7th Grade Humanities, Fall 2012
Learning Ladder A-5
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Topics: RAGE Method and Introduction to Early American History
AFTER THIS CLASS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
1. Successfully respond to a short answer question by using the RAGE method.
2. Identify the Proclamation Line of 1763 on a map and explain how it affected the Lenape tribe.
7th Grade Humanities, Fall 2012
Learning Ladder A-5
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EXPECTATIONS
1. Sit quickly and silently
2. Put only what is listed on top of your desk, everything else goes inside your desk
3. Fill in the proper heading
4. Silently work on mastering the “Do Now”
ON YOUR DESK
1. This Learning Ladder
2. 2 writing utensils (at least 1 pencil)
3. Humanities binder
4. Planner
7th Grade Humanities, Fall 2012
Learning Ladder A-5
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Do Now
Analyze the picture. What is going on? Now, write in complete sentences about what you think the men in the picture are thinking. How would you feel if you were in their position?
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Topic: Responding to Short Answer Questions
Throughout this year you will be asked to respond to short answer questions. These are questions that will require several sentences to answer. You will answer these types of questions on your homework assignments, tests, interim exams, and ISTEP. Today, we are going to go over how to answer these types of questions by using the RAGE method.
The RAGE Method
From now on, ______ we answer a question in school we will be using the ______ method.
RAGE stands for:
Restate the questionAnswer the question
Give examples
Explain
This method is designed to make sure that you answer questions ______and ______.
The Stand-Alone Test
To check and make sure your answer is complete, use the ______ .
Imagine that your reader ______ see the question you are answering. Does your answer make sense standing alone? If not, your answer is ______complete.
Instructions: Read the two questions posted below and their accompanying responses. Your job is to check to see if the authors used RAGE and if their answer passes the Stand-Alone test.
Example #11. What was the favorite activity that you did this summer?
It was visiting friends and family members.
Example #2
1. What was the favorite activity that you did this summer?
My favorite activity that I did this summer was visiting a group of my friends in Washington, D.C. The trip was very enjoyable for me because I love history and I was able to visit the American History Museum and visit the Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments.
Which example does a better job of answering the question? Why did you select this example?
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Let’s practice using the RAGE method and Stand-Alone Test on three new questions. Your teacher will answer the first question, we will work together on the second, and it will be your turn on the third.
1. What is your favorite book that you read as a child? Please explain your answer.
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2. What was the best movie that was released this summer?
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3. Who is your favorite musical artist?
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Native American Background
For our first unit, we will be reading The Light in the Forest and focusing on the Lenape Native Americans, one tribe that had many interactions with the English colonists. The Lenape were only one tribe and other tribes didn’t act just like the Lenape.
Before we begin reading the novel, we are going to learn about the history of the Lenape people. Let’s start be learning how Native Americans and Europeans came to live in the United States.
“The Arrival of the Europeans”
Directions: Together we are going to read this article about Native Americans and English Settlers. As we read, make sure to MUTT!
The First Americans
Many scientists think that Native Americans migrated from Asia. Perhaps as early as 30,000 years ago, they theorize, small groups of hunters and gatherers reached North America from Asia.
This migration from Asia to North America took place during the last ice age. At that time, so much water froze into thick ice sheets that the sea level dropped. As a result, a land bridge was exposed between Siberia and Alaska. Hunters followed herds of bison and mammoths across this land bridge. Other migrating people may have paddled small boats and fished along the coasts.
Over time, the first Americans spread throughout North and South America. They developed different ways of life to suit the environment of the places where they settled.
Many Native Americans disagree with this theory, believing they have always lived in the Americas. In any case, all people consider Native Americans indigenous people, meaning they belong to and are native to this place.
The English Colonists
In the 17th century (1600-1699) English settlers arrived, establishing a strip of colonies along the Atlantic Coast. These settlers came to start a new life. Some wanted to be free from debt. Others wanted to own land or practice their religions freely. Some came as indentured servants, or people who had to work for a period of years to gain freedom.
The first permanent English settlement was Jamestown, Virginia, founded in 1607. By 1619, it had the beginnings of self-government. In the same year, the first Africans arrived there as indentured servants. Later, about 1640, Africans were brought to the colonies as slaves. Many were forced to work on plantations, or the large farms in the South where cash crops were grown.
In 1620, the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts from England. They wanted to worship God in their own way and to govern themselves. About 60 years later, William Penn founded the Pennsylvania Colony. He wanted fair and peaceful relations with Native Americans. Later, settlers took over the land, and then fought Native Americans to control it.
There were numerous episodes of violence between Native Americans and white settlers resulting in much bloodshed and many deaths. Disease and germs, however, proved to be much more damaging to Native Americans than violence with settlers. Europeans brought over illnesses that Native Americans had never encountered before and had no way of combating. Consequently, thousands of Native Americans, including entire tribes, died as a result of illness.
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences (Remember to use the RAGE method and the Stand Alone Test).
1. Where do many scientists think the first Americans came from?
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2. Why English Colonists decide to come to America?
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3. How did English colonists affect Native American life?
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Lenape Indians and European Colonists
BACKGROUND: The map at the left shows the lands of the Lenape Indians. Members of the Lenape tribe lived in all the shaded areas, until 1763. In 1763, the British defeated the French for control of the Eastern half of America. The British forced the Lenapes and other American Indians to move further west. The law that forced the American Indians to relocate was called the Proclamation of 1763. The map below shows where the American Indians were forced to move.
Lenape Indians before 1763
Lenape Indian movement after 1763
EXIT TICKET
Directions: Please answer the following questions using the RAGE method and the STAND ALONE test.
1. How did the Proclamation Line of 1763 impact the Lenape Indians?
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2. Draw the Proclamation Line of 1763 on the map below and, using your writing utensil, shade in the area in which the Lenape Indians were forced to live AFTER 1763.