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This week in biographies:
1/2: We are learning about the work of Daniel Boone as an American explorer who blazed the Wilderness Road to Kentucky during America's Westward Expansion.
3/4: We are learning that Benjamin Banneker was selected to assist in the surveying for our nation's capital city.
5/6: Students completed their cinquain poem and we began a collaborative carousel with a new text.
7/8: We are preparing for a socratic seminar and working to understand that larger context of the Renaissance and Reformation in which Nicolaus Copernicus lived.
See homework below for grades 5-8.
Homework
Homework
Due: 10/14 and 10/15
Due: 10/14 and 10/15
5/6: Read: Isaac Newton - your assigned portion + notes
7/8: R/A + Reading Log: Copernicus - Ch 6 - 7; Learning Log (all due on 10/21 and 10/22
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Jacques Cousteau
the joy of learning together
October Biographies:
1/2 - Daniel Boone
3/4 - Benjamin Banneker
5/6 - Isaac Newton
7/8 - Nicolaus Copernicus
Course Description:
In Great Biographies, we interact with biographical works about classical thinkers, notable scientists, and formidable Americans. We spend time learning to think critically about the contributions of these historical figures - noting the good, the true and the beautiful - through reading and discussion. We use our virtues as a lens through which to discern character.
Course Objectives:
Engage the life-stories of people in a variety of time-spaces
Practice and grow in the art of dialogue and inquiry
Acquaint ourselves with individual impact on, or contribution to, unfolding human affairs
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