8/21-22 Monday-Tuesday

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 literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed.

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

Objective tracker

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes: 

Task 1: Introduction to Jamestown: England's First Permanent (successful) Colony. 

Task 2: Group Read of "Starving Settlers in Jamestown" 

Independent (Voice Level 0) 25 minutes: 

Task 1:  Jamestown Scavenger Hunt in Google Classroom. The reading is at the top of the assignment. If you can't find it, here you go. 

If you still haven't joined the Google Classroom, here are the codes: 

Period 1: p66ksw

Period 2: wouzap1

Period 3: wc8t9xk

Period 5: ay4r1c

Period 6: 6ksaqyj

Early Finishers: You may read quietly, complete another Word Wall, or watch this video on the lost colony of Roanoke. 

Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 25 minutes: 

Task 1: Guided annotations of background essay 
Task 2: Copy vocabulary for background essay 
Task 3: Answer the guiding questions 
Answer the questions on the back of your background essay. Need sentence starters? Here they are! 

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

Objective reflection. 

Homework: 

Finish the scavenger hunt.