Announcements:
**The Jackson Hole Historical Society will be visiting us this Friday for a look back into the archived photos, stories and documents of early Teton County!
** On Friday, we had a captivating visit by author/historian and namesake of our media center: Ken Thomasma.
** This week students will be working on the second round of debates, writing historical fiction journal entries while studying local Jackson Hole history.
Monday:
1. Debate Reseach: Students research both pro and con of the topics they selected as a class.
2. Review of instructions and goals for the historical fiction journal entry: This will be done tomorrow in class using notes from author Ken Thomasma's visit.
HW: Optional: Prepare an outline for tomorrow's writing assignment on a 3*5 notecard.
(Note: Because of Author Ben Mikaelson's visit tomorrow during 7th period - 7th period will be taking the written assessment today.)
Tuesday:
1. Assessment of Lewis & Clark activities: Students write historical fiction journal entries from the point of view of one of the L&C expedition members...including the dog!
Note: 7th period, the entire 8th grade attends Ben Mikaelson's author talk.
Wednesday:
1. A focus on Periodical Style: JH Historical Society Newsletter: Davey vs. Teton Jackson. We will be reading this together with an eye for historical content and periodical style. (We'll be starting of the Westward Expansion Periodical Project on Thursday).
Thursday:
1. Students will be looking at Old West Newspapers made by 8th grade students during the past few years. These will be used as examples for both what to do and what not to do during the coming 2 weeks. Students will be asked to make select a research topic by monday.
2. Media Center resources: Students will have the opportunity to browse through our rich collection of westward expansion resources. This will help them select a topic that is personally interesting. Research begins Monday!
Friday:
1. Jackson Hole Historical Society outreach to present to classes!