History Alive!!
January 21 - 25
Monday: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS/TEACHER WORK DAY
Tuesday: Reading Notes 7 - The 13 original colonies
* Write why colonies were founded, the geography and climate, jobs that were
available and who participated in government, using your text book.
Wednesday: Billboard Activity
Step 1: Assign roles and colonies
Step 2: Become an expert on your colony (read about colony in textbook)
Step 3: Write a slogan and 3 catchy statements for billboard
Thursday: Billboard Activity
Step 4: Sketch visuals for your billboard
Step 5: Create your billboard
Friday: Computer
Play games related to colonial life
www.mrdonn.org - colonial era - colonial life for kids
January 28 - February 1
Monday: Regional Economic Colonial Map
*Draw Key and pictures on colonies map just like map on page 205
*Use a sharpie to outline
*Color map
Tuesday: Finish Economic Colonial Map
Wednesday: Colonial Jobs flip book
*Using construction paper, define the colonial jobs on page 204 in your flip book
Thursday: Finish Definition Flip Book
Friday: Computers: Kid Zone-Colonial Williamsburg
February 4 - 8
Monday: Fix Economy Map
Tuesday: Finish Flip Book
Wednesday: Kid Zone Notes
Thursday: Kid Zone Notes
Friday: Computer
February 11 - 15
Monday: Study Guide for Colonies Quiz
Tuesday: 1 vs. Class review for test
Wednesday: Test over colonies and fix Economy Map
Thursday: Slavery Power Point (start notes) Valentines Day
Friday: Slavery Notes Chapter 8
February 18 - 22
Monday: A Picture of Freedom video
A. Write down five things learned from video individually
B. Compare and discuss with person next to you to find five more things that are different
Tuesday: Reading Benchmark
Wednesday: Triangle Trade Route Map (grade)
Thursday: Underground Railroad Video
Take notes
Friday: Underground Railroad Video
Take notes
February 25 - 29
Monday: Underground Railroad Freedom Quilt
*Power point on ways to escape
*The students pick what kind of block to make
Tuesday: Freedom Quilt (graded)
Wednesday: Colonial Aprentice Stations
*participation grade
*Williamsburg notes
Thursday: Colonial Aprentice Stations
*participation grade
*Williamsburg notes
Friday: Test using notes taken over Underground railroad
Note: Aprentice Stations consist of: Writing, Sewing, Candel making, rug making, printing, stamping
Field Holler poems and cross stitching
End of six weeks