• Students presented/taught each other how various European countries colonized North America. Charts were filled in with at least each country’s name, its objective/s, and its Modus Operandi (MO, way of operating). Students are to keep their charts until I collect them.
• Homework: Read and do the questions for the TIFF Game, our upcoming role-play. (This is either the TIFF Reading and Questions or the Earthling Reading and Questions; different students have different packets. Found on Google Classroom.) Complete on binder paper or type and print out before class. Be ready to jump into the game with minimal explanations! Due Friday 9/29 (Odd), Wednesday 10/4 (Even).

Colonization and Naʻau Unit, Part 1

9/19, 9/20

1. Read History Alive! textbook p 18 – 21: Spain Builds an Empire
2. Fill in Colonization chart (Reading and charting done together)
3. HW: Nystrom Atlas 9b, 10a, 10b (worksheets in packet; atlas pages 23, 24, 25, found on Google Classroom).

9/21, 9/22

1. Go over questions on HW.
2. Work on Geographic Locations on chart.
3. Read History Alive! textbook, Section 2.3, p 22 – 24: The Spanish Borderlands OR Section 2.4, p 25 – 26, New France. Assigned by table group. (Period 7 did 2.3 with me.)
4. Fill out chart as a small group. Work on finding the main idea — the legacy — and putting it in 1 – 6 words, 10 max.
5. HW: Nystrom Atlas 12a, 12b (worksheets in packet; atlas pages 28,29, found on Google Classroom).

9/25, 9/26

1. Review in small groups.
2. Table groups teach each other their sections.
3. Read History Alive! textbook, Section 2.5, p 27 – 29: Jamestown OR Section 2.6, p 30 – 32, New Netherlands. Assigned by table group.
4. Fill out chart as a small group. Work on finding the main idea — the legacy — and putting it in 1 – 6 words, 10 max.
5. HW: Nystrom Atlas 13a, 13b (worksheets in packet; atlas pages 30, 31, found on Google Classroom).

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Native American Cultural Regions Map

• Directions on Google Classroom
• Mainly homework, using chart done in class
• To be scored by peers in class on 9/15 (Odd) and 9/18 (Even)

Native Cultural Regions Kahoot

• Class game reviewing some of the geographic and cultural characteristics of 8 cultural regions in pre-1500s North America.
• Played 9/13 (Odd), 9/14 (Even)

Cultural Regions Chart

• Classwork (must check out a textbook to complete for HW. Pages 6 – 14.)
• Students read and take notes on the 8 Native American Cultural Regions in the boundaries of the “Lower 48” states of the U.S.
• Students match placards with pictures to the regions and record them on their charts; correct matches gone over in class.
• Finished in class 9/13 (Odd), 9/14 (Even)

What is a Cultural Region? 

• Exploration of the term using two maps, one from History Alive (our textbook) and another titled Cultural Areas and Tribal Locations of North America. Small group & full-class discussion, w/ Venn diagrams.
• Review
• Formative check-in for understanding 9/13 (Odd) and 9/14 (Even)

Project 562

• Exploration of matikawilbur.com website featuring photo galleries, articles, and videos of modern Native Americans by Native Americans.
• Google Classroom worksheet
• Assigned 9/7 (Odd), 9/8 (Even)
• Informal in-class presentations — some students chosen randomly to share what they learned on 9/13, 9/15 (Odd) and 9/14, 9/18 (Even)