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September 10, 2018

Content Objective: Students will demonstrate understanding and evaluation of the process of how Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha.

Language ObjectiveStudents will read the Siddhartha text #5 and then talk about the key events in the story with their groups. Groups will then draw the story of Siddhartha Gautama from their memory using only pictures…no words!

Bellwork:

The Enlightment Of the Buddha Reading

Find a text to text connection and a text to world connection.

 

Classwork:

You will have 40 min to complete your posters. When you are done, come see me to get tape to tape them together into a flow map to show the story of the Buddha reaching Enlightenment.

You will then get a set of sticky notes for your group to walk around and rank which group tells the story of the Buddha the best. (Nicest posters, very few to no words).

Winners will get their choice of 2 tractor tickets per person or 5 points extra credit on the first test.

 

Exit Ticket:

My favorite part of this activity was…

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September 7, 2018

Content Objective: Students will demonstrate understanding and evaluation of the process of how Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha.

Language Objective: Students will read the Siddhartha text #5 and then talk about the key events in the story with their groups. Groups will then draw the story of Siddhartha Gautama from their memory using only pictures…no words!

Bellwork:

The Enlightment Of the Buddha Reading

Find 5 words from the reading, write them and what you think their meaning is.

Find the main idea from each paragraph

 

Classwork:

With your table, find the 5 most important events from the story of the Buddha.

Have one person draw a rough draft of all five events

You will get 5 large sheets of paper, each person at your table must draw a key event from the story.

Your groups will walk around and rank the best representation of the story. (Drawn the nicest, you are able to tell what each event is, etc)

Winners will get the choice of 2 tractor tickets or 5 extra credit points on the first test.

 

Exit Ticket: 

What did you enjoy about this activity and why?

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US History Final Exam Review

Below is the powerpoint for the final exam review. This is only one way to study. It is still strongly suggested to read the book. The answers on the review are simple answers, in order to get a better understanding, the book needs to be read.

Final Review

 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MShNI1s-DukbmJAVwc_J3M0h61oQXdIN90nSoC-9aPc/edit?usp=sharing