December 8 to December 12

• Trash Bag Archeology

• Continuing with the Archeology Hyperdoc

• Practicing a new reading strategy

• ARTIFACTS FROM HOME Presentations are on Friday, Dec 12

• Reminder:  test on the Archeology Unit will be on Friday, December 19

December 1 to December 5

• Vacant Lot Archeology (a study of  garbology)

• Beginning the Archeology Hyperdoc Project-in-class with both online activities and notetaking packet to complete

November 24 to November 25

• The Real Story of Thanksgiving-video and questions

November 17 to November 21

• First Article on Archaeology-read and answer questions and make a vocab foldable

• Viewing and critiquing real Artifacts

November 10 to November 14

• Last Article in the What is History Unit:  Recognizing Bias

• Activity for Veteran's Day

• Intro to the Archaeology Unit

November 3 to November 7

• Finish the History of Halloween News Article and share out.

• Primary Article reading with questions

• Test on Friday, but we will review on Thursday

October 27 to October 31

• Quote Poster Share Out on Monday

• Article #3, "How do Historians do Research?"  Pair-Share Strategy and Questions

• Begin Pyramid Get-to-Know You Activity-rough draft to final draft

• Complete the MRA Survey in class on Wednesday

• Chances to watch CNN10 this week.

October 20 to 24

• Finishing up the Quote Poster by Friday...one day in class (Monday) to work on it this week.

• Wrapping up the questions on the Article #2 "What do historians do?"

• Start Article #3 and questions, "How do you research like a historian?"

• Possibly completing some Edpuzzles on "What is History?"

October 13 to October 17

• Explore the article "What do historians do?" by pair-share reading.  Then completing the questions on the article.

• Thinking about quotes about history from famous people-station activity where students work with a partner to decide on the meaning of 12 quotes and then select their favorite one.

• Illustrating their favorite quote on poster paper with creative writing, drawings, and color.  Completing a rough draft and then a final draft.

October 6 to October 10

• Explore "What is history?" through article reviews, the making of foldables of key areas in the article, and answering questions.

• Timeline activity in class; watching some video clips, reading a fiction book, and other activities related to the "What is history and why is it important?"

September 29 to October 3

• Students will continue to work the Landforms Slide Project.

• Students will begin to explore "What is history and Why is history important?"

September 22 to September 26

• Students will explore "How do landforms affect human life and culture?"

• Students will begin to research all the different kind of landforms using a notetaking sheet.

• As the finish the landforms notetaking sheets they will begin a Google Slide about the various landforms and real life examples from a physical map.

September 15 to September 19

• Students are continuing to work on their Continent Infographic.

• Students will take a quiz on labeling the Continents and Oceans using a map.

September 8 to September 12

• Students will take a closer look at the continents and look to answer the question:  What makes continents unique?

• Students will research and collect unique facts about two assigned contents.

• Students will create an Infographic comparing the two continents.

• Daily or every other day, we will watch CNN 10 and have discourse about current events.

September 15 to September 19

• Students will finish their Continent Infographic.

• Students will begin to study land forms and complete a land forms research activity.

• Students will take a test on the 7 Continents and 5 Oceans on Friday.  They will be given a labeled map and will have to identify each continent and each ocean of the world.

• Daily or every other day, we will watch CNN 10 and have discourse about current events.