November 26-28

Marking Period 2 - Week 7

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

• I can apply social studies concepts to better understand local, national, and world events, issues, and problems.  GLCE K1.6
• I can read a secondary source non-fiction about the Articles of Confederation independently and proficiently.  RL.8.10; GLCE 8-P1.1; GLCE 8-U3.3.1
• I can follow the rules for discussion and express myself clearly and restate others ideas.  SL.8.1a-d; GLCE P1.4
• I can write an arguement about the Articles of Confederation that has a thesis, claim, logical reasons, and a conclusion.  WL.8.1a-e; GLCE 8-U3.3.1

Homework

Warm-Up
Monday
CNN News and Quiz Questions
Tuesday
Use USA physical and political maps to answer these two questions:

If I am at 35ºN and 90º W, what physical feature can I see?

If I am at 60ºN and 160º W, what state am I in?

Wednesday
Use USA physical and political maps to answer these three questions:

What physical feature is located at 41º north latitude / 113º  west longitude?

What is the absolute location of New Orleans?

If I am at 43º N and 87º W, where am I?

Words of Wisdom
The following notes and activities in order:

1. Confederation of States Comprehension Quiz with PROVE IT! RallyRobin reading activity
   Prove It! 

   HA pgs. 103-105

   AM pgs. 206-211

   Use the textbooks to prove your answers are correct.

   Provide a citation for each

   Textbook. Page #. Heading. Paragraph

Shays' Rebellion reading, quiz questions, and Quiz-Quiz Trade study session

Update History Timeline -  Add to timeline:

Articles of Confederation approved

Land Ordinance of 1785

Land Ordinance of 1787

Shays’ Rebellion

Collaborative StructureVarious - see above

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Essay Writing Guided Practice in Class:  Type 3 Writing:  America's First Government
1. Create a Plan for Writing
2. Work through how to put the essay on paper

America’s First Government: the Articles of Confederation

You are a writer of the Articles of Confederation and realize that this plan for government may have been a mistake.  Explain why you and the other writers created the loose confederation of states and give reasons that prove the plan isn’t working.  

FCAs

1. Thesis statement with claim (no personal pronouns: I, you, we, us)
2. Four logical reasons that prove the claim
3. Correct capitalization of proper nouns

* Reasonable best effort/Formal Style = answer correctly, write sentences, no abbreviations, no personal pronouns

Closure

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