Wednesday, May 1st!
Happy May Day!
Remember to take a look at the Social Studies M-STEP review material posted from Monday! You need to have a basic understanding of the Civil War.
5/1 Quick Write:
Today we are taking advantage of having a full day of class and introducing a new topic: Migrant Groups in the West.
Migrants, a group of people who move from one place to another, have continuously reshaped and improved the United States– this happens now, and it happened in our expanding and developing West! We will look at nine different migrant groups this week, and analyze how each group made their contribution to the West.
- The Explorers (Lewis & Clark)
- The Mountain Men
- The Californios
- The Missionaries
- The Pioneer Women
- The Forty-Niners
- The Mormons
- The Chinese
For our activity today, you will be assigned a partner and a specific migrant group. Using a reading on Google Classroom (unfortunately, I cannot upload the reading onto the blog), you and your partner will read through the section of the reading that discusses your migrant group. Together, you will take Cornell Notes on your group, addressing the Essential Question: How did [_migrant group_] help gain land in the West? Instructions are below.
As a team, you and your partner will both do the reading and yall can help each other take notes. However, you will each need to do the Cornell Notes separately.
Please note: You need to be efficient with your time on these Cornell Notes. We have a shortened class period tomorrow and you will be using your Cornell Notes for our next activity.
Reminder: Current Event due this Friday!
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