Today’s Assignment: 11 Aug 2014

-Put your name and today’s date on a sheet of paper.-Answer the following question (5 min.):Where are you? How do I get there from:-Dollar General? -Wal-Mart? -Jackson?-Atlanta? -Europe? -South America? -The North Pole?

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Chair #1: Go get books for yourself and the others in your row. When you have returned to your desk:Chair #4: Go get books for yourself and the others in your row. When you have returned to your desk:Chairs #7-22: What they did.

Textbook Procedure:

What happens next:

I will read the introductory paragraph aloud while everyone reads along silently.

When I finish, people in odd-numbered desks will pair up in numerical order (1&3, 5&7, 9&11, etc.) and read “The Land-Bridge Theory.”

People in even-numbered desks will pair up the same way and read “Other Theories”

What to look for:

-What reasons are given to support the “red-flag” statement “most [scientists] think that the first humans arrived by land?”

-What reasons are given to support the coastal route theory and Native American creation stories?

What to turn in:

1. Explain the land-bridge theory. Your explanation can be no bigger than a Twitter post (140 letters).

2. Explain the coastal route theory. Your explanation can be no bigger than a Twitter post (140 letters).

And so what we have learned…(MDE)

-Understand how technology [and] geography … has impacted the development of the United States.

-Understand how geography [has] influenced the historical development of the United States in the global community.

And so what we have learned… (CCSS)

-Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of … secondary sources.

-Determine the central ideas or information of a ... secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions

-Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

-Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).