We will review what we know about Jamestown.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 (PLC)
Warm Up: Obtain a Jamestown Review sheet.
Classwork: Finish viewing “Nightmare at Jamestown” and complete your review sheet for tomorrow’s quiz.
Exit Ticket: Why did Jamestown succeed?
We will know why Jamestown failed and why it succeeded.
Monday, August 29th, 2016
Warm up: Attach your warm up page to page 6 in your notebook.
Current Events: NFL player sits for the national anthem.
Classwork: Watch National Geographic’s “Nightmare in Jamestown” to find out why the settlers struggled so much early on and, eventually, why it succeeded.
We will review basic information about the North American colonies.
Friday, August 25th, 2016
Warm Up: Attach your Colonies worksheet to page 4 in your notebook.
Classwork: Follow along with British colonies slides and complete worksheet.
Video: Watch portion of “America: The Story of Us – Rebels” to see the founding of Plymouth.
Exit Ticket: Which portion of the country was more likely to have a longer growing season?
Warm Up: What was the difference in tone between True Relation and General History?
Classwork: Read what historians say about the incident. Have they given us more options?
Assessment: What do you think really happened? Write a two paragraph statement indicating whether or not you believe Pocahontas saved John Smith’s life. Make sure you provide evidence to support your claim. Use information from the documents you have read in class, particularly the primary source documents, to persuade your readers to believe your argument.
Exit Ticket: What are some of the differences between what you believe happened and the movie that you have noticed this week?
We will explore the question: “Did Pocahontas REALLY save John Smith?”
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
Warm Up: What did we learn yesterday about Jamestown?
Classwork: Analyze (Doc A) writing from John Smith’s True Relation about his experience in captivity with the Powhatan tribe. Break down account on guided reading.
Exit Ticket: What is missing from True Relation? Answer: He doesn’t mention Pocahontas.
We will gain basic knowledge of John Smith’s adventures in Jamestown.
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
Warm Up: Join your respective Google Classroom page. The joining code will be on the board.
Classwork: Follow On the Trail of John Smith in the computer lab.
Exit Ticket: Did John Smith achieve his goals?
We will be able to identify aspects of life of the 16th century Powhatan Indians.
Friday, August 19th, 2016
Warm Up: What is a primary source?
Classwork: Discuss primary and secondary sources. Introduce Powhatan Indians. Complete Powhatan Worksheet for a grade. Why would the second picture change five years later?
Exit Ticket: By looking at the pictures, what can we tell about life for the 16th Century Powhatan?
We will understand the Columbian Exchange.
Thursday, August 18th, 2016
Warm Up: What do we already know about Christopher Columbus?
Classwork: Follow along with Columbian Exchange slides. Using your “Call to Freedom” textbook, analyze Columbus’ voyages. Create a mind map on page 2 of your notebook explaining your understanding of the Columbian Exchange.
Exit Ticket: What four things were moved in the Columbian Exchange?
We will identify skills we will use in 8th grade social studies and show what we already know about early US history.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2017
Warm Up: Write down the address to this blog: wp.lps.org/dbayne
Classwork: Take pre-test and go over social studies skills: sourcing, context, tone, perspective, bias and corroboration.
Exit Ticket: Grade your papers and turn them in. We will use these at the end of the year to see how much you have learned.
We will understand class expectations.
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
Warm Up: Attach “Five Passes” sheets to notebooks. Write names on Notebooks. Label page #1 “Table of Contents.
Classwork: Go over classroom, discussion and teacher expectations.
Exit Ticket: Place notebooks back in assigned bins.