8/28/13

Today we covered a lot of ground and had many transitions.

We began class by looking at the 50th anniversary of MLK's I Have A Dream speech and the march on Washington D.C.  We discussed the background to the situation and students watched CNN Student News.

Next, I gave students a pre-assessment quiz on the material we will cover this year.  Students will take the same quiz at the end of the year to track their growth.

Students then participated in a warm-up activity on the Native Americans. 

Native American Warm-up

Students then watched a quick video on the Native Americans before 1492.  As they watched the video they checked their warm-up questions against the actual information.

Native Americans Before 1492 Video

Homework is:

Check  the blog from yesterday (8/27/13) and complete the homework assignment.  I will check this in class tomorrow.