The month of October

Colonial America

Monday, 10/6/14Come in quickly and quietly, and please have a

seat. Write down your homework:

On page 27- create a word search or crossword using 10 of the 16 words that are part of our new vocabulary. Use the definitions as clues to the words you want us to find. Highlight or circle the answers. Due tomorrow.

Moravians of Salem (Enrichment Reading) due Friday. It is on paper and Edmodo.com

Add to your Table of Contents:L27- Colonial America Word-search (your homework,

see Study Guide for a Crossword Example)R28- Colonial America Vocabulary – Unit 3

Log-on to Quizlet.comSearch C_Farley. Click on Colonial America

Unit 3By the end of class you are expected to

complete the test section for your new vocabulary.

Record your test score on page 4 of your notebook.

If you finish the test before class is over, complete your homework.

Study Guide is available to fill in throughout our unit as well, I would start filling in what you can.

Tuesday, 10/7/14Come in quickly and quietly. Please have a seat and get out your

homework from last night. (Page L27- Self Created Wordsearch/Crossword Puzzle)

Write down tonight’s homework:Moravians of Salem Enrichment Reading-

Due FridayNotebook Check on Friday. Pages 27- 31

Add to your Table of Contents:L29- Primary V. Secondary Sources Practice

with PicturesR30- Primary V. Secondary Sources Notes

What is the difference between a Primary and Secondary Source?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXHO7bTPnw While we watch the short video on Primary

v. Secondary Sources, please complete the notes sheet that you have been provided with.

This is a self guided activity, therefore, I should not hear any talking. If you have a question, raise your hand and I will be with you as quickly as possible. This should be a quick review for many of us. There is no noise, so we should not need headphones.

Why do we need to understand the difference between primary and secondary sources?

Throughout the year we will be interacting with primary and secondary sources.

We will be asked to examine, analyze, and interpret such sources.

You will use primary and secondary sources to complete your projects in every class.

PracticeUsing the notes you just took from the

video, identify the following sources as primary or secondary.

If you finish early, work on your Enrichment Reading.

Wednesday, 10/8/14Please come in quickly and quietly, and have a seat. If you have any missing work to turn in, please do so

now. Write down your homework:

Enrichment Reading “Moravians of Salem” due Friday, 10/10/14

Colony Project due Friday, 10/17/14. We will go over the requirements before the end of class. We will start looking at how the 13 original colonies are formed today.

Add to your Table of Contents:L31- Reasons why people left the “Old World” (aka Europe) R32- How is North America divided among the European

countries?Get out 4 different colored pens, pencils, highlighters, or

crayons.

How is the New World going to be divided now that it has been found?Switch to document camera. Students will need 4 different colors.

Thursday, 10/9/14Quickly and quietly have a seat, please get

your laptops out and log-on to edmodo.comComplete your Weekly 5: 10/9/14Write down your homework:

Enrichment Reading “Moravians of Salem” due tomorrow, 10/10/14

Colonies Project Letter due Monday, 10/13/14Page 31- Complete if not finished in class.

Why would people leave their homes in Europe to come to North America?

With this activity, we will:be able to illustrate the "push factors" in England and the

"pull factors“ in the colonies and appraise the created current of immigration to America, as we watch “America the Story of Us: Rebels.”

-Who’s going to America? (the activity) Define the circumstances, and describe an individual that

would come to the British Americas in pursuit of advancing within, or because of the following: economics, agriculture, religion, social class, and nationality.

After you have done this be sure to:Prepare answers to each of the above. Provide at least three

examples or anecdotes for each of them. Prepare a brief presentation, complete with visuals (drawings) that enhance your responses to the questions. Use the space at the bottom of page 2, along with page L31 to sketch your drawings.

Friday, 10/10/14Come in quickly and quietly, and have a seat. Turn to page L31 of your notebook, and pass your

Enrichment Reading Responses to the front of your row.

Write down your homework:Colonies Project Letter due Monday, 10/13/14Colonies Project due Thursday, 10/23/14Thirteen Colonies Triple Venn Diagram Due Tuesday,

10/14/14.

Add to your Table of Contents L33- What was it like? Texts from the Past R34- The Colonies of Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth L 35- What rules do you feel a new colony should have? (5 min.) R36- Mayflower Compact L37- Brainstorm Your Advertisement Project, and The 13 Colonies

Triple Venn Diagram (Today and Monday?) R38- 13 Colonies Podcast Notes (Today and Monday?) L39- Brainstorm/Outline your Colony Essay (Tuesday) R40-Research notes for your Colony Project (every one has a

different colony) (Tuesday) L41- Diary Entry- How would your life be in the Colonial Era?

(Wednesday homework due Friday) R42- Colonial Life (Wednesday) L 43- What are 5 questions that you believe should be on this test. R44- Study Guide (This is the Colonial America Crossword Puzzle

you received on 10/6/13)

The Lost Colony of RoanokeLCR Movie Guide will be collected for a grade.

It will be taped in on page R34. Make sure you have enough room to tape in 3 activities like these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUkuZTHQ7Zo Talking during the video means that we will turn

to Chapter 3, Section 1 of our textbook. I will be checking your notebooks during the

video, while doing my best to point out the question numbers that are coming up.

Monday, 10/13/14Come in quickly and quietly, and have a seat. Write down your homework:

Project due on October 22, 2014. Give students their Project guidelines now, along with the parent letter. The letter must be signed and returned by tomorrow.

Notebook Check on Friday.

Today we will examine the colony of Jamestown.

Reading guide read as a whole class. Completed individually.

Have students log on to brain-pop when they are finished and watch the :Pocahontas brain-pop. Answer the quiz questions for comprehension. Write down your score on page 34 of your notes.

Wednesday, 10/14/14Come in quickly and quietly, and have a

seat. Write down your homework:

Notebook check Friday pages 33-36Enrichment Reading “Three Colonial

Governors” due FridayPage L33- Texts from the PastProject due on October 24, 2014

Follow directions on the side board. Use “CC” (aka closed captions) if you do not have headphones.

The First Thanksgiving- Plymouth, Massachusetts Students will complete the brain-pop about the First

Thanksgiving: http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/thanksgiving/preview.weml

Log-in is leecs (username), and brainpop (password)Students will then take the quiz for a comprehension

check. This is not be counted as a quiz grade, but as a class work grade.

If you finish early, you have three options:Play the game

http://www.plimoth.org/media/mayflower-2/index.html Play the game http://www.plimoth.org/media/olc/intro.html

ORComplete your homework on edmodo.com

Thursday, 10/16/14Come in quickly and quietly, and please have

a seat. Write down your homework:

Notebook check Friday on pages 33- 38Enrichment Reading due Friday “Three Colonial

Governors” for Cores 1 AND 2Project due on 10/24/14 Missing work is due on 10/27/14. I will not

accept for after that date.

The Mayflower CompactWe will read the Reading Guide together. You will be responsible for finding the

correct answers on your own. The questions are to be answered by the

end of class. If you finish early, complete your

homework:On Page L35- write down 5 laws that you feel

should have been set up at this time, or that you would want if you started your own colony. You need to explain why you would want those rules and include pictures for each on. I have comic strip templates in the back if you want to set your rules up that way.

View Project Guidelines and Example on Edmodo when done. Ask questions about the project now.I will hand out the rubrics during IE Tomorrow and Monday will be your in class

days to work on the project.

Vote Now: Should Mr. Toth be the Hulk or a Chicken man for Halloween? No he is not passing out fried chicken.

Friday, 10/15/14Come in quickly and quietly, and have a seat. Turn to your homework on page L35, turn in your

progress reports! Write down your homework:

Any and ALL missing work is due by 10/27/14Project due on October 24, 2014

Clear your desk of everything except your notebook and a pen or pencil.

Cross out 3,6,7, and 8 on your weekly 5.

After the Weekly 5 on paperWrite down 5 rules or laws that you believe

a new colony should have on Page L35Tape in work into your notebook.

L36 is the Mayflower Compact Reading GuideLog-on to edmodo.com and complete the

podcast work for your colony’s region. Write down your answers on the handout labeled page 38. Tape this into your notebook.

Today’s Agenda post Weekly 5On edmodo find the announcement that talks about the 3

colony groups. It will contain a link and two documents. You will be responsible for teaching another group of

students about one of the three colony groups: New England, Mid- Atlantic (aka Middle), or the Southern Colonies.

You will work with the other people who have the same assigned colony. We will be using Mr. Zoller’s Podcasts on Youtube to assist us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ScZh2-QLOE&list=PL9bDHRx3YbkV_rZLEF-eg8I6v0

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If you work with a partner you will be more concrete in your responses and more comfortable teaching others in the class. I should not hear off topic conversations or talking that is above a whisper.

While you are working, I will be checking your notebooks; pages 32-36 for Core 1B, 2A, 3A and 3B.

Exit SlipIn order to leave today, you must answer

the following as a class:Why are NC and SC one colony during the

formation of the 3 colonies?Why are most people coming to the colonies?

(What reason do you see being used most frequently?)

What are you having issues understanding?Place your notebooks in a nice, neat, stack

near the windows for me to grade this weekend if I did not get to you in class.

Monday, 10/20/14Come in quickly and quietly and have a

seat. Make sure that you have turned in your

Enrichment reading.Write down your homework for this

evening:Complete your brainstorm for your

advertisement, as well as, your Triple Venn Diagram on the 13 colonies which is located on page L37- due Tuesday

Brainstorming/outlining your report on page L39- due Wednesday

Final Project due FRIDAY!!!!

Today’s agendaOn Friday, we should have finished our notes on the

colony grouping. That means to day you will be split up to teach two other classmates about your colony grouping. This does not mean tell them to what the video. You need to ask your groups members questions, and answer them in turn if they have any questions.

Keep voices to a minimum and follow our G.R.O.U.P. expectations.

I will be checking your notebooks as you are going through this, for those of you I missed on Friday, pages 32-36.

Have students check their groups material to what I have on my key the last 10 minutes of class. It should match up if they paid attention while the podcasts were playing.

Exit Slip on EdmodoWhat are two things you learned today, one thing

you did not like about today’s lesson, and one thing that you are confused about?

Homework: Complete your brainstorm for your advertisement, as

well as, your Triple Venn Diagram on the 13 colonies which is located on page L31- due Monday

Brainstorming/outlining your report on page L33- due Tuesday

Completed Project due on 10/23/14Tomorrow you will use the time in class to complete

your advertisement. You want to convince people to leave England to start a colony with you.

Tuesday, 10/21/14Come in quickly and quietly, and have a seat. Take out your Triple Venn DiagramWrite down your homework:

Brainstorming/outlining your report on page L39- due tomorrow

Completed Project due on Friday, 10/24/14*** This will be your first grade for Quarter 2

Unit test will be on Monday 10/27/14 ***This will be your last grade for Quarter 1

Notebook Check due on 10/31Today, you will use the time in class to work your

advertisement. You want to convince people to leave England to start a colony with you. Use your rubrics, but first we will go over the Triple Venn Diagram.

Wednesday, 10/22/14Come in quickly and quietly, and have a seat. Write down your homework:

Completed Project due on Friday, 10/24/14Study Guide due Monday. It was on the back of

the Monravians of Salem. I have no more paper copies, all copies are on edmodo.com.

Notebook Check on 10/31Test next Wednesday!

Today, you will use the time in class to complete your written portion of your research using Microsoft Word or Google Docs. I will not accept handwritten copies!!!!!

Your project is due FRIDAY!!!! There is no more class time after today!!!

Friday, 10/23/14- B cores, Monday A Cores

Turn your project into the orange bin, if you did not complete it electronically. If it was completed on the computer, be sure that you turned it in on edmodo.com or shared it with me in GoogleDrive by tomorrow at 3pm.

Write down your homework: Study Guide due Tuesday- R44Dairy Entry- what is life like in colonial

America? - L41 – due Monday

What is life like in Colonial America?

Page R42 of your notebook- Daily Life in Colonial America

http://www.history.org/kids/visitUs/#colonialPeople . This link is on Edmodo.

If you finish early, complete either the journal entry (on half sheet), tape R42 into your notebook, and the Study Guide. Both are due Monday!

If you get done with both of these, you may go play games on freerice.com or on Study Island. The ones on Study Island are more fun and will help you with preparing for Wednesday’s Test

Monday, 10/27/14- B Cores, Tuesday, 10/25- A Cores

1. Review Day!!! Weekly 5 10/27/14 on Edmodo.com

2. Write down your Homework: 1. Review your notes, weekly 5’s and project. 2. Notebook Check is on October 31st

1. The sooner we all get a 70% or higher on our notebooks, the sooner I stop checking them every week.

3. Fun Way or the Boring Way- The choice is yours based upon your actions as a class. 3 strikes and we do the boring way.

Today we will…..Students who have

not done their project, you have a choice. Study for tomorrow’s test, or complete your 52pt project that was due on Friday.

Students who have completed their projects, log-on to Study Island.

Click on Farley Cores ALL; click on IE Time Assignments; do Exploration and Colonization.

Log-in is :LCSlunch#Lunch #

Wednesday, 10/29/14Test Day!!! 1. The test is on Edmodo.com and is titled

“Colonial America Post Test.”2. After wards take the “American Revolution

Pre-test.”3. Graph your results for both tests4. Organize your notebook for tomorrow’s

notebook check. Pages 32-44. Table of Contents is on Edmodo.

5. Missing Work- DO YOUR PROJECTS!!!!! Today marks 15pts off your final grade.

Thursday 10/30/14Notebook Check day! Swap your notebooks with a peer. We are

checking pages 32-44. That means our total is out of 13 points. We are not looking for teacher marks, which means you either have it or you don’t.

After the notebook check. Log-on to quizlet.com to receive your new vocabulary words. We will be quizzed on them tomorrow. The words are under “America Revolution”Search for C_Farley if you have issues finding

me.

Friday, 10/31/141. Log-on to quizlet.com2. You have until the end of class to take the

vocabulary quiz on our new words titled, “American Revolution- Unit 4.”

3. If you get done early, complete the homework. The homework is to make a crossword puzzle or word search using at least 10 words. Pick up the homework in the pink folder on the side board.

4. See me if you get this all done.