Week of November 3, 2014

The week of Nov. 3

Monday-- clean folders, 2 presentations, Launch Stone Age- Era Project, You Tube video, groups of 3, brainstorm Need to Know List as small group and then as a whole, new vocab., brainstorm how you’ll teach your lesson- list possibilities, work on application for lesson, watch map of Human Migration (Bradshaw Foundation)

Tuesday- research and fill in note sheet for the standards they have to teach- get map, timeline showing dates of first people migrating

Wednesday- 2 presentations, research life of a Paleolithic person- family, shelter, tools, weapons, language

Thursday-  2 presentations, Article of the week with questions (Imagination, and learning, around prehistoric campfires), research life of a Paleolithic person

Friday- 2 presentations, show adaptations of humans to 3 biomes- PowerPoint

Standards:

Geography standard 4.3 : describe patterns, processes and functions of human settlements.

World Standard 1.1: Describe the spread of people in the world in Era 1.

World Standard 2:1: Describe the characteristics of early world civilizations and pastoral beliefs.

Skill: Creating and Teaching a lesson.

Week of October 28, 2014

The week of Oct. 27

Monday- CNN Student News, Finish Documents on Hammurabi, present documentaries

Tuesday-  Share good news,Present documentaries, write Hammurabi essay (in Class)

Wednesday- Present documentaries, write Hammurabi (in class)

Thursday and Friday- No School

Standard:

H.1.2: Use historical inquiry and analysis to study the past
G.6.1 Capstone projects require the student to use geography, history, economics, and government to inquire about major contemporary and historical issues and events linked to the world outside the classroom.

Skill:

Writing a persuasive paragraph

Week of October 20, 2014

The week of Oct. 20:

Monday- Work on documentary

Tuesday- Work on documentary

Wednesday- Work on documentary

Thursday- Present, Background essay of Hammurabi Data Based Writing,Analyzing a historical Document ( Doc C for Hammurabi- laws)

Friday- Present, Analyzing a historical Document ( Doc D,E for Hammurabi- laws)

Standard:

H.1.2: Use historical inquiry and analysis to study the past
G.6.1 Capstone projects require the student to use geography, history, economics, and government to inquire about major contemporary and historical issues and events linked to the world outside the classroom.

Skill:

Writing a persuasive paragraph

Week of October 13, 2014

The week of Oct. 13:

Monday-  Show a documentary, work on documentary project and research

Tuesday- Share good news, work on documentary project and research, map styles scavenger hunt

Wednesday- Handout and go over review sheet for test on Friday, draw world map, research project

Thursday-Draw world map, review, work on project, HOMEWORK- STUDY

Friday- CNN Student News, overall TEST over Unit 1

Week of October 6

The week of Oct. 6:

Monday- CNN Student News, Evaluate history textbook,  advantages and disadvantages to ONLY using a text book- make T chart, Challenging the Power and Authority of the History textbook handout, review 11 vocab words for test on Friday (Historical event, Framing the problem, time/temporal frame, BCE, CE, Spatial Scale, Narrative, Historical account, Social Institutions, Sourcing, Primary and Secondary Sources,

Tuesday- Share good news, quiz each other on vocab., Article- Textbook Account of the Battle of Lexington and answer questions, model historical thinking using Doc. A Barker (use Pg. 3-4 of lesson plan), do Doc. B with the class- Examining a Primary Source

Wednesday- Geoguesser, quiz each other on vocab., http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/why/  watch video, write reflection, Fish bowl conversation (handout and rubric) or web

Thursday- Explore testing in the morning, Share good news, review vocab., brainstorm interests/ model, What is a documentary? Show 2 or 3 clips of documentaries, show 2 examples of writing history- sequential/ chronological summary of event, timeline, map, pick 2 historical accounts and summarize, primary and secondary sources, pictures, show examples of documentaries- any topic. Check out devices for the week.

Friday- CNN Student News, vocab. quiz (write definitions of 11 vocab. words they’ll use in their project), research project, discuss slide requirements

 Standards:

H1.1: Use Historical conceptual devices to organize and study the past.

H1.2: Use Historical inquiry and analysis to study the past.

H1.4: Use Historical concepts, patterns, and themes to study the past.