Mon., Sept. 21
- students complete bookwork on the beginnings of American society and government
- Learning Goal (LG) - students will identify the core ideals of American society as reflected in its documents, and analyze the ways that American society moved toward and/or away from its core ideals
- Learning Objective (LO) - students complete research from text on early colonial govt. and British control/U.S. reaction
- Do Nows - students attempt definitions for new Wall Words
- Activities - Define Terms & Names p. 48; Answer "Think Through History" Q 'B' - p. 49; Write Down "Intolerable Acts - British Action/Colonial Reaction" p. 51.
- Depth of Knowledge (DOK) - levels 1,2
Tue., Sept. 22
- students complete second "Critical Reading" assignment
- LG - students will identify the core ideals of American society as reflected in its documents, and analyze the ways that American society moved toward and/or away from its core ideals
- LO - students will understand how our brain works when we "think" we know the answers
- Do Nows - students retrieve definitions for new "Wall Words"
- Activities - students read paragraph entitled "The Robbery", then answer 10 questions afterward - first by themselves, then in pairs or groups, then we complete as a class
- DOK - levels 1-3
Wed., Sept. 23
- students start work on "U.S. Constitution Scavenger Hunt" packet
- LG - students will identify the core ideals of American society as reflected in its documents, and analyze the ways that American society moved toward and/or away from its core ideals
- LO - students will develop skills on completing research and analysis, as they pour over the Constitution and Amendments
- Do Nows - students will attempt to put new "Wall Words" into complete sentences
- Activities - students research and analyze, as they pour over the Constitution and the Amendments for answers in packet
- DOK - levels 1,2
Thur., Sept. 24
- students continue work on "U.S. Constitution Scavenger Hunt" packet
- LG - students will identify the core ideals of American society as reflected in its documents, and analyze the ways that American society moved toward and/or away from its core ideals
- LO - students will develop skills on completing research and analysis, as they pour over the Constitution and Amendments
- Do Nows - students will attempt to draw one of new Wall Words in action
- Activities - students research and analyze, as they pour over the Constitution and the Amendments for answers in packet
- DOK - levels 1,2
Fri., Sept. 25
- No School for Students - Professional Development for Teachers
Mon., Sept. 28
- students finish Constitution Scavenger Hunt and complete Social Studies survey for ERCA
- LG -students will identify the core ideals of American society as reflected in its documents, and analyze the ways that American society moved toward and/or away from its core ideals
- LO - students will develop skills on completing research and analysis, as they pour over the Constitution and Amendments, and also answer Qs on
survey for college information in the mail
- Do Nows - students retrieve definitions for new Wall Words
- Activites - students research and analyze, as they pour over the Constitution and the Amendments for answers in packet and then complete survey for free information in the mail, about colleges, the military, or trade schools
- DOK - levels 1,2
Tue., Sept. 29
- students complete CFA on information collected from Constitution Scavenger Hunt
- LG - students will identify the core ideals of American society as reflected in its documents, and analyze the ways that American society moved toward and/or away from its core ideals
- LO - students display information recalled from the Constitution Scavenger Hunt
- Do Nows - students retrieve definitions for new "Wall Words"
- Activities - students attempt to answer five questions, based on Scavenger Hunt information, with help from a word bank
- DOK - Levels 1,2
Wed., Sept. 30
- students complete current events assignment
- LG - students will identify the core ideals of American society as reflected in its documents, and analyze the ways that American society moved toward and/or away from its core ideals
- LO - students will understand and analyze important happenings in the world and in the United States, and how it may effect them
- Do Nows - students attempt to put new "Wall Words" into complete sentences
- Activities - students take 10 facts from two articles: "The Selfie Election", and "What They Did For Their Summer Vacation", from N.Y Times' Upfront magazine
- DOK - Levels 1 - 3
Thur., Oct. 1
- students receive project paper, discuss, and also left-brained right-brained video/assessment
- LG - students will identify the core ideals of American society as reflected in its documents, and analyze the ways that American society moved toward and/or away from its core ideals
- LO - students will begin formulating thoughts and ideas for "Family Heritage" project, and better understand how their brain works through the Chicago Herald Sun "spinning lady" optical illusion
- Do Nows - students attempt to draw one of the new Wall Words in action
- Activities - students receive handout on "Family Heritage" project, and go over/discuss; then the "Spinning Lady" optical illusion is put on Promethean Board, discussion on what the students "see"; then pass out "Left Brain/Right Brain analysis sheets
- DOK - levels 1 - 3
Fri., Oct. 2
- students (1st, 2nd, 3rd Hr.) going to pep rally; extra credit assignment
- LG - students will identify the core ideals of American society as reflected in its documents, and analyze the ways that American society moved toward and/or away from its core ideals
- LO - students will practice letter location skills with word search, with relevant terms
- Do Nows - start again on Monday
- Activities - students given word search - with terms relating to our unit on Politics in U.S. to 1877
- DOK - level 1