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Exploration – Unit 3
Day 1: Thursday (10/14/21)
Activities:
- Bell Work: Space Exploration Mission PPR
- Watch the video from CNN (7 Min.) and from Elon Musk (3 Min.) on Space Exploration
https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnn10/2019/10/01/ten-1002.cnn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSv0Y7qrzQM
- Read together: “Introduction: The Age of Discovery”
- Answer the questions on the handout.
HW: Hand out the Exploration Reading Packet
Read Ch. #3, Sec. #1 and answer the questions / Due Monday
Day 2: Friday (10/15/21)
Activities:
- Introduce the Explorer Webquest Activity
HW: Read Ch. #3, Sec. #1 and answer the questions in the packet.
Day 3: Monday (10/18/21)
Activities:
- CNN Student News
- What do people today do to satisfy their sense of adventure?
- “Europeans Explore the East” PowerPoint
HW: Read Ch. #4, Sec. #1 and answer the questions in the packet / Due Wednesday
Day 4: Tuesday (10/19/21)
Activities:
- How have you experienced Spanish influence in the U. S. or in North America? (5 Min)
- Read the Intro to Ch. 4, Sec. #1 (Spain Builds an Empire)
- Watch “Mankind: The Story of Us; A New World”
HW: Read Ch. #4, Sec. #1 and answer the questions in the packet / Due Wednesday
Day 5: Wednesday (10/20/21
Activities:
- Watch the EdPuzzle Video on “Columbus and the Tiano”
- Answer the questions together as a class.
- Intro reading on Christopher Columbus
- Complete T-Chart on positives and negatives
- Christopher Columbus PPT Activity
- Intro paragraph reading on Columbus Day
- Discussion Technique Slide
- Watch the 3 videos / Complete T-Chart
- Students will write their response and reply to two of their classmates’s responses. They must find one they agree with and one they do not agree with.
HW: Read Ch. 4, Sec 3 and 4 and answer guided reading questions due Friday
Day 6: Thursday (10/21/21)
Activities:
- Go over PPT responses from Columbus discussion
- Spain Builds Empire PPT
HW: Read Ch. 4, Sec 3 and 4 and answer guided reading questions due tomorrow
Day 7: Friday (10/22/21)
Activities:
- Watch “Amistad” scene
- Complete the PPT on the Atlantic Slave Trade and the Columbian Exchange
HW: Read Ch. 4, Sec. #2 and complete the W.S.
Day 8: Monday (10/25/21)
Activities:
- “English Arrive in North America” PPT
- Work time to complete any missing assignments
HW: Study for the Unit 4 Exploration Quiz
Day 9: Tuesday (10/26/21)
Activities:
- Play Kahoot to review for the Exploration Quiz
HW: Study for the Exploration Quiz / Study Guide is due tomorrow.
Day 10: Wednesday (10/27/21)
Activities:
- Take the Exploration Quiz
HW: None