Wednesday, May 16, 2012

From Sectionalism to Westward Expansion...

Guy and Gals,

Here, you will see the questions that will drive our SOCRATIC SEMINAR tomorrow. 
      1. Looking back all the way to the land ordinance of 1787, the Louisiana Purchase, and then fastforwarding to what we know now about "sectional issues", how do you think Westward Expansion and Sectionalism are interrelated? 

      2.Think about what we know of Lincoln.  What did he believe he needed to do as the next president and a brand new fledgling Republican?  

      3.Why were Southerners so scared of and angry about the Republicans' views on the extension of slavery?   

Today, like I told you yesterday, you will have a guest teacher for your CORES. 
CORES 1 & 3...  You have 4 tasks today.
1. Gallery Walk
2. Read the Article and Annotate
3. Prep for the Socratic Seminar tomorrow
4. Open up your Slip Game word documents and complete another question as a table group. 

Here are the instructions for the Gallery Walk:
1.  Delegate one person from your table group to speak about the work your group did on the article.
2.  Those who are not speaking will grab a clip board with post its and their copy of the article: The Lincoln Douglas Debates
3.  You guys and gals will have 8 minutes to circulate from poster to poster listening to the speakers from each group. 
4.  The post-its are you for you to leave comments on the posters as you walk throught the gallery. 

CORE 2, here are your tasks:
1. Read, Highlight, Annotate
2. Prep for the Socratic Seminar
3. Slip Game (Some may finish the Slip Game)

I will be back by 11:15 which means I will see you for STEaM time.  You have things due today and the final due date is Friday. 

Sincerely,
C
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy

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