Monday - Teacher Inservice, No School
Tuesday -
Welcome - Please pick up your name tags
Announcements
Roll Call
Small group activity -
Wrap-up poster and graphic drawings.
Whole class activity -
Carousel sharing of posters and graphics. Group member explains concepts to visiting groups. Visiting groups use active listening and are encouraged to ask questions and make constructive comments (not criticisms - we want to create a classroom environment with absence of threat).
Directed instruction -
Students review major ideas in assigned readings. Be prepared to explain similarities and differences among the four essays covered so far.
Individual assignment -
Students will create a mind map of the major concepts presented in the essays. Mind map assignment worth 25 points. Due Thursday at the beginning of the period.
Homework -
Read Chapters 1 and 2 (pp. 1-17) in Clive Ponting’s A Green History of the World for class tomorrow.
Wednesday -
Welcome - Please pick up your name tags
Announcements
Roll call
Group discussion of readings
Video - Blind Prophets of Easter Island
Review of Easter Island history
Pairs activity -
Construct a story board showing the chronology of events on Easter Island. Include narration, dates, and drawings.
Homework -
Finish mind map of four essays.
Read Chapter 3 (pp.18-36) in Ponting.
Link to additional information about Easter Island -
Thursday -
Welcome - Please pick up your name tags
Roll call
Announcements
Homework collected - Turn in mind maps of four essays. 25 points possible.
Pairs activity -
Finish making story board of Easter Island history. (20-30 minutes) 25 points possible.
Video - The Lorax
Whole class discussion - Similarities and differences between Easter Island and The Lorax.
Homework -
Read pp. 37-52 in Chapter 4 of Ponting for tomorrow. You will need to read the rest of the chapter (pp. 53-67) for Monday.
Friday -
Welcome - Please pick up your name tags.
Roll call
Announcements
Class Meeting - Issues and Concerns - Open Forum
Lecture - Note taking
Hunting and gathering societies
Pastoralism
Film - The Agricultural Revolution
Homework -
Finish reading Chapter 4 in Ponting for Monday.
If not already completed, also finish Easter Island story board by Monday.
Link to additional information about hunting and gathering societies -
