official Agency businessWork Ethic & Expectations
Read/Understand
Silent reading and quiet questioning, apply all the reading strategies that you have been taught. If you do not understand what you have read, stop, reread, and define words until you understand. If you need help, "Ask 3 then me." Write/Make Do and submit quality work, consistently be on task, use evidence to support your claim, explain your reasoning, and follow all the directions. If you need help, "Ask 3 then me." Listen/Speak During discussions, always use the language of history. If you are unsure how to do this, use the words on the word wall at the front of the classroom, the sentence starters provided, and/or your notes in your composition notebook. If you need help, "Ask 3 then me." MORE HISTORY GAME WEB SITES:
1. Best of History Online Games 2. HIstory Channel Games 3. Kids.gov History Games (Approved by the President!) 4. Mission U.S. 5. Jamestown Adventure Click Here OR HERE 6. Lewis & Clark Adventure |
WELCOME TO THE TIME MACHINE, AGENTS.Theme #1: American Ideals (2 - 3 weeks)
Questions: What ideals have shaped the American character and belief system?
Have the American people achieved these ideals? Purpose: To gain a deep understanding of the ideals that have shaped the United States of America, to evaluate how successful we are at achieving those ideals, and make suggestions for improving America's present and future. Doing: You will analyze primary source texts, use Cornell style note taking to generate historical thinking questions and participate in class discussions, and collaborate with peers to find textual evidence to support your claims about relationships betweeen certain historic events and the development of the American character and belief system. Your missions, should you choose to accept them...
EXIT PLANs & End of class DIRECTIVES:
1. ALWAYS :) Write deliberately and in complete sentences. 2. Writing aid links: Descriptive - Sequencing - Cause/Effect - Compare/Contrast - Argument/Persuasive CLASSROOM RESOURCES
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