WebquestFinal


 * Topic: Compare and Contrast Life in the 1840s and Modern Life **

Activity Title: Differences in Daily Life Drawing (Julie Hogrefe and Karey Bouvier)

Activity Description: Pretend you are an artist working in a history museum. Your job is to draw a picture of daily life in the 1840s and a picture of daily life in 21st Century. You need to draw a picture of a child doing daily tasks in their time period. Your picture should include a child and what their daily life would be like. Daily life would include their household chores and what they spend their days doing. A girl may be helping their mother cook and a boy may be mending a fence or milking a cow! In modern day, a girl and boy may both be at school or taking place in after-school activities, such as sports or band.

Sources:
 * [|http://pbskids.org/stantonanthony/day_in_life.html__]
 * [|http://www.thinkquest.org/404.html__]
 * http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210182/games.html#hunt
 * [|http://education.iupui.edu/webquests/indiana/index.htm__]

CCSS for Grade 5: -R 5-1- Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text -R 5-3- Compare and Contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama drawing on specific details in the text -R 5-7- Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone or beauty of a text. -R 5-9- Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics

Activity Title: Children’s Games Then and Now Kayla Thacher and Christine Delfosse Activity Description: Look at the articles about children’s games in the 19th century and complete a Venn Diagram with a partner comparing the similarities and differences of children's games now and in the 19th century. Class competition of Old bowler marble game.
 * TOPIC: Games **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Resources:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Games Children Played <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/voic30-1-2/games.html__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Thinkquest: Marbles <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110166/marbles.htm__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Thinkquest: Pioneer Games <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210182/games.html#hunt__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS for Grade 5: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RI.5.3: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RI.5.5: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Title: 19th Century Project Runway (Alicia Bianco and Celia Tafuri) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Description: You are going to create a design board (on a posterboard) showcasing at least 4 different important articles of clothing worn in the 19th century. You should remember to include at least 2 male and 2 female articles of clothing (but you can include more!) Treat this like a fashion show and be sure to have a short description under the pictures of the clothing and mention when it is commonly worn.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TOPIC: 19th Century Fashion **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Resources:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nineteenth century Male Evening/Formal fashion: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://walternelson.com/dr/evening-wear__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Female:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nineteenth century sleepwear: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.bigfeetpjs.com/pajama-glossary.html__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">General clothing resource: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.marquise.de/en/1800/pics/1800c.shtml__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1795%E2%80%931820_in_fashion__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reading: Key Ideas and Details: 2. Determine central or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Writing: Production and Distribution of Writing: 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Description: Student have a choice between three different topics to explore online. These topics are 19th century village life, 19th century schooling, and 19th century entertainment. Once a student has picked their topic of choice, they will compare and contrast their with the present day equivalent.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Title: A Day in The Life of a 19th Century Child (Megan Schmid & Kelsey Muto) **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS for Grade 5: Reading Standards for Informational Text # 5

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Resources > [|http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210182/games.html#hunt__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Village Life: Click through a 19th century village. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/kids/visitUs/#colonialPeople__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Schooling: Find 19th century One-Room Schoolhouses in your state. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[| http://oneroomschoolhousecenter.weebly.com/americas-one-rooms.html__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3: Entertainment/ Games: Check out games that 19th century children played in their free time. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[| http://www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/voic30-1-2/games.html]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Title: Inventions that Changed our Lives (Lis Johnston and Jeff Venticinque) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Description: After researching inventions that have changed our lives, student will think of an inventions that would make their lives easier.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TOPIC: Inventions **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Resources: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Timeline of significant inventions: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline/the1800s.htm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Invention-related games: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/ima/games.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS:Research to build and present knowledge 7: Conduct short research projects that use serveral souces to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Title: Looking into Our Future (Kelsey DeJesus and Sarah Piluri) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Description: Students will imagine they are living in today’s world and they find out that it is actually 2160 and they are living in a historical preserve, like Jessie from Running Out of Time. Imagine you are sent outside of your 2011 world and into 2160. What do you see? What is different? Draw a picture of this new world and on the back write a description of the similarities and differences between 2011 and 2160. The finished product will be a drawing of the students “future world” and a short description of how it differs from the present world and what they think the future will be like.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TOPIC: The Future **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Resources <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Example for students: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://techfibe.com/2011/10/26/what-does-the-future-hold-for-makind-and-how-can-technology-make-it-better/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Additional Example: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[| http://foftw.org/?attachment_id=9__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS for Grade 5: Writing standard 2 (text types and purposes): Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">__Jaclyn & Brooke__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity description: Clifton’s editor-in-chief has just come down with Diptheria and needs your help to come up with the latest issue! In your staff of five, each choose one informational topic and one fun response. Be sure each staff member chooses different topics to ensure the readers of Clifton gain the most knowledge. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS: Grade 5 RI #9: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS: Grade 5 W #7: Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Informational__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Fashion (pictures & descriptions of the “latest” fashions) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Housing/Real Estate (pictures & descriptions of houses) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Jobs (job openings w/descriptions) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Epidemic/Health <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Current events (happening during the 1840s- election, laws, discoveries, etc) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Entertainment (what people of the 1840s did for fun) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Cooking (recipes or food ads w/ the type of food they may have eaten) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Technology/Inventions (newly discovered inventions - pictures, descriptions, info)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Fun Responses__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Obituaries (information about the people passing, including reason) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Book review <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Horoscope (make up creative horoscopes) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Wanted ad (for Jessie any other “conspirators” who helped her escape) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Crossword (including new vocabulary words) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Crime watch (ex: Jessie climbing the tree, people using banned words, etc) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Gossip <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Comics (illustrations & speech bubbles about an event in the story) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Ask Sally (letter to Sally or someone else asking for advice) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Advertisements (be creative! - restaurants, stores, guilds, anything)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Example Informational Topic: Fashion <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Resources/Links <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Learn about the different parts of each outfit: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/history/clothing/women/anatomy.cfm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Learn and practice the order each clothing piece should be put on <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/kids/games/dollGame.cfm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Scroll and learn about shoes and accessories: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/history/clothing/women/accessory1.cfm__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kim & Laura <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Description: Today you will get a chance to explore the different types of clothing in the 1800’s! This is the type of clothing that Jessie and the people in Clifton would have worn in <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Running Out Of Time__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. After looking at these websites, you will create a poster using words, drawings, pictures, be creative! One side will have types of clothing that you would like to wear from the 1800’s, and the other side will have types of clothing that you would wear now. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS: Grade 5 W #7: Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Title: Clothing: 1800’s and Now **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Resources: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1) Use these images to get an idea of what the clothing looked like in the 1800’s: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.ushist.com/19th-century_clothing_f.shtml__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2) Explore to see the clothes with descriptions from the 1800’s: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.victorianelegance.com/1800.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3) Use these images to compare the clothing from today to the 1800’s: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=modern+clothing&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2707l5510l0l5666l19l11l3l2l2l0l203l1354l2.7.1l14l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1279&bih=680&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=XLTXTubeKojq0gG57939DQ__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Title: Kirstin Silvia & Rebecca Carmosino <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Description: Think of Jessie and the changes she went through thinking that she lived in the 1800’s when it was actually the 1990’s. Create a scrapbook that could be made by a child living in the 1800’s and a child today. Focus on the differences of one to two specific topics such as housing, school, fashion or technology etc. Try to tell a story similar to Jessie’s with your pictures, make it fun and creative! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS for Grade 5 RL #3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Resources <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For pictures and info of the past you can use these websites: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.louisiana101.com/5-2-03_lsu_rural_life.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Rural Life Pictures) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/f_timeline.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Technology Timeline) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.ri.net/schools/portsmouth/admin/prudence.htm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (RI One Room Schoolhouse) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For current pictures and information you can use your own pictures, magazines or newspapers. You may also want to check out these sites: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__ames.smithfield-ps.org/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Our School) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.aeropostale.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=3534619__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Clothing)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Topic: Then and Now **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Description: Wow, you thought your chores are tough now, just wait ‘till you see what children your age had to do in the 19th century, then you won’t complain the next time your mom tells you to feed the dog. In order to compare these chores, create a T-chart comparing 19th Century chores with 21st Century chores, and decide which chores are preferable and explain why. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS for Grade 5: Writing Standards 2- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">topic and convey ideas and information clearly. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Resources: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.hal.state.mi.us/mhc/growingup/kitchen.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Examples of 19th Century chores) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://tinyurl.com/6sl35op__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (21st Century chore chart [Image) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://housekeeping.about.com/od/chorechart1/a/ageapprchores.htm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (List of 21st Century Chores)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Title: Chores Then and Now (Zak & Laura F) **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Title: Can You Hear Me Now? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Activity Description:** You just ran into Jessie and she asked you how to use the phone. In order to help her out you need to quickly explain what the phone is, how it works, when it was invented, and who invented it. Write a short paragraph explaining the most important facts about the telephone. Make sure to use complete sentences and correct grammar. Jessie is depending on you and you need to give her your best explanation!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Topic - The Telephone (Erica & Kiley) **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Resources: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/telephone.htm__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/kidszone/history_telephone.html__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.knowitall.org/kidswork/etv/history/telegraph/index.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RI.5.7- Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">W.5.7- Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS for Grade 5: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Topic: 19th Century Occupations (Cristina Panciera and Meghan Heale**y) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Title: Who am I? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity Description: You have been invited to the Job Fair of the 19th Century! But first, we are going to be investigating the different types of jobs that there were. I want you to explore through the different websites and find a job that interests you. Your task is to come into class with a one paragraph description of your job. Be sure to include why your job is the best. You will present your job description in clothing that you feel represents your job. The class will then have to make predictions of who they think you are! Let's see how creative you can be!

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm/ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://library.thinkquest.org/J001587/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.literary-liaisons.com/article033.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://1800slife.tripod.com/id9.html__]
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS for Grade 5: Speaking and Listening standards K-5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">b. Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">c. Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Activity Description: Y**ou are a fifth grade student living in Clifton Village in 1840. Your teacher has just gone over your course schedule for this year. What classes are you taking? List 3-4 classes that you would be taking as a fifth grade student. Then, create a list of what you would be doing that day. Start by how you would get to school and then try and include details of what the classroom looked like/ how it functioned throughout the day. (Things to think about: Materials you would see in the classroom, classroom conduct, dress codes, classroom appearance, etc). Include one rule and one punishment that you personally found interesting.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Schools in the 1800’s (Melissa and Sofie) **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rules and Punishments: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://jbit.org/guide/index.htm#rules__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Education in the 1800’s: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.northwesthistoryexpress.com/timeline/education1800.php__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Use the “More Information & Primary Sources” links at the bottom as well.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A Day in the Life: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://oneroomschoolhousecenter.weebly.com/day-in-the-life.html__]
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RL #3:Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CCSS for Grade 5 **