History Content

5.4 Standard

Students understand the political, religious, social, and economic institutions that evolved in the

colonial era.

Teaching ProblemStudents have a problem creating Cornell

summaries that integrate critical thinking skills.

Teaching SolutionStudents can use S.P.E.C. as a system to

increase critical thinking skills while writing Cornell summaries.

1st teaching attempt of

S.P.E.C.

Students have little visual understanding of Social, Political, Economic, and Culture in order to make a critical

thinking skills connection to history text.

Teaching Problem

Social Political Economic Culture

S.P.E.C.

Social

HumanOpinions

Living Standards

Social-Class

Human Interest

HumanCommunication

Human Behaviors

Human Attitude

Human Interaction

RETURN

RETURN

Political

Government

Laws

Leaders

SocialProblems

Debates

Elections

Power

RETURN

Rule

RETURN

Money

RETURN

Economic

Business

Buyerand

Seller

Stores

Productionof

Goods

Trade

Supplyand

Demand

Resources

RETURN

Culture

RETURN

EducationFarming

Science

Language

Religion Music

Clothing

Activities

RETURN

RETURN

Social Picture

Political Picture

RETURN

Economic Picture

RETURN

Cultural Pictures

RETURN

Pedagogy

S.P.E.C.(modified for Cornell Notes)

How can S.P.E.C improve students' Cornell summaries to include critical thinking skills rather

than restatement of facts?

Name:Period:Date:

Chapter:____ Page:__

Social:Political:Economic:Cultural:

History Topics

-COPY-

Name:Period:Date:

Chapter:____ Page:__

Jamestown

John Smith

Pocahontas

4 162-

·he was the leader of the new town called Jamestown after the King of England.·he made people work like building homes and growing food to eat.·he used is soldier skills to protect the colony from the local natives.

·she was the daughter of a local tribe chief.·she was considered an important person in causing peace.·she help with peaceful trading between Indians and colonists.

History Topics

Social:

Political:

Economic:

Cultural:

·a group of business men were allowed by King James to create a company.·the company sent ships to discover new land and riches from the land.·the sailors landed in 1607 and began looking for gold.

Name:Period:Date:

Chapter:____ Page:__

Social: Pocahontas liked John Smith

Political: companies had to ask a King for permission.

Economic: companies goal was to find gold.

Cultural: the colonist learned farming from the Indians.

Jamestown

John Smith

Pocahontas

4 162-

·a group of business men were allowed by King James to create a company.·the company sent ships to discover new land and riches from the land.·the sailors landed in 1607 and began looking for gold.

·he was the leader of the new town called Jamestown after the King of England.·he made people work like building homes and growing food to eat.·he used is soldier skills to protect the colony from the local natives.

·she was the daughter of a local tribe chief.·she was considered an important person in causing peace.·she help with peaceful trading between Indians and colonists.

History Topics

Pedagogy

White-out(modified for Cornell Notes)

How can White-out help students learn and understand S.P.E.C. for Cornell summaries?

"'Even though both of the settlements at Roanoke Island had failed, some English merchants wanted to start a new colony in Virginia. With the permission of the King James I, these merchants set up the Virginia Company" (Ch.4 pg.162).

Name:Period:Date:

Social:

Political:

Economic:

Cultural:

Pull

Pull Economic:

"these merchants set up the Virginia Company"

-or-

James town was discovered because of a business adventure.

Jamestown:

"Jamestown might have become another Roanoke if ithad not been for Captain John Smith, a soldier, explorer, and writer. When he became leader of Jamestown, he made an important rule for the colonist-- anyone who did not work did not eat" (Ch.4 pg.163).

Pull

Pull

Political:"When he became leader of Jamestown, he made an important rule for the colonist--"

-or-

John Smith created rules for the colonist to follow.

Name:Period:Date:

Social:

Political:

Economic:

Cultural:

John Smith:

"One day, while exploring, Captain Smith was captured. A legend says that Chief Powhatan ordered Smith to be killed, but the chief's daughter Pocahontas . . . saved his life" (Ch.4 pg.163).

Social:

Political:

Economic:

Cultural:

Name:Period:Date:

Pull

Pull Social:"but the chief's daughter Pocahontas . . . saved his life"

-or-

Pocahontas and John Smith's relations created peace.

Pocahontas:

http://www.mrdonn.org/government_capital.GIF

Citiations

http://topnews.net.nz/images/US-Economic-Outlook.jpg

http://www.makesplash.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/religion-symbols-religious-thumb1139037.jpg

http://www.csc-ut.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Food-Facts.jpg

http://www.nv.ngb.army.mil/Images/education/education.jpg

http://www.clker.com/clipart-farming-food.html

http://www.getmarried.com/images/article_images/StellarMusic1.jpg

Attachments

2nd_Semester_Cornell_Notes.pdf