Begins on 9/16/15- 10/9/15
Unit 2- Colonial
America
Tuesday, 9/15/15
◼ Students
are to complete their take
home test of Unit 1 and their notebook
check.
Wednesday, 9/16/15
◼ Have
your test and notebook on your
desk. You Will need your laptop today!!!
◼ Warm-up:
▪ KWL- What do you know and want to learn
about Colonial America?
◼ Write
down your homework:
▪ Finish Vocabulary Notes, and study them for 10 mins every night
▪ Study Common Core Vocab 1 at home every night for 10 mins
too. These terms will appear on your next Unit test.
▪ Achieve 3000 due Friday: America Looks Back, The Story of a
Ship and a People
▪ Progress Report Due Friday
Today we will…
◼ Identify
our background knowledge on
Colonial America. (KWL)
◼ Identify key vocabulary terms
First 50 mins of class
◼ Go
to https://quizlet.com
◼ Create log-in:
▪ Username: firstnamelastname15
▪ Password: rockets1
◼ Search
Quizlet for C_Farley
◼ Add your appropriate class
◼ Take Cornell notes on Colonial America
Unit 2 vocab terms
After 50 mins is up we will
do Graffiti Vocabulary (Pick 3)
Graffiti Criteria
1. Vocabulary word is drawn using bubble letters
2. Description of term using own words
3. At least 3 images representing the term
4. All white space must be colored in
Thursday, 9/16/15
◼ Get out vocabulary notes you were to finish last night,
along with your Vocab Squares.
◼ YOU will need your laptops today!
◼ Warm-up:
▪ Select 3 of your vocabulary terms and use each one
in a sentence.
◼ Write down Homework:
▪ Study Colonial America and Common Core 1
Vocabulary for 10 mins every night
▪ Achieve articles due Friday
Columbian Exchange
◼ Prior
to the weekend, we began to
discuss the effects of the Columbian
Exchange.
◼ We are going to wrap up the discussion
on the exchange and go over the tribes
that would have encountered Columbus
and the early settlers of North America.
Native American Tribes
◼ What
tribes did the early settlers
encounter?
◼ How did these tribes differ?
◼ How could the geography of their
territory affect the way they lived?
◼ How will the tribes and settlers change
the other?
Native American
Webquest
◼ Working
with a partner or by yourself,
and using the website,
http://access.sd25.org/curriculum/Native
Americans/index.html, we will determine
the cultural differences amongst the
tribes that the early colonial settlers
would have encountered. We will also
make connections about how geography
can affect the way one lives, and how
each group will affect one another.
Friday, 9/18/15
◼ Place
your warm-up and progress
report sheets in the middle of the table
with your name on it.
◼ For today’s warm-up just write Weekly
5
◼ Log-on to quia.com for your Weekly 5.
◼ Homework:
▪
▪
Study Vocabulary for 10 mins every night
Missing work
After Weekly 5 (for 30 mins)
◼ Log-on
the Achieve 3000 for the
remainder of class complete this week’s
required readings.
◼ Readings Due: The Lost People, America
Looks Back, and A Story of a Ship and
People. Then pick your own.
Native AMerican
Webquest
◼FInish webquest that was started
yesterday, if not completed Thursday.
◼Must show me the summary to get
classwork grade for today.
◼Work on organizing your notebook,
missing work for any class, AR or
Achieve when done. I am out of candy.
Monday, 9/21/15
◼ Come
in and get your new warm-up sheet
and add to your table of contents (side board)
◼ Warm-up:
How did climate affect the lifestyles of the
different culture areas of Native American?
▪ What is the first English settlement? *hint it’s
located in NC.
▪
◼ Write
down homework:
▪ Achieve 3000 articles due Friday
▪
Study Vocabulary for 10 mins every night
Today we will….
◼ Identify
how North America was divided
amongst Great Britain, France, Spain,
and Russia.
◼ Infer the reason for the disappearance
of Roanoke.
Review N.Amer. Culture
Areas
Go over responses students should have
gotten to the Native American Culture
areas. Should take 20 mins through
examples on webpage.
Carving up the US (15
mins?)
◼Class discussion on how US is divided,
and how divisions can still be seen
today.
◼Label map to go along with discussion
so students can see a visual
representation.
Begin Webquest on
Roanoke Jamestown
(remainder of class, in partners or on own)
1.What REALLY happened at the Lost
Colony of Roanoke?
2.Why did they disappear?
3.Why did the Jamestown settlers come
to America?
4.What did the settlers of Jamestown do
differently in order to survive?
5.How will the settlers of Plymouth
survive?
Tuesday, 9/22/15
1.Have your homework on your desk.
2.Answer warm-up questions based on the
cartoon: (Evaluating a Political Cartoon)
1.How do the natives feel
about the “illegals?”
2.Who are the illegals?
3.Evaluate: What do you
think the cartoonist is
trying to say?How could
this relate to today’s issues
in America or globally?
Write down homework on
Back Board.
Today we will...
1.Complete our investigation on the early
English settlements of America through
a webquest and reading guide.
2.Determine how the three settlements
differ from each other.
Finish webquest on
Roanoke and Jamestown
(partners or alone)
◼You have 30 mins to finish the
webquest on Roanoke and Jamestown.
◼Review as whole class. Call on students
for answers before showing key.
Plymouth Reading Guide
Working on your own, complete the
reading guide. If you cannot finish it in
class, it becomes homework along with
the Triple Venn Diagram on the Early
English Settlements.
Wednesday, 9/23/15
1.Get out your homework
2.Write down homework (on back board)
3.Answer Warm-up questions using the
video
- Why did colonists go to Jamestown?
1.Who started Jamestown?
2.Why were indentured servants brought
over?
Today we will….
1.Review Warm-up
2.Review homework
3.Compare the three early English
settlements using Triple Venn Diagram
4.Begin Nightmare at Jamestown
Thursday, 9/24/15
1.Write down your homework:
a.Study Vocab for 10 mins
b.Achieve articles due at the end of class
Friday
c.How the Great Smokey Mountains are Made
Reading Guide
2.Answer warm-up questions:
a.Which settlement do you think was the
best? Why?
Nightmare in Jamestown
As we watch the movie Nightmare in
Jamestown, please answer your movie
guide. This will be collected for a grade.
Review positive movie watching habits.
Friday, 9/25/15
1.Turn homework into the center of your
table for me to collect.
2.Write down Achieve for today’s warmup and place into the middle of the table
too.
Achieve 3000
1.Log-on and complete the following
readings:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Even Jefferson Made Mistakes
A Terrible Price
Age of Revolution: Was This Blackbeard's Ship?
Pick your own articles when done
Search for articles if they aren’t in your Mailbox
Raise your hand if you get a 75% or higher the 1st try for
candy. Must show me the score!!!
2. Community Service Project:
a. Work on steps 4 and 5
3. Read 180:
a. Continue with….
Monday, 9/28
◼Turn in any missing work into the orange
bin.
◼Log-on to quia.com and take your Weekly
5: 9/27 based on last week’s notes. You may
use your notes.
◼Write Weekly 5 on your warm-up sheet
◼Homework:
▪Study Vocabulary- Unit 2 and Common Core 1
for 10 minutes every day
▪20 mins of Achieve at home
Weekly 5: 9/24
Log-on to Quia.com and complete
Weekly 5: 9/24 you have 10 mins
before we move on as a whole class.
If you finish before the rest of the class,
please read your AR book, or log-on to
Achieve 3000, or Quizlet.com to study
vocabulary
After Weekly 5, finish
Nightmare in Jamestown
(cores 1 &2)
Review positive movie
watching manners and
to complete the movie
guide for a grade.
Colonies Jigsaw
◼Today we will become masters on one
third of the colonies. We will either be
assigned the New England Colonies, the
Middle or Mid-Atlantic Colonies, or
Southern Colonies. We will watch a
podcast on our assigned colonies to gain
information required for us to teach the rest
of the class. Be as detailed as possible with
your work, please and thank you.
Colonies Jigsaw continued
◼All colonies podcasts links are located
on my webpage under “Class Links.”
◼You will have the rest of class to work
with your assigned team to become
masters.
◼Tomorrow you will teach the rest of
your classmates
Exit Discussion
◼What is one new thing you learned
today?
Tuesday, 9/29
◼Write down your homework:
▪Study Vocabulary- Unit 2 and Common Core 1
for 10 minutes every day
▪20 mins. of Achieve at home
▪ Triple Venn Diagram due tomorrow
▪ Progress reports due Friday
◼Warm-up:
▪Why were people coming to the colonies you
became a master in?
▪Why do you think they would go to the other
colonies?
Colonies Jigsaw (30mins)
◼Today since we became masters of our
colonial regions, we will teach the rest of the
class.
◼I will be splitting you up so we will have
about 3 people per group teaching the other
two about out topic.
▪Example: I would teach my partners about the
New England colonies by talking to them, not just
showing them my paper. Then I will listen and
record the information my teammates give me
about their colonies.
Review Work as Class
◼Review work as a whole class to make
sure that information that was received
is correct.
Directions for Homework
◼Go over directions for homework.
Collect and review first thing tomorrow
after the warm-up.
Wednesday, 9/30
◼Put homework into the center of the tables
for Trade and Grade
◼Write down homework:
▪Achieve 3000 for 20 mins
▪Vocabulary for at least 10 mins
▪Triangle Trade Reading Guide to prepare for
activity tomorrow
◼Warm-up:
▪Why were people coming to the British Colonies
in America? Include 2 positive and 2 negative
reasons
Achieve 3000
◼Log-on to Achieve 3000 and complete the
following articles:
▪ To Text or To Talk?
▪Honoring Early American Leaders
▪Birth of Nation, Constitution: Found; Ben
Franklin's Letters
▪The Branches of Government
◼CSLP- I will be meeting with you this week
to discuss the comments I made in your
Google Docs to improve plans
◼Read 180- continue with System 44
For the last 30 mins of
class, log-on to
◼http://elmsscobbie8.weebly.com/25colonial-life-multiple-perspectives.html
◼Password: LCS
▪Complete the assigned packet on the Daily life of
Colonial America. Tomorrow I will collect this for
a grade.
▪ this link is on my webpage under Class Links
Thursday, 10/1
◼Place your homework into the center of
your table.
◼Warm-up based on your homework:
▪What was the Triangle Trade?
▪Who started the Triangle Trade?
▪Why did the slave trade begin?
◼Homework:
▪Finish Daily Life in Colonial America Packet if not
completed in class- it is for a grade
▪Study Vocab for at least 10 mins
▪Achieve articles are due tomorrow at the end of class
Weekly 5: 10/2
◼Log-on to quia.com and complete
Weekly 5: 10/2, you may use your
notes. You have 10 minutes.
◼Begin your notes once weekly 5 is
complete.
Continue with Daily Life
Packet
◼http://elmsscobbie8.weebly.com/25colonial-life-multiple-perspectives.html
◼Password: LCS
◼This is due at the end of class, if not
completed, it is homework.
◼Highlight vocab terms, make questions,
and answer the summary if you complete
the notes before the end of class.
◼Add info to Triple Venn Diagram using
Daily Living Notes.
Exit Slip
◼Summary to class notes
Friday, 10/2
◼Homework: None
◼ We will have a project next week. We will
have some class time, but we will also use
home time too.
◼Warm-up: Write down 5- 10 items you
have at home or that we use at school,
along with where these items were made.
◼Turn in Daily Life Packets and Warm-up
sheets into the center of your tables.
Triangle Trade
Demonstration
◼We are going to act out the Triangle
Trade that you read about last night.
◼Each one of you will get a different
products that you will trade following
the rules set by England
Achieve 3000
◼Achieves to complete:
▪To Text or To Talk?
▪Honoring Early American Leaders
▪Birth of Nation, Constitution: Found; Ben
Franklin's Letters
▪The Branches of Government
◼CSLP- Meeting with you to go over edits
and revisions that need to be made.
◼Luis, Emerson, and Marvin do System 44
with the headphones.
Monday, 10/5
1.Warm- up: Why is it important to cite
your sources on a project?
2.Homework:
a.Colonies Postcard Project due Wednesday
b.Study Guide due Wednesday, Test
Thursday
c.Achieves due Friday- Pick 4 of your choice,
optional Extra Credit article available on
Salem Witch Trials until Friday
In Library
Mrs. Twigg will be teaching students how to
use APA formatting for citing their sources.
This was decided after speaking to the high
school and finding out APA is used for most
subjects. Will refresh students on the quick
way to cite sources using bibme.org as well.
Students will begin their projects in the
media center by checking out books to use.
Projects
1.Introduce project to students
2.Review rubric and research notes sheet
that they will use to gather information.
3.Remind students some work will need
to be completed at home despite getting
time in class.
4.Assist students with research notes
and citations as needed.
Tuesday, 10/6
Warm-up (Review from Plymouth):
Based on the video, give me a 4 sentence
summary about what the Mayflower
Compact is, and why it’s important?
Homework:
◼- Project due Thursday in class
◼- Study Guide due Wednesday, Test
Thursday
◼- 4 Achieves of your choice due Friday
Today we will
1.Review the Mayflower Compact and
it’s importance. (10 mins or less)
2.Work on our Colonial Postcardsindividual project (50mins)
3.Work on our Study Guides for
Thursday’s test in partners, groups, or
alone using our notebooks and Weekly
5’s (last 15 mins)
Wednesday, 10/7
-Warm-up: Study Guide Review
-Get out you Study Guide so we can go
over it.
-Homework:
1.Tomorrow is the Multiple Choice Section
in class, Tomorrow you will take home the
written portion of the exam due Friday.
2.Projects are due tomorrow at the
beginning of class.
3.4 Achieve articles of your choice due
Today we will...
1.Review your Study Guide (30mins)
2.Review how to use bibme.org for
bibliography (aka works cited page- 10
mins)
3.Work on your project (remainder of
class)
Thursday, 10/8
1.Please have your project out on your desk
so I can collect these.
2.Warm-up:
a.You have 10 mins to quiz a table mate on
questions the two of you may have found to
be difficult.
3.Homework:
a.Complete your Written Response portion of
your test due Friday
b.4 articles of your choice on Achieve are due
Friday
Testing
1.Please clear your desk of everything
except your laptop
2.Log-on to quia.com and wait for the
Secret Work silently
3.Complete test silently. Talking = a
ZERO!
4.After the test, log-on to Achieve 3000
and complete articles of your choice.
Friday, 10/9
1.Warm-up: Achieve Day
2.Put your Written Response part of
your test in the middle of the table.
3.Homework:
a.CSLP are due by 10/30 for those who
tested out of Achieve
b.None for everyone else
Achieve 3000
1.Log-on to Achieve 3000 and complete
at least 4 articles of your choosing.
Must have an activity!
2.CSLP- Meet with me to discuss flyers,
announcements, boxes needed for
collection, etc
3.System 44- Core 4 only