course, deal with Chris Columbus as well.
Thanks!
Mr. Wells
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Research Schedule
As we move into October, our History classes will be working on the various parts of the research project. Today classes will be provided a preview of 3 quality online periodical sites: Library of Congress' "American Memory"; Issues in American History; and United Streaming. These are all available from our media center's hompage. Students will present at least four sources with notes by Friday, 10/5. HW for the remainder of the week will be to work on their research notes at home. Note-taking guides and organizers are available in class.
No internet sites are allowed at this point, although web-resources and periodicals linked from the media center's hompage are encouraged. This represents the first grade associated with the research project, and is only a portion of the note grade referred to in the project description (See previous entry for project description).
Be well!
Mr. Wells
No internet sites are allowed at this point, although web-resources and periodicals linked from the media center's hompage are encouraged. This represents the first grade associated with the research project, and is only a portion of the note grade referred to in the project description (See previous entry for project description).
Be well!
Mr. Wells
Monday, October 1, 2007
MAPS Testing 10/1 & 10/2
Today, periods 3, 5 & 6 took the MAPS Reading Test, designed to give JHMS educators input on current student skills so that we can better plan instruction for our students.
Tomorrow, period 3 will take the same assessment and the remaining classes will be in the media center conducting research. Students began research using non-fiction books, encyclopedias and are now moving into online periodicals. Websites and general search engines are still not allowed (but will be towards the end of the research phase.
Tomorrow, period 3 will take the same assessment and the remaining classes will be in the media center conducting research. Students began research using non-fiction books, encyclopedias and are now moving into online periodicals. Websites and general search engines are still not allowed (but will be towards the end of the research phase.
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