For our island project, the students created a government of how they believe that their island should run. 

 

Last week we focused on basic economics vocabulary.  The students began creating a personal budget of what they would predict that their life would look like in 10 to 15 years.  They will finish creating that budget.  The next step they will lose their job and have to create their own business in order to help support their economy for their island.  

 

We spent time before Spring Break looking at the Colonization of Latin America. 

 

We will spend some time reviewing at the beginning of the week, and then the students will be given questions to research the pros and cons for the colonization of Latine America so that on Thursday and Friday we can hold a Socratic Seminar to share their knowledge and thoughts about what was best for the people of Latin America. 

This week the students will focus on choose and Enlightenment Individual who had a big impact on the Latin American independence.  The students will spend time researching and getting to know the Individual that they chose and then. showcase their research by creating a poster. 

 

We will finish the week by looking at some specific wars of Latin Amerca and how those wars impacted the areas. 

We started building background knowledge of Latin America through locating the countries and physical features. 

 

This week we will focus on the Independence Movements of Latin America, the Age of Enlightenment, and the leaders of independence movements. 

 

We will do a jigsaw activity exploring the independence movements, 

have a mock debate on the Enlightenment ideas, and research leaders of independence movements. 

We are starting our next Unit of Revolutions and Post Colonization specifically focusing on Latin America area. 

 

We will start this week by Mapping out the Latin American countries and the major physical features.

 

Next, we will look at the

The students will finish working on their Native American Cave Drawings which will represent the research that they conducted for the chosen Native American tribe with their small group.  

 

I am anxious to see the creativity and findings that the students discovered. 

The students will choose a Native American region to research the elements of culture and from there they will be placed into a group to create a Native American Mural and Cave Drawing. 

Last week the students showcased their learning of the Columbian Exchange by sharing their final product if they wanted to.  Some of the students chose to debate if the Columbian Exchange was positive or negative.  After completing research each side was ready to debate.  The respectfully disagreeing among the students was phenomenal and each side was prepared, listened to the points and were able to have a just outstanding debate.  The rest of the students took notes to support their vote of either positive or negative. 

 

This week we will focus on the Native American culture by creating a flip book.  Next the students will choose a Native American region, research the elements of culture and then create a Native American Mural. 

The students last week were working on their Columbian Exchange project.  Most of the students chose a map route, timeline, compare and contrast, as well as creating a debate of the pros and cons.  I am amazing at the creativity and researching that the students are producing.  

  If the students want to present their final project, they are more than welcome.  

  For the rest of the week, we will look at text evidence and read text and answer questions supporting their answer with the text. 

We will finish up this on Unit 4 Conquest and Colonization.  

We will look at the Columbian Exchange.

 

Students will complete an assignment where they create a concept map that illustrates the different items exchanged during the Columbian Exchange and the impacts they had on Europe, Africa, and the Americas. They will also write a short paragraph explaining the significance of the Columbian Exchange in shaping the modern world. 

 

We will finish out the week using text evidence to support their thinking about conquest and colonization of the Europeans to Central and South America. 

This week we will focus on how the Spanish changed the culture in Central and South America. There will be different activities on the Survival after Columbus. We will also discuss the Columbian Exchange. 

The students started reaching a conquistador and will finish it up on Wednesday.  They will then share with their group of four and we will have a class discussion about their findings.  From there the students will write an essay discussing the significance of the conquistador's coming to Central and South America.  

 

Our next discovering will be looking a cultural interaction between Europeans and Indigenous people where the students will start by researching, then sharing, and finally taking all the information to create a role-playing scenario depicting a cultural interaction and present to the class. 

Welcome back!

 

This week we will be starting Unit 4, Conquest and Civilization.  We will study the impact of European colonization on the indigenous people of Central and South America over the next month.  The Essential Question we will be focusing on is: How were the Central and South American civilizations altered by colonization and cultural interactions with Europeans?