Learning Goals

Explore Chapter 3  textbook vocabulary Thirteen Colonies

Agenda

1. Read Chapter 3 (the thirteen colonies) to students. Point out pictures and have students describe what is going on.
2. Discuss any new vocabulary words (ie Freedom, Religion, Religious Freedom, and Persecution)
3. Discuss the concept of Freedom, have students work on a journal where they can write or draw about a connection they have to freedoms being taken away from them. (this will take the majority of the class) The journal is attached and translated to some of the languages represented in the class
4. Complete New Vocabulary Chart
5. Explore Timelines

Extension/ HW

1. Finish Connection

Learning Goals

Explore Chapter 3 of textbook Thirteen Colonies through a picture walk, teacher led reading, and a connection journal .

Agenda

1. Read Chapter 3 (the thirteen colonies) to students. Point out pictures and have students describe what is going on.
2. Discuss any new vocabulary words (ie Freedom, Religion, Religious Freedom, and Persecution)
3. Discuss the concept of Freedom, have students work on a journal where they can write or draw about a connection they have to freedoms being taken away from them. (this will take the majority of the class) The journal is attached and translated to some of the languages represented in the class

Extension/ HW

1. Finish Connection

Learning Goals:

Handout Class #5 and 6

US History Notebook Page for Unit 1: The First Americans, Native Americans.

Learning Goals:   Introduction to the Course

1. Set up Binders
2. Introduction to the Geography of the United States. Create Mental Maps. Complete physical and political United States Maps
3. Explore United States History and Computer Productivity Tools
4. Identify a Learning Topic of Interest and share with Ms. Hoffman over e-mail (Khoffman@pps.net) or Today’s Meet Chatroom

1. Set up Binders
2. Introduction to the Geography of the United States. Create Mental Maps. Complete physical and political United States Maps
3. Explore the Textbook
4. As time allows, complete an introductory reading to the first unit of exploration and discovery.

1. Warm-Up: Pre-thinking of brainstorm about the United States and US History. Define History and the course learning goals. Introduce Sheltered Text
2. As time allows allow students to Reflect on the anniversary of September 11th. Use the Photo Essays, In class Discussion, Magazine, and Digital Resources to share an opinion. Thinking Questions What do you remember about Sept. 11, 2001? What did you learn from 9/11? How did 9/11 change the world? What are the right and wrong ways to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11? Link: Case Study September 11th represented in textbooks around the world. 
3. Introduction to the Geography of the United States. Create Mental Maps
4. As time allows, complete an introductory reading.