3/6-7 Monday-Tuesday

Guiding Question:

In what ways were the North and South on divergent paths in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Objectives:

Collaborative: Students will learn about society in the North during the antebellum period by reading a source collaboratively and completing a travel poster with a score of at least 3/4 according to the rubric. 

Independent: Students will work to increase their Lexile levels by determining the central ideas of an Achieve article about early factory power, completing the first four tabs, and scoring at least 75% on the activity. 

Standards:

8.6 - Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced, with emphasis on the Northeast.

CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

ELD A.1 - Exchanging information and ideas with others.

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes: 

- We will be creating our March Objective Goals based on our February performance

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

Unit 7: Divergent Paths Introduction via PearDeck  

Independent (Voice Level 0) 35 minutes:

Note for Joezer, since you did the Achieve article on Monday even though you don't have me until Tuesday, here's your article. 

Task 1: Achieve3000, "Welcome to Great Falls Park!" You need to complete the first 4 tabs for this article. 

- You only need to summarize paragraphs that are more than two sentences! You may write your summaries as bullet points for my class. 

- Achieve articles are summative grades. You cannot get higher than an NP if you did not summarize.  In order to complete a "makeup Achieve" you need to also complete the first 4 tabs and the summaries on your makeup article as well. 

Task 2: Watch CNN Student News and write a 5-7 sentence summary. You may do this digitally and share with ecobb@blastla.org or on paper. 

Task 3: Watch this BrainPop video on the Industrial Revolution. 

Early Finishers: Complete any missing or makeup work, play Free Rice, read an article on NewsELA, read a book, contemplate the meaning of life, or watch this video on the Market Revolution. 

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) 35 minutes: 

Step 1: Read this source as a station. 

Step 2: Complete your Say-Mean-Matter chart to complete your travel poster. 

Step 3: Work on travel poster. 

Here is a rubric for this assignment. 

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: 

Your travel posters are due on Wednesday!