8/29: Founding Documents

Students will be able to describe the importance of our founding documents.

TEKS:  2A, 1C, 29B

Activities:
1.  We will review continents and oceans if necessary.
2.  Let's talk about the letter.
3.  Discuss the founding documents.  Take notes.  Cut out and attach to pages 3 and 4 in our journal.
4.  If time, I will introduce the Bill of Rights.

PowerPoint:  The Constitution 2019
Film clip - Constitution Preamble

8/28: The First Americans

Students will be able to describe the first Americans and the arrival of the Europeans.

TEKS:  29B, 13A, 2C

Activities:
1.  Review continents and oceans as a class.
2.  In your journal page 2, copy my timeline including labels. Discuss the importance of sequencing.
3.  I will use a PowerPoint to discuss the important dates.
4.  We will add illustrations as well.  Before adding illustrations, I will explain how our brains think and how illustrations help us remember.

5/9: STAAR Test

STAAR TEST.

5/8: Review

Students will be able to describe course events, dates, and people.

TEKS:  Numerous

Activities:
1.  Vietnam War film clip
2.  Jeopardy
3.  Final thoughts.
4.  Yellow paper in folder.

5/7: Review

Students will be able to describe course events, dates, and people.

TEKS:  Numerous

Activities:
1.  Review amendments.
2.  STAAR Practice - Analyzing
3.  My final thoughts - part 1.

5/6: Review

Students will be able to describe course events, dates, and people.

TEKS:  Numerous

Activities:
1.  Annotations.
2.  Civil Rights Review.
3.  Data Dump Round 3.
4.  Pass out summative rubric.

5/2 and 5/3: Review Stations

Students will be able to review course material.

TEKS:  Numerous

Activities:
1.  With a partner or by yourself, complete the station activities.