8/13-14 Tuesday- Wednesday

Guiding Question: 

What are historical thinking skills and why are they important? 

Objectives:

Collaborative: By the end of the period, SWBAT understand the historical thinking skills of continuity & change and corroboration by working in groups to complete an assignment with at least 80% accuracy. 

Independent: By the end of the period, SWBAT demonstrate their prior knowledge of key historical skills by completing a diagnostic test to the best of their ability. 

Standards:

CCRA.R.1 - Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and make logical inferences from it.

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

In your notebook, respond to the following prompt: What do you think you need to know in order to be successful in a history class? What do you need to be able to do? 

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes: 

Historical Thinking Skills introduction

Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes: 

History diagnostic  - Please take this diagnostic assessment so that I can see where we are all starting from! 

Early Finisher?: You can play some US History trivia, or you can watch this video (and this video only!) to get a jump start on what we are learning about Tuesday-Wednesday. 

Collaborative (Voice Level .5) 45 minutes:

Continuity & Change and Corroboration Activity 

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

On board. 

Homework: 

Signed Syllabus check on Thursday/Friday.