Wednesday, October 26th

Learning Target: 
All students will prove their knowledge of the Colombian Exchange.

Agenda: 
1. No Starter
2. Turn in Starters
3. Turn in Citizenship Cards
4. Take CRQ Quiz on Colombian Exchange.

Starter: 
None

If you were absent: 
1. Ask a classmate to correct your Starters (there should be 6 since Midterm).  Then stamp it absent and turn into the Pink Basket.
2. Turn in your Citizenship Card with a stamp.
3. Come ASAP to take the CRQ.  You have a week from the day you return to school to get all work turned in.

Assignments turned in: 
1. Starters, 60 POINTS
2. Citizenship Card
3. Took CRQ Quiz

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder: 
None

Tuesday, October 25th

Learning Target: 
All students will name the 3 G's and name Explorers and where they went.

Agenda: 
1. Starter
2. Corrected Section 3 Packet and turned it in.
3. Discussed Christianity

Starter: 
1. What was the main resource the Plains Indians used for food and shelter?
2. Name another conquistador other than Columbus.

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. Correct your Section 3 Packet with the Answer Key and turn in to the Pink Basket.

Assignments turned in: 
1. Green Section 3 Packet, 21 pts (non honors) 26 pts (honors)

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Monday, October 24th

Learning Target: 
Students will evaluate the deeds of historical figures.

Agenda: 
1. No Starter
2. Finish Mock Trial
3. Discussed Colombian Exchange
4. Received Section 3 Packet and worked on it. 5. 2nd PERIOD ONLY: corrected and turned in the Packet.

Starter: 
None

If you were absent: 
1. Get the notes about Colombian Exchange from a classmate
2. Get the green "Section 3" Packet from the binder.  Complete it and have ready for Wed. Please step outside or in the hallway if you are here Tues, Oct. 25th.
3. **ON WED. THERE IS A QUIZ ON THE COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE.

Assignments turned in: 
1. 2nd Period ONLY turned in the green Section 3 packet.

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
Section 3 Packet.

Monday, October 17th

Learning Target: 
Students will evaluate Columbus and other historical figures and their role.

Agenda: 
1. No Starter
2. Got into Mock Trial groups and got ready for court to start on Tuesday.

Starter: 
None

If you were absent: 
1. Get with your group and ask them to catch you up and be sure you have a role to play during the Mock Trial Tuesday and Wednesday.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Friday, October 14th

Learning Target: 
All students will measure how well they are understanding the content so far.
Also they will take on rolls of people in the past and do a mock trial.

Agenda: 
1. No Starter
2. Received and took an self assessment, the "I Can's"
3. Got into groups for the Columbus Mock Trial.

Starter: 
None

If you were absent: 
1. Come see me to find out who you are for the mock trial.
2. Get the "I Can" paper from the binder and the mock trial papers.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
1. White "I Can" paper
2. HONORS: Mock Trial Packet
3. REGULAR: Get the mock trial worksheet. Come see me for which one to get.

Thursday, October 13th

Learning Target: 
Students will begin to understand the Colombian Exchange and the foods that were found native in America.

Agenda: 
1. No Starter
2. Did the "Smells of the New World" activity
3. Finished working on the Ch. 2 Section 1 worksheet.

Starter: 
None

If you were absent: 
1. Get a gold packet from the counter at the front of the room and finish your assignment.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Wednesday, October 12th

Learning Target: 
Students will discover the first Europeans to settle or find North America.

Agenda: 
1. No Starter
2. Studied Section 1 of Chapter 2

Starter: 
None

If you were absent: 
1. Get a gold Ch. 2 Section 1 Packet from Mrs. Dickson and on SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER answer the questions.  If you are in Honors, you also need to do the Challenge Activity.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None but get the packet from Mrs. Dickson.

Monday, October 10th

Learning Target: 

I can name the 3 main reasons Europeans explored and name an example for each.

Agenda: 
1. Starter
2. HONORS: Corrected and turned in Native American Tribe Table
3. Watched a video "Crash Course #3 for 10 min.
4. Played Blow the Roof Off

Starter: 
What would motivate you to leave your family and risk your life to go to an unknown place?

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. HONORS: correct and turn in your Native American Table, my key is in the yellow binder. Stamp it absent and turn it into the pink basket.

Assignments turned in: 
*Native American Tribes Table (Honors only)

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder: 
None

Friday, October 7th

Learning Target: 
Students will display teaching skills by teaching fellow classmates their tribal information.

Agenda: 
1. No Starter
2. HONORS: finished filling out your region's info then switched groups and shared information to finish the table.
3. REGULAR: watched a video and took notes.

Starter: 
Nope

If you were absent: 
HONORS: check out a yellow information packet to fill out your table.
REGULAR: Nothing

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Thursday, October 6th

Learning Target: 
All students will learn various features of the Native American Cultures

Agenda: 
1. No Starter
2. Corrected the Native American Cultures Map
3. Turned it in.
4. Began filling out the Native American Table

Starter: 
None

If you were absent: 
1. Correct your map using the answer key and turn in with an Absent stamp
2. Get a table from the blue folder and a yellow reading packet from Mrs. Dickson to use to fill out the table.

Assignments turned in: 
*Native American Cultures Map, 45 pts!!!
New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
*Native American Tribes table.

Wednesday, October 5th

Learning Target:
Students will discover and map the locations and characteristics of the early Native American tribes of North America.

Agenda: 

Starter: 

If you were absent: 

Assignments turned in: 

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:

Tuesday, October 4th

Learning Target: 
Students will discuss the importance of the Paleo Indians and their migration.

Agenda: 
1. Starter
2. Corrected "First Americans"
3. Turned it in.

Starter: 
Why is the theory of a land bridge important?

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. Get the answer key and correct your assignment. Then turn it in to the Pink Basket

Assignments turned in: 
**First Americans, green, 25 pts.

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Monday, October 3rd

Learning Target: 
Students will analyze the importance of theories and the Bering Land Bridge.

Agenda: 
1. Starter
2. Discussion of how to use textbooks
3. Worked on new assignment, "The First Americans."

Starter: 
1. What is a theory?
2. How do we know what happened before written history?

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. Get the green "First Americans" worksheet from the blue binder.  Work on it outside when we are correcting it.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
Green "First Americans" Worksheet.