7th Grade ELA/History

Guiding Question:  What were colonial governments like?   Objectives:  Collaborative:  Students will be able to describe colonial governments by reading, discussing, and writing summaries with at least a 3/4 according to the rubric.  Independent:  Students will understand England's 13 colonies by watching videos, and answering questions with at least 80% accuracy.   Standards:  CA HSS  8.1 – Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significant to the development of American constitutional democracy. CA HSS 8.1.4 – Describe the nation’s blend of civic republicanism, classical liberal principles, and English parliamentary traditions CCRA.RI.8.2- Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. ELD B.6 - Reading closely li...

Guiding Question:  What are the similarities and differences between the Middle and Southern Colonies?  Objectives:  Collaborative:  Students will understand the character of the middle and southern colonies by reading, annotating, and creating a double-bubble map with at least 80% accuracy.  Standards:  CA HSS  8.1 – Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy. CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it CCRA.R.2 – Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. 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:  Objective form. Write down today's ob...

Guiding Question:  Why did so many families travel to New England?  Objectives:  Collaborative: Students will synthesize the reasons why colonists traveled to New England by reading and writing a narrative story with a score of at least 3/4 according to the rubric.  Independent: Students will increase their lexiles by reading an Achieve article about the  lost colony of Roanoke or the early history of New York, summarizing, and completing the activity with a score of at least 75%.  Standards:  CA HSS  8.1 – Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significant to the development of American constitutional democracy. CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it CCRA.w.8.3 -  Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, a...

Guiding Question:  Why did so many early settlers of Jamestown die?  Objectives:  Collaborative: Students will be able to analyze the causes of the deaths of many early settlers in Jamestown by reading, annotating, and completing a Say-Mean-Matter chart with at least 80% accuracy.  Independent: Students will investigate the colonies of Roanoke and Jamestown by completing a webquest with at least 80% accuracy.  Standards:  CA HSS  8.1 – Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significant to the development of American constitutional democracy. RH.6-8.22 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source WHST.6-8.9 - Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research  ELD B.6 - Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed. ...

Guiding Question:  What killed the settlers of Jamestown?  Objectives:  Collaborative:  Students will be able to analyze the causes of the deaths of many early settlers in Jamestown by reading, annotating, and completing a Say-Mean-Matter chart with at least 80% accuracy.   Standards:  CA HSS  8.1 – Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significant to the development of American constitutional democracy. RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source RH.6-8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text WHST.6-8.9 - Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research  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:  Take out your backgr...

Guiding Question:  What was the experience of the settlers of Jamestown?  Objectives:  Collaborative:  Students will be able to analyze the causes of the deaths of many early settlers in Jamestown by reading, discussing, and annotating with at least 80% accuracy.  Independent:  Students will investigate the colony of Jamestown by reading and extracting evidence with at least 80% accuracy.  Standards:  CA HSS  8.1 – Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significant to the development of American constitutional democracy. RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source RH.6-8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text WHST.6-8.9 - Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research  ELD B.6 - Reading closely literar...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dbXHqm8uQ14k-1y1RJqT1d6YZpwzDkFmOb95keOR6Do/edit?usp=sharing

Guiding Question:  Why did European countries want to settle North America? Objectives:  Collaborative: Students will understand European colonization of North America by completing a jigsaw chart and creating a travel poster with at least 80% accuracy.  Independent: Students will watch videos on exploration closely in order to answer questions with at least 80% accuracy.  Standards:  CA HSS  8.1 – Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significant to the development of American constitutional democracy. CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it ELD B.6 - Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed. Do Now (Voice Level 0):  Complete the objective tracker for today.  Whole Group (Voice Level 0):  - European Exploration...

Guiding Question:  How did European explorers come to North and South America?  Objectives:  Collaborative: Students will review 7 th grade history concepts by reading about the Age of Exploration , annotating in their groups, and answering questions with at least 80% accuracy. Standards:  CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it ELD B.6 - Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed. Do Now (Voice Level 0):  Complete your objective tracker for today.  Whole Group (Voice Level 0):  Annotating Informational texts intro, go over annotation guide  Collaborative (Voice Level 0):  - Age of Exploration Close Read. Work with your groups to annotate and answer the guiding questions.  Here are sentence starters for the guiding questions.  Early Finishers : Play ...

Guiding Question:  In what ways did Native American cultures differ by region? Objectives: Collaborative: Students will create and analyze a map of the United States and various Native American tribes by identifying the location of various tribes, key landmarks, and answering guiding questions with at least 80% accuracy.   Independent: Students will investigate migration to the Americas by reading and answering questions with at least 80% accuracy.  Standards:  CA HSS  8.1 – Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significant to the development of American constitutional democracy. CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it  RH.6-8.7 – Integrate visual information with other information in print and digital texts.  ELD B.6 - Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to deter...