11/29 - 12/1 Thursday-Friday

Guiding Questions:

How did Hamilton & Jefferson feel about the creation of a National Bank? 

Objectives:

Collaborative: Students will understand the conflict between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in regards to the creation of a National Bank by participating in a Save the Last Word for Me with a score of at least 3/4 according to the rubric. 

Independent: Students will work to increase their lexile levels by reading an Achieve article about George Washington, complete all summaries, and score at least 75% on the activity. 

Standards:

HSS.8.3.4- Understand how the conflicts between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton resulted in the emergence of two political parties (e.g., view of foreign policy, Alien and Sedition Acts, economic policy, National Bank, funding and assumption of the revolutionary debt).
SL.8.1 - Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

ELD.A.1 - Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions. 

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

Write today's objectives in your own words. What are the activities you will be completing and how do you know whether or not you completed them? 

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

Recap Hamilton & Jefferson 

Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes: 

Task 1: Achieve3000, "The First Contest Was No Contest"  

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

If you failed the article, here is a list of acceptable makeup articles to choose from. 

Early Finishers: Play this icivics game. 

Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 45 minutes: 

Task 1: Read the source together, annotate 

Task 2: Participate in Save the Last Word for Me 

Here are the slides if you can't see the board. 

Task 3: Synthesize the viewpoints of your table group 

Save the Last Word for Me Rubric 
Save the Last Word for Me Criteria for Success 

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

Objective tracker

Homework: 

None