5/14-15 Monday-Tuesday
Guiding Question:
Collaborative: Students will understand the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg by reading sources and answering questions with at least 80% accuracy. Independent: Students will understand the experience of soldiers during the war by completing a webquest with at least 80% accuracy.
Standards:
8.10.6 - Describe critical developments and events in the war, including the major battles, geographical advantages and obstacles, technological advances, and General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.
CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ELD A.1 - Exchanging information and ideas with others.
Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:
On your objective tracker, dissect the objectives you will be working to complete for today. Be prepared to explain the objectives in your own words if I call on you.
Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes:
Civil War Battles Quiz
Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes:
Task 1: Daily Lives of Soldiers Webquest in Google Classroom.
Early Finishers: Watch this video, Play Free Rice, read an article on NewsELA, complete any missing assignments, contemplate the meaning of life.
Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 45 minutes:
Step 1: Read the background essay collaboratively.
Step 2: Jigsaw the sources available here and answer the questions on your paper in complete sentences. Make sure that everyone in your group has a complete paper by the time you are done!
Early Finishers: Watch this video, Play Free Rice, read an article on NewsELA, complete any missing assignments, contemplate the meaning of life.
At the end of this station, complete the "next steps" portion for that station's objective. If you met the objective, write "none" in that box.
Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:
Flip to the calendar section of your Objective Tracker. Add a + for each objective you completed for today and a - for objectives you were not able to complete.
Homework:
None