Cycle 1A: Early Humans and Civics by Jennifer Tidwell https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk Today's Lesson: Thursday, September 26, 2024 en-us 2024-09-12 09:29:13 UTC 2024-10-17 17:00:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://pixabay.com/get/g181b5bcfcbe73f6b451b84fc1411bd0e41ebf59777c80648cc3fdf2b7b350f82d0146600ce5573e7bfb75008523d5ec9.jpg What does it mean to be civically engaged? jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116325975 2024-09-12 09:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116325975 What characteristics and traits are distinctively human? jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116327237 2024-09-12 09:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116327237 Why is homo sapiens the only species to survive? jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116338868 2024-09-12 09:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116338868 Historical Thinking & Analysis jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116344848

  • Selects and synthesizes evidence from information sources, including, but not limited to artifacts, primary and secondary sources, charts, graphs, and diagrams.

  • Applies geographic skills to determine and predict patterns and trends of people, places, and events.

  • Asks questions and constructs arguments, using evidence from multiple sources.

  • Investigates and analyzes evidence from multiple sources to construct arguments and draw conclusions.

  • Compares and contrasts historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives.

  • Determines cause and effect to analyze connections.

  • Engages and communicates collegially as an informed individual with a range of people with different perspectives.

  • Develops products that reflect an understanding of research and content.

  • Contextualizes and corroborates sources to find resources with credibility and relevance.

  • Can identify propaganda and bias in sources.

  • Can make connections between historical and contemporary and/or current events.

  • Can identify the implications and controversies of current events.

  • Can analyze the role of technological advancement in historical events.

  • Can analyze collective and individual actions within an event or time period.

    • ]]>     2024-09-12 09:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116344848     Historical & Social Science Skills jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116348184

  • Conduct an oral history interview.

  • Explain the disciplines and methods used to study prehistory and history.

  • Identify structures that organize culture.

  • Interpret visual representations of time/history.

  • Identify credible, reliable sources of current news and analysis.

    • ]]>     2024-09-12 09:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116348184     Thematic Content & Concepts jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116351227 You will be able to apply their history and social science skills to explain and examine:

    1. Events within the context of humans’ fundamental needs and tendencies.

    2. Root causes of human migration.

    3. How the needs of the individual and the needs of the group interact. 

    4. The timeline of human evolution.

    5. The role of the media and social media in U.S. civic life.

    6. The rights, and responsibilities of a citizen in the U.S.

    7. The role of public engagement in U.S. civic life.


    ]]>     2024-09-12 09:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116351227     The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116374195 2024-09-12 10:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116374195 9/12 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116413126

  • The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz. Practice Cornell notetaking: list news topics on the left and one key piece of information you learned about it on the right.

  • Syllabus review

  • Voting & Civic Engagement Questionnaire on GC

  • If you finish early, take the political typology quiz

  • Brainstorming sections of the voting guide Media Literacy

  • Choose best questions to use for interviewing your parents this week.

  • Hand out textbooks

  • Follow-up and homework:

    1. Interviewing your parents

    2. Make cover for your textbook

    3. Read Darién Gap article and prepare questions for Seminar next week

    • ]]>     2024-09-12 10:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116413126     Early Humans jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116454350 Bipedal

    Hominin

    Fossils

    Artifacts

    Archaeologist

    Culture

    Anthropologist

    Drought

    Oasis

    Migration

    Technology

    Hunter-gatherer

    Nomads

    Domestication

    Agriculture

    Primary source

    Secondary source

    Oral history


    ]]>     2024-09-12 11:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116454350     Terms from Election 2024 jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116785683 Disinformation

    Misinformation

    Satire

    Early voting

    Mail-in voting

    Platform

    Suffrage

    Disenfranchisement

    ]]>     2024-09-12 14:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116785683     "What I Saw in the Darién Gap" Article jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116971887 2024-09-12 16:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3116971887 9/12 "Meanwhile, by 2:00 this afternoon, Taylor Swift’s endorsement had prompted 337,826 people to start the process of registering to vote. " jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3117019147 Less than 24 hours after the presidential debate, Swifties swamped voting registrars.

    ]]>     2024-09-12 16:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3117019147     Media Literacy jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3119121184 2024-09-13 19:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3119121184 9/19 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3119150009 Part I:

    • Key Lesson on Early Humans

    • WBATs & Paper assessment on Oct.

    • How to read a textbook (and online textbook)

    • Informational text worksheet

    BREAK


    Part II:


    Part III:

    Class splits in half for last half-hour

    • Seminar in circle AND

    • Worktime for Voting Guide


    HW: Textbook reading & completing graphic organizer; voting guide pages research

    ]]>     2024-09-13 19:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3119150009     9/19 “That discomfort isn't a sign that you shouldn't be doing it...It's a sign that you definitely should.” — Oliver Burkeman jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3120300890 2024-09-15 11:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3120300890 jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3127480067 Branches of primates

    ]]>     2024-09-19 09:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3127480067     Syllabus jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3127515626 2024-09-19 09:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3127515626 AI & Misinformation Challenges in Elections jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3127834558 2024-09-19 13:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3127834558 Our Online library jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3129626849 2024-09-20 10:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3129626849 9/26 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3136611638 Part I:

    • The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz

    • Section 1 knowledge check. Set out your spirals for Jen to check.

    • Key Lesson: How to ask the best questions you can using QFT

    • Cycle Project kickoff: Due Nov. 7th

    • Written Test is on Oct. 10th, not 3rd!


    BREAK (10 min)


    Part II:

    • Follow-up Work:

      • Timeline assignment (in-class with 1 partner and your textbook)

      • Cycle Project phase I: Get started on your brainstorming padlet

      • Read 17-31, copying vocab and definitions


    HW: Read 17-31, writing vocab in your spiral, filling in your test along the way

    ]]>     2024-09-24 22:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3136611638     9/26 "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." — Mark Twain jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3140743622 2024-09-26 16:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3140743622 Early Humans Cycle Project Packet jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3140748377 Cycle Project Packet

    ]]>     2024-09-26 16:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3140748377     jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3140818133 2024-09-26 16:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3140818133 10/3 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3150915288 Part I:

    • The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz

    • CNN 10

    • Section 2 knowledge check. Set out your spirals for Jen to check your vocab notes.

    • Let's Analyze the Test You're Taking!

    • Mini-Lesson: How to Study for a Test

    • Mini-Lesson: Mnemonic Devices


    BREAK (10 min)


    Part II:

    • Follow-up Work:

      • Cycle Project work

      • Study for Test


    HW: Study for written assessment, plus move cycle project forward.

    ]]>     2024-10-02 20:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3150915288     10/10 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3152407680

  • The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz

  • Take assessment. If you finish early: quiet open work until 2.

  • 10 Min. Break

  • 30 min. Walk or SNL

  • 30 min. Cycle Project work time / conf w/ Jen


    • HW: Cycle Project, What is just human? padlet assignment

    ]]>     2024-10-03 17:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3152407680     10/17 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3172911058

  • The World from A to Z with Carl Azuz (9 min)

  • Talk by Dr. Henshilwood on Early Humans and Symbolism in Art (10 min)

  • Interpreting History Assessments and how/who does corrections.

  • Time for Cycle Project work and/or corrections

    • ]]>     2024-10-16 19:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/yo41m0eyehka16dk/wish/3172911058