Greetings! What a meaningful week we had in US History. We began familiarizing with the Thinking Like Historians framework and examining the 9/11 anniversary through that lens. Then we traveled back 18, 000 years to compare archeological evidence about how and when the first people migrated to the Americas.
Monday, Sept 12th:
1. Remembrance and update on 9/11 anniversary news, which we began last week.
2. Small group work and gallery-walk jigsaw. Students will be using media center resources and classroom readings to learn about American Indian Cultural Regions. What tribes and bands lived in specific regions? What were their cultures like?
Tuesday, Sept 13th
1. Right Now Activity: SIGH analysis – Iconic 9/11 Images (This will be an introduction to the SIGH method of primary image analysis, which we will be using throughout the year.
2. Students complete the Gallery Walk from yesterday, gathering and processing information from other student’s displays.
HW: Due Thursday at the start of class: Complete comparison Venn Diagram of two regions’ climates and cultures. Underlying question: How does climate affect culture?
Wednesday, Sept 14th
1. We are in the media center with Ms. Swiggum for an introduction to new and updated website and media center features, including our new cataloging system Destiny.
Thursday, Sept 15th
Right Now Activity: Free write based on in-class readings, images and discussion: How has 9/11 shaped my generation? Use at least 2 of the THL lenses. This is a collected/graded current event.
1. HW check-share-compare. As a whole class we will infer how climate affected culture in the development of American Indian regional differences. Can we also see this in modern US Culture?
2. Prepare/review for the American Indian Regions quiz tomorrow, which includes a map, tribal information and geo-cultural information.
Friday, September 16th
1. American Indian Regions Quiz: This includes map identification of regions, two tribes per region and a statement connecting geography or climate with the culture of those tribes.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Week of September 6th
Greetings! It was a pleasure to meet students last week. What a great group! Here is the agenda for September 6th-9th. You might notice some content that we tried to get to last week and couldn’t fit in.
Tuesday, September 6th:
Due Today: Students should bring in 3 ring binders today. Also: Course Expectation Forms, with parent/guardian signatures are due today.
1. Today students will be introduced to the Thinking Like a Historian framework. It will be a lens we will use to critically examine US History this year. Poduska’s and Wells’ classes will be together analyzing an article about how life has changed after the 9/11 terrorist attack. Students will be asked to follow the news for 9/11 stories during the upcoming week.
Wednesday, September 7th:
1. Students working on developing their own classroom behavior expectations.
2. Competing theories on how the first Americans arrived on the continent: We will be reading a Time Magazine for kids article and analyzing competing archeological evidence on Paleo-migration.
*Related Vocab will be pre-taught and distributed. Vocab Quiz on Friday, September 12th.
Thursday, September 8th :
1. Ongoing work on American Indian Cultural Regions map.
2. Students charting evidence and theories from Wednesday’s article.
3. Vocab practice!
HW: Draft a practice paragraph using Paleo vocabulary for Friday about competing archeological evidence using specified vocabulary. They may use this rough draft on the assessment tomorrow.
Friday, September 9th
1. HW check and share – Students read and critique each others’ paragraphs.
2. Students review, adjust and sign final version of their classroom behavior expectations.
3. Brief Vocabulary Quiz: Using their rough drafts, students write a 1-2 paragraph description and analysis of at least 2 paleo-migration theories. They will use targeted vocabulary from this week’s reading.
Tuesday, September 6th:
Due Today: Students should bring in 3 ring binders today. Also: Course Expectation Forms, with parent/guardian signatures are due today.
1. Today students will be introduced to the Thinking Like a Historian framework. It will be a lens we will use to critically examine US History this year. Poduska’s and Wells’ classes will be together analyzing an article about how life has changed after the 9/11 terrorist attack. Students will be asked to follow the news for 9/11 stories during the upcoming week.
Wednesday, September 7th:
1. Students working on developing their own classroom behavior expectations.
2. Competing theories on how the first Americans arrived on the continent: We will be reading a Time Magazine for kids article and analyzing competing archeological evidence on Paleo-migration.
*Related Vocab will be pre-taught and distributed. Vocab Quiz on Friday, September 12th.
Thursday, September 8th :
1. Ongoing work on American Indian Cultural Regions map.
2. Students charting evidence and theories from Wednesday’s article.
3. Vocab practice!
HW: Draft a practice paragraph using Paleo vocabulary for Friday about competing archeological evidence using specified vocabulary. They may use this rough draft on the assessment tomorrow.
Friday, September 9th
1. HW check and share – Students read and critique each others’ paragraphs.
2. Students review, adjust and sign final version of their classroom behavior expectations.
3. Brief Vocabulary Quiz: Using their rough drafts, students write a 1-2 paragraph description and analysis of at least 2 paleo-migration theories. They will use targeted vocabulary from this week’s reading.
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