Tuesday 3.29.16
Today we had a special guest slam poet visit the school. The class was devoted to hearing his story and his poetry. Jovan May was able to come spend the day at Elizabeth High School through a grant provided by the Elizabeth Education Foundation.
Thursday 3.31.16
Today we started a small project on several cultures that were touched on throughout the year but will now be investigated more closely. Presentations will take place on Wednesday April 6th.
Monday 4.4.16
Project Work Day
Wednesday 4.6.16, Tuesday 4.12.16 and Thursday 4.14.16
Project Presentations
Monday 4.18.16
Today students will be watching a documentary that is entitled National Geographic-America Before Colobus Part 1 link: https://goo.gl/JNWSr3
As they watch the documentary, students will complete the Movie Guide
When Part 1 was complete, students worked in pairs to compete the chart at the end of the movie guide.
Part 2 - Have students write a reflection on the information covered in the portion of part two (and three if applicable) they were able to watch. These paragraphs (2-3) will be collected on Wednesday.
Thursday 4.21.16
Today students were presented with the question of "What does it mean to be civilized?". After a brief class discussion students walked around the room and examined several images of Native American artifacts, maps, and ruins. We then watched a music video of Disney's Pocahontas, and wrote down stereotypes from both the Native and European perspectives'. Students then created a class list of "Elements of a civilization" and another brief discussion ensued. Finally, students were asked to outline a section of the World History Text and complete a chart looking at the types of shelter, clothing and food different First Peoples would have worn in the varied regions of North America prior to Columbus. Students should have inferred that First Peoples in the America, though different than the cultures we have previously studied in the rest of the word, were definitely civilized and not a collection of backwards or primitive peoples.
Tuesday 4.26.16
Today students were put into 5 groups that reasearched about and created a mini-poster regarding several regiaons of Native Americans pre-Colubus. After the studetns produced a finish product they presented the posters to the class while their peers took notes. At the conclusion of the presenations studetns were asked to color a map of the United States divided by these geographical/climate regions and describe three characteristics of tribes from these areas.
Thursday 4.28.16
Today students watched the remainder of the pre-Columbus American documentary. They were asked to write a three paragraph reflection on the video when it was completed. Finally studetns took notes on the Mayans.
Monday 5.2.16
Today we continued with our study of the Mayans and moved on to examine the Aztecs. Students were asked to write a journal entry as if they were a Mayan or an Aztec implementing what we have learned about their respective cultures.
Wednesday 5.4.16
Today students created a childrens book including information on the Incan Culture.
