I shared with the students the famous folks I've linked to my website (pictures, quotes, a quick back-story, and that there is a link attached to each that will lead visitors to a legit web site for each human rights advocate). We worked in tps groups to pull things from our Loewen analysis onto our EQ and CQ pages. A handout "Textbook Outline" was provided to the students, and they were asked to read over it, marking items of particular interest/importance to them and then list those items onto their CQ page so they can be sure to dive into it on research day IF it's not thoroughly covered in the remaining, select activities of the unit. Finally, we began work on those various activities: Read over "Timeline and Map" handout, asking questions about abbreviations as needed (and we discussed the page together); on that same page, make the list of the 13 colonies (note: Maine is not one of the original colonies -- it was actually part of Massachusetts). Next, on a 1/2-sheet of paper make a list of at least 4 observations from the map and images on p.9 of the textbook. (We shared this in class and students added others' excellent observations to their own papers.)
