5th Grade humanities
This week, learners will continue their "Excellent Adventure" in colonial America. For their second quest on this adventure, learners have been focusing on exploring the social structures of life in colonial America; specifically, how life differed for women, children, indigenous peoples, and slaves. Learners chose one specific colonial inhabitant to research. Last week, they examined the similarities and differences between their inhabitant and their partner’s inhabitant. Learners are now working on compare and contrast writing pieces explaining their findings. These informational pieces will be showcased in our colonial America “museum” along with other artifacts from the adventure. Mini lessons this week will focus on specific language for compare/contrast writing and writing a reflective conclusion.
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This week, learners will continue their "Excellent Adventure" in colonial America. For their second quest on this adventure, learners will focus on exploring the social structures of life in colonial America; specifically, how life differed for women, children, indigenous peoples, and slaves. Learners will choose one of those groups to research, and build a compare/contrast chart with their partner, who will research a different group. Learners will utilize this chart to develop their second artifact for the "museum": an informational piece that compares and contrasts the lives of these two groups in colonial America. Learners will begin writing their drafts this week, with mini lessons that focus on organizing information for this specific style of writing.
This week learners will be focusing on the following guiding questions. How did the middle colonies differ from New England and the southern colonies in terms of geography, economic activity, religion, social structure/family life, and government? How can we, as historians, teach others (other Nea learners) about life in Colonial America? On Monday and Tuesday, learners will read articles about the 13 colonies and respond to questions. On Wednesday, learners will begin their first Web Quest, An Excellent Adventure in Colonial America. Learners all being called to “go back in time” to specific colony and bring back artifacts to be featured in our class’ colonial America museum. The first artifact they will need to bring back (create) is a topographical map of their colony. Learners will work in partnerships to research their colony’s geography, plan out a map, and mold the topographical map from clay.
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