1/11-12 Thursday-Friday

Guiding Question:

Why was the election of 1800 an important event?

Objectives:

Collaborative: Students will understand the election of 1800 by reading, annotating, and writing a CEREAL paragraph with a score of at least 3/4.

Independent: Students will understand the presidency of John Adams by completing a video webquest with at least 80% accuracy.

Standards:

HSS 8.4 Students analyze the aspirations and ideals of the people of the new nation. 

W.8.1 - Students write arguments with clear reasoning and relevant evidence

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:

Objective tracker.

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:

John Adams Winter Packet Recap

Independent (Voice Level 0) 40 minutes:

Task 1: John Adams Video Webquest in Google Classroom
Period 1 Classroom Code: p66ksw

Early Finishers: Free choice icivics game (select one from this page), Watch CNN10, read an article here, read a free choice Achieve article, or complete winter break homework that you still haven't done.

Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 40 minutes:

Task 1: Look at exemplar Claim-Prove-Justify & CEREAL against Checklist

Task 2: Read about the election of 1800

Task 3: Complete your chart & write a CEREAL paragraph

Sentence Starters for the CEREAL paragraph 

Here are criteria for your CEREAL paragraphs
Example Claim-Prove-Justify & CEREAL Paragraph 

Early Finishers: Play this.

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 2 minutes:

Objective Tracker

Homework:

Finish your CEREAL paragraphs & grade yourself against the criteria.