Natives, Colonists, and Slavery Assessment:
Depth of knowledge
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"Showing what you truly know"
This is due by Thursday's class.
How:
Presentation or infographic topic-centric
Mind Map
Mastery through writing
Hexagonal Thinking
Exhibit of findings
Topic Options:
Indigenous Lives Prior to European Contact
Investigating European Contact
West African Lives and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
(North American colonies, deer skin trade, relocation)
(Mesoamerica and Conquistadors)
(Columbus vs. the Taino People)
(Plantation Farming/Mining and European Imperialism)
(Smallpox and Native Populations)
Early Colonial Experiments (Roanoke, Jamestown)
Pirating
European Exploration (Throwback to the Renaissance)
Earliest Indigenous Populations (Migration Theories, etc)
Investigating European Plantation Farming
Life in West Africa prior to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
West African Empires
Life of Salt and Gold
Indigenous Lifestyles and Tribes of West Africa
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How many topics do I need to pick?
Answer: It depends. How deep are you going to tackle your topic?
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What am I supposed to do?
Answer: Pick one or more topics and investigate them. Use what we learned in class as a jumping off point. Look at the Depth of Knowledge: How and pick how you want to display your understanding.
Connect a series of ideas around a theme - think critically, make connections, debate your thoughts, and provide evidence to support your reasoning.
You're looking at one right now. Create a graphic organizer connecting ideas to bigger pictures and display relationships between people and events in history.
Pick a series of interconnected topics or a single topic and write through your research. You can write historical fiction narratives (stories) or non-fiction research findings. This can also display creativity through letter writing through the lens of historical figures.
Pick a series of interconnected topics or a single topic to curate a museum exhibit with information on display. Don't discount a cool virtual museum PowerPoint template or a gathering of replica (crafted) artifacts. This can be a very hands-on, crafting task if you want it to be.
Pick a series of interconnected topics or a single topic and create a digital presentation, tri-fold board, or digital/physical infographic of your research.
Paper and Pencil (big paper 11x17)
Explore types of organizers: https://graphicorganizer.net/
Propose your own!
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I'm done. What do I do now?
If you are finished early, that means you have time to revise your work. Revising means looking it over, adding more to it, making it more comprehensive, finding more evidence to support your findings, or adding more interconnected topics.
Summative Review "Covering the bases"