Tuesday, 3/03• Please hand-in your warm-

up sheet from last week and pick-up a new one for this week.

• Quick Review! List three push factors and three pull factors for going west. Be sure to be specific!

No Specific Closer - Tuesday, 3/03In Library working on project

Friday, 2/27

• Why did you get out of bed this morning?

• Why are youhere in class?

Howdy Partner! Use the vocabulary from Talkin’ Like a Cowboy to write a postcard to your Mama ‘bout ridin’ the range! Please underline the vocabulary words you choose to use!

CLOSER - Fri., 2/27

Please pick a seat for today.Pull out your warm-up/closer

worksheet so you are ready for the warm-up when the bell rings!

Tricky Thursday

When someone says, “The West,” I think about . . .

Complete the above statement with as many ideas as you can consider!

Thursday, 2/26

• Please pick-up a laminated map. Highlighters are also available.

• Take the next 10-15 minutes to complete the mapping and questions from Tuesday.

Here are some clues for the words you are unscrambling . . . Who’s out west?

Based on our discussion in class today, how has your

perception of the West changed or been enhanced?

w/ Articles – Thurs., 2/26

Closer – Thurs., 2/26

• Based on our discussion in class today, how has your perception of the West changed or been modified?

Previous Semester’s Slides

Pull from these to modify for the current semester

The same people are in both pictures. What is this called and what differences do you notice?

Thursday 3/13

When you finish the test . . .

• Make sure your name and test version are on your answer sheet.

• Bring everything up to the desk.

• Work on the take home portion of the test (linking terms – Honors and CP classes) (writing assignment – Honors only)

• Work on the word search and logic puzzle that you pick up at the desk. These are an extra credit assignment!

Extra Credit• The word search will count half as much as the

puzzle on the back. The points will be added as a formative grade in the grade book.

• It must be complete to receive the extra credit points!

• Work on them now and continue through the weekend. We will collect them on Monday.

Wednesday, 3/12 Write the word

DIVERSITYvertically on your warm-up

box for today (it may help to rotate the sheet).

Write a word or short phrase for each letter that relates to

Unit 3. Be creative!

DIVERSITY

Closer: Wed., 3/12 – 3rd Period Only

What surprised or impacted you the most when watching, “Children of the Plains?”

Tuesday, 3/11

• Return to your group table.• Please take out your group’s notes from Monday and

your personal note sheet.• Answer the following question for warm-up:

Imagine that time travel is possible. Select a group to join during Westward Expansion and explain why.

• You will rotate clockwise in order to learn about the other groups and to teach about your group. Don’t Forget The Vocabulary Words!

• If traveling with a partner you are to stay together!

Monday, 3/10

• Please sit at your group table. Do not touch the paperwork on the table.

• Answer the following question for warm-up:In your opinion, what are the three most important facts that other students need to learn about regarding your group and their role in the settling the West?

• You will rotate clockwise in order to learn about the other groups and to teach about your group.

• If traveling with a partner you are to stay together!

CLOSERMonday

3/10

Explain which diverse group you

think had it the easiest and which group had it the

toughest out West.

Friday, 3/07• Please sit with your group again

• Answer the following questions for warm-up:What has been the most interesting or unusual fact you have learned about your group? Please explain!

Before you leave the Library today . . .• The Hotlist has been updated for several groups. Check it

out on Mrs. Parker’s homework page.

• Save your project under My Documents with a logical name. I will not hunt for your project!

• Working on the project at home this weekend? Save it to your thumb drive or have us send it to you. Be sure to send us your final project by Monday evening!

• Print a copy of your Power Point so that you have a hard copy of it.

Thursday, 3/06• Please sit with your group again. The seating may be slightly different from yesterday.

• Answer the following questions for warm-up:How did your research go yesterday? What is your goal for researching today?

Wednesday, 3/05

Please sit at the table for your research group.

Take one copy of the “Hotlist” on the table and await further instructions before “leaping” to the library today!

Friday, 2/28 – “Real” Warm-Up• Think of three reasons why you may have been

pushed to go West.

• Pull out your green learning map with the scrambled words on the back. Did you figure them out?

Friday, 2/28• Please pick-up a laminated map and a survey.• Take the next 10 minutes to complete the mapping

and questions from Wednesday and the survey.• We will have our “real” warm-up soon!

Wednesday, 10/16 – 3rd/4th Periods Only

Due to PSAT Schedule

If you were to walk onto a Native American reservation today, what would you expect to see regarding the lives of the Native Americans?

Wednesday, 3/05 Sit at the table for your research group

• It is 1877 and you live in Delaware. You have an opportunity to homestead in South Dakota. Do you take the chance? Explain with specific reasons why or why not.