What do YOU want
to learn today?
Overview why strategies are
1. Explanation of what strategies we’ll learn,
important and when to use them:
a. Multiple Intelligences applied to PowerPoint
b. Vocabulary
c. Mini-lecture
d. Daily Practice
e. Class Rules
f. Lesson Review (see also student samples folder)
2. Model strategies using actual content, have pairs share
strategy works and when it should be used:
• Sample: Ice-Breaker (digital photography)
• Sample: Federalists vs. Republicans (streaming video)
3. Pairs are observed practicing strategy, demonstrate
applications, engage in discussions and provide feedback
a. Brainstorm mini-lecture
4. As a group, assess and plan for future
Ms. Gibson, I did my homework. I can tell you everything you ever wanted to
know about indentured servants and the contracts they signed. I’ve got just one
question for you: why should I care about all of this political contract stuff?
Because, Raulie, you
signed a contract too!
You were born into a society. By remaining a member of this
society, you have tacitly agreed to a contract.
Add this to your Vocabulary sheet:
Social Contract: A voluntary agreement you enter into with
other members of the society by which you give up some
freedoms in order to enjoy certain protections.
Compare & Contrast Categories
Comparing Serfs and Indentured Servants
Living Circumstances for
Serfs and Indentured Servants
Serfs Indentured Servants
Features For period of three to six years, 10 to 15
Bound to work for yr olds had to work until they were 21.
lord for life. Had to Obligation to work Borrowed cost of his passage by signing a
support manor. contract to work for a master.
Had to give fruits of Voyage to colonies was terrible, contracts
labor to lord, little could be bought and sold, servants
Living conditions
whipped, little food, for both men and
education, never left women. Accepted situation because some
manor. were working off debts from home.
When wealthy land owners contacted
Lords dependent on labor servant labor to grow tobacco they
of serfs. Oversaw all Employers
received additional land (50 acres) for
aspects of their lives.
each person whose passage they paid.
Ask students to bring pictures of
found-math and grammar mistakes
Pineapples are examples of Fibonacci numbers! See the
clockwise and counterclockwise spirals? There are 13 spirals
that turn clockwise and 21 curving counterclockwise. I also saw
this on some sunflowers, where the petals were always
consecutive Fibonacci numbers like 21 and 34 or 55 and 34.
Found Grammar (Mistakes)
On a California freeway:
On many a
Fine For Littering. In a restaurant: Half garment bag: To
baked chicken avoid
suffocation, keep
away from
In the window of a Kentucky Sign in a shop window:
children.
appliance store: Don 't kill OPEN SOON / DEATH IN
your wife. Let our washing
machines do the dirty work. FAMILY / PROBABLY
MONDAY.
Taped to a cash
register in a
convenience store:
No Checks Excepted!
No Acceptions!
Can it be a
mistake that
stressed is
desserts
spelled
backwards?
Ask students to bring you images
to inspire their free-write and
journal responses
"Satire, kids, is your sacred
duty as Americans. Be funny.
Poke them cows and make
them moo."
- Garrison Keillor
Why we chewing chewing doesn’t
Chewing don’t chew gum in Ms.
makeGibson’s class….
you look very smart….
…and wears down your teeth and
…It alsoyou’ll earn a detention every
often “appears” under desks….
time you chew gum during class….
Respect other’s creativity. Have zero
tolerance for rude people or time-
wasters.
Be
itive!
Jeopardy
Forms of Protest Royal Decree People Miscellaneous
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200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400
What does it feel like to
Revival ?
be at a
The Crisis of Democracy
Problems Hopelessness
worsen Spreads
Cultural &
Structural More people
barriers grow disengage
Public life
becomes
more
repellent
A Cycle of Disengagement
To dowould youyouof likebe part of thishere? other?
What would it feel think is people more important
HowNote: Are any likethese happeningscene? Sketch the
you think these to to are this to each
Who What do most peoplebe inrelatedscene?
Living Democracy
character and draw than the others?
or more powerfulsome speech bubbles of what this
person thisat Sugaring others.
Could might say to the Off by Grandma Ma Moses. or
Look activity be completed by one person
by one family?
This is a painting of Bacon’s Rebellion. What’s happening here?
In groups,
read pages
82-83 and
then make up
a tableau to
explain what
happened in
Bacon’s
rebellion
Ender’s Game
A novel by Orson Scott Card
Picture of students modeling reflective reading
• Vocabulary
• Acknowledging when you’re distracted reading and not thinking,
reading but multi-thinking, (thinking about something else)
affective filter-emotions
• Background
• Camera
• Vary your reading speed-in order to comprehend-too slow=less
comprehension don’t be afraid to read faster but don’t forget to
slow down for new concepts, ideas, vocab.
• Questions clarification or rhetorical
• Predictions
• Expressing opinions
• Epiphanies
• Rereading
• Summarizing/backtracking while reading
• Define relevance to whole or parts of story (make connections)
Imagine you need to teach a
comparison
Federalists (Hamilton) Republicans (Jefferson)
•Favored strong, •Favored limited federal
centralized government government
•Horrified by bloodiness •Refused to abandon the
and excesses of the cause of liberty and
French Revolution stayed sympathetic to
•Created a national France
bank •Supported states’ rights
•Promoted industry and •Emphasized agricultural
manufacturing society
What were the three branches of government again?
Can you imagine what Congress might look
like as they work together to pass a bill?
You see, cane-wielding
Roger Griswold, a
Federalist from Connecticut
(and future chairman of
Ways and Means) attacked
Matthew Lyons of Vermont
on Is this what you were expecting?
the House floor.
Remember how our revolution inspired the French to have one of
their own too? W ell let’s just say theirs got a little out of control.
Congress was debating how to respond to French impressment of
American ships.
Enlightenment Thinking
And if God isn’t causing each thing to
happen…then he didn’t pick the king!
There isn’t any “divine right” ! We just
agreed (through a social contact) that the
king could rule us.
That means…if we don’t like the
king…we don’t have to do what he says.
We can rebel against unfair laws!
An insulting remark from Griswold drew
retaliation from Lyon: He spit a stream of
Congress was in Griswold's face!
tobacco juice debating how to respond to French
impressment of American ships.
A month later, denied legal redress, a frustrated
Griswold walked up behind Lyon and began
beating him with a cane. Lyon grabbed fire tons
and flailed back. The brawl threw the House into
an uproar, vividly exposing the emotional pitch of
partisan feeling in Congress in the 1790's.
The people can be trusted!
Each state should be free to
make laws that reflect the
values of its’ citizens!
France is an example of
what could happen without
strong central government
guiding us!
Now it’s your turn to make them talk!
People Hunt
Find people who can sign their names after each statement:
1. I am sometimes afraid of my older brother//sister.
Name: _______________
2. My older brother/sister once threatened to kill me (and I think
he/she meant it!) Name:__________
3. I play an instrument (name:)______________
4. I know how to write in html or to create computer programs.
Name: __________________
5. I learned to read or add numbers at a really young age.
Name:________________
6. I think bugs are gross. Name:_______________________
People Hunt
Find people who can sign their names after each statement:
1. I have a cool nickname ( write it here: ______________)
2. I know what a nuclear bomb mushroom cloud looks like.
Name: ________________
3. I am glad I don’t have to wear a uniform for school
_________________
4. I would like to go to a special school to learn about how to fight
battles. Name:_______________
5. I can think of four mean names to call someone that mean
“dumb”.Name: ______________
People Hunt
Find people who can sign their names after each statement:
1. I have played good guys/ bad guys games (like Cowboys and Indians)
with my brothers and sisters. Name: _____________
2. I have seen machines that respond to voice commands. (phones you
can tell “Dial Mom” etc.)
Name:______________________
3. I have had to wear hand-me downs from an older sibling.
Name:________________
4. I like playing video games, especially weird ones.
Name: __________________
5. I have punched a bully to make him leave me alone.
Name: _________________
6. I know how to shoot a (laser, game or real) gun.
Name: ___________________________________
People Hunt
Find people who can sign their names after each
statement:
1. I People call me a name that is not my legal first name. (i.e. calling
Roger Steven Thompson by “Steve” Name: _____________
2. I like playing on-line video games where my opponents are real
people. Name: ______________
3. I like playing competitive games (volleyball, tennis, football, etc.)
Name:__________________
4. I know someone who tortures animals, bugs, or other living things.
Name:______________
5. I have been on a long airplane trip (across country, or to another
country) Name: ________________
6. I like logic games. Name: _________________
People Hunt
Find people who can sign their names after each statement:
1. I would like to try floating in a zero gravity chamber.
Name: _______________
2. I think it’s important to be honest. Name: _____________
3. I’m good a doubling numbers, I can figure out the last number in this
series quickly: 1+1+2, 2+2=4, 4+4=8, 8+8=16, 16+16=32,
32+32=64, 64+64= ?
Answer: _____ Name:______________
4. I know how to defend myself in a fight. Name: __________
5. My sister loves me an awful lot. Name: ___________
6. My parents are sometimes embarrassed by me. Name: __________
Tools you’ll need
• A basic understanding of PowerPoint
• A digital camera
• A trial membership for Unitedstreaming.com
(email (Who?) if you’d like the district to
subscribe to this service.)
• PowerPoint functional on your students’ laptops
• An LCD projector
• Appropriate music and visual aids
PowerPoint Can Be More Brain-
Compatible
• The Macintosh interface revolutionized
computers as a more user-friendly format
• PowerPoint need not be a lecture format.
• Instead, it can be non-linear, interest-
based and self-directed.
• Hyperlinks create an interactive table of
contents.
Students can Interact with the
Show
• Use student photos to re-enact
conversations and “Ah-ha!” moments
• Ask students to share prior knowledge by
writing “through a slide” on the dry erase
board
Use Multiple Intelligences
Draw: During a show, click ctrl “p” to write on slides
Logical/Spatial: Remind students of multiple perspectives
through looking at images together or let students guide
themselves through a photographic table of contents
Visual: Not only can PowerPoint be a self-teaching unit, but
students can also create their own units. (See CD
student samples)
Kinesthetic: Dance to act out moods or create frozen
tableaus in front of images.
Auditory: Listen to lyrics and mood of songs to place them
historically
You can make the simplest
classroom rules memorable
• Insert humor into basic rules to make them
memorable
• Combine found images from Google and
animation.
• Time your presentations to let the reader
take in information in a relaxed manner.
• Use visual cues to enforce ideas.
Jeopardy and Interactive Games
• Show templates are easy to create and
update
• Let students make-up questions and
games to play against each other for
review