Happy Thanksgiving Break!

Please check out the links to see some photos from our field studies beneath the picture of the river.  Thanks Marie for taking all those great photos!

HOMEWORK:
Due Monday Dec. 2:
- Illustrations for 4 four sections of the River Story: Geology, Natural History, Native Americans, Settlers
- Typed drafts of  Growth of Cities/Industry and Problem/Solutions sections of River Story
- 3D Project idea for River Festival (assignment posted below)

River Festival 3-D Project

Help bring our rivers to life at the River Festival with a three-dimensional project.

This project should demonstrate some aspect of life on the river you’ve researched. In addition to the 3-D project, a brief write-up will need to go along with it.

Below are some suggestions:

1. 3-D map
2. Model of a building or a boat as it relates to history of a river
3. Diorama of an event with explanation of the significance
4. Focus on a specific topic regarding your river, such as phosphates, substrate types, etc.
5. Create a board game that is educational for those playing it.
6. Write a song. This may be displayed, performed, or recorded.
7. Create a dance, a play, or infomercial. This would be performed the night of the festival or recorded and played.
8. Create a food dish from the region of your river.
9. Other ideas? Check with Sarah.

DUE DATES:

Detailed plan by Monday, December 2nd.

Project with write-up the morning before the River Festival-- Thursday, Dec. 12^th.

No Field Study tomorrow!

PLEASE BRING IN BOOKS FOR THE BOOK DRIVE BY FRIDAY!!!

Due Friday:
Crooked River Assignment #6 -- posted below

Due Monday Dec. 2:
Illustrations for 4 four sections of the River Story: Geology, Natural History, Native Americans, Settlers

Crooked River  Assignment #6               Due: Friday, November 22

Read pages 161-190 (Chapters 28-33)

Choose 2 of the following questions to answer and you must answer the Discussion question; this should be done on a separate sheet of paper or in your reading notebook.  Answers turned in on this slip of paper will not be accepted.

·          Please include specific evidence from the book in each response.  For example: ‘Ten Claw’s death is suspicious for a number of reasons.  One is that Pa accused him of shooting himself while he was running, which could be very difficult, and as Indian John says, “Even Ten Claws does not run slow enough to shoot himself with his own gun.”…’

·         You may not begin a sentence with ‘because’. J

Questions:

1. In Chapter 28, what is Peter Kelley trying to prove about believing physical evidence?
2. According to Amik’s passages, who started the conflict?  What did the trappers do?
3. On page 179, what does Amik mean when he says that watching the jury is like watching a game?
4. How do you feel after reading about the jury’s verdict and sentence in Chapter 32?  Why?
5. What would you have done differently if you were Peter Kelley?
6. Amik says that he understands ‘death’, but he doesn’t understand ‘guilty’.  What do you think he means?

Discussion:  On page 173, Amik says that the river was left to the Indians by their ancestors “many strings of lives ago”.  Who should decide who uses the land and waterways?  Were the trappers right or wrong to trespass?  Were the settlers right or wrong to settle on Indian lands?

Due Tuesday:

-One completed final draft of a section from your river story (either geology, natural history, native american, or settlers).  We will begin the illustrations tomorrow -- so it's a good idea if you bring in some images you might want to base your illustrations off of.

- Jean's Farm field study assignment #2

Crooked River  Assignment #5                                                 Due: Tuesday, November 19

Read pages 136-160 (Chapters 23--27)

Choose 3 of the following questions to answer and this should be done on a separate sheet of paper or in your reading notebook.  Answers turned in on this slip of paper will not be accepted.

·         Please include specific evidence from the book in each response.  For example: ‘Ten Claw’s death is suspicious for a number of reasons.  One is that Pa accused him of shooting himself while he was running, which could be very difficult, and as Indian John says, “Even Ten Claws does not run slow enough to shoot himself with his own gun.”…’

·         You may not begin a sentence with ‘because’. J

Questions:

A.      What important evidence is introduced in these chapters?  Why is it important?

B.      Why is the testimony of Nichols important to the trial?  Which side does he seem to be on?

C.      What is Peter Kelley trying to prove about the blacksmith in Chapter 24? In your opinion, does he succeed or not?

D.      On page 146, Amik says that witness Ezra Phelps “speaks from three sides of his mouth at once.” What does this mean?

E.       Why do you think Ezra Phelps is lying to the jury about what he saw?

F.       Why does the snowshoe turn out to be an important piece of evidence?

G.     Should Rebecca have told the crowd what she knew about the trapper?  Why or why not?

Due Monday:

Draft of Settlers portion of River Story

Due Tuesday:

- Jean's Farm field study assignment #2

Crooked River  Assignment #5                                                 Due: Tuesday, November 19

Read pages 136-160 (Chapters 23--27)

Choose 3 of the following questions to answer and this should be done on a separate sheet of paper or in your reading notebook.  Answers turned in on this slip of paper will not be accepted.

·         Please include specific evidence from the book in each response.  For example: ‘Ten Claw’s death is suspicious for a number of reasons.  One is that Pa accused him of shooting himself while he was running, which could be very difficult, and as Indian John says, “Even Ten Claws does not run slow enough to shoot himself with his own gun.”…’

·         You may not begin a sentence with ‘because’. J

Questions:

A.      What important evidence is introduced in these chapters?  Why is it important?

B.      Why is the testimony of Nichols important to the trial?  Which side does he seem to be on?

C.      What is Peter Kelley trying to prove about the blacksmith in Chapter 24? In your opinion, does he succeed or not?

D.      On page 146, Amik says that witness Ezra Phelps “speaks from three sides of his mouth at once.” What does this mean?

E.       Why do you think Ezra Phelps is lying to the jury about what he saw?

F.       Why does the snowshoe turn out to be an important piece of evidence?

G.     Should Rebecca have told the crowd what she knew about the trapper?  Why or why not?

Due Friday:
- Constitutional Convention vocabulary words -- write definitions
- Read your 'role' and answer the 'Questions for Thought'

- Research for your river story:

*Growth of Cities and Industries

*Problems and Solutions

 

- Draft of Native American portion of your river story

 

Due Tuesday:

- Jean's Farm field study assignment #2

Due Thursday:

Crooked River  Assignment #4                                                           Due: Thursday, November 14

Read pages 108-135 (Chapters 18-22)

Choose 2 of the following questions to answer and you must do the discussion question.

***This should be done on a separate sheet of paper or in your reading notebook.  Answers turned in on this slip of paper will not be accepted.***

Questions:

A.      Why do you think Pa requires that Laura and Rebecca come to the trial?

B.      Why do you think the men painted Amik’s face for the trial?

C.      How is the jury described on page 116 different than a jury of today?  What groups are missing?  Why are they missing?

D.      In your opinion, was Pa a good witness?  Why or why not?

E.       Why is the death of Ten Claws suspicious?  Why doesn’t anyone seem to care?

Discussion Question:   What do you think makes a fair trial?

Due Friday:
- Constitutional Convention vocabulary words -- write definitions
- Read your 'role' and answer the 'Questions for Thought'

- Research for your river story:

*Growth of Cities and Industries

*Problems and Solutions

Due Tuesday 11/12/13
- Typed drafts of Geology and Natural History portions of the River Story
- Crooked River Assignment #3

Read pages 58-97 (Chapters 10-15)

Choose 2 of the following questions to answer and you must do the visual activity.

***This should be done on a separate sheet of paper or in your reading notebook.  Answers turned in on this slip of paper will not be accepted.***

Questions:

A.      What is a Learned Pig Show? (p. 58) In what ways is Indian John being treated more like an animal than a human being by settlers?

B.      After reading Chapter 11 and the poem on pages 66-68, what do you learn about Peter Kelley and Indian John?  How do they know each other?

C.      How does Peter Kelley’s upbringing affect the way he views John Amik?  How is his upbringing different than Rebecca and Laura’s?

D.      On page 77, Rebecca finds an arrowhead in her family’s fields.  How does this discovery change her views of Native Americans?

Visual Activity:   In the Chippewa culture, “moons” are months.  The “moon of the Big Spirit” is January, the “moon of the crust on snow” is March and so on.  Create a visual calendar with your own names for the “twelve moons” based on today’s modern culture.  (ex: September is “the moon of starting school”, etc.)

 


***Late Work...Missing this from many students!***
- Final Draft of Service Reflection -- we did not discuss the parameters/expectations for an accompanying art piece, so that is not required for this first reflection.  However, we will be doing them for future reflections.

- Stream Scene pages 77-83  Finish the section on stream flow make sure you do parts A and B

November 7 -- Last Day of the Quarter!!!