7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “analyze Muslim libraries and academies through a warmup,” they will “discuss the impact trade and the growth of cities had on Islamic civilization, the main characteristics of Muslim arts and literature, and how Muslim rulers encouraged learning, science, and mathematics through Accountable Talk,” and they will "evaluate achievements of the Islamic Civilization through the Islam Webquest."
8th Grade Agenda: Warmups: Winter at Valley Forge, Video: Winter at Valley Forge (discuss), Pearson with AT (Topic 1, Lesson 5), Cornell Notes with FNT (Topic 1, Lesson 5), Editorial: Patriot or Loyalist, Photo Analysis (if time).
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “analyze the Winter at Valley Forge through a warmup and video,” they will “discuss the roles women and African Americans had in the war, how the war progressed until it ended at Yorktown, and what American colonists gained from winning the war through Accountable Talk and Cornell Notes with FNT," they will "evaluate sides taken leading up to the war through an Editorial," and they will "analyze an image of the clash atop Breed's Hill during the Battle of Bunker Hill through a photo analysis (if time)."
HW for 7th and 8th--None.