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Week of April 29th
Monday
Warmup:
Notebook Check
Battles Stations - Info pages - Put notes in your notebook on 4 of 8
Battles Review - Class Sketches and Map
Tuesday
Warmup:
Emancipation Proclamation Video/Introduction
Assignment
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
Civil War Technology Notes and Assignment
Friday
Warmup: How did leadership influence the outcome of the war?
Surrender at Appomattox Video
Reconstruction Stations with Worksheet
Week of April 22nd
Monday
Warmup: Complete Rubric for Sectionalism LP and TURN-IN!
Civil War LP
Advantages/Disadvantages Stations and Big Thinking
Tuesday
Warmup: Which strength or weakness is most important?
Strategies of the Civil War Notes and assignment (posted in google classroom)
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Was Total War a good strategy?
Battle Map - Reading HERE and Questions
Battles Stations - Info pages - Put notes in your notebook on 4 of 8
Friday
NO SCHOOL
Week of April 15th
Monday
Warmup: Work on LP
Tuesday
CMAS Testing
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Extensions Examples
Feedback from Peers
Progress Check
Work on LP
Friday
Warmup:
Work on LP - DUE Monday!
Week of April 8th
Monday
Warmup: Why would Douglas regret the debates?
Finish Election of 1860 Assignment
Secession Notes -- Questions
Google Form Review - See Google classroom
Tuesday
CMAS
Wednesday
CMAS
Thursday
CMAS
Friday
Warmup: How did regional loyalty lead to the Civil War?
Start the LP - DUE 4/22
Week of April 1st
Monday
Warmup:
Finish Notes on Push vs Pull Factors
Check Sketch Unit Map
Challenges of Life in the West - See Google Classroom
Tuesday
Warmup
Tri-mind quiz
Begin States Rights Activity and Reading
Wednesday
Warmup:Should the government do what's best for you even if you don't like it?
States Rights Activity and Reading
Thursday
Warmup: Finish States Rights Activity and Reading - DUE
Cartoons out West - DUE Friday (HOMEWORK IF NOT DONE)
Friday
Warmup:
Leading to Secession Notes - Questions in Notebook
Election of 1860 Assignment
Week of March 25th
WELCOME TO 4TH QUARTER...MOVING FORWARD, NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED
Monday
Finance Park Field Trip
Tuesday
Warmup
Odd Classes - Complete this assignment
Even Classes - Sectionalism Quiz
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
**Odd: Finish North vs South Industry/Society
Reform in Society Activity - Most important PIEs Chart
Notes on Push vs Pull Factors
**Even: Industrial Revolution Intro Video
Stations
Reform in Society Activity - Most important PIEs Chart
Friday
Warmup
Finish Reform in Society Activity - Most important PIEs Chart
Notes on Push vs Pull Factors
Week of March 18th - SPRING BREAK!
Week of March 11th
Monday
Warmup: Connect Manifest Destiny to the 3Gs.
North vs South in Google Classroom
Tuesday
"Catchup day" - Complete all missing/incomplete assignments
Wednesday
Warmup
Sectionalism Quiz
Impact on US History Bracket
Industrial Revolution Intro Video
Stations
Thursday
SNOW DAY
Friday
SNOW DAY
Week of March 4th
Monday
Presidency LP - Finish Connection
Tuesday
Warmup:
Sectionalism LP - Check/Sketch
Review "American Progress" Image - Observations/Inferences Mood? Message? Meaning?.
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Connect Manifest Destiny to the 3Gs.
"Big" Thinking - Review Passage and connect to American Progress
Expansion "Jigsaw" Notes
Expansion Map "Sketch"
Friday
Warmup: "Eastward I go only by force, but Westward I go free" Henry David Thoreau - Meaning and Connection?
Connect to Alternative Images (google classroom)
Map and Land Expansion
Week of February 26th
Monday
Warmup: What is one issue presidents different on? History vs today?
Research your president
Tuesday
Warmup: 1-5 how far are you with research?
Must be complete with research... End of class today - See google classroom
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: 1-5 how far are you with research?
Complete LP Illustrations using Research
Friday
Warmup: Get out your Illustrations... Can you join a group based on your completion?
Form groups and work on bio sheet
Begin Connections
Week of February 19th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Warmup: Sketch your ideal leader - Consider physical feature and personality characteristics that matter.
Complete Presidential Rankings (if not done)
What does a president look like? --> Ted Talk Video .
After watching the video, how does your leader match that of the "ideal" president? Explain.
Best Presidents Video -- why are they on the list?
Connect to LP bubbles
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
Presidential Legacy - Research
Friday
Warmup:
Notebook Check
Introduce Presidency Unit LP -- See Google Classroom for details
Week of February 12th
Monday
Warmup: Gallery Walk - How can you improve your own work? Feedback
Create connections for LP
Work on LP
Tuesday
Warmup: Work on LP
Due at the END OF CLASS
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What makes a good leader? Name some examples of leadership we have learned about. Positive and negative?
Check/Sketch LP
Notes on Sections of LP - Brainstorming
Complete in Google Classroom - C-Span Presidential Survey and complete the questions -DUE END OF CLASS
Week of February 5th
Monday
Warmup: Review Political Parties - Are political parties necessary? Can our system work without them? How do they influence the decisions we make?
Amendments - Fill in the Blank
Amendments Meme Assignment - Posted in Google classroom - Due Tuesday
Tuesday
Begin Constitution and Government LP
Rubric - LP Planning Doc - SPECIFIC RESEARCH IDEAS
DUE Tuesday 2/13
Wednesday/Thursday
Work on LP
Friday
Work on LP
Week of January 29th
Monday
Warmup: Analyze motivation of the Bill or Rights or Preamble
Finish Government through Infographics -- Complete Questions (SEE Google Classroom)
Tuesday
Warmup:
Color Code 3 Branches of Government - Separation of Powers and Check & Balances (use the Constitution)
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Finish Color Code sheet
Active Citizenship Questions
Connecting Active Citizenship to Previous Learning - Find 3 specific examples. Current/Modern examples?
Friday
Warmup: What is the purpose of political parties?
4 Functions of Political Parties - Notes
Complete Analyzing Political Parties Assignment (posted in google classroom)
Week of January 21st
Monday
Warmup:
Notebook Check
Principles of the Constitution - Quote in Constitution and Illustration Metaphor
Tuesday
Warmup:
Finish Principles work
Review the National Seal -- Make 3 inferences to previous learning or importance
Start "Out of Many One" Assignment
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
Complete "Out of Many One" Assignment - DUE
Learning about Government through Infographics -- Complete Questions (SEE Google Classroom)
Friday
Warmup:
Color Code 3 Branches of Government - Separation of Powers and Check & Balances (use the Constitution)
Week of January 15th
Monday
No School - MLK Day
Tuesday
Snow Day!
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Compare the following Preambles. What do you notice? What is the difference in the examples? Why does it matter?
Goals of the Constitution - NOTES and Questions
Scenario Match Activity - Complete Table and Written Reflection
Friday
Warmup: Is Government a good thing or bad thing? Why?
Principles of the Constitution - Notes on Worksheet
Week of January 8th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Warmup - What is ONE word that represents your approach to school for the rest of the year? Academic or social.
Seating Charts
Review Notes/Discussion of Convention
Jeopardy Game
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: The Bill of Rights are 10 amendments or add-ons to the original constitution. Based on this, infer how some citizens must have felt about the final Constitution.Why would they need to add these 10 items almost immediately following the completion of the Constitution?
Bill of Rights Notes - Bill of Rights Scenarios
Bill of Rights Court Cases Stations
Friday
Warmup: Review your Bill of Rights notes from yesterday....Are you, as an 8th grader, protected under the Bill of Rights? Why?
Complete "The Bill of Rights - In Action" Virtual game... Answer the followup questions. Due Monday
Week of December 11th
Monday
Warmup: Is it better to have a government with too much control or too little control?
What is a compromise? What must happen to make it successful?
Compromise in the Constitutional Convention - Group Notes
Tuesday
Warmup: Why would they meet in secrecy?
Discuss Ideas and Inventions Project
Complete Compromise in the Constitutional Convention - Group Notes
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
Quiz
Bill of Rights Notes
Bill of Rights Scenarios
Friday
Ideas and Inventions Project - Day 1
Week of November 28th
Monday
Warmup: Progress Check - ahead, behind, on track
Collect Feedback on your LP
Work
Tuesday
Warmup: Share out your best work
Complete LP - DUE Next Class
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Crunch Time - Complete LP
Self Evaluation - Turn in
Constitution and Government LP - check/sketch
What do those living in America most want in a government after their experience under the King?
What are the Articles of Confederation? -- Stations and Reflection
Exit Ticket: How does this image connect to the problems with the Art of Confed?
Friday
Complete this "entry ticket"
Read about Shays Rebellion. Create a Sketch/Cartoon summary in notebook.
Must include the following words... Angry Farmers, Taxese, Courts, Militia, Rebellion, Weak Congress.
How did Shays' Rebellion create change?
Complete and turn in the following reflection sheet. DUE at the end of class.
Week of November 27th
MondayWarmup: Based on your recent notes packet, which event led to low motivation for the Americans? Which led to high motivation?
Work on own -- Completed "The War" Map
Tuesday
Warmup: Was the American Revolution inevitable*? Explain your answer.
Review Am. Rev. LP - reverse pictionary what can you identify?
Fix Bittmoji as needed (Bitt Mo G Assignment )
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: In 3 WORDS OR LESS, answer the following question…How did the colonists gain independence?
Get LP sheet - Check /Star what do you know? What are you missing?
Learning Progression - Rubric review
DUE Next Wed/Thurs
Friday
Work on Learning Progression
Week of November 20th
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 13th
Monday
Warmup: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country” What does this say about the American motivation and attitude toward the purpose of the war?
Check/Sketch the LP
Strengths vs Weakness - Inferring thru Images assignment
Strengths vs Weaknesses Rating Assignment
Tuesday
Warmup: How might motivation influence citizenship during war time (conflict)?
Strategies -- Notes
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Connect a strength/weakness/strategy to any of your previous cake and icing notes
Interactive Notesheet - Guided Jigsaw Video Notes- CAKE Terms
(The War-Lecture Notes: Turning Points and Battles (#4 of LP) and "animated map" video)
Completed "The War" Map
Due at the End of Class
Friday
Warmup:
Work on Bitt Mo G Assignment - DUE at the End of Class -Quiz Grade
Week of November 6th
Monday
Warmup: What does freedom mean for these people?
Finish Declaration Stations
Notebook Check
Tuesday
Warmup: What role to you play in your own freedom?
Review Stations - Summarize in 5 or less words
Notes 4 Parts of the Declaration of Independence
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Review the cartoons: How might these connect the colonies declaring
Highlighting the 4 Parts - Review Questions
Warmup: Did the colonies do the "right" thing in breaking up with the King?
Outcome of the Declaration of Independence
PIE Charts Review
Friday
Warmup: What is citizenship? Is seeking independence a part of citizenship?
PIE Charts Review
American Revolution Tri Mind
Week of October 30th
Monday
Warmup: How did American motivation shift early in the war? Review "cake and icing" notes with "roller coaster" line
Check "Cake and Icing" Notes... Due Today
Review Common Sense with Video 1 and Video 2 and "Big Thinking" Review Questions
Begin Common Sense assignment
Tuesday
Naviance with Counselor
Wednesday/ Thursday
Warmup: What does freedom mean to you? What types of freedoms exist? What would life look like without freedom? LA essay - SS outline
Finish Common Sense
Analyzing Break up Letter : Questions and PERSPECTIVES
Declaration of Independence Stations
Friday
No School
Week of October 23rd
Monday
Warmup: Which one of this skills do you think you can improve on this quarter? Name 2 things you can do.
New Seats
Intro American Revolution Learning Progression - Check and Sketch what you know
Vocab List
Review Activity - Patriot vs Loyalist Arguments
Tuesday
Warmup:
Hand back Causes of American Revolution LP - Put in FOLDER
Complete Argument Activity - DUE Wed/Thurs
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What is the difference between a war and a revolution?
War Begins - "CAKE and ICING" Notes - Notesheet - Video: "CAKE and ICING" Notes
Cake and Icing - Group Sticky Note Review
Friday
Warmup: Even after all the acts of rebellion, why would the Continental Congress still attempt to make peace with the King?
FINISH: War Begins - "CAKE and ICING" Notes - Notesheet - Video: "CAKE and ICING" Notes
Cake and Icing - Group Sticky Note Review
Week of October 16th
FALL BREAK
Week of October 9th
Monday
Warmup: What is feedback? Examples of good and bad.
Complete Peer Feedback process
Work on Learning Progression
Tuesday
Warmup: What is your goal or plan for today?
Add Extensions - Look to improve your work today
Causes of the American Revolution Learning Progression - Due Next class
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup
Gallery Walk
Work to Complete LP - Self Evaluation
TURN IN
Friday
Week of October 2nd
Monday
Warmup:
Interactive Notes Causing of the American Revolution --> Guiding Questions -- Order of Events
Group Connections - Sketches Review
Tuesday
Warmup:
Tri-Mind Quiz
Unpack and Investigate LPs
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Get out CAR bubble sheet - Check/Sketch what you know.
Intro: Causes of the American Revolution Learning Progression
Use this CHECKLIST to help you
-->Connections and Illustrations - Rubric
--> DUE Wednesday Odd - 10/11 or Thursday 10/12
Work on LP
Friday
Warmup: How do subtopics fit together? Create connections
Work on Learning Progression
Week of September 25th
Monday
Warmup: "Not all dangers come with a warning" -Native American Proverb - how does this quote explain the Native American and English relationship?
Review your "Colonies Resources Map". What resources might lead to a conflict with another nation?
French and Indian War Video - 5 things you need to know Notes (Video with Notes)
Tuesday
Warmup: Why might natives side with the French over the English?
French and Indian War - Cartoon Reading and Notes
Cartoon/Illustrate - Causes and Effects of the F & I War... Create a comic strip
Share out on Board - Group Illustration
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Review the Join or Die cartoon. How might it relate to the F and I War?
Add sketches and checks to the bubble sheet
Start Laws and Rebellion Notes Table
Friday
Warmup: Was it fair and reasonable for England to add new laws and taxes to the colonies?
Finish Laws and Rebellion Notes Table
Interactive Notes Causing of the American Revolution --> Guiding Questions -- Order of Events
Week of September 18th
Monday
Warmup: Complete Script for Conferences
BOE Folder Update
Work on Perspectives on Slave Trade Reading- Due Tuesday
Tuesday
Warmup: Work on Illustrations - Due End of Class
Perspectives on Slave Trade - Illustrate best as group on board
Turn-in Assignment
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What do you know about Native Americans and the English?
How does this show a difference in perspectives? Savages
Complete the reading activity - Glue in your SS Notebook - Whole group summary on White Board
Analyze the primary source quotes about perspectives of Natives - Complete TABLE - Native American Images - DUE End of Class
Friday
No School
Week of September 11th
Monday
Warmup: Complete the Life in the Colonies Assignment Due in 20 min
Understanding 9/11 - Complete the reflection assignment
Tuesday
Warmup: "Every negative event contains within it, deep down, the seed of an equal or greater benefit" - Do you agree? How does it relate to 9/11? Does learning about difficult events provide us with some benefit?
Review images - 1. What is each image about? 2. How do they connect to "wealth and power"? 3. How do they make slavery more individual or personal?
Slave Trade: video and questions.
Slave trade atlas activity - complete atlas guide
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: FINISH - Slave trade atlas activity - complete atlas guide
Primary Source Stations. - Complete this notes table.
Watch the Life on a Slave Ship Video & Design of a Slave Ship Video = Record the physical AND mental/emotional trauma slaves faced.
Exit Ticket: What was a cause and effect of the slave trade? Illustrate you answer.
Friday
Warmup: Connect the slave trade to 3 big rocks.
Work on Perspectives of slave trade - reading and illustrate
Week of September 5th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Warmup: How does your perspective influence your motivation to do something?
Perspectives of Colonists - Review and Discuss
Begin 13 Colonies Map - Blank (Use Resources Map)
Google Classroom Codes
Per 2: dppkvng
Per 3: xlg7mkw
Per 4: m3m5i5c
Per 5: ljh3wbe
Per 7: 475klv2
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Finish 13 Colonies Map - Blank (Use Resources Map) --DUE!
Answer followup questions and images
Hand back History of Me assignment --- PUT in BOE Folder
Colonial Life Stations - highlight greatest challenges or differences
Connect the 13 colonies to 3 of the 6 unifying concepts
Complete PHASE 2 of Colonies Map - Add to Colonies Map - Differences vs Regions and vs England
Complete Life in the Colonies Reflection in Notebook - DUE end of class Friday
Friday
Warmup: Review this quote. Which of the 3 Gs most motivates him? How do you know?
Complete Life in the Colonies Reflection in Notebook - DUE END OF CLASS TODAY -- Content Grade
Week of August 28th
Monday
Warmup: What is your goal... meet or exceed the expectations? What are you doing to get there?
Gallery Walk - review others work
"Crunch Time"... Complete History of Me product
Self Evaluation
DUE TODAY!
Causes of the American Revolution Learning Progression - Check/Sketch
Tuesday
Warmup: What was the biggest challenge in illustrating / connecting your personal history? Why?
Analyzing Student Mural -What do you see? What can you infer about this class? How would you evaluate the drawings? Identify the "big rocks"?
Vocab Table - Words, Meaning, Sketch DUE End of Class
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What are unintended consequences? How do they influence history?
European Claims in North American- Sticky Note Activity and Follow up/Discussion
How do the following terms relate to the Sticky Note Activity? -motivation -competition -conflict
Inferring through Pictures Lesson -- Spain, England, France, Others
What were the claims like? What do you know about them? Wealth?
Friday
Warmup: Why would European Nations seek to colonize North America? What is their purpose?
Discuss & identify purpose of colonization: land + resources = wealth/power, 3 Gs = EXIT TICKET: COLOR CODE NOTES
Big thinking: How does your perspective influence your motivation to do something?
Perspectives of Colonists
Week of August 21st
Monday
Warmup: What people, ideas and events matter most to EARLY American History? Create a list of 10-12 items
Pre-Assessment
Tuesday
Warmup: What is the best and hardest part about being a kid? Why?
Personal PIEs
Introduce History of Me Assignment
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What has a greater impact on your history...things you CAN control or things you CANNOT control? Why?
DUE NOTEBOOK CHECK - Work Habits Grade
Work on History of Me Assignment
DUE Monday 8/28
Friday
Warmup: Create Connections on back of Illustrations using your History of Me Brainstorm
*Review the History of Me assignment guideline and rubric. Focus in on the expectations.
Work on the History of Me product - DUE Monday (beginning of class)
Week of August 14th
Monday
Warmup: Student Survey
Survivor Island - Thinking Skills - Make Posters ---> DUE TODAY
Reflection on Thinking Skills
Tuesday
Warmup: Would you rather charge your phone only once a week or not be able to text or type? Why?
Thinking Skills Practice -Picnic Challenge
Reflection on Thinking Skills List
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Who started the food fight? History is a mystery ... How do you use clues, evidence, thinking skills to create a response to questions you don't know the answer?
What is the different in the past and history?
Practice Skills - History Images
Review an image of the Colorado Flag. Do you think it was made with purpose? Why was it designed that way? Can you identify the reason for the shapes and colors?
Thinking Skills - Historical Flag Activity
Importance of symbols/colors? understanding the purpose of the flag? thinking skills used? how?
Reflection on Thinking Skills List
Exit Ticket: How/when should Perspective be considered for other people?
Friday
Warmup: Draw how to be successful at your favorite activity or make your favorite sandwich. What thinking should be considered?
What are P.I.E.s? How they impact on History? -- NOTES FROM CLASS
Reflect on Thinking Skill of the Week - Color Code
Week of August 8th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Seating Chart
Name plate - Discuss/share symbols - make a connection
Review Images = Norms - Discuss
Room/Class scavenger hunt
Wednesday
Warmup: Conversation starters
Review Scavenger hunt answers
Memes and Stations- How do you feel about various statements
Thursday
Warmup: What stands out to you about the "word cloud"?
Notebook Setup
Thinking Skills Notes - Create T-chart... 3 you are good at/ 3 you need to improve
Friday
Warmup: What kind of thinker are you? Quick vs Indecisive. Why? Good or bad? Ideal?
Survivor Island - Thinking Skills - Make Posters (Present on Monday)
Monday
Warmup:
Notebook Check
Battles Stations - Info pages - Put notes in your notebook on 4 of 8
Battles Review - Class Sketches and Map
Tuesday
Warmup:
Emancipation Proclamation Video/Introduction
Assignment
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
Civil War Technology Notes and Assignment
Friday
Warmup: How did leadership influence the outcome of the war?
Surrender at Appomattox Video
Reconstruction Stations with Worksheet
Week of April 22nd
Monday
Warmup: Complete Rubric for Sectionalism LP and TURN-IN!
Civil War LP
Advantages/Disadvantages Stations and Big Thinking
Tuesday
Warmup: Which strength or weakness is most important?
Strategies of the Civil War Notes and assignment (posted in google classroom)
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Was Total War a good strategy?
Battle Map - Reading HERE and Questions
Battles Stations - Info pages - Put notes in your notebook on 4 of 8
Friday
NO SCHOOL
Week of April 15th
Monday
Warmup: Work on LP
Tuesday
CMAS Testing
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Extensions Examples
Feedback from Peers
Progress Check
Work on LP
Friday
Warmup:
Work on LP - DUE Monday!
Week of April 8th
Monday
Warmup: Why would Douglas regret the debates?
Finish Election of 1860 Assignment
Secession Notes -- Questions
Google Form Review - See Google classroom
Tuesday
CMAS
Wednesday
CMAS
Thursday
CMAS
Friday
Warmup: How did regional loyalty lead to the Civil War?
Start the LP - DUE 4/22
Week of April 1st
Monday
Warmup:
Finish Notes on Push vs Pull Factors
Check Sketch Unit Map
Challenges of Life in the West - See Google Classroom
Tuesday
Warmup
Tri-mind quiz
Begin States Rights Activity and Reading
Wednesday
Warmup:Should the government do what's best for you even if you don't like it?
States Rights Activity and Reading
Thursday
Warmup: Finish States Rights Activity and Reading - DUE
Cartoons out West - DUE Friday (HOMEWORK IF NOT DONE)
Friday
Warmup:
Leading to Secession Notes - Questions in Notebook
Election of 1860 Assignment
Week of March 25th
WELCOME TO 4TH QUARTER...MOVING FORWARD, NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED
Monday
Finance Park Field Trip
Tuesday
Warmup
Odd Classes - Complete this assignment
Even Classes - Sectionalism Quiz
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
**Odd: Finish North vs South Industry/Society
Reform in Society Activity - Most important PIEs Chart
Notes on Push vs Pull Factors
**Even: Industrial Revolution Intro Video
Stations
Reform in Society Activity - Most important PIEs Chart
Friday
Warmup
Finish Reform in Society Activity - Most important PIEs Chart
Notes on Push vs Pull Factors
Week of March 18th - SPRING BREAK!
Week of March 11th
Monday
Warmup: Connect Manifest Destiny to the 3Gs.
North vs South in Google Classroom
Tuesday
"Catchup day" - Complete all missing/incomplete assignments
Wednesday
Warmup
Sectionalism Quiz
Impact on US History Bracket
Industrial Revolution Intro Video
Stations
Thursday
SNOW DAY
Friday
SNOW DAY
Week of March 4th
Monday
Presidency LP - Finish Connection
Tuesday
Warmup:
Sectionalism LP - Check/Sketch
Review "American Progress" Image - Observations/Inferences Mood? Message? Meaning?.
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Connect Manifest Destiny to the 3Gs.
"Big" Thinking - Review Passage and connect to American Progress
Expansion "Jigsaw" Notes
Expansion Map "Sketch"
Friday
Warmup: "Eastward I go only by force, but Westward I go free" Henry David Thoreau - Meaning and Connection?
Connect to Alternative Images (google classroom)
Map and Land Expansion
Week of February 26th
Monday
Warmup: What is one issue presidents different on? History vs today?
Research your president
Tuesday
Warmup: 1-5 how far are you with research?
Must be complete with research... End of class today - See google classroom
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: 1-5 how far are you with research?
Complete LP Illustrations using Research
Friday
Warmup: Get out your Illustrations... Can you join a group based on your completion?
Form groups and work on bio sheet
Begin Connections
Week of February 19th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Warmup: Sketch your ideal leader - Consider physical feature and personality characteristics that matter.
Complete Presidential Rankings (if not done)
What does a president look like? --> Ted Talk Video .
After watching the video, how does your leader match that of the "ideal" president? Explain.
Best Presidents Video -- why are they on the list?
Connect to LP bubbles
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
Presidential Legacy - Research
Friday
Warmup:
Notebook Check
Introduce Presidency Unit LP -- See Google Classroom for details
Week of February 12th
Monday
Warmup: Gallery Walk - How can you improve your own work? Feedback
Create connections for LP
Work on LP
Tuesday
Warmup: Work on LP
Due at the END OF CLASS
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What makes a good leader? Name some examples of leadership we have learned about. Positive and negative?
Check/Sketch LP
Notes on Sections of LP - Brainstorming
Complete in Google Classroom - C-Span Presidential Survey and complete the questions -DUE END OF CLASS
Week of February 5th
Monday
Warmup: Review Political Parties - Are political parties necessary? Can our system work without them? How do they influence the decisions we make?
Amendments - Fill in the Blank
Amendments Meme Assignment - Posted in Google classroom - Due Tuesday
Tuesday
Begin Constitution and Government LP
Rubric - LP Planning Doc - SPECIFIC RESEARCH IDEAS
DUE Tuesday 2/13
Wednesday/Thursday
Work on LP
Friday
Work on LP
Week of January 29th
Monday
Warmup: Analyze motivation of the Bill or Rights or Preamble
Finish Government through Infographics -- Complete Questions (SEE Google Classroom)
Tuesday
Warmup:
Color Code 3 Branches of Government - Separation of Powers and Check & Balances (use the Constitution)
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Finish Color Code sheet
Active Citizenship Questions
Connecting Active Citizenship to Previous Learning - Find 3 specific examples. Current/Modern examples?
Friday
Warmup: What is the purpose of political parties?
4 Functions of Political Parties - Notes
Complete Analyzing Political Parties Assignment (posted in google classroom)
Week of January 21st
Monday
Warmup:
Notebook Check
Principles of the Constitution - Quote in Constitution and Illustration Metaphor
Tuesday
Warmup:
Finish Principles work
Review the National Seal -- Make 3 inferences to previous learning or importance
Start "Out of Many One" Assignment
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
Complete "Out of Many One" Assignment - DUE
Learning about Government through Infographics -- Complete Questions (SEE Google Classroom)
Friday
Warmup:
Color Code 3 Branches of Government - Separation of Powers and Check & Balances (use the Constitution)
Week of January 15th
Monday
No School - MLK Day
Tuesday
Snow Day!
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Compare the following Preambles. What do you notice? What is the difference in the examples? Why does it matter?
Goals of the Constitution - NOTES and Questions
Scenario Match Activity - Complete Table and Written Reflection
Friday
Warmup: Is Government a good thing or bad thing? Why?
Principles of the Constitution - Notes on Worksheet
Week of January 8th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Warmup - What is ONE word that represents your approach to school for the rest of the year? Academic or social.
Seating Charts
Review Notes/Discussion of Convention
Jeopardy Game
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: The Bill of Rights are 10 amendments or add-ons to the original constitution. Based on this, infer how some citizens must have felt about the final Constitution.Why would they need to add these 10 items almost immediately following the completion of the Constitution?
Bill of Rights Notes - Bill of Rights Scenarios
Bill of Rights Court Cases Stations
Friday
Warmup: Review your Bill of Rights notes from yesterday....Are you, as an 8th grader, protected under the Bill of Rights? Why?
Complete "The Bill of Rights - In Action" Virtual game... Answer the followup questions. Due Monday
Week of December 11th
Monday
Warmup: Is it better to have a government with too much control or too little control?
What is a compromise? What must happen to make it successful?
Compromise in the Constitutional Convention - Group Notes
Tuesday
Warmup: Why would they meet in secrecy?
Discuss Ideas and Inventions Project
Complete Compromise in the Constitutional Convention - Group Notes
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup:
Quiz
Bill of Rights Notes
Bill of Rights Scenarios
Friday
Ideas and Inventions Project - Day 1
Week of November 28th
Monday
Warmup: Progress Check - ahead, behind, on track
Collect Feedback on your LP
Work
Tuesday
Warmup: Share out your best work
Complete LP - DUE Next Class
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Crunch Time - Complete LP
Self Evaluation - Turn in
Constitution and Government LP - check/sketch
What do those living in America most want in a government after their experience under the King?
What are the Articles of Confederation? -- Stations and Reflection
Exit Ticket: How does this image connect to the problems with the Art of Confed?
Friday
Complete this "entry ticket"
Read about Shays Rebellion. Create a Sketch/Cartoon summary in notebook.
Must include the following words... Angry Farmers, Taxese, Courts, Militia, Rebellion, Weak Congress.
How did Shays' Rebellion create change?
Complete and turn in the following reflection sheet. DUE at the end of class.
Week of November 27th
MondayWarmup: Based on your recent notes packet, which event led to low motivation for the Americans? Which led to high motivation?
Work on own -- Completed "The War" Map
Tuesday
Warmup: Was the American Revolution inevitable*? Explain your answer.
Review Am. Rev. LP - reverse pictionary what can you identify?
Fix Bittmoji as needed (Bitt Mo G Assignment )
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: In 3 WORDS OR LESS, answer the following question…How did the colonists gain independence?
Get LP sheet - Check /Star what do you know? What are you missing?
Learning Progression - Rubric review
DUE Next Wed/Thurs
Friday
Work on Learning Progression
Week of November 20th
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 13th
Monday
Warmup: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country” What does this say about the American motivation and attitude toward the purpose of the war?
Check/Sketch the LP
Strengths vs Weakness - Inferring thru Images assignment
Strengths vs Weaknesses Rating Assignment
Tuesday
Warmup: How might motivation influence citizenship during war time (conflict)?
Strategies -- Notes
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Connect a strength/weakness/strategy to any of your previous cake and icing notes
Interactive Notesheet - Guided Jigsaw Video Notes- CAKE Terms
(The War-Lecture Notes: Turning Points and Battles (#4 of LP) and "animated map" video)
Completed "The War" Map
Due at the End of Class
Friday
Warmup:
Work on Bitt Mo G Assignment - DUE at the End of Class -Quiz Grade
Week of November 6th
Monday
Warmup: What does freedom mean for these people?
Finish Declaration Stations
Notebook Check
Tuesday
Warmup: What role to you play in your own freedom?
Review Stations - Summarize in 5 or less words
Notes 4 Parts of the Declaration of Independence
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Review the cartoons: How might these connect the colonies declaring
Highlighting the 4 Parts - Review Questions
Warmup: Did the colonies do the "right" thing in breaking up with the King?
Outcome of the Declaration of Independence
PIE Charts Review
Friday
Warmup: What is citizenship? Is seeking independence a part of citizenship?
PIE Charts Review
American Revolution Tri Mind
Week of October 30th
Monday
Warmup: How did American motivation shift early in the war? Review "cake and icing" notes with "roller coaster" line
Check "Cake and Icing" Notes... Due Today
Review Common Sense with Video 1 and Video 2 and "Big Thinking" Review Questions
Begin Common Sense assignment
Tuesday
Naviance with Counselor
Wednesday/ Thursday
Warmup: What does freedom mean to you? What types of freedoms exist? What would life look like without freedom? LA essay - SS outline
Finish Common Sense
Analyzing Break up Letter : Questions and PERSPECTIVES
Declaration of Independence Stations
Friday
No School
Week of October 23rd
Monday
Warmup: Which one of this skills do you think you can improve on this quarter? Name 2 things you can do.
New Seats
Intro American Revolution Learning Progression - Check and Sketch what you know
Vocab List
Review Activity - Patriot vs Loyalist Arguments
Tuesday
Warmup:
Hand back Causes of American Revolution LP - Put in FOLDER
Complete Argument Activity - DUE Wed/Thurs
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What is the difference between a war and a revolution?
War Begins - "CAKE and ICING" Notes - Notesheet - Video: "CAKE and ICING" Notes
Cake and Icing - Group Sticky Note Review
Friday
Warmup: Even after all the acts of rebellion, why would the Continental Congress still attempt to make peace with the King?
FINISH: War Begins - "CAKE and ICING" Notes - Notesheet - Video: "CAKE and ICING" Notes
Cake and Icing - Group Sticky Note Review
Week of October 16th
FALL BREAK
Week of October 9th
Monday
Warmup: What is feedback? Examples of good and bad.
Complete Peer Feedback process
Work on Learning Progression
Tuesday
Warmup: What is your goal or plan for today?
Add Extensions - Look to improve your work today
Causes of the American Revolution Learning Progression - Due Next class
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup
Gallery Walk
Work to Complete LP - Self Evaluation
TURN IN
Friday
Week of October 2nd
Monday
Warmup:
Interactive Notes Causing of the American Revolution --> Guiding Questions -- Order of Events
Group Connections - Sketches Review
Tuesday
Warmup:
Tri-Mind Quiz
Unpack and Investigate LPs
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Get out CAR bubble sheet - Check/Sketch what you know.
Intro: Causes of the American Revolution Learning Progression
Use this CHECKLIST to help you
-->Connections and Illustrations - Rubric
--> DUE Wednesday Odd - 10/11 or Thursday 10/12
Work on LP
Friday
Warmup: How do subtopics fit together? Create connections
Work on Learning Progression
Week of September 25th
Monday
Warmup: "Not all dangers come with a warning" -Native American Proverb - how does this quote explain the Native American and English relationship?
Review your "Colonies Resources Map". What resources might lead to a conflict with another nation?
French and Indian War Video - 5 things you need to know Notes (Video with Notes)
Tuesday
Warmup: Why might natives side with the French over the English?
French and Indian War - Cartoon Reading and Notes
Cartoon/Illustrate - Causes and Effects of the F & I War... Create a comic strip
Share out on Board - Group Illustration
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Review the Join or Die cartoon. How might it relate to the F and I War?
Add sketches and checks to the bubble sheet
Start Laws and Rebellion Notes Table
Friday
Warmup: Was it fair and reasonable for England to add new laws and taxes to the colonies?
Finish Laws and Rebellion Notes Table
Interactive Notes Causing of the American Revolution --> Guiding Questions -- Order of Events
Week of September 18th
Monday
Warmup: Complete Script for Conferences
BOE Folder Update
Work on Perspectives on Slave Trade Reading- Due Tuesday
Tuesday
Warmup: Work on Illustrations - Due End of Class
Perspectives on Slave Trade - Illustrate best as group on board
Turn-in Assignment
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What do you know about Native Americans and the English?
How does this show a difference in perspectives? Savages
Complete the reading activity - Glue in your SS Notebook - Whole group summary on White Board
Analyze the primary source quotes about perspectives of Natives - Complete TABLE - Native American Images - DUE End of Class
Friday
No School
Week of September 11th
Monday
Warmup: Complete the Life in the Colonies Assignment Due in 20 min
Understanding 9/11 - Complete the reflection assignment
Tuesday
Warmup: "Every negative event contains within it, deep down, the seed of an equal or greater benefit" - Do you agree? How does it relate to 9/11? Does learning about difficult events provide us with some benefit?
Review images - 1. What is each image about? 2. How do they connect to "wealth and power"? 3. How do they make slavery more individual or personal?
Slave Trade: video and questions.
Slave trade atlas activity - complete atlas guide
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: FINISH - Slave trade atlas activity - complete atlas guide
Primary Source Stations. - Complete this notes table.
Watch the Life on a Slave Ship Video & Design of a Slave Ship Video = Record the physical AND mental/emotional trauma slaves faced.
Exit Ticket: What was a cause and effect of the slave trade? Illustrate you answer.
Friday
Warmup: Connect the slave trade to 3 big rocks.
Work on Perspectives of slave trade - reading and illustrate
Week of September 5th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Warmup: How does your perspective influence your motivation to do something?
Perspectives of Colonists - Review and Discuss
Begin 13 Colonies Map - Blank (Use Resources Map)
Google Classroom Codes
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Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Finish 13 Colonies Map - Blank (Use Resources Map) --DUE!
Answer followup questions and images
Hand back History of Me assignment --- PUT in BOE Folder
Colonial Life Stations - highlight greatest challenges or differences
Connect the 13 colonies to 3 of the 6 unifying concepts
Complete PHASE 2 of Colonies Map - Add to Colonies Map - Differences vs Regions and vs England
Complete Life in the Colonies Reflection in Notebook - DUE end of class Friday
Friday
Warmup: Review this quote. Which of the 3 Gs most motivates him? How do you know?
Complete Life in the Colonies Reflection in Notebook - DUE END OF CLASS TODAY -- Content Grade
Week of August 28th
Monday
Warmup: What is your goal... meet or exceed the expectations? What are you doing to get there?
Gallery Walk - review others work
"Crunch Time"... Complete History of Me product
Self Evaluation
DUE TODAY!
Causes of the American Revolution Learning Progression - Check/Sketch
Tuesday
Warmup: What was the biggest challenge in illustrating / connecting your personal history? Why?
Analyzing Student Mural -What do you see? What can you infer about this class? How would you evaluate the drawings? Identify the "big rocks"?
Vocab Table - Words, Meaning, Sketch DUE End of Class
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What are unintended consequences? How do they influence history?
European Claims in North American- Sticky Note Activity and Follow up/Discussion
How do the following terms relate to the Sticky Note Activity? -motivation -competition -conflict
Inferring through Pictures Lesson -- Spain, England, France, Others
What were the claims like? What do you know about them? Wealth?
Friday
Warmup: Why would European Nations seek to colonize North America? What is their purpose?
Discuss & identify purpose of colonization: land + resources = wealth/power, 3 Gs = EXIT TICKET: COLOR CODE NOTES
Big thinking: How does your perspective influence your motivation to do something?
Perspectives of Colonists
Week of August 21st
Monday
Warmup: What people, ideas and events matter most to EARLY American History? Create a list of 10-12 items
Pre-Assessment
Tuesday
Warmup: What is the best and hardest part about being a kid? Why?
Personal PIEs
Introduce History of Me Assignment
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: What has a greater impact on your history...things you CAN control or things you CANNOT control? Why?
DUE NOTEBOOK CHECK - Work Habits Grade
Work on History of Me Assignment
DUE Monday 8/28
Friday
Warmup: Create Connections on back of Illustrations using your History of Me Brainstorm
*Review the History of Me assignment guideline and rubric. Focus in on the expectations.
Work on the History of Me product - DUE Monday (beginning of class)
Week of August 14th
Monday
Warmup: Student Survey
Survivor Island - Thinking Skills - Make Posters ---> DUE TODAY
Reflection on Thinking Skills
Tuesday
Warmup: Would you rather charge your phone only once a week or not be able to text or type? Why?
Thinking Skills Practice -Picnic Challenge
Reflection on Thinking Skills List
Wednesday/Thursday
Warmup: Who started the food fight? History is a mystery ... How do you use clues, evidence, thinking skills to create a response to questions you don't know the answer?
What is the different in the past and history?
Practice Skills - History Images
Review an image of the Colorado Flag. Do you think it was made with purpose? Why was it designed that way? Can you identify the reason for the shapes and colors?
Thinking Skills - Historical Flag Activity
Importance of symbols/colors? understanding the purpose of the flag? thinking skills used? how?
Reflection on Thinking Skills List
Exit Ticket: How/when should Perspective be considered for other people?
Friday
Warmup: Draw how to be successful at your favorite activity or make your favorite sandwich. What thinking should be considered?
What are P.I.E.s? How they impact on History? -- NOTES FROM CLASS
Reflect on Thinking Skill of the Week - Color Code
Week of August 8th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Seating Chart
Name plate - Discuss/share symbols - make a connection
Review Images = Norms - Discuss
Room/Class scavenger hunt
Wednesday
Warmup: Conversation starters
Review Scavenger hunt answers
Memes and Stations- How do you feel about various statements
Thursday
Warmup: What stands out to you about the "word cloud"?
Notebook Setup
Thinking Skills Notes - Create T-chart... 3 you are good at/ 3 you need to improve
Friday
Warmup: What kind of thinker are you? Quick vs Indecisive. Why? Good or bad? Ideal?
Survivor Island - Thinking Skills - Make Posters (Present on Monday)