Today in class we will be finishing the reading on the Columbian Exchange and then we will start a little activity where you will be mapping it! We are rolling right along here, can you believe it is almost November? Crazy right? This is an important topic not only for the rest of our discussions this year but also for your future history courses. Really try your best to get it! Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.
Objectives:
- Discover details about the Columbian Exchange by Close Reading and completing a graphic organizer of information about exchanges between the Old World and New World.
- History Today
- Prompt: Columbian Exchange
- What is the Columbian Exchange? Provide 2 or more examples of biological exchange between the two continents
- Full Annotations
- Access the Reading and the Graphic organizer available through Google Classroom
- Read and annotate the article on the Columbian Exchange. Use the tools available to you (such as the highlighter) to make your annotations meaningful and efficient. Some key vocabulary has been noted for you to define. You will use the reading to complete the graphic organizer found following the article. Make sure you understand the graphic organizer task before you read and annotate,
- When you annotate, the following are things you want to consider:
- Main Ideas
- Questions, connections, and comments
- Important facts and details per the context of the task
- Vocabulary (underlined words)
- You may have learned how to add on and use a highlighter tool that allows you to color code and name highlights and then export the highlighted text to a new doc. If you remember how you are welcome t use this to help you with your notetaking and Graphic Organizer.
- Complete the Graphic Organizer
- Make sure you understand the graphic organizer task before you read and annotate
- This gives your reading focus!
- Turn in to Classroom before 11:59 PM tonight.
- Submit the readings to Google Classroom
