7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “examine how Genghis Khan kept order among the raiding Mongols through a warmup,” they will “discuss how the Mongol empire destroyed states and increased connections between Europe, Africa, and Asia, the steps Ming emperors took to wipe out Mongol influence and restore Chinese rule, and why Ming rulers chose to reduce contact with the outside world through Accountable Talk and Storyboarding A Textbook Reading," they will "analyze the impacts of the Tang and Song Dynasties through a Kami Activity," they will "analyze the rule of Empress Wu through a Kami Assignment," and they will "distinguish ideas of Confucianism and Daoism through a Primary Source Rewrite (if time)."
8th Grade Agenda: Warmups: James Madison, Pearson with AT (Topic 2, Lesson 2), Articles of Confederation Assignment (finish), Shays' Rebellion Reading Like A Historian Primary Source Rewrite (finish), JigSaw Classkick Great Compromise Activity.
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “examine the role of James Madison at the Constitutional Convention through a warmup,” they will "discuss the Revolution's legacy, who led the Constitutional Convention, the main differences between the two rival plans for the new Constitution, and how much power the federal government should have and what it should do through Accountable Talk," they will "examine the Articles of Confederation through reading and discussion of the early Constitution (finish)," they will "analyze Shays' Rebellion through a Primary Source Rewrite Activity (finish)," and they "will analyze the Articles of Confederation, the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, and the Great Compromise through a JigSaw Classkick Great Compromise Activity."
HW for 7th and 8th--None.