Class Outline: Finishing Up the English Civil War

1. Read aloud stories
2.

Finish up the causes graphic organizer. Copy out the causes in your notes.
3. English Civil War Time Capsule:

• In a group of 3 or less create a list of object to put in a time capsule to give someone a sense of the time and place of the English Civil War.
• What would we put in the time capsule? What artifacts would we choose to give a prospective historian an accurate sense of the conflict?
• Come up with a list of objects and why you would chose them. 
• Present this list to the class.

4. The French Revolution Introduction: "Guillotine" 

Resilient Figures

Hi all,

We are going to start looking at specific resilient people and how they show the attributes we studied.

• How does Rick Hansen show resilience in this video? Is it easy to see the same sort of resilience in our own lives? 
• Starting resilience: 
• Read "The Only Wheelchair in Town" 
• As you read, write down any words you don't know on a post-it note.
• Review any unknown words.
• Re-read the story, this time underline all the words or phrases that suggest adversity or challenges (ex. "wimped out"), and all the words that suggest resilience (ex. "I owed her an apology"). 
• With your list of attributes in front of you, create a T-chart where you copy from the story adversity words on one side and resilience words on the other. Try reading between the lines to look for how attributes are expressed.
• Share your t-chart with your group. What others ones did they find? Hand this in.

Historical figure

Your next assignment will be to look at explorers stories of resilience to answer the sub-question “How did
explorers have resilience?” 
1. You should go on the website http://beyondthemap.ca/english/explorers.html
2. Please read over a couple of the explorers and think about what ones you want to do. You will pick the same one as your partner. 
Groupings: 
-Gabe C
-Sylvie, Tyson
-Kira, Nikki
-Marissa, Jade
-Megan, Gabe J
-Zach, Hudson
-Conor, Parker
-Kiera, Amber
-Landon, Ming

3. With your partner, research a resilient explorer. You need to identify at least three resilient attributes he or she embodied. Later we will interview community members who show resilience and connect them to our own stories and stories from the past. These historical figures will be the pool we can choose from to connect with community members and personal stories. After you submit your research, you will create a  page on a class Google site with this all compiled. Right now, you should write in your Explorers doc in you humanities assignment folder. 

Rant Research: Rubrics for Note-Taking and Historical Roots

Note-taking sheet

	Excellent	Very Good	Satisfactory	Min. Acceptable
Socials: Select and summarize information from a variety of sources	4+ strong sources (more than Wikipedia or ask.com etc.) and consistent use of legend in note-taking sheet	3 strong sources (more than Wikipedia or ask.com etc.) and consistent use of legend in note-taking sheet	2 strong sources (more than Wikipedia or ask.com etc.) and some use of legend in note-taking sheet	Has sources but there are insufficient strong sources (more than Wikipedia or ask.com etc.)
Socials: Consider a variety of perspectives on a controversial issue	Clearly shows a strong understanding and excellent research of both sides of the argument with 4+ good sources	Shows good understanding and research of both sides of the argument with 3 sources	Shows some understanding and research of both sides of the argument with at least 1 good source that supports each side	Shows limited understanding and research of both sides of the argument

Historical Roots: Ex. What did laws, social structures, and viewpoints in the past do to contribute to this becoming an issue?

For this part, you should have been thinking about this as you have been doing your research. You have three suggested ways of presenting this information. If you have another idea, please speak with Beth.

1.       Write a couple formal paragraphs.

a.       In roughly 2 formal paragraphs, explain what the historic roots are for your present day issue.  Please use a legend and include your sources at the bottom. This should be posted to the blog.

2.       Oral presentation:

a.       In a presentation of at least 1 min 30 seconds, explain what the roots are for your issue. Make sure you state your sources.

3.       In your essay:

a.       if you think that this will be adequately covered in your essay, you are free to have it assessed with the essay. Make sure you give sources and fully explain it. This may be the most difficult option because you still need to work within the persuasive essay format.

	Excellent	Very Good	Satisfactory	Min. Acceptable
Socials: Analyze roots of present-day regional, cultural, and social issues within Canada	Shows a strong understanding of the historical roots of the issue with excellent analysis and understanding of key concepts and conditions. Excellent sources.	Shows very good understanding of the historical roots of the issue with lots of analysis and understanding of key concepts and conditions. Strong sources.	Shows some understanding of the historical roots of the issue with some critical thinking and analysis. Good sources.	Shows limited understanding of the historical roots of the issue with minimally acceptable critical thinking and analysis.

Research Format

As a class we will develop an outline for how to research the topic of your rant. It will be posted here.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15LMcYrQAJqyalwXV8S51IJrSNEKBXy0j4ZGn8XVTIOw/edit?usp=sharing