12/6-7 Thursday-Friday

Guiding Question: 

What were the implications of the Alien & Sedition Acts? 

Objectives:

Collaborative:  Students will understand the Alien & Sedition Acts by reading, responding to discussion questions, and writing a news article with at least 80% accuracy.
Independent: Students will understand the XYZ Affair by reading and responding to questions with at least 80% accuracy.
 

Standards:

8.4 - Students understand the aspirations and ideals of the people of the new nation

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

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

What does the term “Alien” mean? What do you think when you hear the word “alien”?

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes: 

Alien & Sedition Acts Notes

Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes: 

Task 1: XYZ Affair Close Read in Google Classroom

Early Finisher?: 

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

- Play an iCivics game 

- Work on homework for another class

- Read a NewsELA, CNN, or Achieve article 

- Practice your typing 

- Read a book

Collaborative (Voice Level .5) 45 minutes:

Task 1: Alien & Sedition Acts Reading/Discussion
Task 2: Alien & Sedition Acts News Article

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

On board

Homework: 

Last opportunity to turn in late work is Tuesday, December 11th!