We added to our "Intro CQ" page "and Exploration & Colonization" -- to continue with that CQ page into and through this next, longer unit of study. We set up our E.Q. page also, the question is "What is Colonialism," and we gave the basic definition on our pages together to get the basic understanding out of the way to be ready to dive in deeply for our work of detailing what it looked like specifically in the case study of the American colonies. Create a "Themes" section at the top of this E.Q. page, leaving ~10 lines of space, and then section it with a line to note the rest of the page is for "Evidence." We brainstormed as a whole class via SMARTboard what we know about the topics of "exploration" and "colonization." We then jumped into an intense case study film by the History Channel's series of "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America" -- the "Massacre at Mystic" episode. To aid clarity, we viewed and discussed a note page that details a bit a few of the Native American cultures -- "Pequot Notes." Record E.Q. notes while viewing, focusing on these four big questions: 1. What was significant about the massacre? 2. What were the colonists' key beliefs that contributed to the conflict? 3. Why was the attack a complete massacre? 4. What is the status of the Pequot in modern times? The video viewing will be finished in class tomorrow -- we watched until ~9 minutes.
