Native American Cultural Regions (in the U.S.A.)

• In class, we should have read History Alive! Chapter 1, The First Americans, Sections 1.2, and 1.5 – 1.12
• Match the Cultural Region on your pink sheet (notes from class) to the Cultural Region Placards.
• Write the name of the region and the placard it you think it matches on binder paper. Placards are lettered in the top left hand corner.

Due 8/31 (Odd), 9/1 (Even)

Same Story, Different Story

Please see Google Classroom for directions, form, and turn-in. Mahalo.

Due 8/29 (O), 8/30 (E)

GeoSHAPE Poster and Essay

1. Essay: GeoSHAPE Organizer is the brainstorm.
   1. Homework: GeoSHAPE Organizer on binder paper or in booklet.
   2. Due 8/17 (Odd), 8/18 (Even)
2. Citing digital images (Watch videos found on Google Classroom.)
   1. Class accounts by period: 1- nrsqrn  2- 4j17cza  5- b1y7wc  6- pt8ohd  7- 02llhnv
   2. Done In-Class 8/17 (Odd), 8/18 (Even)
3. Body Outline (research, cite in EasyBib if based on a digital image, draw on poster)
   1. Begun In-Class 8/17 (Odd), 8/18 (Even)
   2. Homework: FINISH! Due 8/19 (Odd), 8/22 (Even)
4. Internal Force Images (research/choose, cite in EasyBib if from internet or family.) These represent what makes you you, from the inside. See Self Soc Rubric modified here or in student booklet for more detail. Minimum one item per starred criteria.
   1. Begun In-Class 8/17 (Odd), 8/18 (Even)
   2. Homework: FINISH! Due 8/19 (Odd), 8/22 (Even)
5. External Force Images (research/choose, cite in EasyBib if from internet or family.) These represent how the forces of Social Studies affect your life. One image per each GeoSHAPE, one image for each of the 3 Papa. 9 images required total; all must be labeled. See Self Soc Rubric modified here or in student booklet for more detail.
   1. Begun in-class 8/19 (Odd) and 8/22 (Even)
   2. Homework: FINISH! Due 8/23 (Odd) and 8/24 (Even). Also begin putting poster together.
6. Essay: GeoSHAPE Organizer is the brainstorm.
   1. Instructions and brief Writing Conferences in class on 8/19 and 8/23 (Odd) and 8/22 and 8/24 (Even).
   2. In-class Work Time same as A. above.
   3. More details and rubric forthcoming.
   4. Due with finished poster and Works Cited at the BEGINNING of class on 8/25 (Odd) and 8/26 (Even)
7. Poster: Designed and finished, with all images.
   1. Work time in class on 8/23 (Odd) and 8/24 (Even)
   2. Due with finished essay and Works Cited at the BEGINNING of class on 8/25 (Odd) and 8/26 (Even)
8. Works Cited: Print out all citations for pictures from the internet or ‘ohana in a properly formatted, MLA style Works Cited list (bibliography).
   1. See video in #1 for directions.
   2. Due with finished poster and essay at the BEGINNING of class on 8/25 (Odd) and 8/26 (Even)

In-Class:

Quiz on Vocabulary and GeoSHAPE (6 Areas of Social Studies)

Poster / Rubric Exploration: Discover what is expected on the upcoming poster assignment by comparing examples to the rubric. (Come in to class to make this up, or just read the rubric.)

Homework: GeoSHAPE Organizer

1. Find the organizer with questions in your booklet.
2. Brainstorm answers to the questions for each area of Social Studies AND the 3 Papa. Spend at least 20 minutes; come up with a specific idea of how this area affects your life for each of the areas.
3. You can use the blank organizer in your booklet, or make your own on binder paper. Writing the category and jotting notes below is fine; the Venn-x-4 diagram is not required.

Learning Diagrams / GeoSHAPE Quiz

1. Finish learning diagrams (#13-20) and study vocabulary using the cover, think, check, repeat technique.

• Study one column at a time.
• Cover the whole column with a paper.
  • Slide the paper up to show the picture only of the bottom diagram.
  • Think what it represents.
  • Slide the paper up to check the definition.
  • Think what word it matches.
  • Slide the paper up to check the word.
• Repeat the process for the first word, then go on to the second.
• Repeat the process for the first two words, then go on to the third… and so on.
• When you finish one column, use the same process to study the second column. Then review both columns.
• Repeat for the other side of the page.

2. Review the six areas of Social Studies (GeoSHAPE). (If you missed class, please see another student or Kumu Mandoe for the notes.)

The quiz will cover vocabulary and the areas of Social Studies. We will play a review game related to GeoSHAPE in class before the quiz, which is on 8/15 (O) and 8/16 (E). Learning Diagrams will be collected on the quiz day.

“I Am” Poem

Write 10 lines beginning with “I Am…” and finishing with a specific image from nature that is dear to you, that makes you feel alive. Feel free to look under “Student Work” for samples of student poems from last year.

Purpose: Ground yourself in the geography of your place as you begin study of U.S. history… as an indigenous person.

10-line rough draft due on 8/9 (Odd) and 8/10 (Even).