7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “analyze the valuing of literature in Muslim culture 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: Women Contribute to the War Effort, Pearson with AT (Topic 1, Lesson 5), Cornell Notes with FNT (Topic 1, Lesson 5), Editorial: Patriot or Loyalist, Photo Analysis, Sybil Ludington Activity (if time).
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will “analyze how women contributed in the war effort through a warmup,” 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," they will "analyze an image of the clash atop Breed's Hill during the Battle of Bunker Hill through a photo analysis," and they will "examine the role of Sybil Ludington in the Revolutionary War through reading, Accountable Talk, and a Diary Entry (if time)."
HW for 7th--Work on Islam Webquest, 8th--None.