Thursday, October 25, 2012
Past Two Days- October 25th
Today in history, we took the preamble to the Declaration of Independence quiz, and then we took notes about the end of the American Revolution. The day before, we watched an hour long video about the different pieces of artwork that was done during the revolutionary period.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Past Two Days: October 22nd
Today in history, we did a scavenger hunt. We used an app on the iPod that scans QR codes. There were 10 QR codes on the first floor of the school that we needed to find. Each contained a question that we had to write down and answer. I liked the activity but it was pretty stressful because the group that passed it in first with all correct answers got bonus points.
Yesterday, we talked about the battle of Trenton and the Battle of New York and watched the animation of it on the projector.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Past Two Days: October 18th
Yesterday, we split off into two groups and exchanged notes that we took on the Declaration of Independence.
Today, we read the famous essay by Thomas Paine and then wrote our own essay about whether or not we agreed with what he was saying.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Past Two Days: October 16th
I'll keep it short and to the point, since I doubt anyone is actually going to enjoy reading what we did in full extended detail about what we did in history class. Yesterday, we presented our Revolutionary Replica and I presented Abigail Adams to the class. I learned about lots of other significant figures from the American Revolution.
Today, we were given a term and we had to match the definition with somebody else's in the class. We read a section of the Declaration of Independence and then made a fake tweet about what it talked about. I got the conclusion and it mostly talked about independence from Britain and that everyone should respect each others' enforced rights.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Abigail Adams Voicethread
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Past Two Days: October 11th
Today, we were given one of three different resources to read and take notes on. I had the Olive Branch Petition, issued to King George III by the delegates of the Second Constitutional Congress in order to be peaceful with England while keeping loyalty with the king. Then we broke off into other groups to learn about what other people read.
Yesterday, we watched an animation about the Battle at Lexington Green, the Battle at Concord, and the Battle of Bunker Hill. We took notes on these topics as well.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Past Two Days: October 9th
On Friday, we discussed what we learned during the Edcafe. Some of the material was unclear before but we took some notes and got the basic facts for each event. After, we received some papers about Paul Revere's ride and we had to read one of the information sheets. We used what we learned to write a sonnet about the true ride of Paul Revere.
On Thursday, we did the Edcafe. I had the Boston Massacre and the Townshend Taxes. We rotated in order of when each event occurred in time and learned about the most important things pertaining to each event. After each topic, we had to write down what we took from the conversation or something new we learned due to the discussion.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Past Two Days: October 4th
Yesterday in history, we went to the computer lab and researched the topic we were given by Mr. Boyle and we got into groups based on who had the same topics. I was given the Townshend Taxes/Laws and the Boston Massacre. I learned that the Townshend Taxes were proposed by Charles Townshend, from Britain, in order to help pay for the soldiers. It was later considered to be adopted in the colonies as well. I also learned that the Boston Massacre wasn't, by definition, a true massacre. A massacre is an event or battle in which many people are killing, but during the Boston "Massacre," only 5 people were killed and 6 were injured.
Today, we presented the same topic in the form of an Edcafe lesson. We did additional research on the topic and took notes on it in order to lead a group discussion. We rotated around so that everyone got a chance to listen to another person's presentation that everyone was given the details about different events.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Past Two Days- October 1st
During the past two days in history, we started learning about the American Revolution.
Yesterday, we went over the previous homework, The Three Colonial Sections: More Similar or Different? We talked about the separation of colonies in eastern Massachusetts, including New England. We took notes about which states belonged in which colony prior to the Revolution.
Today, we read a document about George Washington and his involvement in the French and Indian War. Then we talked about the colonies some more and took more notes.
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