Class in Review:
This week we begin unit one, which will give us information on what the Americas were like before the arrival of Europeans. This chapter will take us back to when people first arrived on the continents, and how they built up civilizations and empires. We will discuss the people of North America including the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures. We will also review the civilizations of Mexico, Central, and South America. This will give us a foundation for the arrival of European explorers and settlers. I provided students with a study guide on Google Classroom, and a copy is provided below as well. The study guide provides important vocabulary and the things they should know by the time they are done with the unit.
This week, we will review the material we finished up with last week, and then students will get their first assignment for unit one, which will cover chapter one, lesson one of the textbook that discusses migration to the Americas. Students will open the Talk to the Text document, and read through it. As they read they will interact with the text, providing their thoughts, questions, and responses to what they are reading. They can highlight things they think are important, or make connections to other parts of the reading. I have explained how to do this to all students when meeting with them this week, however, if they prefer to print off the sheet and do it by hand that's fine too. As they are reading they should also be filling out the Discussion Prep Sheet. This asks them to identify three words they think are important and explain why they think they are important. It also asks them to tell me three questions or things they wonder about as they read. The sheet ends with some questions about the sections they read. Students will complete this by Friday so that we can discuss it during our class meeting time. Once they've read chapter one, lesson one, they have a few questions to answer on Google Classroom, which we will also go over at our next meeting.
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