9/30 Ancient Aborigine Artifacts

                Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

•  examine Ancient Aborigine artifacts and determine what they tell us about the people of Ancient Australia

Why?

• to practice critical thinking skills
• to develop your ability to support and explain answers with specific examples

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Chat with someone next to you about the differences between topics, main ideas, and details.  Discuss which a summary focuses on.                     2 minutes

3.   Wait for whole class discussion                         10 minutes

4.   C PERIOD Artifact carousel                       25 minutes

5.  Wait for whole class discussion                         10 minutes

6.  D PERIOD  Crafting explanations --> specific examples

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• What are some of the artifacts you examined?

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