Hi everyone,
If you are uncertain about how to go about your personal experience story, here is a suggestion:
1) Identify a possible story and someone who can write a second version.
2) Ask that person to help you! You can direct them to this blog for information!
3) Figure out how to submit your story - Google Doc, typed, or handwritten. Draft your version of story - don't worry if you miss some details or forget some info.
4) Check with your partner - when will he or she be able to turn in their version?
5) Review your version and add details or info that was missing.
6) Get your version to Mrs. Siecke
7) Check with your partner one last time!
8) Bring your partner's version with you to class, or have them send it to me (csiecke@sau16.org), for MONDAY, 9/12.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Primary and Secondary Sources: September 6, 2016
Hi everyone,
Today, we started looking at two different kinds of sources: Primary and secondary. These are important vocabulary terms for historians, because they have different strengths and weaknesses. A primary source means it is firsthand evidence - a document or artifact from the time period, from eyewitnesses or people involved with the event. A secondary source is one that retells the event in some way (could be a movie, a piece of artwork, a textbook). We then began the process of trying to make sense of a famous primary source from our country's history, which we will continue tomorrow!
HOMEWORK: Q1-2 - Personal Experience Narrative. This assignment may need a little lead time, so be ready! You are going to pick an event from your life that was witnessed or experienced by someone else as well. You AND the other person who witnessed/experienced the event are going to write out what happened. Next week, we will compare the two different versions of this event and analyze it for historical accuracy and reliability!
WHAT THIS MEANS: You need to make sure you have an event that someone else has witnessed/experienced. That can be a friend, parent, relative, coach, or classmate. This person will need to be willing and able to write out his/her version of events, so be sure to ask!
CHOOSE SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND FOCUSED! Write about "my first time on a roller coaster," not "my family's ten-day trip to Disney". Something with a beginning, middle, and end is best.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOMEONE LINED UP TO WRITE THE SECOND VERSION BEFORE YOU WRITE YOUR VERSION!
This assignment can be submitted via Google Drive, typed out, or handwritten. Try not to read your partner's version of the assignment until we use it in class!
YOUR story is due on FRIDAY, 9/9. Your partner's story is due the following Monday, 9/12.
Today, we started looking at two different kinds of sources: Primary and secondary. These are important vocabulary terms for historians, because they have different strengths and weaknesses. A primary source means it is firsthand evidence - a document or artifact from the time period, from eyewitnesses or people involved with the event. A secondary source is one that retells the event in some way (could be a movie, a piece of artwork, a textbook). We then began the process of trying to make sense of a famous primary source from our country's history, which we will continue tomorrow!
HOMEWORK: Q1-2 - Personal Experience Narrative. This assignment may need a little lead time, so be ready! You are going to pick an event from your life that was witnessed or experienced by someone else as well. You AND the other person who witnessed/experienced the event are going to write out what happened. Next week, we will compare the two different versions of this event and analyze it for historical accuracy and reliability!
WHAT THIS MEANS: You need to make sure you have an event that someone else has witnessed/experienced. That can be a friend, parent, relative, coach, or classmate. This person will need to be willing and able to write out his/her version of events, so be sure to ask!
CHOOSE SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND FOCUSED! Write about "my first time on a roller coaster," not "my family's ten-day trip to Disney". Something with a beginning, middle, and end is best.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOMEONE LINED UP TO WRITE THE SECOND VERSION BEFORE YOU WRITE YOUR VERSION!
This assignment can be submitted via Google Drive, typed out, or handwritten. Try not to read your partner's version of the assignment until we use it in class!
YOUR story is due on FRIDAY, 9/9. Your partner's story is due the following Monday, 9/12.
Monday, September 5, 2016
Calling All Hurricanes! Homework DUE Tuesday, September 6th
Hi everyone!
The purpose of this activity is for you to get familiar with my classroom blog. To show me that you found your way to this site, please complete the short check-in linked below. Happy long weekend!!!
Blog Check-In Form
P.S. This is NOT a formative assessment, but I am checking it off. Students who don't complete this task will be invited to sit with me at lunchtime some time in the near future and learn about my blog then!
The purpose of this activity is for you to get familiar with my classroom blog. To show me that you found your way to this site, please complete the short check-in linked below. Happy long weekend!!!
Blog Check-In Form
P.S. This is NOT a formative assessment, but I am checking it off. Students who don't complete this task will be invited to sit with me at lunchtime some time in the near future and learn about my blog then!
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Group Thinking: August 31, 2016
Hey everyone,
Today, all my classes except Per 7 set some expectations for how we behave in group work. You did a great job demonstrating the expectations for what will and WON'T happen when we work in groups!
You got a handout of vocabulary terms associated with our first unit of study on historical thinking. If you lose that handout or need a new copy, get one from me in class, or print the FIRST page of the handout linked below. Be sure to keep track of these terms!!!
Historical Thinking Unit Vocabulary
HOMEWORK: Scroll down to find the blog post about the Blog Check-In assignment. Click on the link to the form and fill it out!
Today, all my classes except Per 7 set some expectations for how we behave in group work. You did a great job demonstrating the expectations for what will and WON'T happen when we work in groups!
You got a handout of vocabulary terms associated with our first unit of study on historical thinking. If you lose that handout or need a new copy, get one from me in class, or print the FIRST page of the handout linked below. Be sure to keep track of these terms!!!
Historical Thinking Unit Vocabulary
HOMEWORK: Scroll down to find the blog post about the Blog Check-In assignment. Click on the link to the form and fill it out!
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
In the Eye of the Beholder: August 30, 2016
Kandinsky, Composition VIII
For homework, you are going to complete the handout "Group Work Analysis" - we will use this tomorrow to help us set expectations around how groups will function in our classroom throughout the year. If you misplaced your handout, it's linked below.
Group Work Analysis
Monday, August 29, 2016
Team Forms If Needed
If you have lost or misplaced the welcome packet, here are the forms that need to be returned:
Parent Contact Information
CMS Recess Contract
If you want a copy of our contact information:
Contact Information
If you want a copy of the entire welcome packet, please contact Mrs. Siecke at csiecke@sau16.org.
Any school forms (nurse, etc.) can be turned in to any team teacher. Any subject-specific forms (such as the ones for gym or science labs) need to go to that teacher.
PHOTO DAY IS THURSDAY. Please do not bring in school photo forms until Thursday - they are given directly to the photographer. Geskus will have an online option for ordering photos available as well.
Parent Contact Information
CMS Recess Contract
If you want a copy of our contact information:
Contact Information
If you want a copy of the entire welcome packet, please contact Mrs. Siecke at csiecke@sau16.org.
Any school forms (nurse, etc.) can be turned in to any team teacher. Any subject-specific forms (such as the ones for gym or science labs) need to go to that teacher.
PHOTO DAY IS THURSDAY. Please do not bring in school photo forms until Thursday - they are given directly to the photographer. Geskus will have an online option for ordering photos available as well.
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Welcome to 8th Grade!!! August 29, 2016
Hello everyone, and welcome to 8th Grade US History! This is where you will find a brief description of what we do on a daily (or almost daily) basis, along with links to handouts, other websites, and additional information you may find useful. Your first line of action whenever you are out, unsure of what to do, or in need of something should be to check this site!
I threw in this photo because I love what it has to say to us about history, sources, truth, and perceptions. We'll spend our first unit of study talking about what it means to study history and what historians have to watch for - and watch out for! I hope over the course of this year, you will learn some things about this country we call home, gain deeper insight into yourself as a student and member of a community, and have some fun at some point along the way.
HOMEWORK: Go home, take a deep breath, have a peaceful evening, and adjust to the reality of everyday life again.
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