Friday - 09/28/2018

What We Did Today
We finished discussing why historians group the early colonies into three regions.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Geographic, economic, socio-cultural, political factors; why did historians group the early colonies into three distinct regions?

Thursday - 09/27/2018

What We Did Today
We continued discussing why historians grouped the British colonies into three regions.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Regions; economic activity in New England, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies.

Wednesday - 09/26/2018

What We Did Today
We watched a few episodes of Crash Course US History.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Crash Course.

Tuesday - 09/25/2018

What We Did Today
We started discussing how historians use temporal (time) and spatial (space) frames/models to break history down into manageable chunks.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Timeline; spatial scales; Power of 10 video.

Monday - 09/24/2018

Students sharing their accounts with a partner

What We Did Today
We shared our accounts with others in class, then wrapped up our conversation about why historical accounts differ; some classes began exploring the clash of regions during colonial times.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Why might historical accounts differ?

Friday - 09/21/2018

What We Did Today
We finished corroborating the evidence from our artifacts, wrote a paragraph on "What elementary school was like" (based upon evidence from our artifacts), then watched CNN10.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
What was elementary school like, based on the evidence you collected?

Thursday - 09/20/2018

An artifact that "got a little squashed" on the way to Norup.

What We Did Today
We continued analyzing our artifacts (sourcing, contextualizing, closely reading, and corroborating) in an attempt to answer the question, "What was elementary school like?"

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
How do the artifacts help answer the question, "What was elementary school like?"

Monday - 09/17/2018 - Constitution Day

What We Did Today

We discussed and learned about the Constitution.

Homework

Bring in your artifact tomorrow if you haven't already.

Discussion Starters

Constitution Day; artifact from elementary school.