Honors Updated Snow Day Homework

Hello Lovely People,

In class I mentioned two NEW homework assignments:
- map
- reading

MAP is due on the day of the test (next Tuesday).
Instructions for the map:
- label ALL states, no capitals, no cities, no anything else!
- color-code the regions based off of THIS map:  http://www.ducksters.com/geography/us_states/us_geographical_regions.php

When coloring, use different colors for each region and put those colors in the key. Make sure to follow all of the mapping rules.

READING is due on Friday
For the reading, read the entire packet and be prepared to discuss the following topics
- describe Grandfather, Carl, Jody (think about each of them as a representation for their generation, what do they have in common? different? what seems to make them tick? could they be symbols for something?)
- why is this reading historically relevant?
- what is "westering"?

We will discuss the reading AFTER some Wild West Speed Dating.

Stir-Crazy!!

Good Evening Lovely Students,

I hope y'all haven't gone stir-crazy yet! We all get to sleep in tomorrow though - yeah! :)

Unfortunately this means we are going to PLOW through (pun intended) our notes and activities tomorrow and push super fast through this unit. Good thing, this is a baby unit and doesn't tend to have a TON on the NCFE. :)

I am reworking some future units though to shorten stuff up, and you can check out the links above to the Unit Syllabus for your respective courses to see what has been changed. Due dates and activities have been squished, but don't worry - we'll still have fun with a little dabbling in Wild West mythology.

Over this second break I enjoyed some quality R&R as well as planning and thinking for the semester. I hope you guys are all super rested and ready to go, because even though we just met I think I miss y'all already ;)

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Honors Wild West Speed Dating

WANTED

WILD WEST SPEED DATING

"We are rough men and used to rough ways." 

– Bob Younger to a newspaper reporter following the 1876

Northfield, Minnesota raid.

Assignment

As a class we are going to journey into the myths and legends of the past. Everyone will have a Wild West “character” that he/she will be, and we will speed date for about an hour meeting and greeting many infamous names from the past. Your task is to come in character! Know who you are: why are you famous, when did you live and die, what is your background, where did you live, what are your views on politics or the west or entertainment or the government, what makes you tick.

Requirements

-       One full and complete paragraph detailing information about your character

-       Citations for at least two different sources you used in your research

-       A prop for speed dating à this must be school appropriate, related to your particular character, creative, and not be poorly crafted (ie: drawn with pencil on loose-leaf paper)

Grade

Your grade will be determined based on your written component (50%), your knowledge demonstrated during the speed dating (40%), and your prop (10%).

Due: Friday, January 29

Welcome to Class!!!

Hello wonderful new students! I'm excited for the new semester and I hope you are too.

On our first day together you'll learn a bit about the class and expectations and I will hopefully begin to learn a little bit about y'all.

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Kahoot

If you want to play kahoot on your own - create an account!!

1.  Go to getkahoot.com and create a free account.
2. THEN search for Ms.FriedChicken (that's me) and you can take play by yourself online or on your phone. You can play over and over and over - with or without music, with or without rotating answers, etc.

** This could be GREAT fun practice with the content. **