LET’S RECAP:

We previewed our new packet, Lucky 13 last FRIDAY.  The BrainPop video, Thirteen Colonies, provided a short overview of the factors (PEGS:political, economy, geography and social) that influenced the development of the 3 Colonial Regions. The video was a springboard for analyzing and interpreting a Map, Making A Living.  MAP SAMPLES may be accessed in the classroom. We also used the ActiVotes for a Class War using the ActiVote Quiz. The highest class average wins.
CONGRATS E PERIOD FOR WINNING CLASS WARS WITH A 99%, the HIGHEST OVERALL AVERAGE IN CLASS WARS HISTORY!

Thank you, Mr. Kindred, for sharing ideas, lesson titles, and UbD frameworks! Visit Mr. Kindred and his 8th grade class by CLICKING HERE.

BrainPop Thirteen Colonies

MONDAY

Students will use the iBooks App on the iPads or the Google Docs on the blog to interpret and analyze text and images.  Chester the Crab Comix written and illustrated by Bentley Boyd, provide engaging snapshots of people, places and events in time.  Check out his website by CLICKING HERE.

Please follow these steps when Reading for Information – Chester Comix:

1^st: Preview questions/prompts. 

2^nd: Look at the images ONLY. 

3^rd: Do a QUICK READ. 

4^th: Read carefully and Respond to questions/prompts.

Chester Comix by Bentley Boyd

CLICK HERE FOR THE GOOGLE DOC!!!!

COLONIAL SNAPSHOT POINTERS:
SUMMARIZING – Ask and answer the questions, WHO? WHAT? WHERE? for each Panel with text.

TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY
*Refer to the Post title, “8 Teens lied…People Died” for the handouts, video clips and lesson summary.
THURSDAY

Students will examine INTERACTION between the colonists and Native Americans. Use the same Comic Strip Packet ABOVE.  Focus is placed on historical thinking:

• Compare and Contrast the ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, and GEOGRAPHIC factors of Native Americans and Colonial Society.  
• Chronological Thinking: History is the study of people, places and events in time.  Therefore, students will analyze the cause and effect relationship between events by studying King Philip’s War.

Concepts and skills (interpreting and analyzing text and images) provide the background to understand future concepts (i.e., The French and Indian War”).

Please watch the short clip below summarizing King Philip’s War and gain a better understanding of the devastating impact of colonial settlement for the Native American tribes in New England.

Students will wrap up the inter-ACTIVE review of the Crab Walks. Strive for Accuracy by checking and editing your responses and reading directions carefully. USE THE KEY BELOW.
On a MOBILE DEVICE? CLICK HERE FOR THE GOOGLE DOC!

WARM UP FOLDABLE TOPIC: Salem Witch Trials: What makes you afraid?

Scapegoating is sprinkled throughout history and continues even today. Provide examples of Scapegoating in current events or the recent past.
Time travel back to 1692. Based on this primary source quote explain Puritan society’s expectations for children.
“Ah, children, be afraid of going prayerless to bed, lest the devil be your bedfellow.” – Cotton Mather

Want to earn extra credit and further your understanding? Respond to any or all of the questions in this post. Remember to use digital etiquette & the QUALITY COMMENTS Checklist to earn points.
EXTRA CREDIT: Respond to 1 or more of the questions below:

Is it possible for 8 teens to start a widespread panic throughout your town by making false accusations? How is this dangerous?

Would a US court allow evidence that cannot be seen to convict and execute a defendant?

Discovery Education

The witch hunts of 1692 led to 20 executions. Accusations made by several young girls led to the executions of twenty innocent people.
Nineteen innocent people were hanged and one was pressed to death. An additional 4 people died while in jail. During an excruciating execution, Giles Corey’s last reported words were, “more rocks.”

Comparing and contrasting the Salem Witch Trials with the Japanese Internment Camps, McCarthyism, and the Holocaust enhance understanding.

We will watch the Discovery Channel’s “Salem Witch Trials” and the History Channel’s video that describes an alternate scenario as to why the young girls lied. Click on the image to watch the clip.

MOBILE DEVICES, Click on the Image to go directed to the Google Doc.

Play the NatGeo Salem Witch Trials Game by clicking HERE. Leave a comment and tell us: DID YOU SURVIVE?

Goal: Create a product (song, book, photo collage, movie, comic, etc) that communicates understanding of people’s words and deeds and events in time.
Focus: Jamestown settlement
This is a collaborative project
Directions:
FIRST: Preview the 9 events you will use for your project.
SECOND: Discuss app preferences and complete the Google Form below.
THIRD: Plan your project.

• Use the foldable with 9 boxes. Write your names in Box #1.
• Each box represents 1 event

EXAMPLES: 

• RAP SONG – write 1-2 lines summarizing each event.
• PUPPET PALS – write 1-2 lines of dialogue for each event.
• COMIC STRIP – 1-2 lines of dialogue per panel for each event
• SLIDESHOW – 1-2 pictures and 1 SUMMARY STATEMENT OR INTERACT per event.

4. Get Teacher approval of plans and begin your project.

This Week:
1) BrainPop Pocahontas video clip and ActiVote Quiz Game – This will be a CLASS WAR!  CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO.

• 2) CRAB WALK THROUGH JAMESTOWN AND PLYMOUTH-Click HERE FOR GOOGLE DOC.
  First: Preview the Comic Images and Timeline in top right.
  Second: Preview the Questions
  Last: Read for a purpose by recording responses as you read OR do a quick read through and go back and respond to questions

***CULTURE SHOCK VOLUNTEERS: see teachers to sign up to bring in items so we can party like it’s 1607
TBD COLONIAL CULTURE SHOCK

1) POP CULTURE SMACKDOWN: JAMESTOWN EDITION

2) JAMESTOWN TIMELINE / CHOOSE YOUR OWN APP (CYOA):  Choose 6-9 Events from the timeline to create a product using an App of your choice. * PLAN FIRST THEN CREATE. (Ms. D note: if time allows we will complete this activity)

The 1st English Settlement of Jamestown

After the Lost Colony of Roanoke, the English did not give up on the New World. Raw materials, trade, silver, gold, and spreading their faith motivated them to persist through many obstacles. Jamestown, founded in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Life was not easy for the settlers. In fact, many people lost their lives to disease and starvation. Native American society was negatively impacted by English encroachment onto their lands. Hostile relations soon erupted. Let’s not forget that slavery in the colonies started in Jamestown. We hope to take a bird’s eye view and look at multiple sides of the story (POV).

The Class of 2011 laughed…

When Tim C pd, shared his interactive response to the prompt: Name a Deli Sandwich about the Starving Time in Jamestown during the winter of 1609-1610. His deli sandwich was “You Are What You Eat on Rye.” Do you know why?

Our interactive responses help us to learn and apply the content by “making it stick.”

EXTRA CREDIT: What were some of your favorite interactive responses from the SMACKDOWN? Leave us a comment.

View this student created video overview of the Jamestown settlement.

Got Pop Culture Connections?  Post them here.

Read this pop culture connection from Cole, class of 2012: “I have a connection for what we were learning in class today to “The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel” book series. In the fifth book of the series (“The Warlock”), Virginia Dare was a reoccuring character, just like she was in the fourth book, “The Necromancer”. The author, Michael Scott, uses several historical figures throughout the book series. However, while reaading the books I did not know of her importance to American history. So I read a small article online about her to gain further understanding. Now after learning a little more about her in class, it actually helps me understand her character in the books better.”

WEDNESDAY
The first 2 activities will provide you with the background knowledge for our CSI.  If you interact during the activities your Active Listening and Literacy Skills (comprehension, interpret/analyze text and images) will improve.

1) BrainPop Queen Elizabeth I and ActiVote Quiz Game! Click on the image of the Battle of the Spanish Armada to view the video. 

WHICH CLASS WILL WIN CLASS WARS?

2) CRAB WALK THROUGH ROANOKE – CLICK HERE for the GOOGLE DOC. If you are in class click on the iBooks App on your iPad.
First: Preview the Comic Images and Timeline in top right.
Second: Preview the Questions
Last: Read for a purpose by recording responses as you read OR do a quick read through and go back and respond to questions

THURSDAY-FRIDAY
3) CSI: The Lost Colony and CSI Conclusions Chart

The following CSI led students through a crime scene to analyze “evidence.” Students examined evidence to determined which crime was committed by drawing conclusions. I used primary sources (eyewitness accounts) like Olaudah Equiano, to identify 5 “artifacts” that could be put together like a puzzle.

Tell us what you thought about our CSI.

Did you enjoy learning by starting with a question?

Which piece of evidence had your team of investigators stumped?

How did your team use the Habits of Mind during the CSI?

Conquistadors took no prisoners in their pursuit of God, Glory, and Gold. The Aztecs’ human sacrifice ended up being the nail in their coffin as neighboring tribes allied with Cortes. Please use the slideshow below to explore the impact on Aztec and Incan Society.

Use the notes starting on p. 4 to fill in your Explorers Chart for Spain, France, England, and the Dutch (Netherlands).

Do you have a Mobile Device? Click Here for the MAPTASTIC! GOOGLE DOC.

After students complete the Native American Regions Baseball Cards, they will create a PHOTO COLLAGE, PHOTO STRIP, OR PHOTO STORY depicting the following characteristics of that region:
POLITICAL
ECONOMIC
GEOGRAPHY
SOCIETY – must include housing, clothing, transportation, family structure
Directions:
1. Research IMAGES for the PEGS of YOUR ASSIGNED Native American REGION.
*May use screen shots of BrainPop videos and/or Images in your Textbook
2. Must have at least 4 PHOTOS – 1 for each of the PEGS.
3. PHOTO SHOP YOURSELF INTO EACH SCENE. Be creative but FOCUS ON HISTORICAL ACCURACY.
4. Any Questions? See the teacher.