1/23-24 Monday-Tuesday

Guiding Question:
What political divisions surrounded Thomas Jefferson's presidency?


Objectives:
Collaborative: Students will describe the political divisions surrounding Thomas Jefferson's presidency by reading about Marbury vs. Madison, annotating, and completing a Say-Mean-Matter chart with at least 80% accuracy. 

Independent: Students will understand the beginning of Jefferson's presidency by completing a scavenger hunt of a text with at least 80% accuracy. 


Standards:

8.4.1 - Describe the country’s physical landscapes, political divisions, and territorial expansion during the terms of the first four presidents.
RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source
RI.8.1- Cite textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 
ELD B.6 - Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed.

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 
On your objective tracker, dissect the objectives you will be working to complete for today. Be prepared to explain the objectives in your own words if I call on you. 

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes: 
Independent (Voice Level 0) 40 minutes:
Task 1: Scavenger Hunt in Google Classroom. Your TCI Text doesn't seem to think that Thomas Jefferson is an important President SO instead of using TCI, we will be using a different text. The assignment is the exact same. 


Task 2: Watch CNN Student News (Tuesday people: make sure that you are watching the video from 1/23 about the inauguration!) and complete this google form

Task 3: Watch this Brainpop Video on Thomas Jefferson The username is 123dog and the password is 123cat

Early Finishers: Read this article on the protests that occurred around the country this past Saturday, play Free Rice, read an article on NewsELA, complete any school work that needs to get done, contemplate the meaning of life. 

At the end of this station, complete the "next steps" portion for that station's objective. If you met the objective, write "none" in that box. 

Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 40 minutes: 
We will be reading about the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison and completing a Say-Mean-Matter chart. 

Step 1: Review the Judicial Branch
Step 2: Read and annotate the source in your small groups 
Step 3: Read and annotate as a station
Step 4: Complete the Say-Mean-Matter chart & questions 

At the end of this station, complete the "next steps" portion for that station's objective. If you met the objective, write "none" in that box. 

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 
Flip to the calendar section of your Objective Tracker. Add a + for each objective you completed for today and a - for objectives you were not able to complete. 

Homework: 
Make sure that you have completed the CNN Student News assignment. 

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