May 15

6th Marking Period - Week 2

Wednesday

Homework

1. Read “Travel on the Oregon Trail” article (pgs. 151-155 in packet)
2. Create Cornell notes in your ISN; record notes that would allow you to explain the who, what, where, when, and why of the trail.

Warm-Up 

Economics of Slavery

I can use Read around the Text with with different textbooks to determine information about the economics of slavery.

1. History Alive! textbook pg. 272-3 America textbook pg. 396-400
2. RoundRobin Discussion:  take turns - each person says one thing for each question.
3. Look at the pictures.  What ideas are being presented?
4. Look at the captions and read them.
5. Look at the maps, charts, graphs.  Make a statement about the information presented.
6. Read titles, headings, bold face and italicized words.
7. Classroom stand & share "Say Something"
8. T1W, 5 min, 10 lines, next clean page in ISN:  I can use Read around the Text with my team to identify information about the economics of slavery.  From the text and talk I learned . . .

Words of Wisdom

Territorial Acquisition of Texas

I can use Read around the Text strategy to investigate how the USA acquired the Texas Territort.  I can create a map of USA expansion and matrix notes of the information I uncover.  As the USA sread west it continued to divide into north and south regions.

1. Silently use Read around the Text text (History Alive! or America) in the appropriate section to discover why the USA wanted the territory of Texas and how it was acquired.
2. RoundRobin Discussion:  take turns - each person says one thing for each question.
   

   Why did USA want Texas?

   How did we get it?

   When?

   Who was president?

Classroom share, discussion, individual students record notes.

Color expansion map and matrix