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.
Friday, 9/5: Native American Week Pretest.
Monday, 9/8: Discussed the pretest. Then, began or continued watching The Ancient Tribes That Settled the Americas | First Peoples | Full Episode 1 | PBS. Students must write down 10 facts, which will be submitted on schoology.
Tuesday: added 10 more notes to the list of things learned from the film.
Wednesday: Brief discussion of film. Went over class policies.
Assigned questions on Native American Poetry, due Monday. Questions on schoology.
Thursday: Continued working on poems.
Friday: One day, formal graded discussion on the NA poetry. Students should have points 5 at the end of the conversation. Students who are absent must submit a formal paragraph answering one of the questions we discussed. The paragraph should be submitted on schoology.
Monday, 9/15: Complete the GD on NA Poetry. Students must have 7 ponts. Students who missed one day can make up the points by writing a formal paragraph answering one of the questions about which we spoke. Submit it for the graded discussion.
Tuesday: Assigned the ""The World on the Turtle's Back"--reading and questions on schoology.
Wednesday: Assigned questions on "The Iroquois Constitution." There's a link at the top of this page to that. The questions are on schoology.
Thursday: Graded discussion on "The World on a Turtle's Back" and the Iroquois Constitution. Students who are absent must submit on schoology a formal paragraph answering one of the questions we discussed.
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 from the text. Due Monday; extra credit for the best. Bring Your Own Crayons; I have paper. You may do CAD, but you must print out.
Monday, 9/16: Choose the best art, 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: 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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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.
You can also Click here for directions on how to write that letter.
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.
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.