Friday, October 7, 2011

Roanoke and Jamestown--Lessons in the Making!

First Draft (written during our seminar time together--)

I am really excited about the two lessons that we are creating together in our PLC.  We first looked at what we already liked in our classrooms as resources for teaching history.   Next, we looked at how we could refine what we were doing with the writing connection we've made in the past.  Lastly, we asked ourselves how we could incorporate the amazing resources (like Cicero for example),  to address the Historical Thinking, Teir 1 strategies. 

First, we chose to utilize a mystery picture-book about the lost colony of Roanoke, and incorporate Lang. Arts standards for persuasive writing.  Laura has set up an account at docs.google.com, and is researching online resources for viewing this time in history from different perspectives.  We're looking forward to  including primary documents, biographies, readers' theater, etc.

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