Week 6: September 30 - October 4

This week we will continue to use our new chrome books. We will practice making a google document, and learn how to make a google presentation. The students will be working in teams to research either the New England, Middle, or Southern colonies. Once they are done with their research, they will create a google presentation to share their findings with the class. This project involves work on the computer outside of class.




Classwork
Monday 9/30: Create google doc on colonies and begin research
Tuesday: 10/1: finish research
Wednesday 10/2: learn how to make a google presentation
Thursday 10/3: work on colonies presentation
Friday 10/4: work in computer lab to finish presentation. USE LINK below to the right under Favorite Links to sign into google. Then go to MY DRIVE and select shared with me.

HOMEWORK
Monday 9/30: Log into google using link on the right under Favorite Links. Then go to drive and shared with me. Work on research.

Tuesday 10/1: finish research. Then watch the video below that explains how to make a google presentation. The first one is longer, but more detailed.
How to Make a Google Presentation Video




Google Presentations Tutorial Link






Wednesday 10/2: Work on presentation

Thursday 10/3: Work on presentation
WANT TO ADD ANIMATION TO YOUR PRESENTATION? LEARN HOW HERE!
How To Add Animation to your Presentation Tutorial


Friday 10/4: Work on presentation ***DUE MONDAY!

Week 5: September 23-27

This week we will be focusing on the first successful colonies in America, Jamestown and Plymouth. The week will start with an activity designed to see if the students would have survived the first year in a new colony.
The lessons below are subject to change if all of the new chromebook information arrives! So please check back daily to get updates.
Don't forget Tuesday is picture day.


Challenge Question: What is the main crop that saved Jamestown from destruction and who introduced this crop to the colony?

TENTATIVE CLASSWORK
Monday 9/23: Roanoke and intro to colonies simulation activity
Tuesday 9/24: finish activity
Wednesday 9/25: Chromebooks!!!!

Thursday 9/26: Making a google doc
Friday 9/27: Google docs practice

HOMEWORK
Monday 9/23: Watch and Play Captain John Smith Online Adventure
WATCH ALL THE PARTS!
Captain John Smith Online Adventure

Tuesday 9/24: Read and answer questions on Jamestown. Read pages 85-89 in text. Then do WS.

Wednesday 9/25 NONE!! Chromebooks!!

Founding of Jamestown
Jamestown
Pocahontas
OPTIONAL: Play Jamestown Online Adventure Game



Thursday 9/26: Watch videos below
Mayflower Deconstructed
Mayflower

Friday 9/27: None

Week 4: September 16-20

This week we will focus on Spanish, English and French explorers. We will examine key figures, why they came and the impact that they had. On Friday we will be having a test on the Age of Exploration. Please study using the flashcards below. 
Challenge question: What was the fate of the Incan emperor, Atahualpa?

CLASSWORK
Monday 9/16: The Conquistadors: Cortes and Pizarro
Tuesday 9/17: Perform play "Explorers Who Abused Indians-And Got away With It"
Wednesday 9/18: Study Guide
Thursday 9/19: Review Video
Friday 9/20: Explorer TEST!

HOMEWORK
Monday 9/16: Read the following link and write down answers to the following.
Why Explorers Explored the World
1. What were the six reasons why explorers set out?
Click on the map or country title across the top to and find the answers to the following.
2. What were the main reasons why the French were exploring?
3. What part of the world did the French primarily explore?
4. What were the main reasons why the English sent explorers?
5. What part of the world did the English mainly explore?
6. What were the Spanish explorers trying to gain by exploring?
7. What part of the world did the Spanish explore?
Tuesday 9/17: Complete Explorer Comparison Chart WS
Wednesday 9/18: finish study guide as needed
Thursday 9/19: Study using study guide or blog flashcards

Friday 9/20: TEST today no homework

Week 3: September 9-13

This week we will start our  unit on European exploration
of the Americas. Don't forget hat Wednesday, September 11, is Back
to School Night-See you then!  Friday is a 12:06 dismissal.
CHALLENGE ?: How many voyages to the New World did
 Columbus make?

CLASSWORK
                              Monday: Introduction to Explorers, life aboard ship
Tuesday: Christopher Columbus
         Wednesday: map of Spanish explorers
       Thursday: Pride of Matilija assembly
              Friday: Columbus's impact on the natives

HOMEWORK
Monday: Read the links below
Excerpt from Columbus's Log
More Excerpts from Columbus's voyage
                                   Tuesday: Read pages 49-53 in text and
       complete worksheet
           Wednesday: Finish map
  Thursday: NONE
Friday: NONE

 

 

Week 2: Sept 3-6

 

This week we will continue to focus on Native Americans. We will examine how the first peoples got to North America, and examine similiarities and differences among tribes. We will discover how geography and access to resources influences a people's way of life.

Challenge Question: Who was Deganawida?

CLASSWORK
Tuesday 9/3: Native American story of creation plus learning to take notes
Wednesday 9/4: Introduction to vocabulary
Thursday: Tribe Comparison Chart
Friday: Quiz and Movie

HOMEWORK
Tuesday 9/3: Crossword puzzle
Wednesday 9/4: finish vocabulary
Thursday 9/5: 1. Study for quiz using flashcards below.

Friday: NONE