Native Americans, Day 9 - Class Recap

The Oregon Coast at the Ecola State Park.

Hi everyone,

Today is Part 1 of 2 of the end of our Native American unit, as students are finishing writing the DBQ essay in class. Here's what we did today in class:

Learning Targets Addressed: 

Behavior LT 2: I can manage my responsibilities as a student.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.

Soundtrack: "The Raiders March (a.k.a. "Indiana Jones Theme")" by John Williams. Selected for today because it was intended as a pump up song for writing the essay!

AGENDA 10/30/19:
Review DBQ Expectations
Part 2 Essay Work Time

Homework: Read the blog. All late/missing work to be graded for this quarter grade report is due by tomorrow/Thursday.

Review DBQ Expectations Last week, we made a list of major issues related to Native American reservations and assimilation.

Here are the notes that we took down together:

Google Drive - Power and Assimilation Issues Notes

Since the two options for essays were about the impact of power and assimilation, we hoped this helped!

Here's the PowerPoint we went through again at the start of class, explaining a bit more about the questions and how to write a thesis statement in response:

Google Drive - N.A. DBQ Thesis Prep

Part 2 Essay Work Time: The rest of the combined class was spent on working on the essay response (Part 2) of the DBQ. We will continue to do this tomorrow/Thursday - if you are not in my class tomorrow/Thursday, then we have made alternate plans for when you are coming (perhaps in Study Hall) to complete it.