Topic: American Revolution: Battlegrounds Shift
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Monday, 2/23/15
ELO 1
Tuesday, 2/24/15
ELO 2
Wednesday, 2/25/15
ELO 3
Thursday, 2/26/15
ELO 4
Friday, 2/27/15
ELO Homeroom
Objective:
Objective:
Objective:
Objective:
Objective:
SWBAT describe the
developments of the
Revolutionary War in
the west and south.
SWBAT describe the
developments of the
Revolutionary War in
the west and south.
SWBAT examine
primary source
documents to begin
answering the DBQ:
“Valley Forge: Would
you have quit?”
SWBAT examine
primary source
documents to begin
answering the DBQ:
“Valley Forge: Would
you have quit?”
SWBAT improve nonfiction reading skills
and bolster content
knowledge though
Achieve 3000.
Activities:
Activities:
Activities:
Activities:
Activities:
Anticipatory Set:
As part of an ongoing
class graph, students
will post their answer to
the DBQ: Valley
Forge: Would you have
quit?” Students will be
able to move their
names in the coming
weeks as they obtain
more information via
documents.
Anticipatory Set:
As part of an ongoing
class graph, students
will post their answer to
the DBQ: Valley
Forge: Would you have
quit?” Students will be
able to move their
names in the coming
weeks as they obtain
more information via
documents.
Anticipatory Set:
Discuss: Why would
slaves or former slaves
chose to fight against
the British in the
American Revolution?
1. Teacher will lead the
discussion for the
“Hook Exercise”.
2. With their reading
partner, students will be
asked to read the
information and answer
the follow-up questions.
3. If time allows,
partners will begin
reading the background
essay and answer the
follow-up questions.
1. Teacher will lead
review of Background
Essay questions (last
night’s homework).
2. Teacher will briefly
introduce documents A
and B.
3. With their reading
partners, students will
review and answer the
questions that go along
with each document.
Closure:
Share: Based on what
you read today, has
your opinion changed
at all? If so, why? If
not, what kind of data
do you think you would
need to see to change
your mind?
Closure:
Share: Based on what
you read today, has
your opinion changed
at all? If so, why? If
not, what kind of data
do you think you would
need to see to change
your mind?
Anticipatory Set:
Students will begin
filling in a chart of key
battles of the Revolution
thus far.
1. Powerpoint 6.3:
Battlegrounds Shift
2. Students will
complete “I Say”
statements to show
connection to the
material.
3. Students will
complete a left side
reflection of choice.
Closure:
Students will continue
to fill in a map of key
battles of the Revolution
thus far.
Anticipatory Set:
Students will continue
to fill in a map of key
battles of the
Revolution thus far.
1. Quiz 6.2
3. Students will have
time to complete any of
the following so that
they are caught up prior
to the PAARC:

Left side
reflections

6.3 reading

Study tools for
6.3
Closure:
Students will continue
to fill in a map of key
battles of the
Revolution thus far.
*Students will take the
6.3 quiz before
beginning Achieve.
1. Students will review
and correct their 6.1
Reading Essentials
homework
2. Students will take
the before reading pole
for the achieve article:
“American
Revolution: Never
Forgotten”.
3. Students will read
the article carefully,
responding to the text
through the reading
connections.
4. Students will
complete the activity
page, and this score will
count as graded work.
Closure:
Respond to tiered
question #3: In your
opinion, do you think
Brace should have
enlisted in the war?
Why or why not?
Homework:
Homework:
Homework:
Homework:
Homework
-6.3 Online reading –
due Thursday, 2/26
-6.3 Online reading –
due Thursday, 2/26
-Quiz/Study tools for
6.3 – Friday, 2/27 (early
due to PAARC testing)
NONE – due to
PAARC testing
-Quiz/Study tools for
6.3 – Friday, 2/27 (early
due to PAARC testing)
-Quiz/Study tools for
6.3 – Friday, 2/27 (early
due to PAARC testing)
-Finish reading
“Background Essay”
and finish answering
questions
Assessment:
Assessment:
Assessment:
Assessment:
Assessment:
Left side reflection and
“I Say” statement
Quiz, left side reflection
and “I Say” statement
DBQ packet: Hook
Exercise
Achieve 3000 data
driven activities
Tiered Guiding
Questions:
Tiered Guiding
Questions:
Tiered Guiding
Questions:
DBQ packet:
Background Essay
questions and
Documents A and B
Tiered Guiding
Questions:
1. What were the key
battles in the west?
2. Overall, how did the
Patriots do in the battles
in the west?
3. If they war was
being fought in the west
today, how might it
have differed?
1. What were the key
battles in the south?
2. Overall, how did the
Patriots do in the battles
in the south?
3. If they war was
being fought in the
south today, how might
it have differed?
1. What was Valley
Forge?
2. What conditions do
you find most
unlivable?
3. If you were a soldier
in Washington’s army,
would you have
deserted?
1. What were some of
the conditions at Valley
Forge?
2. Do you think
conditions like Valley
Forge exist today?
3. If you were a soldier
in Washington’s army,
would you have
deserted?
1. Who was Jeffrey
Brace?
2. Which event, being
a slave or a soldier, do
you think is more
significant in Jeffrey
Brace’s life?
3. In your opinion, do
you think Brace should
have enlisted in the
war? Why or why not?
Notes:
Notes:
Notes:
Notes:
Notes:
-Quiz/Study tools for
6.3 – Friday, 2/27 (early
due to PAARC testing)
Short Session Conferences
SWBAT: Students will be able to
Full Session
Tiered Guiding
Questions:
Short Session