Test on Friday - if are going to be absent, let me know

Test based on the following content:

1. Ch 5 – Causes of the Revolution
2. Group Presentations based on Chapter 5 (sections) - 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8

3. Class Notes (here) related to Ch 5: American Rev vs.War of Independence (121713)

4. Film notes – Liberty ( notes only from Block 12/18 or 12/19 here)

5. Crash Course – Taxes andSmuggling Notes - from class and completed as homework by each student.
6. Also, the set of notes from Zenger Trial, Salem Witch Trials, Glorious Revolution in these two pictures: Picture One, Picture Two

Friday Test - 30 points –

19 points MC/Fill-in

6 points – 3 short answers: 1 - 2 sentences each question (2 points each)

5 – 1EQ choose from 3 questions:
1. Explain two reasons with examples or evidence to support why the American Colonists were ready to become independent from English rule.

2. What was the significance of the American Colonists reaction to the Stamp Act?

3. Most tax acts after the French Indian War were enacted to pay down the war debt. What were other effects of these acts, besides raising tax monies that so offended the colonists?

HW Due 12/17 - Finish notes on Crash Course started in class on 12/13

Crash Course - Taxes and Smuggling - Take detailed notes about each point and issue made in the video.
Period 5 - start video at 8:08 to the end (about 12:00)

Period 6 - start video at 11:30 to the end.

Period 6 Block Activity - Slide show

7. As a group create a google presentation about your assigned chapter 5 section to include the following slides:
1. Title slide with all group members in the credits with a picture related to the book topic
2. 4 slides that have the following:

• a picture that is either background or covers about 1/3 to 1/2 of the slide space that relates to the text of the slide
• text - 15 - 25 word detail. The text should be readable in size from a distance
• text should not cover the picture so that the picture cannot be easily seen
• the slide MAY have a title
• The four slides should collectively summarize the main ideas of the topic of the slide show.
• you may have more than 4 slides but no more than 6 slides (if you have too much text make more slides (but each slide must have a different picture)

3. A slide that has a question for each slide. The answer to the question is found in each slide.

4. A web sources slide - 

• 3 web site urls where viewers can get more information
• a web url for the source of each picture

Due on block - Th - 4. period 5 Ch 5 EQ/terms in class AND HOMEWORK survey

4. Due Thursday - Period 5 - started in Tuesday's class

1. Read Chapter 5
2. Write 3 EQs. Each EQ must cover different sections of the book
3. Answer each EQ question with three bullet points of details
4. Define 8 terms. You may NOT use terms that are defined in the chapter in the margins

For Homework at home:
#6. Complete the Survey about Chapter 5 that requires you to share part of the above assignments started in class.

Due on block - W - 5. Period 6 - Ch 5 group summary in gdoc

Homework Due on block

Due Wednesday - Period 6 - started in class
Students were assigned sections based on first letter of last name to read together as a group:

5. 2 A - BM; 5.3 Bue - Cio; 5.4 Coh - Gut; 5.5 Kun - Med; 5.6 Mun - Ono; 5.7 Po - Sta; 5.8 Sto - Wi

1. Read you section
2. Create a Google shared document with all group members and Mr. R

Divide the following tasks up as a group:
3. Summarize your section in four bullet points
4. Find and copy three web addresses of sites that deal with your topic
5. Write 4 blocks of text (15 - 25 words each) that could be used to create a slide show with 4 different slides.
6. Find and copy a quality picture that represents one of the text blocks your group wrote.

HW due 12/10 - Write three EQs

Write two EQ from last week's notes, one for the Glorious Revolution, and one EQ for the Salem Witch Trials from the notes taken last week, pictured below:

Picture One, Picture Two

Also, write a third EQ about the Zenger Trial notes from 12/9.

2. HW due Friday, 12/6, and Movie Notes - Salem Witch Trials

Here are screen shots from the board if you didn't write everything down:

Picture One, Picture Two

Homework due Friday:
1. Find information on line about one of the three topics below, and fill out this form HERE in response to what you found in about 4 - 5 bullet points.

2. Be prepared to share what you found out in class before we continue watching the movie

3. If you last name starts with the letters below - find two links about and summarize the topic below using the form linked in #1. Don't forget to have your web addresses.

A - F
Salem Witch Trials

G - N
Puritan Rule in Massachusetts Bay Colony
specifically religious persecution of Quakers in Massachusetts Bay Colony
or the demise of Puritan rule in Massachusetts - reasons why

O - Z
The Glorious Revolution: specifically religious toleration of Trinitarian Christians and exclusions of Unitarians and Catholics. What rights did Unitarians and Catholics not allowed to do in England?

Status report on Google Survey above - refresh this window in your browser before launching the survey. ALWAYS answer the survey in your browser, not in the email.

1. HW due W/Th Block classes for Period 6/5

1. Read SS8 Text Chapter 4

Use this form to complete your homework here
You must use your school email account in order to complete this form.
You may submit updates and corrections more than once.

Or - on a separate piece of paper:
2. Write three EQ questions - each about a different section
3. Select and define six terms, concepts, events that were not already defined key terms

Status report on Google Survey above - refresh this window in your browser before launching the survey. ALWAYS answer the survey in your browser, not in the email.

HW due 12/3/13

Tonight for homework, and you will not hear this that much this year, practice your rap lyrics so that you really know your lyrics.

We will tape the final group raps tomorrow in class.

Week of 1125

Due Date - Details

1125 - In class
Finish lyrics
Plan/Practice performance
Setup delivery of music or beat

1125 - at home
Memorize your group chorus
Practice your lyrics

1126 - in class
Practice group presentation of your lyrics
Revise lyrics

1126 - at home
Memorize the entire set of lyrics

1127 - in class
Video tape each group performance

Colonial Rap HW - due for Block class - p6 (Wed) and p5 (Thur)

At the beginning of class you must have the following:

From Monday and Tuesday:
1. 3 colonial historical figure cards completed
2. 1 event card completed
3. 1 export or colonial product card completed

HW due Block class:

A. Rhyme List:
1. a list of five rhyming words for at least one word or name from each card. 25 words minimum.
2. of the five words you may use words with a similar assonance (vowel rhyme) and words with similar consonance (ending consonant).
3. you may come up with more than five words

B. A song that you can rap to:
1. The song cannot have explicit or inappropriate lyrics.
2. You may bring the song on an iPhone, iPod, or other mp3 player with a set of headphones.

Example:

fish - dish, wish, wash, wig, fig

Two more cards per person in each colony

In each group, using Chromebooks, each person must create two more cards.

Card One: find DIFFERENT colonial major events between 1600 - 1770 per person.

Card Two: find different major exports (trade goods sent TO England, Europe, or Africa) before 1770 per person.

Format -
Front - Colony Name at top, Picture of event or exported product.  Name of event or product at bottom
Back -  dates for event, three important details in list form for the event or export (data, traded for, or sent to), your name at bottom.
All of the information must cover the card space evenly. 

Exceptional artwork can be done in pencil. All other elements of the card must be sharpied. Color does not hurt.

32. Colony Trading Cards due 11/19

Design three colony trading cards based on important people from your assigned colonial group.

Format -
Front - Colony Name at top, Picture of person or image related to that person's actions, Name of person
Back - Years alive at top, three important contributions in list form, your name at bottom.
All of the information must cover the card space evenly. 

Exceptional artwork can be done in pencil. All other elements of the card must be sharpied. Color does not hurt.

Each person must design three colony trading cards:
1. No two cards can be about the same historical person from the entire group.

2. Each person must design two cards for famous male figures, and one female figure.

3. Each person must have acted in an important manner before the American Revolutionary period before 1770. They had to have acted around the formation of the colony, or lived during the colonial period.

4. After each group has resolved that every member has different cards, fill out this survey to report your unique cards. If you cannot find a person for a card, type in NA (not available).

5. Ultimately, finding a female historical figure will be a challenge needing some time at home tonight. Since colonial history was typically focused on the accomplishments of men, leaving out women in most cases, students should look for the powerful women behind the men in power. Often this class of women were afforded the opportunity to pursue important life accomplishments that made them much more significant than the wife or mother of great men that they were often portrayed in their day.

6. We are not looking for necessarily the well off or the powerful either. Any historical figure that left a journal or important letters are as important to the historical record as those that were famous or powerful in their own era. Likewise, records of women that can be held up as examples of an historic sample of how people lived is also extremely important historically.

Some suggested searches - add a colony name to:
Colonial wives
Colonial mothers
colonial families
colonial diaries
colonial households
colonial letters
colonial poetry

Your three figures - due Friday, 11/15

Your three figures - due Friday, 11/15

Submit your p 41 - 45 EQs here

Submit your p 41 - 45 EQs here

Strange Facts Survey here

Strange Facts Survey here

Colonial People Survey

Colonial People Survey here

30. historical people from assigned colony note/web address (due Friday) and 31 - in class activity

Due 11/15 -
30. Find three colonial figures, 1607 - 1770, who acted in significant ways during this time period. One person must be female. Write a good summary sentence of this person's accomplishments. Give a web address for each. G-doc, share, print.

Bring your EQ to class on Friday. We will process the EQs on Friday.


In class 11/14 (period 5) and 11/15 (period 6)
31. Colonial group web search
As a table in your Colony Group, do research on your colonies as follows:
a. make a shared google doc - share with each table member and Mr. R - edit for all
b. look for web pages that have information about your assigned colonies

For each link -
a. copy it into the shared document.
b. put your name next to it.
c. summarize the type of information and key ideas on the site in a sentence or so.

Different search methods are based on different word combinations:
Start with:
a. colonial (colony name) - search for each colony one at a time
b. british colonies america
c. colonial (topic) - topics include slavery, trade, farming, native americans, indians, cities, famous people, timeline, atlas, women, children, family, entertainment, other topics
d. use the topics in list c, but put the name of a colony in the search

Final New Albion - both classes

Period 5 - 
1583 Spring - final
1582 Fall moves

Period 6 - 
1583 Spring - Final
1582 Fall moves

(29, 30) HW due W or Th Block day - Ch3 EQ notes and lost settlement article presentation.

Due 11/13 or 11/14 in Block:

1. (29)  Read SS8 text pages 41 - 45. Write one EQ (three total) for each group of pages: 41, 42-43, 44-45. After each question, provide three bullet points of information that can be used to answer the question clearly.

2. (30) Be prepared to present your primary source document two paragraphs from the three group articles - Roanoke, Ft. Caroline, Spanish Virginia Mission. These articles and the associated assignment are found here.

2a. (30) part of this assignment is to turn in:

• Your presentation notes - if you presented or if you took notes.
• Your highlighted article showing the key terms, phrases, etc. that needed further explanation.

2a. Your presentation should explain difficult words and phrases, by paraphrasing each sentence when these terms make it difficult to understand.
2b. Also, be sure to explain how these two paragraphs relate to the rest of the article by summarizing key points of the rest of the article.

2c. Please send an email to Mr. Rodgers explaining the pages that you will use from each article if you are in Period 5.

11/12/13 - Zeroes for missing work

Starting November 12, all missing assignments not turned in on the date due will be entered as a zero if the student is present.
I usually start this about two months into the school year, to make sure students see the effects of missing assignments. By two months, the routine of school is fairly regular, and students are well aware of the different strategies that teachers use in class to succeed. One of those litmus tests on success is turning in assignments on time. Since we are have a real time grade book program, it is time to start posting grades in real time.

Missing form homework about your assigned article due in Block this week

Since student answers will be shared in class Friday about the primary source articles, IF students do not complete the form mentioned in the link below before Friday in class, regardless of attendance, the HW form will receive a grade of zero, and cannot be made up (because answers will be shared tomorrow).

Also, students that did not bring the printed article to class, listed as the first direction in the link below, received a zero for not printing the HW. This meant that about 10 of 62 students were not prepared to participate in an in class activity with their article that was marked as required.

Primary Source Reading Homework  - posted Tuesday, 11/5. Worth 5 points total - 1 for the article.

Reading during Block Day 11/6 and 11/7

The Starving Time of Jamestown by John Smith

Mr. Rodgers modeled the strategies needed to comprehend the key terms, phrases, and timely cultural references that are used in two paragraphs of a primary source document. Students will be presenting two paragraphs from different articles to the class later in the week (assignment 30).

(27) Primary source articles - HW due Period 6 on Wednesday or Period 5 on Thursday

Primary Source Doc Reading - Assigned based on the first letter of your last name:

Last Initial: Your Article to read

A - F: John White's Attempted Rescue of Roanoke, 1590 or here

G - N: The Spanish Jesuit Mission in Virginia, 1570 - request for food and supplies

O - Z: Two Views: The Spanish attack on the French Settlement at Fort Caroline, 1565 or here

1. Print out your article  (based on last name's first letter) before you read it.
2. Highlight or underline key terms or words you do not understand.
3. Use <  > brackets to point out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
4. Use ((  )) double brackets to feature four important lines that seem quotable.

5. Survey HW: (posted Monday at 9 pm): Summarize your article with THIS FORM with the highlights from questions 1 - 4 after you read this article. Answer other questions asked about from the form.

In class on Block Day (W/Th class) be prepared to work in a group in class to share what you know about the article.

As well, you must show your highlighted and printed article based on steps 2 - 4.

New Albion - Last Turn - Tuesday in class

Use the correct map to make your turns

Period 5 Materials:

5th 1582 Spring Moves Map

5th 1582 Fall Map (use to make the Fall move)

MOVEMENT SURVEY HERE starting period 5 Tuesday in class

Period 6 Materials:

6th 1582 Spring Moves Map

6th 1582 Fall Map (use to make the Fall move)

(28) TL 6 Event Text notes due next Tuesday, Final TL due Friday - Resources here

1. Finish Reading SS8 Chapter 3

2. Find and list six events that relate to your assigned "Early Settlements Timeline" topic

Due Dates:
Nov 5 - 6 events in note form
Nov 8 - Final timeline

Timeline Assignment requirements The final timeline is due next week

Two sample layout that avoid using straight timelines here: ONE  TWO
(You may use straight timelines, but it is encouraged to try different layouts for times, using more modern chart formats)

TIMELINE TOPICS. 
Each class has received their assigned topic in class. If you were absent, see me in class on Friday, or email me.

XC Extra Credit - As you try to scan the internet about your assigned topic this weekend

Due Tuesday - 5 points extra credit (XC - is not accepted late).

Compare the concept or event from your assigned timeline topic to a place on the New Albion map, that could have been the location, of your actual assigned topic. Explain three similarities and possibly three differences between your timeline topic and the place you chose in the New Albion Simulation.

For example, if you have a topic about a failed colony that was attacked by Native Americans, and disappeared with almost no trace, find a place in the New Albion game where Native American confederations pushed out European Armies and/or navies. 

What were the European alliances with each other and with Native American confederation(s) that attacked the New Albion colony in question. 
For your topic, what were the European wars that were under way that may have prevented a newly created European settlement from getting the supplies and military support that it needed to survive?

Credit will be given by how much detail and insight you can share about your comparison.

200 words minimum.

Period 6 New Albion Moves - Block Classes

PERIOD 5 MAPS:

P5 1582 Spring map - includes new unit placement and score count

P5 1581 Fall moves


Movement Survey HERE Will be available Wednesday morning. Moves are due the night of each block class
Period 6 moves due Wednesday at 6 pm.
Period 5 moves due Thursday at 6 pm.

PERIOD 6 MAPS:

P6 1582 Spring map - includes new unit placement

P6 1581 Fall moves

Crash Course Notes - Spanish Empire

Here is a link to Crash Course: World History: The Spanish Empire... #25

Here are today's notes.

EQ Ch2 - Final Set

Here are the four EQ questions for the quiz on Tuesday, 10/29. 

1. You must answer three questions. You may answer the fourth answer for extra credit. 
2. Each question is worth five points.
3. No materials except a writing implement are allowed during the quiz.
4. You should use your original work on EQ questions, notes from class, and the textbook for put together information needed to answer three of the questions.
5. Outline your answer, and practice writing a quality paragraph as part of your studying.
6. We will have a brief study session to review for the EQ questions on Monday, 10/28.

7. Your answers must 
a. define the major concept of the question,
b. give examples, details, and explanations that support your answer
c. use of key terms that clearly shows correct usage and understanding of those key terms helps
d. tie all of the elements of your answer together as to present a well crafted idea.

d.i. - a great analogy for putting the elements of your answer together:

Lumber, plumbing, and nails are needed to make a house. Like a good answer, in order to show your ability to write a well crafted paragraph that include all of the the essential parts...

 

... a homebuilder must put all of these  components together before they can be considered a house.

Excellent question about the advertisement due Friday...

Do we use the pictures that are on the blog for our posters or find one online?

No. You must draw a picture from a picture you find on the web. The picture must relate to the time period and some elrment of the colonial experience. 

Good question, 

- 

Questions in class that will help with Friday's HW

Period 5 wrote responses to these in class on Thursday. We will cover these in class in Period 6 on Friday.

Three things that you know about colonization in the Americas based on this game?

How easy was it to set up colonies based on the state of affairs (at peace or war) in Europe from the game?

What are three reasons that you can give to convince colonists to settle in the Americas (based on the game)?

26. Advertisement for Settlement

Besides participation in New Albion in class and following the simulations developments at home each night...

HW - Write an advertisement for potential settlers in the New Albion simulation, based on the following pictures.

From the articles below, what advantages and challenges will you stress to convince settlers to come to your colonies so that your nation can make money and build an colonial empire?

Jamestown Advertisement

Plymouth Colony's friendship with the Natives

Written Responses to images - Due Block Day 1023-24

HW - Due Block Day 10/23 or 10/24 (beg. of class) - started in class on Tuesday, 10/22:

Pick TWO of the pictures and answer the following questions:

Do the HW here: Use this Google Form to do this assignment


1. Inuits Battle English Sailors - Canada

Questions - you may do this by paper instead:
1. Describe three important details of each picture.
2. Does the artist show the Natives as real people, equal in many ways to Europeans, or better or worse than an European?
3. List four Native technologies that each picture shows.

2. A Native Couple Eating

3. Natives smoking fish









4. Native Village

Period 5 IN CLASS New Albion move for Thursday, 10/24

Fall, 1581 MOVEMENT survey here.

Fall, 1581 MAP

Here are the movements from Spring, 1581

Comments:
Only a couple of illegal moves:
Reminders -
1. Except for Native units, Armies can only move one space no matter what.

2. Navies CAN move two spaces in water. This rule DOES NOT allow one water and one land move.

3. Likewise, Navies cannot move two spaces of water, then attack a third space of water (that is three spaces)

4. Savannah was defended by two French units that lost to a combined attack by two Red Cherokee  units with support by a nearby English unit. The French lost and were forced to retreat to the only open space - the Gula Coast waterway - that was controlled by French ally Spain, who had take the space in battle with England. Since Spain is an ally, it retreated to the Ally - Netherlands held Outer Banks. If Spain didn't retreat, then the French Army in retreat from Savannah, would have been sent back to France. It pays to have allies on the only retreat space available.

5. Refer to the 1581 Spring Move map to see other moves. Circle units means their moves were DEFINITELY illegal (see above reminders).

EQ Ch 2 - Period 5

here

EQ Chapter 2 - Period 5

Write your best EQ question in this shared document in class.

If someone else has already typed a nearly identical question, then type a different question from your list.

EQ Ch2 Period 6

Here

Period 6 New Albion Fall 1581 Move due Wednesday by 6 pm.

Fall, 1581 MOVEMENT survey here.

Fall, 1581 MAP

Here are the movements from Spring, 1581
Comments:
1. Pretty good moves overall.
2. Why are some nations only moving two units each turn - you must move as many units as possible towards the Americas.
3. Netherlands did not post a move into any form. There were some references by other teams to what  Netherlands was supposedly doing, but Netherlands did not post at all, or did not post in the correct place (I looked at all linked areas to old (which cannot receive entries) and current movement surveys.

3xEQ Ch2 - Questions and Answers - due Block class this week - October 23 or 24

As the New Albion simulation invaded much of our class time last week, I did reschedule the due date to write three EQ and give three bullet points of information for answers for each question that you write.

From October 18 - Rescheduled to this coming week.

From October 11 - EQ Ch 2 directions

Period 5 New Albion Update - Moves, units and NEXT MOVE

Moves due by Wednesday Night 9 pm (the following move will occur on Thursday starting in class)

Period 5 - Spring 1581 Map (includes new units awarded - armies first)

Movement survey

Seven of eight teams submitted orders - Very exciting set of moves!!! Several battles for city control!!!

Units awarded after Fall, 1580

1580 Fall Battles Maps Exciting (some numbered rolls are shown on Spring 1581 Map)

1580 Fall RESOLVED Map here

Period 6 New Albion Updates and NEXT MOVE

Moves due by Tuesday Night 9 pm (the following move will occur on Wednesday starting in class)

Period 6 - Spring 1581 Map

Movement survey


Fall 1580 Resolved - New Units Awarded

Two teams submitted orders - Sweden and Spain (FYI in Period 5, seven of the eight teams submitted moves.

Units awarded after Fall, 1580
Sweden - One Army in Ft. Christina
Spain - One Army each in the following cities - Mexico City, St. Petersberg, Santa Fe

1580 Fall RESOLVED Map here

New Albion Moves Due by 5 pm today, no later. All moves are time stamped.

New Albion Fall 1580 Moves - Due Monday at 5 pm

FALL 1580 Turn Materials:

Move Survey (new and improved form)

Period FIVE use THIS MAP to make FALL 1580 turns

Period SIX use THIS MAP to make the FALL 1580 turn.


Use email and phones to plan with your team and engage in Diplomacy with other teams. Your moves must be submitted by 5 pm Monday - NO LATER FOR ANY REASON.

Advice from Mr. Rodgers Move ALL of your units towards the colonies!!! Focus on the entire map, not just one or two battles.

If you would like to ask Mr. Rodgers a question, I will answer questions submitted before 8 pm Sunday night. Questions should focus on rules interpretation. I may answer a question in general terms about strategy, but I will not tell you that I think you have great moves or suggest any moves. I will tell you that a move is not legal and explain why however.


Monday 10 am cutoff time to get answers for your questions for New Albion before  turn deadline of Monday 5 pm...

All questions that you send me will be answered during my lunchtime on Monday, by about 1 pm. Late questions submitted after 10 am will not be answered. FYI, the first team that asked me a question this cycle, received a special movement bonus for one unit for this turn.


Allies??? Also, if you have an alliance with other nations - both teams must let me know on the new turn form. If you do not, and two units are in the same space on Sea, or a Native American unit and your unit are together in the same space, then they will attack each other!!!

Gaining more armies - How to do it!!!
If you control a city at the end of the Fall turn, then you control that city. Cities create a new unit (Army or Navy) of your choice at the end of each Fall turn, after battles are resolved. Cities may hold two allied units.

Point-wise, Cities count as 2 points at the end of each Fall Turn, and Land Territories counts as 1 point.  Points are only counted at the end of the game. Your Nation flag is placed in all territories and cities at the end of each Fall Turn under your control.

Spring 1580 Results:
If interested, view these maps which explain the outcomes of the Spring 1580 order from each team. Each period had teams that made illegal moves, or interpreted rules incorrectly. All results are final.
Period Five Spring 1580 RESOLVED
Period Six Spring 1580 RESOLVED

Rules clarification - that did not affect any turns - Navies can only move two sea spaces, not one sea and one land. For the three turns where rules were written this way, there was an enemy unit in the first space. When this happens, the order becomes an attack on the first enemy controlled space (Slide Six of rules).

Spring 1580 Movement sheets

Move here

Note on EQ assignment for Chapter 2

We will work on Chapter 2 next week.

Five Point Quiz on blog about the game rules. Move Turn in class on Friday.

Note: you must be logged into your lcm account to use the links below:
1. Read the rules HERE, especially on Phases of turns, Rules for All units, Special and limits on moves, Native Unit special moves. 
2. Take THIS QUIZ about the rules online, Thursday night. You must be signed into your school lcm gmail account to take this quiz. You only get one chance to take the quiz.
3. Did your group send me an email HERE? The email must have a list of all group member emails in the TO line, including my email. The subject should say the name of your country.
4. Examine the map below to see your unit placements at the start of the game - Spring, 1580. Decide what your best moves are for each unit on the board. Each map is different:
Period 5 map
Period 6 map
5. Use this black outline version of map in order to read the names of territories, water ways, and cities, that you must use to write clear moves that make sense.

Send individual questions and concerns to erodgers@lcmschools.org

New Albion Beginning maps

Period 5 beginning here

Period 6 beginning here

New Albion Rules and Examples slide show

Please read this slideshow (here) before Friday - you must understand the directions before participating.

Be prepared to make your first turns in class on Friday. The game should be up and running by then.

Teams will be selected in block classes on Wednesday or Thursday.

Nation or Tribal Officers

https://docs.google.com/a/lcmschools.org/forms/d/1Q1qoJ5YasCta_FVff_vbYPicH5bqRMFKW5NHeqYdUx0/viewform

link to form

https://docs.google.com/a/lcmschools.org/forms/d/1SpbeJRJe1N0FuXh3UD9FMJkmGYSSO3v6VEjQaMpKGSM/viewform

Who will turn their settlements into a colonial empire?

Are you ready to take advantages of the rich soil, plentiful wood supply, fish that jump into your nets, and friendly natives that will help you find gold and the Fountain of Youth? Then come to the Americas. Your ticket is waiting if you are willing to volunteer your time to help start a new colony. Adventure, wealth... a life of leisure in the paradise of the new Eden.

Or are you ready to defend your sacred land against the foreign invaders with their fire sticks, metal body parts, and thirst for the skins of animals hunted to extinction?

Are you ready to lead your nation to conquest of the empty continent, fight off other European trespassers on your nation's promised land, and make alliances with the natives in order to establish trade. If you are, then you are ready to play New Albion, the game of Conquest and Colonization of North America!!!

HW due Tuesday - table of notes comparing four European nations in the Americas

Use this table to take your notes based on the directions below:


Using Chapter Two, compare and contrast four different elements for each European nation that colonized the Americas - Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands (Dutch). Some example areas to compare include:

1. What were the methods of colonization, what was each country trying to find or use from their colonies
2. what were the methods of settling European colonists 
3. the use of slaves
4. the ability of the European colonists to cooperate with Native Americans
5. Patterns of trade

You may choose other areas to explore instead of the the topics from the list above.

HW due Tues, Oct. 22 - Write three EQ questions and 3 bullet points each...

Assignment:1. Write three EQ questions - one per three sections of Chapter 2 of your choice. 2. After writing the questions, then write three bullet points of informations that can be used in an answer for that questions - 2a. include a bullet defining the main idea and two key points of evidence or explanation. 2b. These three bullet points form a simple outline for a solid paragraph form answer for each of the three questions that we will write next week.


EQ Explained - (this is a repost from 10/15/13)

Students will be required to write EQ questions and answer them appropriately for a variety of readings and activities throughout the year. This will help develop conceptual thinking that focuses on evidence from the reading or activity to support student explanations.

EQ (Essential Question) - a question that asks a complex question that requires a detailed answer that include all of the following elements in a paragraph between 4 - 6 sentences.

Elements:
1. an explanation of the major concept, event, or historical contributions of a person in relation to the question.
2. uses 2 - 3 examples or pieces of evidence found in the reading, text, or activity that supports the explanation of the major idea of the question.
3. uses and defines key terms found in the reading or activity that relate to and add to an understanding of the main concept.
3a - The definitions are not given directly, but instead the term is used in such a way by the writer that it is clear that the writer understands the meaning and appropriate usage of the terms as part of their answer.

Homework Due Friday at beginning of class

Read Textbook Chapter 2 - be prepared for a short quiz about the big ideas of the chapter.

Try taking the blog survey using this link...

Try this link to take the survey. It is now worth a one point assignment as of 12:01 this morning.

Install adobe acrobat reader on your home computer to use this blog

http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Due on block - poetry response and survey

Complete work from the previous two blog posts by the beginning of the block period for your class.

Surveys emails will not be accepted after 9:30 pm 10/7/13. Survey submissions will be counted after 12 am, the beginning of 10/8/13.

Just so you know...

Also, in order to get credit for taking the survey, students MUST give their name in the appropriate field at the end of the survey.

- Mr. R

Reading and Response - Due Tuesday, Oct. 8

Read Evening Near the Hoko River

Written Response on a separate piece of paper - answer the following questions with lines from the poem to support EACH answer. Write your answers in complete sentences.

1. What do crickets do, that shows the speaker the passing of time?
2. Do the tulips believe there is another world to look to?
3. Explain the dance of the moon and horses?
4. What is this poem about? What is the speaker trying to tell the reader about nature and the world?

Be prepared to discuss this poem tomorrow after our final performances in class.

Some students are not using the class blog - take the survey

Blog Survey is no longer XC (+2), but now is a required assignment worth one point. Complete it by your block period for your class.

After you read this entry, take this survey to help Mr. Rodgers make this blog a better tool for success. To do this, send Mr. Rodgers an email from your school lcm account, and he will send the survey back to you. Parents can also take the survey if they use a different email account. As part of the survey, your email account will be recorded so that I may follow up if a comment needs clarification.

Just like Powerschool offers a direct way to find out every grade on graded work in a class, the blogs that I post about each class are very important to verify directions and get materials that students have either lost or cannot find.

Why must students use this blog:

To get an answer to the directions, or be able to reread the directions for an assignment.

To use those directions and materials to complete work on time.

To get links to websites or handouts that must be used in order to complete assignments or study for quizzes and tests.

The blog offers many other advantages as well. Without the blog, students will not be able to complete homework from time to time, or get a copy of a reading, or a replacement blank chart or map that is due the next day. Students must use the blog to succeed in class.

If a students is not following the blog, or reading it daily, they are not taking advantage of this line of communication to do well in class.

HW for Wed and Thurs night

Due - Detail

1002-1003 - US Physical Features Test p5 on Thursday

1003 - Bring all Native American literature packets, group notes and six panel scene summary table to class.

1004 - US Physical Features map due.

US Physical Map Quiz during block - Wed:p6 and Th:p5

During block each period will take the US physical features quiz worth 20 points.

Like the US States test, students will receive two parts of the test:
1. a marked map will label physical features
2. an answer sheet with corresponding blanks to write the appropriate answer for each labeled features of the map

3. The Handout with directions has a list of all the required physical features that students must know for the quiz.

4. Here is a a physical map with most features here on the list.

5. In addition, six rivers drawn in the assignment map, are not listed in the handout list above. Students may find these six rivers, and will be given two XC points if they can identify two of these rivers that will be labeled as part of the test.

Map copy

6. As is always the case for XC options, the XC points count against the final test grade, allowing students who score about the regular test maximum of 20 points of 100% to actually earn 22 points if all answers are correct.

Good luck!

(11 - 12) SS8 - This week's homework

Due Tuesday, 10/01/13:
Read the Native American selection passed out to your group in class

Written - on a separate sheet of paper to turn in:
1. Summarize in list form about six key points with examples from the text if necessary.

2. Question 2 - Comparison:
a. Make a T table.
b. On the left column label it "What I know about NA culture" and make a list of three things that you know.
c. In the right column, label it "What this piece of writing tells me about NA culture.

3. Performance ideas:
a. make a list of six essential scenes or parts needed to perform the piece.

Bring your reading selection. Prepare to put a performance together with your group due 10/02 or 10/03 in Block.

10/1
1. Map - Part One complete

10/2 or 10/3 - Block
1. NA Reading performance
2. North American physical features test.

10/4 - North American Physical Features map.

If you had Mr. Rodgers last year, and after Sept. 26 you are still receiving

posts from the LASS7 blog, I hopefully have figured out how to delete your email from the follower list.  If you still get a post from the LASS7 blog, then please email me.

Likewise, former students from last year should try to follow this years SS8 blog for the current class.
Let me know if there are any problems following this years blog.

Physical Features Map technique and color suggestions

Here are a few suggestions for improving your map over the minimum requirements.

Drawing Suggestions:
1. Find the best direction to hold your pen or pencil when drawing. As you draw, maintain that position and turn the page instead of your hand position.

Color Suggestions:
1. Use all caps and red ink for Plateaus, Deserts, and Plains labels
2. Use a blue extra fine sharp felt pen or blue rollerball pen to trace your rivers

3. Use blue ball point to label rivers.
4. Use black ball point to label states and smaller mountain ranges.

5. Use a tan or orange colored pencil to color mountains
6. Use baby blue to color the Great lakes

Label Suggestions:
7. Label at least Lake Erie and Lake Ontario outside of those lakes
8. Label all of the states north of Virginia along the East Coast in the Atlantic Ocean and draw a line next to each state. Maine can be labeled inside of the state.
9. Use the abbreviations W (West), R (River), L (Lake)

ADDED requirement - label Canada and Mexico.

US States review web games for the Friday States Quiz

Try these review/quiz games:

USA States - Level One - Online Learning

I like to learn - United States Map Quiz

Purposegames.com - The States of the USA

If you find another site that offers a different format, please send me a link. I will add that link to this page.

Guiding questions this week and next

1. Why is the Iroquois Confederacy so pivotal in the history of early Indian - colonial contact?
2. How do we develop a vocabulary of place in order to discuss American history?

Homework this week including the map assignment and quizzes for next

We will continue our discussions, readings, and films in class about Native Americans while we work on our first map this year. This first map will help us speak about places that will be referred to all year in the course.

9/24 - Potato reading - reader response will be collected on 9/25 or 9/26 (due to the late posting on 9/23).

Here is the physical map and states schedule for the next two weeks:

Handout with directions

Map copy

Due - Detail
9/27 - US States quiz - know all 50 states to identify 20 during the quiz - 10 points max (1/2 pt each)

10/1 - map step part one - see handout

10/2 or 10/3 - Block - Physical map quiz - see handout list 10 points max

10/4 - map complete - see handout

Reading and written response due Tuesday - The potato

Here is the handout reading for tonight's homework:

Columbian Exchange between America and Europe...

pdf version here

Write out the answers to the questions on a separate piece of paper.

Homework will be posted around 6:30. I am in a teacher meeting.

The Song is long...

Who will read? If you read this, read the one section called Hiawatha's Wooing. On Monday, be able to explain the length of the entire poem. With this section, find references to the romance or idea of the "noble savage."

Binder Tabs for Social Studies with Mr. Rodgers

Five binder dividers labelled as follows:
Label and descriptions
1. Current work - current assignments and projects due yet
2. Notes - class notes from presentations and research
3. Handouts - Handouts and readings
4. Guidelines  - including  Syllabus
5. Rubrics - Rubrics and general assignment directions

Thursday Night - Print out and read Song of Hiawatha

1. Search and find the text of the poem above on the internet. Print it out.
2. Underline five lines of interest (big ideas).
3. Circle five words that need clarification.
4. Look for passages that reveal the idea of a "the noble savage"

Close reading notes of Red Jacket, "We like our religion..." reading get here.

Syllabus for SS8 - due by Block Day (Wed or Thurs)

Here is the Class Syllabus for SS8.

1. Students should PRINT this out and read it.
2. Parents must read and sign the syllabus at the top after they have read it.
3. The syllabus should be placed in the section of the class binder.

Due by Block class on Wednesday or Thursday at the beginning of class.

HW due Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 - 2 Native American Readings notated

For tonight's reading, for each entry -
1. Underline five sentences that get to the main points of the piece.
2. Circle four words that need clarification or definition.
3. Be prepared to discuss each piece in class tomorrow.

Bring your movie notes to class, as we continue to watch selections from The Black Robe.

Bring a parent signed copy of the class syllabus to class tomorrow.

No block schedule this week AND Quiz rewrite directions with HW due on 918.

FYI - there are no block classes this week. We will have all periods of instruction this week. Wednesday we get out at the normal time. Thursday we get out at 1 pm Early Release for Back to School Night.

0918 - Due at beginning of class
1. What are four areas of American History I want to learn about - write up - four outlined lists

2. Rewrite of pop-quiz if you kept it. Bring your original quiz as well. Here are the directions:
a. Explain 2 different concepts from the chapter and one example with details (3 different elements)
b. Explain how well you read the chapter at first, and how well you reread the material to rewrite this pop quiz.

SS8 - Weekly Overview - Sept. 16 - 20

Guiding Questions for the week of 0916 - 0920/13
SS7 - Textbook, Rome, Geography
What are the time frame boundaries and concepts studied in SS8?
What topics seem interesting in SS8 based on the text and beyond?
What are different ways we can study and learn about American History?

Daily Record - 
Activities and Homework due at beginning of class 
(follow updates in future posts for in class activities and any additional HW and due dates)

0916 - Due at beginning of class
1. Nothing

In class -
Assign SS8 textbook and book contract
Pre-read activity SS textbook - what looks good and parts of the book
Early Native American Cultures of North America
Class Syllabus - brief overview (due printed and signed on 091913)


0917 - Due at beginning of class
1. Read SS8 - Chapter One - prepare for short quiz on content
2. Organize Class binder (five dividers and labels needed in class)

In class -
SS8 - Ch1 Quiz
Note taking strategies for SS8 text
Essential Question writing
Discuss the HW

FYI - there are no block classes this week. We will have all periods of instruction this week. Wednesday we get out at the normal time. Thursday we get out at 1 pm Early Release for Back to School Night.

0918 - Due at beginning of class
1. What are four areas of American History I want to learn about - write up - four outlined lists
2. Rewrite of pop-quiz if you kept it. Bring your original quiz as well. Here are the directions:
a. Explain 2 different concepts from the chapter and one example with details (3 different elements)
b. Explain how well you read the chapter at first, and how well you reread the material to rewrite this pop quiz.

In class -
Discuss HW - what are the areas of student interest?
Native American activities

0919 - Due at beginning of class
1. Native American reading - literature review
2. Class Syllabus - printed and signed with parent signature (in class binder)
3. Write three EQ's and bulleted answers.

In class -
Discuss EQ questions
Film clips

0920 - Due at beginning of class
Ch 1 EQ Quiz

In class -

HW - due Friday - 6 events placard

HW - Due Friday - My personal history shape
1. use 8-1/2 x 11 piece of paper
2. Using the middle two thirds of the piece of paper, draw the following image that covers that space:a. The shapes and lines of your personal history.b. trace it over in black ink.
3. label six personal events in ink where they would occur on the shapes and/or lines.
4. On the top of the page title the page: The personal history of (your name).
5. On the bottom of the page, give the name of the shapes in smaller letters than the title, then...
6. Explain how this shape relates to your personal history at different points. Answer the question - why does this shape work best to explain my historical

Sample layout of 6 event time shape placard


Agency v Structuralism notes

On our discussion of Agency and Structuralism, here are some comments by SS8 - period 6 that you may consider to help you do this assignment:
Your life is like an interactive novel where you are given choices and you can follow a certain path (agency)What are other factors that also influence our personal histories (structuralism)What other forces and factors influence your personal life?

Journal Entry due block day (Wed - 6th, Thur - 5th)

Write a journal that deals with the following description:

Describe an important personal event that changed everything. Explain causes or reasons why  this event occurred. Explain the important details of the event. If you can not complete the page, explain another personal event.

length: a minimum of 170 words, about a full page of college rule notebook paper.

Do not type or edit in any way.

Must be handwritten.