8/31-9/1 Thursday-Friday

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 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 objectives in your own words. What are the activities you will be completing? How do you know whether or not you were successful?

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 
Introduction to colonial governments 


Independent (Voice Level 0) 40 minutes: 
Task 1: Complete the assignment in Google Classroom
Here are the Google Classroom codes:  
Period 1: p66ksw
Period 2: wouzap1
Period 3: wc8t9xk
Period 5: ay4r1c
Period 6: 6ksaqyj

Early Finisher?: Work on your homework, read a book, or play history trivia. 

Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 40 minutes: 
Task 1: Group read colonial governments with table discussion
Here is a rubric for your table discussions 
Task 2: Complete your graphic organizer by writing summaries for each type of colonial government. 
The rubric for your summaries is also available here. 

Need help with your summaries? Take a look at this guide to help. 

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 
Objective self-reflection form. Did you meet all of the objectives for today? What are you going to do to make sure you meet them before the next class? 

Homework: 
1. Either watch a CNN10 episode or read a news article of your choice on CNN, NewsELA, or BBC News. 
2. Write a 6-7 sentence summary. Need help with your summary? Take a look at this guide to help. Due Monday/Tuesday. 

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