Native Americans
Extra credit assignment: go to Cahokia Mounds. You can earn 10 points if you climb Monk's Mound; you can earn 15 if you visit the museum. You must send me a photo of yourself to earn the credit.
Wednesday, 8/31: 6th hour began watching 500 Nations; must have 10 notes on schoology.
Thursday, 9/1: Discussed the pretest:
Native American Week Pretest. (On schoology)
Then, began or continued watching 500 Nations: Assigned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPUTLHWVY34&t=741s.
Friday: Day 2 or 3 of the film. Take 10 more notes; total of 20 or 30 depending on the class. 5th hour should have 20 by Tuesday; 6th hour should have 30.
Tuesday, September 5: Brief discussion of film. Went over class policies. Assigned the ""The World on the Turtle's Back"--reading and questions on schoology.
Wednesday: Quiz on "The World on the Turtle's Back."
Thursday: Assigned questions on Native American Poetry, due Monday. Questions on schoology.
Friday: Completed working on poems.
Monday, 9/11: Graded Discussion on NA Poetry. The makeup is a formal paragraph answering the following question: what can you tell about Native Americans from reading these three poems? Submit this on the Graded Discussion assignment on schoology.
Tuesday: take the Panorama survey. Brainstormed questions for entrepeneur/rental property investor Farris Gosea. Then, assigned questions on "The Iroquois Constitution." There's a link at the top of this page to that. The questions are on schoology.
Wednesday: Guest speaker, Farris Gosea.
Thursday: Brief discussion of the Iroquois Constitution. Then, assigned a letter to Farris, our guest speaker from yesterday. You can also Click here for directions on how to write that letter.
Friday: Illustrate a scene(s) from any of the Native American literature we have read. The drawing MUST include the title of the work, the name of the people who wrote it, and a quote. Due Monday; extra credit for the best. Bring Your Own Crayons; I have paper. You may do CAD, but you must print out.
Monday, 9/18: Choose the best drawing. Then: Click Here to read Seattle's "letter." Then, read what he actually said here: : http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/chiefsea.html. Then, complete the "Chief Seattle" assignment on schoology.
Tuesday: brief discussion of Chief Seattle's "letter" and actual speech.
Then, assigned a letter inspired by the unit. The "Native American Letter Assignment" is on schoology in the unit folder. You can also Click here for directions on how to write that letter.
Wednesday: choose best letter. Then, switch to the next unit.
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Wed: Gave permission slips for Friday field trip and assigned the Chief Seattle transcript, which wasn't working yesterday.
Friday: Field trip.
choose the best letter.
Tuesday: switch to next unit: the Early Settlers.
Tuesday: Click Here to read Seattle's "letter." A link to the actual script of his words: http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/chiefsea.html. Then, complete the "Chief Seattle" assignment on schoology.
Wed: Brief, informal discussion of The Chief Seattle letter and transcript. Then, assigned a letter inspired by the unit. The "Native American Letter Assignment" is on schoology in the unit folder. You can also Click here for directions on how to write that letter.
Thursday: Choose the best letter.
Monday,: choose the best illustration. Then begin the next unit.
Assign a letter inspired by the unit. Click here for directions on how to write that letter.