due Wednesday, October 4 (by 3:15) - Sections E, and F **new deadline for Sections C & D ** due Thursday, October 5 (by 3:15) - Sections C and D All week you will be working on a research project about one of the colonies in North America. You were assigned a colony in class. Most were assigned one of the "13 original colonies", but some students are doing Roanoke, Jamestown (part of Virginia colony), or Plymouth (part of Massachusetts Bay colony) and others are doing Quebec (a French trading post) or St. Augustine (a Spanish fort) so that we can compare what was happening in these colonies to the 13 original colonies. To do this project, you should use the following databases to research your colony, Research in Context, Student Resources in Context, and/or US History in Context, keeping your notes in NoodleTools. If you're feeling pretty confident in your citation work (Remember, many of you needed a citation review with Ms. Hamm) then I encourage you to challenge yourself to find ACADEMIC sources online. No information from non-academic sources will be accepted on your project. When your research is done and all the information you want to use has been paraphrased in NoodleTools, then you will use the Britannica Image Quest database to choose pictures to use in your VoiceThread. All these databases are available through the DC Public Library website and access instructions are posted below. Once you have done your research and selected your pictures, you will use VoiceThread to show your understanding of the history of your colony (Your password is SumusLeones). Remember that the goal is to show what you learned from the database about your colony in the colonial period. (That's the 1600s-1750s.) Here is the assignment and rubric for the project. The instructions for the digital tools are also posted, in the order that they were introduced this year (NoodleTools, VoiceThread, DCPL databases, and website mockup for citation). These were provided in hard copy during class over the past week.
Suggested Intermediate Deadlines:
While everything for the project must be submitted by 3:15 on Wednesday, these are some suggested deadlines to help ensure you stay on track. It's always better to get things done early if possible. They are intended to be complete before you go to bed on the due date.
Additional Work Time: Class: We will be working on the project during class time this week. Tutorial: Laptops will be available during tutorial M-F, 3:20-4:00 Study Hall: Check with your study hall proctor to see if you may use that time to work on your project. Some study halls may allow this and others will not. Computers need to be returned 5 minutes before the end of study hall.
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due Wednesday, September 27 - Sections C, D, E, and F On Monday in class, we went over how to create a VoiceThread. This is the platform we will use to create your research project about one of the American colonies. In order to make sure you understand the program, you need to make a VoiceThread about yourself. There is no time limit (but please be reasonable - we're going for about a minute), you must have a minimum of three images, and must include a vocal track that includes all images. You can record your vocal track image by image or in one take. If you have any questions or issues while creating your VoiceThread, email me sooner rather than later. While VoiceThread is device compatible, the app is glitchy and I am an old lady who doesn't understand it (so I can't help you troubleshoot on devices). Remember that you need to use your Latin email address to log in and the password is SumusLeones. Attached is the illustrated instruction guide to VoiceThread.
due Monday, September 25 - Sections C,D, E, and F In brief, you need to create a citation in NoodleTools for the website we used for the Do Now in class. PLEASE do this by yourself. Ms. Hamm and I need to know whether we need to take class time to teach how to do website citations. More detail: In the Do Now on Thursday or Friday, you used the following paragraphs from the National Park Service website for Jamestown to practice summarizing information. Remember, summarizing is different paraphrasing! Here is an image of what you were looking at for the Do Now. For homework, you need to go into NoodleTools and create a citation for the website from which this information comes. The website can be found here. Remember that you can get to the citation page of NoodleTools using the tabs across the top. Use the illustrated paper instructions you were given in class. If you were absent or lost your papers, for the NoodleTools reintroduction, the instruction sheet created by Ms. Hamm is posted below. Follow the instructions to access your NoodleTools account and create a new project with the following title format: lastname + colonies + VoiceThread (so mine would be CK colonies VoiceThread). The dropboxes will pop up when you put CK into the box. You need to select the dropbox for your section. Email me if you have questions but PLEASE do this by yourself. Ms. Hamm and I need to see whether or not we need to teach people how to cite websites.
due Wednesday, September 20 - Sections E and F due Thursday, September 21 - Sections C and D We are getting to a point where you have a lot of paper in your binder. Let's make sure it's organized in a way that makes sense. Remember, in history we are telling a story, so it is important that the information in your binder be organized by topic in chronological order. Below is a list of the material you should have in your binder and the order in which it should be.
Some of you have taken notes continuously, meaning you do not start a new page on a new day, or you are keeping a specific page for Do Nows, which I suggested was not a good idea because then you cannot organize by topic. As a result, you might not be able to put your binder in exactly this order. That's okay. You want to get close. The goal is to have a binder organized by topic in chronological order.
due Tuesday, September 19 - Sections E and F due Wednesday, September 20 - Sections C and D Read chapter 4.2 in your textbook and write a journal entry from the perspective of a British colonists. To do this you will need to create an imaginary character from this period. Feel free to create a character totally unlike yourself or imagine what you might have been like in their period. Underline 5 facts from the reading included in the journal entry. This assignment should be completed on a separate sheet of paper, not with other notes on it.
due Thursday, September 14 - Section F due Friday, September 15 - Sections C and E due Monday, September 18 - Section D During your block this week, you participated in a simulation of the Triangular Trade. You were assigned to represent a continent, North America, South America and the West Indies, Europe, or Africa. Then, using your knowledge of the North Atlantic gyre and the trade winds, you selected trade routes and negotiated trades based on supply and demand in each region.
For homework, you should reflect on this experience and write about what stands out to you. This is a good time to write about how it felt to participate in the simulation. What happened? Was it historically accurate? Comment on what you learned and what questions you have after this experience. Write your thoughts in complete sentences on a sheet of clean lined paper. due Tuesday, September 12 - Sections E and F due Wednesday, September 13 - Sections C and D In class you were assigned one section of chapter 3 to read. (You wrote it on the guided notes handout.) While you are reading or after you have read your assigned section, complete the guided reading questions. If you lost your guided reading or would like a new copy, it is posted below. The vocab on the back can be completed for any vocabulary in your assigned section. If you would like to complete it all (and free yourself up a bit in class) you may complete all the vocabulary. It is all from chapter 3. The questions are not optional. We will be using these in class for an upcoming activity in your block, so you need to have this assignment complete in order to participate. Notice, I did not keep a master copy of who was assigned which section. This is why you wrote it on your handout and hopefully in your plan book.
due Monday, September 11 - Sections C, D, E, and F Use the maps provided to complete the Nystrom handout about the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas. (Remember, the Americas includes Central and South America as well as the Caribbean.) The maps are provided in two forms, one that you should be able to see on the weebly site, and the file that can be downloaded and printed.
due Thursday, September 7 - Section F due Friday, September 8 - Sections C, D, and E Read chapter 4.3 in your textbook and complete the guided notes. While doing the cloze (fancy academic word for fill-in-the-blank) you will actually need to do the reading. It's not set up to work very well by mining for the information.
due Wednesday, September 6 - Sections C, E, F due Thursday, September 7 - Section D Complete the Columbian Exchange handout provided in class. The questions on the back should be answered in complete sentences. If you were absent or lost your copy, it has also been posted below. You will find the map on pages 34-35 of your textbook especially helpful with the front of the handout. There is an additional map on page 41. The text on page 40 combined with the information from these maps will be helpful in answering the questions on the back.
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