Today in class, we did our first-ever Gallery Walk activity to examine the PSA posters you created. I was very impressed by the unique and insightful ways you guys explained the rules of mercantilism and how they work! I saw quite a few students really focusing on the activity and thinking carefully about which PSA to vote for, so thank you to those of you who led the way!
After that, we switched gears and began a new activity called Question-Building. The purpose of this activity is to get you to think critically about information, identify the conclusions you can draw from different pieces of info, and the questions that information raises. As I explained in class, regardless of whether or not you ever think about US History again, you will be taking in huge amounts of information for the rest of your life and you need to know how to use it to your advantage. We will be working together to examine a number of primary and secondary sources, and arrive at conclusions and questions we can use to guide our thinking through the rest of the week.
HOMEWORK: There is no new homework today! Hurray!!! However, you should check PowerSchool and look over your grades to see if there are any holes in the record or grades that are incorrect. We are quickly coming up on the halfway point in the first quarter, believe it or not, which means progress report time is near!!
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