Week of 11/30/20 - 12/4/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will understand the reasons why people live where they live.

QOD: Which state has the highest percentage of tree cover?

Circle: Are you a person that likes or dislikes surprises?

Finding a New Homeland: You will be working together in groups to complete the Finding a New Homeland activity. We will then be having a discussion as a class about why you chose the location you did.

City & Road Locations: We will be having a quick discussion on how cities and roads have developed, and why they are where they are today. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-200-years-of-u-s-population-density/

Where people live: We will be reading this article that talks about factors people today need to consider when deciding where to live. https://medium.com/@jinlinh/the-most-important-factors-in-choosing-a-place-to-live-39f39f2fc7ed

We will then be having group, and class discussions on these factors. Which factors do you think were most important to your family when they decided to live here?

Factors Writing: You are going to do a quick writing assignment talking about the three most important factors that landed your family in Maine.

About Me: You will be starting to work today on your About Me assignment that's part of your How Did I Get Here project.

Friday 11/19/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will be able to analyze documents, and write a persuasive essay using the information from those documents.

QOD: What is the name of the world's largest and hottest desert? 

Circle: What TV or Movie character would you want to hang out with for the day?

Climate Change Mini Q: We will be working on answering the questions for the Climate Change Mini Q in class today. Students will be answering the questions together in breakout rooms. After having group discussions, we will have a full class discussion.

Tuesday 11/17/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will be able to analyze documents, and write a persuasive essay using the information from those documents.

QOD: What is the name of the world's largest and hottest desert? 

Circle: Which app on your phone do you use the most?

Climate Change Mini Q: We will be working on answering the questions for the Climate Change Mini Q in class today.

Week of 11/9/20 - 11/13/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: English is the most spoken language in the world, what is the second most spoken? What is the biggest ocean in the world?

Circle: If you could only have one meal for a week, what meal would you choose? What's the longest you've ever been away from home?

Five Big Things: Students will be sharing what their five favorite activities are.

Map Analysis: Students will be talking in small groups about the answers that they gave for the map analysis questions. We will then be discussing them as a class.

Color Coding: We will quickly be going over how to color code a paragraph.

Map Analysis Summative: Students will be working on their Map Analysis Paragraphs.

On Zoom

Pod B: Students will be working to answer the map analysis questions.

Pod A: Today will be a makeup work day. If you have completed all of your summative assignments, then you do not need to work on anything this period.

Week of 11/2/20 - 11/6/20

  Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: Who was the last president to not serve a second term?

Circle: What is your least favorite household chore to do?

Creating Regions: Students will be working together in class to make at least 5 regions of the United States. Students will need to name at least 3 unifying characteristics for each region. All of the details are posted on Google Classroom.

On Zoom

Pod B: Students will be working on and completing their "My Town" project.

Pod A: Students will be working on analyzing maps.

Week of 10/26/30 - 10/30/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: Which of the 50 states has the highest population?

Circle: What is one of your pet peeves?

5 Themes: We will be going over the five themes of geography and how they impact us. 

Location: We will be learning about relative and absolute location. We will be doing a quick lesson on how to read latitude and longitude.

Place: We will be talking about what place is in relation to the five themes. Students will be completing an example for the high school.

Movement: We will be talking about what movement is. Students will be trying to come up with examples of movement in the United States.

Human/Environment Interaction: We will be talking about what Human/Environment Interaction is. Students will be thinking about how they adapt to and change their environment. 

Region: We will be learning about what a region is. We will be trying to come up with different regions for the state of Maine. 

My Town Project: Students will be introduced to the "My Town" project.

On Zoom

Pod B: Students will be completing their argumentative paragraph for the Lunchroom Fight. 

Pod A: Students will be working on and completing their "My Town" project.

Week of 10/19/20 - 10/23/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will be informed on the major political issues in our country and where the candidates stand on those issues. 

QOD: Two countries have over a billion people in them, name them both. What American was known as the "father of his country?"

Circle: If you had to get a tattoo, what would it be of? If you had to sing karaoke in front of the whole school, what song would you pick?

Claim, Evidence, Warrant: We will be talking about what claim, evidence, and warrant writing is and how to do it. https://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/mwollaeger/cdw.htm

Lunchroom Fight: Students will be looking over the lunchroom fight scenario, and will be reading the different witness statements. 

Lunchroom Fight Evidence: After reading the witness statements, students will be evaluating each witness. Students will try to identify what biases each witness might have, and will ultimately have to rank how reliable they think each witness is.

Homework: Students will be finishing the Evidence Context chart for the Lunchroom Fight. 

Zoom:

Pod B: Students will be working on their bias videos. All information for these videos is on Google Classroom.

Pod A: Students will be completing their argumentative paragraph for the Lunchroom Fight. 

Week of 10/13/20 - 10/16/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will be informed on the major political issues in our country and where the candidates stand on those issues. 

QOD: On what day of the year does America vote for president. 

Circle: What's your favorite season and why?

Political Issues: Students will be doing some research on the major political issues surrounding this election. We will be making a master list of some of the major issues as a class. 

Discussion & Questions: Students will get to talk in groups about which issues are most important to them and why. They will then get a chance to ask any questions that they have about the issues.

Issues and Candidates: Students will be completing an assignment on Google Classroom where they will talk about which issues are most important to them, where they stand on that issue, and which candidate aligns closer with their belief.

Week of 10/5/20 - 10/9/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: What is the longest river in the United States?

Circle: What do you think is the best age to be?

Intro: We will be going over what point of view and bias are as well as how they relate to each other. We will be having a class discussion to start things off. 

Bias: Students will be reading a sheet about bias and how to spot it. We will then have a discussion about what was read. 

Identifying: Students will be presented with a series of scenarios and will be trying to determine if there is bias in each one. If there is bias, students will be asked to identify exactly what was biased. 

Virtual/Remote:

Pod B:

Evaluating a Primary Source: Finish this assignment if you have not already done so.

Maine Maps: Finish your special purpose map that you started creating last class.

Daily Exit Ticket

Pod A:

Source Bias: Students will be picking an article of their choosing to evaluate for bias.

Bias Example: Students will be creating a short video as an example of bias. 

Daily Exit Ticket

Friday 9/25/20 & Tuesday 9/29/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: What are the three main branches of the United States government?

Circle: Who is your favorite artist to listen to?

Maps: Here are examples of the three main types of maps we will be working with this year. I will be explaining what these types of maps are, and why we use them. Students will then be exploring these maps and trying to figure out what information they can get from them. 

Physical

Google Earth

Political

Specialty

We will be talking about historical maps as well and talking about what we can understand by looking at these maps.

Parts of a Map: We will be having an in class conversation about the different parts of a map. What makes a good map? What makes a bad map?

Create a Map: Students will be doing their best to create a population or snowfall map of Maine. Snowfall legend will be 0-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150+. Population will be 0-25, 25-100, 100-250, 250+.

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are looking forward to about this year? What is one thing you are concerned about? 

Virtual/Remote:

Pod B:

Evaluating a Primary Source: Finish this assignment if you have not already done so.

News Source Evaluation: There is an assignment posted on Google Classroom titled "News Source Evaluation." Your job is to complete this assignment during this class period. All instructions for this assignment will be on Google Classroom.

Pod A:

Evaluating a Primary Source: Finish this assignment if you have not already done so.

Maine Maps: Finish your special purpose map that you started creating last class.

Wednesday 9/23/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: Which of the 50 states has the least amount of people?

Circle: What's the farthest you've ever been away from Oxford Hills?

Student Interviews: Students will be interviewing a partner and reporting out their partners answers to the following questions.

-What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most?

-As of now, what do you think you want to do when you grow up?

-What is your favorite holiday?

-Do you consider yourself to be an introvert or an extrovert?

Evaluating Primary Sources: Students will be working individually, as well as in groups, to work on evaluating a primary source. 

Maps: We will be talking about the different types of maps.

Physical

Political

Specialty

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are looking forward to about this year? What is one thing you are concerned about? 

Friday 9/18/20 & Monday 9/21/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: In 1963, who delivered the famous "I have a dream" speech?

Circle: How many years have you lived in the school district for? If you're not from here, where did you come from?

Classroom Rules: Students will be creating posters to be hung up around the room with our classroom rules. 

-Show up to class with all needed materials.

-Be respectful of other people's opinions.

-Always raise your hand to talk.

-Listen to others when they are speaking.

-Clean up after yourself, don't leave trash laying around.

-Respect all classroom materials.

-Ask questions when you don't understand something.

-Always do the best you can.

-Respect other people's property.

-Show up to class on time.

-Always use appropriate school language.

-Speak loudly and clearly when talking to the class.

-Speak quietly when having a group conversation.

-Use hand sanitizer when you enter the classroom.

-Make sure to keep 6ft distance between yourself and other people.

Kahoot: Students will be playing a Kahoot to test their knowledge of what a primary and secondary source is. 

Evaluating Primary Sources: Students will be working individually, as well as in groups, to work on evaluating a primary source. 

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are looking forward to about this year? What is one thing you are concerned about? 

Tuesday 9/15 & Thursday 9/17

  Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: How many states start with the letter A?

Circle: What is your favorite show to watch on TV?

Five Things: Individually, students will be making a list of their five least favorite foods. They will then be sharing out in groups and as a class. 

Classroom Rules: Students will be working together in small groups to come up with a list of classroom rules and expectations. We will then be making a master list as a class. 

Primary & Secondary Sources: Students will be learning about the differences between primary and secondary sources. Students will be practicing their skills by looking at different scenarios and trying to figure out which ones are primary and which ones are secondary sources. 

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are looking forward to about this year? What is one thing you are concerned about? 

Virtual: Students who are online this period will be filling out a get to know you survey on Google Classroom.

Tuesday March 10, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography. Students will know the major reasons why Rome fell.

Circle: What do you want your first vehicle to be?

Region Presentations: Students will be presenting their region maps to the class.

Fall of Rome: Students will be writing their Fall of Rome Essays in class today. Essays are due at the end of class on Thursday (3/12).

Friday March 6, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography. Students will know the major reasons why Rome fell.

Circle: What is one life lesson you've learned so far?

50 States Online Game: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

United States Regions: Students will be working together in groups to create a regions map for the United States. Students can use the internet as a resource, as well as these maps.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Pysa4YfnE5F0SyMaJlzGOgB28BFsez6iiujPrZpsdg/edit?usp=sharing

Fall of Rome: Students will be starting to write their Fall of Rome Essays in class today.

Trivia: Students will be competing in groups to answer trivia questions about states. 

Wednesday March 4, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography. Students will know the major reasons why Rome fell.

Circle: What is your favorite type of food?

50 States Online Game: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

United States Regions: Students will be working together in groups to create a regions map for the United States. Students can use the internet as a resource, as well as these maps.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Pysa4YfnE5F0SyMaJlzGOgB28BFsez6iiujPrZpsdg/edit?usp=sharing

Fall of Rome: We will be working on the "Fall of Rome" DBQ as a class.

Trivia: Students will be competing in groups to answer trivia questions about states. 

Monday March 2, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography. Students will know the major reasons why Rome fell.

Circle: What is your favorite type of food?

50 States Online Game: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

Regions: Students will be working together in groups to split the United States into multiple regions. They will have to be able to talk about why they split the regions the way they did.

Fall of Rome: We will be working on the "Fall of Rome" DBQ as a class.

Trivia: Students will be competing in groups to answer trivia questions about states. 

Tuesday February 25, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography. Students will know the major reasons why Rome fell.

Circle: What is something you do to reduce stress and anxiety?

50 States Online Game: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

50 States Competition: Students will be competing at their table groups to find states.

Fall of Rome: We will be working on the "Fall of Rome" DBQ as a class.

Trivia: Students will be competing in groups to answer trivia questions about states. 

Tuesday February 11, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography.

Circle: What area of the United States do you know the least about? When you were little, what was one thing you begged for at the grocery store?

Fall of Rome: Students will be reading the chapter on the Fall of Rome and answering questions about the reading individually.

50 States Pre Test: Students will be taking a Pre Test on mapping the 50 states. 

50 States Online Game: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

50 States Competition: Students will be competing at their table groups to find states.

Trivia: Students will be competing in groups to answer trivia questions about states. 

Wednesday February 5, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography.

Circle: What is one movie you could watch over and over again and not get board?

State of the Union: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty92wz0K-CM

Debate

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

50 States Competition: Students will be competing at the board to find different states.

Tuesday January 7, 2020

Learning Target: Students will be working to build a classroom community. Students will understand the similarities between the Roman Republic and America's government today.

Circle: Which theme do you think was easiest to argue from the book?

Iran: We will be looking at videos and articles about the bombing and killing of Qasem Soleimani. We will be having a class discussion on whether or not the bombing was worth it.

Rome vs USA: We will be talking about the similarities and differences between the Roman Republic and the American government today.