The class did a good job working together to teach each other lessons from the previous chapter. Some of the presentations were very creative and included a diversity of activities. We will be doing a similar activity next week with new groups. As you read Chapter 5 "King Climate in Dixie" from Down to Earth think about how you might teach one of these sections. We will use the previous rubric.
Due: Monday & Tuesday (9/21 & 22) Your group will be creating a mini-lesson intended to teach your classmates about a specific section from the chapter “A World of Commodities” (p. 57-71). You will have Wednesday and Thursday to plan and prepare the lesson which your group will give on Monday (9/21) or Tuesday (9/22). Your final lesson will be 15-20 minutes in length and will help your classmates understand specific concepts from your section. Your lesson will need to:
Lesson Plan Rubric
We study history because how we interpret the past (and the meaning we choose to give certain events and people) often says a lot about who we are today and what our society has as shared goals. History is made everyday by people like you, and it is important to explore how we are all Jay Gatsbys, Fiorello LaGuardias, and Ella Bakers.
Parts of this course will be organized chronologically while other topics will be studied across a few decades. An important component of this course will look at the role nature has played on shaping history of the United States. How has our physical environment shaped our growth, trade, and history? We will approach many of our units by focusing not just on the people and places but on the soil, water, and environmental systems that impacted and shaped those events. The Great Depression wasn’t just a time with high unemployment and a crashed stock market, it’s also the time when the Midwest nearly became a Sahara Desert of North America. American Indians were subdued on the plains not only by direct military engagement but through a systematic extermination of the Plains Indians’ food source, the bison. Railroads altered farming in Brooklyn, NY and ranching in Texas. By exploring environmental crises from the past, we will gain a better context for solving environmental problems in our future. Will future wars be over water instead of oil? Have we actually ever stopped fighting over water? Can the air we breath be privatized and sold? How will we feed ourselves in the future? These are some of questions which we will seek to answer this year. |
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