11/6-7 Tuesday-Wednesday

Guiding Question: 

How can we improve our communities? 

Objectives:

Collaborative: Students will be able to address an issue in their community by working on two action steps and completing a slides presentation with a score of at least 3 out of 4.

Independent: Students will outline and write a rough draft of a letter to their representative with a score of at least 3/4.

Standards:

8.3 - Students understand the foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it.

RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

How much have you & your group accomplished for the project? If you were not here last class, did your group tell you what you are doing for the project? 

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

Brief Overview of Deadlines

Independent (Voice Level 0) 50 minutes: 

Task 1: Outline & Rough Draft of Letter to Your Representatives

Task 2: Work INDEPENDENTLY to complete any action steps assigned to you for the project OR Play one of these iCivics games: NewsFeed Defenders, or LawCraft 

Early Finisher?: 

- Have you finished all your history work in Google Classroom? 

- Work on homework for another class

- Read a NewsELA, CNN, or Achieve article 

- Practice your typing 

- Read a book

Collaborative (Voice Level .5) 50 minutes:

PBL Work Time
- Template for Slides Presentation

Early Finisher? 

- Have you finished all your history work in Google Classroom? 

- Work on homework for another class

- Read a NewsELA, CNN, or Achieve article 

- Practice your typing 

- Read a book

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

On board

Homework: 

Our presentations are NEXT CLASS. Make sure you have been working diligently to get this done!