Change & Continuity: Westward Expansion...

Hey Gang,

      Can a Turning Point lead to another Turning Point?  How do we know when we have come across a Turning point? 

      One Turning Point we have looked at is the Louisiana Purchase.  The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the nation, forced interaction with Indians, started the Lewis and Clark expedition, helped trade, and started Westward Exapansion.  We should all know this by now.

      Let's focus our attention today on another turning point called Westward Expansion.  Westward Expansion brought about the idea or belief (Worldview) of Manifest Destiny.  For the first half of the 1800s, before the Civil War, Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny changed political, social, economic, and cultural human experiences. 

      Click of the link below to start class.  We will be taking a closer look at John Gast's painting.  Hopefully, this will begin our study of Change and Continuity. 

Westward Expansion: MANIFEST DESTINY

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

Turning Points With Cause & Effect...

Happy Camel Day,

      Click on the link below:
Hippocampus.org

      Once you have clicked on the link follow these steps...
1.  Click on U.S. History
2.  Scroll through the multiple selection options and find The Age of Jackson
3.  There will be 2 or three short media selections we will be analyzing.  Click on the following as you enter class...  Native Americans and The New Republic,  The Indian Removal Act, and Oregon Country. 


Today's learning targets are as follows.  As always how do you think we will meet them today?

Media in History

I can identify main ideas, analyze supporting details, and evaluate inferences within discipline specific readings

Content in History

I can apply content in order to evaluate relationships of people and ideas and draw conclusions

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

Worldviews & Turning Points...

Happy Tuesday Everyone,

      We will be finishing up the tribes activity from yesterday: Group Doodle.  Think back and remember what timelines are for, what do timelines measure, and what do timelines all need to include.  We will be adding to our timelines during STEaM today.

      As our thinking grows, we will need a better understanding of what a WORLDVIEW is.  A worldview is a belief or idea.  It is NOT an event or an action. 

      The link below is the resource we will be using after we finish the group doodle. 
      Hippocampus.org



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

Welcome Back Everyone!!

Howdy Y'all!

      Today is Monday Funday, April 16, 2012.  We will be starting a STEaM Time Project today called "Project WICR".  We will also be finishing our DESIGN A DESIGN BRIEF projects as well.  We will use some of the time in our Historical Literacy Cores to gain a basic understanding of the project along with the sequence of activities this week.  We will be starting with timelines.

      A timeline is a way of displaying a list of events in chronological or SEQUENTIAL order, sometimes described as a project artifact. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labeled with dates alongside itself and (usually) events labeled on points where they would have happened.

      Timelines are not just used in the field of history.  Below, you will see two examples of timelines used in the fields of science: Geologic Time & Cosmic History.  Along with the graphic examples there is a  link to another timeline pertaining to Nuclear Proliferation.  It is a great example that may help us prepare for the STEaM activity today.   

TIMELINE EXAMPLE: Nuclear Proliferation

     

Sincerely,
C

P.S. Here is the link I used to Wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline

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