Tuesday, 3/04

• Please hand-in your blue warm-up sheet from last week and pick-up a pink sheet for this week.

• List three push factors and three pull factors for going west. Be sure to be specific!

Friday, 2/28• Please pick-up a laminated map and a survey.• Take the next 10 minutes to complete the mapping

and questions from Wednesday and the survey.• We will have our “real” warm-up soon!

Friday, 2/28 – “Real” Warm-Up• Think of three reasons why you may have been

pushed to go West.

• Pull out your green learning map with the scrambled words on the back. Did you figure them out?

Here are some clues for the words you are unscrambling . . . Who’s out west?

Howdy Partner! Use the vocabulary from Talkin’ Like a Cowboy to write a postcard to your Mama ‘bout ridin’ the range on your Closer section for today!

CLOSER - Fri., 2/28

When someone says, “The West,” I think about . . .

Complete the above statement with as many ideas as you can consider!

Thursday, 2/27

Based on our discussion in class today, how has your

perception of the West changed or been enhanced?

w/ Articles – Thurs., 2/27

Closer - Thursday, 2/27

• Based on our discussion in class today, how has your perception of the West changed or been modified?

Previous Semester’s Slides

Pull from these to modify for the current semester

The same people are in both pictures. What is this called and what differences do you notice?

Friday 10/18

When you finish the test . . .

• Make sure your name and test version are on your answer sheet.

• Bring everything up to the desk.

• Work on the closer: WESTWARD EXPANSION w/ one word or short phrase for each letter.

• Work on the word search and logic puzzle that you pick up at the desk.

Extra Credit• The word search will count half as much as

the puzzle on the back. The points will be added to your test score.

• It must be complete to receive the extra credit points!

• Work on them now and continue through the weekend. I will collect them on Monday.

Wednesday, 10/16 – 3rd/4th Periods Only

Due to PSAT Schedule

If you were to walk onto a Native American reservation today, what would you expect to see regarding the lives of the Native Americans?

Tuesday, 10/15

• Please lease hand-in your blue warm-up sheet from last week and pick-up a pink sheet for this week.

• Return to your group table and take out your group’s notes from Thursday and your personal note sheet.

• Answer the following: If time travel were possible, which group would you rather be part of and why?

• You will rotate clockwise in order to learn about the other groups and to teach about your group. Don’t Forget Your Vocabulary Words!

• If traveling with a partner you are to stay together!

Closer - Tuesday, 10/15 Write the word

DIVERSITYvertically on your closer box

for today (it may help to rotate the sheet).

Write a word or short phrase for each letter that relates to

Unit 3. Be creative!

DIVERSITY

Thursday, 10/10

• Please sit at your group table. Do not touch the paperwork on the table.

• Answer the following question for warm-up:In your opinion, what are the three most important facts that other students need to learn about regarding your group and their role in the settling the West?

• You will rotate clockwise in order to learn about the other groups and to teach about your group.

• If traveling with a partner you are to stay together!

CLOSERThursday

10/10

Explain which diverse group you

think had it the easiest and which group had it the

toughest out West.

Wednesday, 10/09• Please sit with your group again

• Answer the following questions for warm-up:What has been the most interesting or unusual fact you have learned about your group? Please explain!

Before you leave today . . .

• Save your project under My Documents with a logical name. I will not hunt for your project!

• Save it to your thumb drive if you are planning on continuing to work on this at home. Be sure to send me your final project by tomorrow!

• Print a copy of your Power Point so that you have a hard copy of it.

Tuesday, 10/08• Please sit with your group again. The seating may be slightly different from Monday.

• Answer the following questions for warm-up:How did your research go yesterday? What is your goal for researching today?

Monday, 10/07

Please hand-in your yellow warm-up sheet from last week and pick-up a blue sheet for this week.

Sit with your group and await further instructions before “leaping” to the library today!

Closer – Tues., 3/04

• It is 1877 and you live in Delaware. You have an opportunity to homestead in South Dakota. Do you take the chance? Explain with specific reasons why or why not.