Week of 9/27 - 9/29
Monday, September 26th - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, September 27th - WARM UP: Analyze this graph and answer the question. Then students watched two videos about the Presidential Debate that happened Monday night. The first video from Channel One News was only available on the day it aired (you need a subscription to access past episodes, but you can read about the debate here, and watch some student reactions to the debate. Write down two ideas that stood out to you. Then students watched this video about fact checking the debate. As they watched this NY Times video, they had to think about "Why is it important to fact check?" They also wrote down two ideas that stood out to them from this second video. To end class students read through a handout that explained the views of the two main presidential candidates, Mr. Trump and Secretary Clinton... but the handout is missing he/she, Clinton/Trump, so students just identified what views they agreed with more. If students didn't agree with either policy suggestion that was completely fine, but they needed to be ready to explain their ideas! This handout was also shared with all students via GoogleDocs.
Wednesday, September 28th - WARM UP: Students used pages 10-11 in the Upfront Magazine (ask to borrow one if you were absent) to define vocabulary relating to the Presidential Election. Then students played a game on Kahoot! to review the new vocabulary terms. Next students read the article, "What's at Stake?" and completed the "Get a Clue" worksheet that was shared with students via GoogleDrive with the "Election Handouts". You can access the article by going to the Upfront Magazine website. Then sign in as a STUDENT. The password is: 1776freedom - it will say "Welcome, Mr. Lundy's class!" - that is okay - we share with him. Click on the magazine issue that has Clinton and Trump on the cover then read pages 6 - 9 in the article. Email me if you have questions :) Once you finished the "Get a Clue" vocabulary and have read the article, also answer the Discussion questions which you can find in the "Election Handouts" in your GoogleDrive.
Thursday, September 29th - WARM UP: Students analyzed this political cartoon and asked the questions that go with it. Then student finished reading pages 6 - 9 in the Upfront Magazine, completed the "Get a clue" vocabulary handout, discussed the 'discussion questions', and completed the "What's at stake?" quiz. Nice work today!
Friday, September 30th - Zipline and team building! Bring layers, sunscreen and a lunch. No academics!
Week of 9/19 - 9/23
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Monday, September 19th - WARM UP: 1) What countries sent explorers to N. America? 2) What were the positives of exploration? From whose point of view (POV)? 3) What were the negatives of exploration? From whose POV?
Students will read summaries of famous explorers and will decide whether they explored for "gold, god, or glory". Attached is the reading. HW: Keep working on quiz corrections. Your quiz was sent to your GoogleDrive. After you complete corrections you can re-quiz. Tuesday, September 20th - WARM UP: Use pages 16-17 in the atlas. 1) According to map B, What empires/countries had fleets in North America? 2) According to map C, what areas of North America had the highest population density? Why do you think so? 3) According to map E, why do you think so many people settled in the Chesapeake Bay area? In class students worked with their Granola partner to finish up their notes on exploration, watch videos relating to colonialism, and complete processing (if there is time). USE THIS POWERPOINT TO HELP YOU! If the powerpoint does not work try using this pdf file. Once students have completed notes they can work on quiz corrections from last week. You do NOT need to do the drawings for Spain, France and the Netherlands. If you want to here are some resources: Spain Saint Augustine, FL - the first presidio Spanish Texas, 1700's Picture of Spanish presidio courtesy of a school in MA French fur trappers living with the Huron Huron village from the 1600s A current picture of what a Huron village looked like Wednesday, September 21st - WARM UP: Students watch the video on Jamestown and answer the questions: 1) Why did English settlers travel to the Americas? 2) What challenges did they face? Then students complete their notes on the exploration of England and the Netherlands. Students also close read a diagram / annotated picture of Jamestown. Use that poster to help you draw your picture of Jamestown. Done early? You can:
Thursday, September 22nd - WARM UP: Students played a game where they had to ask yes or no questions to guess a historical figure that was on their back. Afterwards students answered these two prompts: 1) Write your historical figures name and describe something new you learned. IF you did not learn anything new then write why you think the figure you got was famous. 2) What makes a historical figure famous or important? The rest of class we reviewed the notes to make sure no one had questions and watched the embedded History Channel videos. If you have been absent check out the Week 4 slideshow and videos. Friday, September 23rd - WARM UP: Do you have any questions about what we learned this week? If not, do you have any "brain break" recommendations? Today is American Indian Heritage Day in Montana. Here is a little history on the holiday that began in 1997 and links to resources to learn more about the seven tribes in Montana. To honor the American Indians in the west we are going to look at a current event issue that is affecting the Sioux in North Dakota. We will try to use Newsela, but if it does not work attached is the article (with questions). Read it, or listen to it, then answer the questions at the end of the article. Also answer the questions and be ready to discuss: 1) How is this issue similar and different to the initial exploration and encounters between Native Americans and Europeans? 2) Do you agree with the protests? Why or why not? What solutions do you have? Here is more information about the protest, water quality in the U.S., and protecting sacred lands:
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Working on quiz corrections?
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Week of 9/12 - 9/16
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Monday, Sept 12th - WARM UP: Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of 9/11. The U.S. lost nearly 3,000 people. Today this day is called Patriot Day and is recognized as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, to honor those who lost their lives. As we watch President Obama's speech that he gave at the Pentagon yesterday, answer at least one of the questions below. The video is from the White House website. We watched from 16:20 - the end.
Students then transitioned back into their lesson from Friday where students analyzed artifacts to identify different Native American cultural regions. Students rotated among stations to complete analyze visuals and artifacts relating to Native American tribes. Students should have completed notes on at least two stations. Attached are the readings and notes that need to filled out - focus on pages 6 - 8. Students were expected to identify and take notes on at least two cultural regions. They will continue this activity tomorrow. HW: Close read and annotate the article on the Cahokia. Then write a 5 - 8 sentence reflection either summarizing the article or answering the question "how is Cahokia similar and different to our society today?" DUE this THURSDAY! Tuesday, Sept. 13th - WARM UP: REVIEW!!!! Quiz on Tuesday - you can use your notes! It will focus mostly on skills and the essential question, “how did the first Americans adapt to their environment?” Answer the questions below.
HW: Close read and annotate the article on the Cahokia. Then write a 5 - 8 sentence reflection either summarizing the article or answering the question "how is Cahokia similar and different to our society today?" DUE this THURSDAY! Wednesday, Sept. 14th - WARM UP: Review page 18 in the atlas. Using evidence from the maps and text answer the question: How did the first Americans adapt to their environment? Then students took a quiz on culture and Native American cultural regions using Socrative. Students could use their notes and the maps. The purpose of the quiz was the make sure students could USE their social studies skills to answer questions relating to "how the first Americans adapted to their environment." IF you were absent see Mrs. Hancock. HW: Close read and annotate the article on the Cahokia. Then write a 5 - 8 sentence reflection either summarizing the article or answering the question "how is Cahokia similar and different to our society today?" DUE this THURSDAY! Thursday, Sept. 15th - WARM UP: Students analyze their class quiz data, and answer the following questions: 1) What questions did we do well on? 2) What questions could we improve on? Attached is the PowerPoint for the week. If you were absent focus on slides 11 - 24. Then students participate in an exploration simulation,and start completing the map on page 3 of the Exploration notes. To the right are the readings that go with the Exploration notes. Attached is a map to use. HW: Finish the Cahokia article and reflection if you did not!! Friday, Sept 16th - WARM UP: Students complete the preview activity on page 1 of their notes in their Friday box of their WARM UP worksheet. TURN it in. Then students complete their map of Dutch, English, French and Spanish explorers. Attached is a map to use. If you finish early with the map check out the:
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Chapter 1 of the HistoryAlive! textook. Click on the pdfs for various sections.Section 1: First Americans Introduction
Section 2: Migration Routes of the First Americans AND Section 3: The First Americans Adapt to the Environment Maps of American Indian Cultures, Clothing, Food and Housing Section 4: How American Indians Viewed Their Environment AND Section 5: American Indians of the Northwest Coast Section 6: American Indians of California, AND Section 7: American Indians of the Great Basin Section 8: American Indians of the Plateau AND Section 9: American Indians of the Southwest Section 10: American Indians of the Great Plains AND Section 11: American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands Chapter 12: American Indians of the Southeast AND the Chapter Summary If you finish early check out this video! See what life was like for the first Americans :)Students watched video clips from the movie to the right, "500 Nations" (don't watch the entire video - pay attention to the times on the questions handout) to see what life was like for the Anasazi, Pueblo, Cahokia, Mayan and Aztec. Students answered questions as they watched each clip and then discussed their thoughts.
Chapter 2 - Age of Exploration - of the HistoryAlive! textook. Click on the pdfs for various sections.Section 1
Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section Summary Further Reading about Christopher Columbus If we have time we will use these summaries to learn more about explorers and review WHY did they explore?? ... for God, gold, or glory? |
Week of 9/6 - 9/9
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Tuesday, Sept. 6th - WARM UP: Students watched minute 0 - 8:30 and 10:20 - 13:15 of the video on the side and answered the questions:
HW: Students need to close read and annotate the Brain article (see last week, below). They also need to write a reflection. Attached are examples. Wednesday, Sept 7th - WARM UP: Students used pages 6 and 7 in their atlas to answer the questions:
Then during class students completed the geography challenge. Use this map to help you complete pages 1 and 2 (questions 1 -8 on page 2). Make sure to follow directions - label and shade! Attached is an answer key - don't use until you've tried on your own or if you have questions. Here are some resources to help you complete the geography challenge. HW: Brain article was due today, but if its not done - get it done!!! Students need to close read and annotate the Brain article (see last week, below). They also need to write a reflection. Attached are examples. Thursday - WARM UP: Students complete the preview activity on page 4 of their geography challenge / interactive notes. Write your answers in your THURSDAY box of your warm up. Then during class students reviewed sections 2 and 3. Below are the readings if you need. Attached are copies of the notes. Friday - WARM UP: Students will listen to, read, or watch a creation story from one of the local Montana Native American tribes. IF you were absent read one of the the origin stories to the right. Once you have reviewed it, write in your Friday box, what was the main idea. Then the rest of class... Students rotated among stations to complete analyze visuals and artifacts relating to Native American tribes. Students should have completed notes on at least two stations. Attached are the readings and notes that need to filled out - focus on pages 6 - 8. HW: Close read and annotate the article on the Cahokia. Then write a 5 - 8 sentence reflection either summarizing the article or answering the question "how are the Cahokia similar and different to our society today?" DUE next THURSDAY! Chapter 1 of the HistoryAlive! textook. Click on the pdfs for various sections.Section 1: First Americans Introduction
Section 2: Migration Routes of the First Americans AND Section 3: The First Americans Adapt to the Environment Maps of American Indian Cultures, Clothing, Food and Housing Section 4: How American Indians Viewed Their Environment AND Section 5: American Indians of the Northwest Coast Section 6: American Indians of California, AND Section 7: American Indians of the Great Basin Section 8: American Indians of the Plateau AND Section 9: American Indians of the Southwest Section 10: American Indians of the Great Plains AND Section 11: American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands Chapter 12: American Indians of the Southeast AND the Chapter Summary |
Interested in learning more?? Check out the links below:
Want to learn more?? Check out this reading on "Digging up the Past" - part 1 and part 2.
Click below for Native American stories about their origin and other significant events Assiniboine Blackfeet Crow Salish and Kootenai Pend d'Oreille You can also check out the following websites: http://www.montanatribes.org/index.html |
Week of 8/30 - 9/2
Absent? For this week just check out the attached PowerPoint. It includes all of our Warm Ups and activities (a lot of team building which you don't need to make up)! When you return we will create a partner card for you and a study group. You also must get your Expectations signed. Finally begin working on the "Article of the Week" or AoW that is due next Wednesday! The article this week is: 12 Things We Know About How the Brain Works. Here are the notes we filled out in class that will help you with your close reading and annotating of the article. Remember annotations are really just notes that show what you are thinking.
IF you would like to listen to the article using the text to speech function you can find the article at this website: http://theweek.com/articles/460769/12-things-know-about-how-brain-works I still want you to write your thoughts (annotate) every paragraph or so :) Below is a "how to video" that I made to help you with text to speech.
IF you would like to listen to the article using the text to speech function you can find the article at this website: http://theweek.com/articles/460769/12-things-know-about-how-brain-works I still want you to write your thoughts (annotate) every paragraph or so :) Below is a "how to video" that I made to help you with text to speech.