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.
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:
1st: Preview questions/prompts.
2nd: Look at the images ONLY.
3rd: Do a QUICK READ.
4th: Read carefully and Respond to questions/prompts.
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!
Hey Ms. D,
I was reading Slaughter House Five a few weeks ago, and there was this one part that reminded me of something we were learning a few weeks back (I kept forgetting to post about it). The book talks about The Children’s Crusade, and they were saying it started in 1213, when two monks (this feels ironic) got the idea of raising children in armies, then selling them to North America as slaves. Originally, thirty-thousand children volunteered, thinking they were going to Palestine, wanting adventure and whatnot. Even the pope thought they were going to Palestine. When the children were shipped off as slaves, the majority of them drowned on the ship, and the ones who didn’t were sold. I was shocked to see how far back slavery went, and how deceptive these monks were, lying to the kids and all. It also wasn’t based on race, originally, they just wanted children.
Also, heres the video I found today about how Peter Steyuvesant lost his leg-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v1CNJlfiNc