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Further/ Action
Central Idea
Explorations lead to discovers, opportunities and the development of new
understandings.
Time Frame: Roughly 2.5 Weeks
W.A.L.T. (Learning Objectives- To Know the Reason of Exploration) (Strategy # 1
Task Definition)
Going Further:
Using the Big 6 Researching skills students choose one explorer that theyre interested in and produce a biography.
Students will add the effects of exploration and make the conclusion of exploration
Action:
Students will make a digital scrap book using Voice Thread on their favorite explorer including: pictures, map, timeline,
biography, (3 minute video optional), bibliography ( Works Cited)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Co-construct
the Summative
Assessment
and continue
to research
their explorer.
Voice Thread
IT Session with
Sarah
Know who your
explorer is that
you want to
research.
Students start
to research
their explorer
and complete
the booklet
Overnight Trip
Overnight Trip
Overnight trip
Students start
to research
their explorer
and complete
the booklet
Mini Lesson on
how to write a
biography.
Students start
to research
their explorer
and complete
the booklet
Voice Thread
Double
Session with
Sarah
Reflection on
the Unit
Sorting It Out
Strategies for Research:
W.A.L.T.:
Using the Big 6 Researching skills students choose one other explorer that theyre interested in and produce
the biography of the explorer.
1
2
3
Task
Definition
Information
Seeking
Strategies
Location
& Access
Use of
Information
How will I record the information that I find? How will I give
credit to my sources?
Synthesis
Evaluation
Finding Out
Site your Sources: Websites, Videos, Books
How to site your research using MLA style:
Websites
Videos
Books
Last Name, First. Article Title. Website Name.
Day Month Year of Publication.
Last Name, First Name. Title of Interview (if applicable). Title of Print Source or
Broadcast Program. Day Month Year of Interview. Medium of Publication.
Author Last Name, First Name. Book Title. City Published: Publisher, Year Published.
Print.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/648225/The-World-Book-Encyclopedia
Websites
Ex. Underwater
Engineers: Princeton
Students Design ROVs.
Ohio.gov: Department
of Education. Web. 3
Aug. 2009.
Videos
Ex. Hudson, Jennifer.
Interview by Lester
Holt. Dateline. NBC.,
Columbus, OH. 12
Jan. 2012. Television.
Books
Ex.
Parrot, Andrea,
and Nina
Cummings.
Forsaken
Females: The
Global
Brutalization of
Women. Lanham,
MD:
Rowman, 2006.
Print.
http://www.cscc.edu/library/mla.pdf
(Strategies # 2 and 3 Seeking Information and Use of Information)
Sources- Please place your sources here as you go through your assignment:
Fleming, Candace, Amelia Lost, in the United states published by Schwartz & Wade
Books, 2011
www.timeline/amelia/earhart.c om
https://www.google.com/search?q=map+of+amelia+earhart
%27s+flight+around+the+world
Sorting It Out
The Research Pyramid
Sorting It Out
Strategy # 5 Synthesis
Map of Voyages:
Sorting It Out
Strategy # 5 Synthesis
W.A.L.T.
Using the Big 6 Researching skills students choose one other explorer that theyre interested in and produce the
biography of the explorer.
career
Sources:
Going Further
Strategy # 5 Synthesis
W.A.L.T.
Using the Big 6 Researching skills students choose one other explorer that theyre interested in and produce the
biography of the explorer.
Sources
Going Further
Strategy # 5 Synthesis
W.A.L.T.
Finally, students make the conclusion of exploration (the impact of exploration to modern world and the importance of
learning the past explorations).
Big Idea # 1
Big Idea # 3
Big Idea # 2
Big Idea # 3
Conclusion:
(See reasons for explorations section to get some ideas)