USI+First+Few+Days

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Information on the various schedules and periods at MHS

Sample of classroom expectations

=__**Activities for the First Few Days**__=


 * Activity Description || File Name ||
 * Historical Thinking Interactive Poster || Project on the Eno board and interact with this poster. Directions from their website;

With links to lessons, primary sources, teaching ideas and more, the interactive poster helps guide you to great resources found on //Teachinghistory.org//, such as:
 * //What will you find?//**
 * A [|quiz] to test your knowledge of primary and secondary sources
 * A [|video] on “What is Historical Thinking?”
 * Lesson plans focused on key elements of historical thinking
 * Ideas for teaching with text, photographs, art, maps, objects, and more

Here are a few ideas to get you started:
 * //How can you use it?//**
 * Project the poster up on your smartboard and use it to introduce the concept of historical thinking
 * Select a different teaching resource from the poster each week to reinforce a particular historical thinking skill
 * Use the source information to model how to cite sources from the web ||
 * **Reading like a Historian Lessons -**

from Stanford History Education Group. These three lessons go together || Snapshot Autobiography

Lunchroom Fight

Evaluating Sources || Allegiance
 * Introduction activity using Bloom's Taxonomy and the Pledge of

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John McCain's story of why the Pledge of of Allegiance is important

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 * I pledge allegiance to the Flag **
 * of the United States of America, **
 * and to the Republic for which it stands: **
 * one Nation under God, indivisible, **
 * With Liberty and Justice for all. ** ||
 * Example of a history Learning Inventory || [[file:learning inventory.doc]] ||
 * Another Learning Inventory example || [[file:inventory.doc]] ||
 * Ice Breaker Activity || [[file:Let's get aquainted]] ||
 * Social Studies Binder Rubric

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 * Example of a Table of Contents for the Notebook || [[file:binder index chapter 3.doc]] ||
 * Map Activity using the Nystrom Atlas on the 13 Colonies

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 * Directions for accessing the online textbook

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Holt Website ||

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