The teacher will observe students while completing their bell activity writing prompt. Students are expected to be on task and engaged in the brainstorm and follow through of their journals.
- Full participation credit will be granted if the student completes his/her prompt.
The students will work in groups to complete the artifact bag activity. They are expected to be engaged with each other and actively thinking and questioning their discoveries. They are expected to be taking notes and listing things they question or something new they learned
- Full participation credit will be granted if students are cooperating and working while remaining on task.
Students will rotate through three centers (textbook discovery, children’s literature, internet)
- Full participation credit will be granted if the students discover something new and note it in their notebooks. Students should at least attempt to answer their own questions.
Students will present their questions, answers, and an interesting fact to the class.
- Full participation credit will be granted if the student successfully presents all three areas.
Students will work in groups to design an action plan of new world discovery. This activity requires additional research, cooperation, art, creativity, brainstorming and writing.
- Full credit will be granted if the notebook is completed accurately and creatively. Students should think critically about obstacles and challenges an explorer of the 1400’s and 1500’s dealt with. (This notebook will be collected and evaluated)
Students will present, as a group, their notebooks to the teacher and class.
- Full participation credit will be granted if the students present their notebooks.
Reflection homework will be assigned but will not be graded. The teacher needs to check for completion.
