Add the "Terms and People" and find their "definition".
Complete the "Causes and Effects" chart. (p.4)
Checkpoint (p.5): How did geography influence the American Indians' way of life?
Map Skills (p.5): #2 & 3
Checkpoint (p.6): Why did Europeans seek a sea route to Asia?
Checkpoint (p.6): What effects did the Portuguese mariners have in West Africa?
Global Interdependence (p.7): #1 & 2
Checkpoint (p.8): How did European explorations affect life in the Americas, Africa and Europe?
Section 1 Assessment (p.8): #2, 3, 4 & 5.
When finished, place papers in the 2nd (U.S. HISTORY) basket on my desk and I will grade them over the weekend.
Note: Since I am not at school, we will do this on Tuesday:
Today we will also explore a method for outlining a chapter. This is another study method to help students break down their texts into more manageable blocks of information.
Today we will be working on timelines -- but these aren't just history timelines, they include the future; YOUR future. The average American lifespan (as of 2012) is about 79 years. Depending on your health, your genetics, your habits (smoking or drugs, for example), etc., your life expectancy may vary -- a lot. Research has shown that smoking takes an average of 8 years off your life. Taking into account the advances in medicine and possible improvements in health and living, we're going to give you some extra time -- 100 years. What will you do with your century? You can use an online "Life Expectancy Calculator" to see what your estimate is: https://www.myabaris.com/tools/life-expectancy-calculator-how-long-will-i-live/
1.) To begin with, you will get a strip of paper that is about 101", and you will begin making hash marks about a half inch from one side and continuing hash marks every inch until about a half inch from the other side, making a larger line for each 10 years:
2.) Next you will begin labeling your timeline from the beginning [the first large line] with your birth year. You can label each decade (ten years... the larger lines) after that.
3.) Roll up about 80 years of the END of your timeline and paperclip it. This will allow you to work on your FIRST 20 years a little easier.
4.) On the TOP of your timeline strip, start adding events from your life, beginning with your birth. Include births, deaths, family changes, moves, and other personal things in your lifetime so far. If I was doing mine, I would start with my birth, add my brother and sisters birth, the time we moved, my parents divorce, our move to School Street, meeting some friends and mentors that changed my life, being at a specific school, failing 8th grade, owning my 2nd year of 8th grade, etc. Things that are insignificant to others, were huge, life-changing events for me.
5.) On the BOTTOM of your timeline strip, begin adding historical events. Again, if I was talking about my life on MY strip, I would include:
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Moon landing
End of the Vietnam War
Resignation of Richard Nixon
Gas shortage of the 1970s
Hostages in Iran
Multiple (more than 3) TV Channels
Video Arcades
Space Shuttle
Star Wars
Ronald Reagan
End of the Soviet Union
Punk Rock
The 1980s
Heavy Metal
Personal Computers
The Challenger Disaster
The World Wide Web
The Gulf War
Cell Phones
End of Apartheid in Africa
CG in Movies
3D First-Person Video Games
Anime Revolution
9/11
Smart Phones
Mapping the Human Genome
Robots on Mars
Election of an African American to President
3D Printing
2016 Election
Obviously I could continue and fill in a LOT more events or important people. The key is putting them in the right place and [eventually] understanding how those events impact you.
6.) When you have finished, begin working from the present and work into the future. List your graduation. Label when [if] you think you will be married, have children, graduate from college, get a career, buy a house, do some things on your "bucket list", etc. Label the Presidential Elections from 2016 forward. What other events recur on a regular basis? Next we will look at some video representations of the time you have here.
Today you will begin working on the front page of your handout: "Timeline of My Life"
Begin adding events from your life. Start with your birth (or before -- such as your parents meeting or getting married or something) and continue on to the present day. Write small!
Go through and add when Presidents were elected... when wars were fought... what music was popular... technology advancements... things that happened in your town... popular movies... when your favorite TV shows were on... when your favorite books came out...
You are writing notes for the history of your life. It's up to you what you chronicle here.
You may use the class text, your phone / Google, etc.
Hold on to your papers, because we're going to be looking at your "Future History" soon.
