AS A CLASS:
Watch the movie Thanksgiving.
Watch this movie about Thanksgiving.
ON YOUR OWN:
What Happened At The First Thanksgiving?
Read Pilgrim Village.
If you were a Native American and saw the problems facing the Pilgrims, would you have helped them? Why or why not?
WITH A PARTNER
Next, read the true story of Squanto.
If you're done early, you can look through The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving.
AS A CLASS:
Watch this movie about the Spanish explorers.
We will also watch a movie about slavery.
WITH A PARTNER:
Complete Spain In The New World activity and email it to Mr. Ferlazzo.
Complete Aztec Resistance and email it to Mr. Ferlazzo
Read about Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth and do the activity.
View this animation of European Explorers of the Americas.
ON YOUR OWN:
Watch this movie on the Conquistadors.
Video: Pope Francis To Canonize A Controversial Spanish Friar
Video: Who was Junipero Serra?
Learn About The Missions
Map: California Missions
Pope Francis Courts Controversy Over Junipero Serra Sainthood
Junipero Serra left mark in ways that weren’t saintly, many say,
Write down three new things you learned beyond what we read about in the two clozes.
Fr. Junipero Serra Writing Prompt
The Pope is making Fr. Junipero Serra a Saint this week. Please learn about Serra's life and the work of the California Missions by looking at the materials and videos on our class blog. Then, list the reasons some people support him being named a saint. Next, write about the reasons why some say he should not be made a saint. Then, say which side you agree with and why.
This is a version of:
They Say
I Say
Why I Say It
Add information to your Christopher Columbus Data Set. from these movies and articles.
AS A CLASS:
We'll watch a movie on the Continents and Oceans.
We'll watch this movie on Columbus Day and this movie on Christopher Columbus.
ON YOUR OWN:
Log-on to Columbus and the New World. Complete the activity and email it to Mr. Ferlazzo.
Watch these movies on Christopher Columbus:
Christopher Columbus' Big Surprise
Famous People (Click on Christopher Columbus)
Watch Columbus Explorations.
Watch Europe Looks Outward.
Take this test on Columbus and play this game.
Write in the comments section how you felt when you first entered the United States. If you were too young to remember, please ask your parents how they felt and write what they say.
Watch this movie on Reading Maps.
Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day?
Do this cloze on Christopher Columbus.
Imagine how you would feel if people you had never seen before came to your house and told you they were taking it for themselves. What you would do?