Blood on the River
First Quarter TIP Project
TIP Information
Due Date: October 6, 2014
Value: 15% of overall grade in each core
subject class (Math, Science, Social
Studies, Language Arts, Reading).
Each section is worth 20 points!
Math
• Students are making conversions from the
time period of the old colonies in the novel.
• The teachers are providing the students with
worksheet that includes the conversions and
the problems.
• Once you have converted all ingredients into
measures, you will need to make enough
porridge for more people. You must make the
recipe 2.5 times greater, 6 times greater, and 3
/4 greater.
Language Arts
• Choose one of the following characters from the story
(Samuel Collier, Captain John Smith, or Pocahontas) As you
read, analyze the character you have chosen and focus on
their individual character traits.
• Complete Stickman Note making activity based on the
character that you have chosen. On a separate chart, identify
textual evidence that supports the characteristics you have
chosen.
• Create an “I Am” poem of at least 10 lines that describes your
character. These characteristics will be taken directly from the
Stickman Note making activity.
• This poem will be presented in your Language Arts class.
Science
• Students will use information from the novel to plot, on a
map, the initial ocean route of the Susan Constant, Discovery
and Godspeed on their voyage from England to Jamestown.
• Using this information, research on types of ocean currents
and other maps, students will explain why this particular
route was taken.
• The science teacher will distribute a booklet that contains
further instructions, the necessary maps, and space to write
answers to 2 questions. On the back of the booklet, students
will find a check-off list to help them complete the science
part of the TIP.
Reading
• Students will research information about the way of life in the
REAL Jamestown. Complete a T-chart comparing what you
learned to the details in the book.
• Use the research to construct a model of the setting of the
book and the REAL Jamestown.
• Write a 1 page essay on the following topic. How historically
accurate is the book? Use specific details from your book and
your research to answer the question.
Social Studies
• Timeline of Events: Create a timeline that
documents the chronology, or list of events in
the order in which they occurred. (Refer to
the list of significant events from Blood on the
River.)
• The timeline must include a title, and a
minimum of 8-10 dates with the related
event descriptions.
Social Studies Continued
• Map: Create a map of Jamestown. The map must be clearly marked and
labeled using a minimum of 8 symbols and/or colors and there must be a
Map Key that explains the symbols and colors. These symbols and colors
must be used on the map to show the location of the following 8 places:
• Point Comfort
• Quiyoughcohanock
• Appamatuck
• Kiskiack
• Hog Island
• Mattaponi
• Paspahegh
• Pamunkey
• The map must also have a Title, Compass Rose showing the Cardinal and
Intermediate Directions and a Scale Bar. (Refer to the Jamestown Map
Activity.)
Any questions???
• Louis.Kushner@browardschools.com
• Alicia.b.salas@browardschools.com
• Florence.Carter@browardschools.com