Computer Lab - Monday, 9/24

1. Log onto Texids. Welcome!

2. Click here and read the following HOTO summary of the life of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (the dude after whom our school is named). Notice the straightforward, objective style. This is the style you should follow in writing the history of your classmate. You should still make it interesting, but avoid cutesy-fruitsy embellishments such as those I wrote on the Instructions page.

3. Work on your History of a Classmate essay the rest of the period. Be sure to follow the Instructions handout. (You can get a copy of the Instructions here.) I will be checking with you to make sure you are on the right track. Please ask me if you need any help.

4. If you finish the essay and I have approved it, you can do things like find pictures of the cities the person has lived, schools the person has attended, etc. Be creative (but factual).

5. The Title Page, Essay, and Notes from Primary Sources & Interview(s) are due - stapled or in a folder - when you arrive to class on Tuesday (tomorrow).

Notes from Classmates Sources Due Friday

Due Fri, 9/21
1. Your notes from the primary sources and interview(s) of your classmate will be due on Friday. I will grade them in class and you will be able to take them home over the weekend to use in writing the history of the student's life.

Comments on Schlegel Quotation & History of a Classmate

Due Wed, 9/18 - Comment on Schlegel Quotation & Read Classmates' Comments
1. Be sure to post your 3-paragraph comment on the quotation by Schlegel. Most of you got this done in the Computer Lab on Monday. Since the Comments feature was not working right, though, the comments are scattered all over the various posts, so please rewrite your Comment for the Computer Lab post of Monday, September 17. You can click here to get to it quickly. Please read all the comments by your classmates by Wednesday, as per the instructions given you in Computer Lab. Be sure to use just your first name when posting your comment. Don't give your full Gaggle email address.

Due Tue, 9/25 - History of a Classmate
You did a good job today of taking notes from the primary sources, students. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Here are a few reminders of instructions given in class.
1. Follow the Instructions for Essay: History of a Classmate given you in class. You can get another copy of it here.
2. Remember, there is no excuse for not having enough information for your notes and essay. If you were not able to get enough information on one person, do two or more persons, enough to get sufficient notes. Also, you should interview the person(s) you are researching in order to get enough information.
3. Please use your Gaggle email to write me if you have any questions about the assignment or just ask me in class.

Computer Lab - Mon, 9/17

For Tue, 9/18
1. Remember: Bring primary sources about yourself on Tuesday. Read the full assignment here.

Today's Agenda for Computer Lab - We'll accomplish as much as we can.
1. Go to Texids blog. - You must have already accomplished this, if you're reading these words! :)))
2. Go to http://www.tisd.org/. Click Students/Gaggle Login Access student email. . .Use the login name and password given you in class. Answer the email from Mr. Horner.
3. Click on Preliminary Table of Contents - Semester 1 (left hand side, just below Keyboard Shortcuts). Check the Table of Contents against the papers in your binder so far. Please tell me if I've left anything out. I'll give you Extra Credit if you find something I've left out.
4. Click the Assignments label below. This is a useful tool for checking on present and past assignments.

Now we'll try and finish a couple of activities we didn't quite get to last week.

5. HOTO - Handbook of Texas Online - Click on the Handbook of Texas Online link. Do a search for the SMERFCAPS you and your partner(s) worked on. Copy and paste an article on your SMERFCAPS into a Word document.
6. Comments - Write a three-paragraph comment on the following quotation about "history." Post your comment at Texids. Use your first name. Read all the comments of the other students by Wednesday.

"The historian is a prophet looking backwards." - Schlegel, 1772-1829

Paragraph 1: What might Schlegel have meant by this quotation? Support your explanation with logic and examples.
Paragraph 2: In what ways might he be right? Give logical explanations and back them up with examples from your sixth-grade IDS World Cultures course.
Paragraph 3: In what ways might he be wrong? Give logical explanations and back them up with examples from your sixth-grade IDS World cultures course.

Bring Primary Sources About Myself

For Tue, 9/18
1. Bring lots of primary sources about yourself that a historian could use to research the history of your life. Bring lots of different kinds. Bring series of things: a series of pictures that show your development, a series of report cards, a series of awards, medals, etc. Here is the list of primary sources we compiled in class. Please let me know if you think of other primary sources we can include in the list. I will add any I think of, too.

BIRTH CERTIFICATE
PICTURES
I.D.
INTERNET INFO
MY WEBSITE
PAPER, REPORTS, TESTS
MY PARENTS
PHOTO ALBUMS
VIDEOTAPES, MOVIES
FILES, COLLECTIONS MY PARENTS MIGHT HAVE KEPT
SCRAPBOOK - This is particularly helpful because it is a primary source full of primary sources.
DIARY
TEACHERS - AND RECORDS & INFO KEPT BY TEACHERS
REPORT CARDS
SCHOOLWORK I'VE DONE
ANYTHING I'VE WRITTEN
SCHOOL FILES
CELL PHONE
CLOTHES
AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, MEDALS, TROPHIES
MEMBERSHIP CARDS
POLICE FILES :)) - You said it, not I!
VIDEO GAMES
MEMORY CARD
FRIENDS
BOOKS I'VE READ - List of books I've read
iPOD
INFORMATION FORMS
LETTERS I'VE SENT AND RECEIVED

In the Space Called "Texas"

For Fri, 9/14
1. Click here to see a 9-map sequence showing key developments of human society in time and in the space that came to be called "Texas." The keyboard shortcut of holding down the Ctrl key and moving the mouse wheel will help you zoom in and out. I had to crop part of the maps to fit them onto the page, so check the textbook if you need a fuller look (See page numbers below). If you think about it, every map in our textbook has to do with the development of human societies in time and in space.
2. Due Friday: Analyze the maps and write 9 statements showing insight into what you see. Three can be obvious, three should be not-so-obvious, and three should be "genius level," as described in class. You may do more for extra credit.
3. Here are the page numbers again, in case you have difficulty downloading the maps. For the two maps not found in the textbook, I am giving you online links to the maps.
RA0 - Physical Geography
p. 81 - Migration Across the Bering Strait
141 - Adam Onis Treaty of 1819 - Shows Texas in the waning days of the Spanish Period
168 - Texas as a Part of Mexico, 1824
272 - The Lone Star Republic
Compromise of 1850 - Click here.
349 - Union and Confederate States
Reconstruction - Click here.
415 - Texas Cattle Trails, c. 1870

1st Semester Working Table of Contents - IDS 7 - 2007-2008 - Semester 1

This will be a working Table of Contents of papers we have used so far. I will keep adding to it all through the semester. Remember to throw nothing away. If you notice I've left anything out of this Table of Contents, please let me know, and I'll give you Extra Credit. I will place this over on the upper-left side of this blog page for easy access.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF HISTORY

“Texas”: What Comes to Mind?
Tree Map – What Comes to Mind?
Memory Map of Texas (Student-drawn map of Texas)
Definitions of “History” ("My Own," "Other Students'," etc.)
What is History? - packet
Shipwrecked in Outer Space
Chart: Textbook Pictures: Aspect of Human Development
Chart: Textbook Pictures Tracing the History of ___ in Texas
Timeline of Texas History
Practice Timeline of Texas History (laminated)
Quiz 1: Timeline of Texas History
Quiz 2: Timeline of Texas History
A Short History of America (Crumb Chronology Game)
Analysis of 9 Maps of the Place Called "Texas"
History Courses at the University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2007
Historical Evidence: Primary and Secondary Sources - packet
Primary Sources About Myself
History of ___ (Classmate)
Notes from Primary Sources of ___ (Classmate) - Should be attached to Essay
Primary Sources: Handle with Care
Exercises in Primary Sources: Handle with Care - incident in class, etc.
Why Historians Might Disagree (nb paper; student hypotheses)
Why Historians Disagree (from American History: A Survey)
Slavery: Arguments For/Arguments Against
Quotations About History
Quotations About History: Thought & Discussion/5-Sentence Analysis/Schlegel Computer Lab Comment

GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS
Chapter 1 Summary: Land of Contrasts - handout
Chapter 2 Summary: Regions of Texas - handout
Maps: Regions of Texas (maps to study from) --"Take Home Review"
Map Quiz: Regions & Sub-Regions (students who did Extra Credit version)
Laminated Study Map - Regions of Texas
Map: Major Rivers of Texas
Computer Lab - Google Map of Texas - Label the Regions
Textbook Notes for Regions Debate (Chapter 2)
Opposition Research #1: Chapter 2 - One region
Opposition Research #2: Chapter 2 -Two regions
Notes During Regions of Texas Debate
Power Point of Google Map: Regions of Texas
Maps: Texas Physical Map / Major Rivers of Texas / Study Map of Rivers

INDIANS OF TEXAS
Chapter 3 Summary: Native Texans - handout
Two Maps: Texas Indians in 1600 & 1800
Student Hypotheses: Indian & Geography
Texas Indians: Four Main Culture Groups (4 drawings on Regions map)
Native Texan Culture Groups (many pics of houses, etc., on Sub-Regions map)
How Did Geography Help Determine Indian Culture?
Indian Debate Notes - Textbook
Indian Debate Notes - HOTO
Indian Debate Notes - Newcomb
Debate Planning Sheet - Indian Debate
Debate Format: Opening Speech
Notes During Indian Debates
Other materials, if any, you prepared for the Indian Debate

SPANISH PERIOD
Timeline of Spanish Period (smaller)--has "Texas Events/World Events
Timeline of Spanish Period (teacher-made)--blowup of the overall timeline of American/Texas History
Unit 2: Spanish Texas (11 x 17 page w/ 3-column chart) - Summaries of Ch. 4, 5, & 6)
Color-Coded Chronology of Spanish Texas (Chapters 4, 5, & 6)
Putting It All Together - Map Page
Two Maps: Early (Spanish) Explorers in Texas & La Salle's (French) Expedition, 1684-1687
Chart - Putting It All Together
Testing Hypotheses from Putting It All Together
The Race for Colonies - map
Main Points to Know About Spanish Period
My Comments on the Texas State Historian--an in-class, unfolding "dramatic event"
Making history: Texas' first official historian sworn in (Austin American-Statesman article on Frank de la Teja)
Computer Lab: Animated Chronology of Spanish Explorers & Settlements in Texas
My Years as a Wandering Merchant (Cabeza de Vaca primary source)
Texids - Study Tips for Ch. 4 Major Text: Early Explorers
Superlatives - Ch. 4: Early Explorers
Diagram of a Mission/Purposes of Mission - Student-Drawn
Computer Lab: Animated Illustrated Chronology of Spanish Settlements - has pictures of missions/presidios
Ch. 5 Role Play: Spanish Missions, Presidios, & Settlements - Team Planning + Slip of Your Role
Superlatives - Ch 5: Spanish Missions & Settlements
Texids: Reminder: Major Test over Ch. 5 on Friday, 11/23 (study tips)
How the Spanish-French Rivalry Led to the Building of the Missions
Chart - Ch. 6: End of Spanish Rule (chronology)
Pop Test - Ch. 6 - Summarize (Add to what the Ch. 6 Summary says--title is something like that.)
Bye-Bye, Froggies!!!: Maps of North America, 1754/1763
Maps: Growth of the United States, 1783-1853 & Slavery in the United States, 1821
Spanish Neglect/Spanish Legacy - illustrated 11 x 17 document

MEXICAN PERIOD
Graph: Population Growth in Texas, 1821-45
Map - Where Would You Locate a Colony?
Map - My Ranking of Empresario Land Grants
Map of Colonization Contracts - Numbered & Color Coded in Chronological Order
Chapter 7 Summary - Mexican Texas: The Age of Empresarios & Anglo-American Colonization of Texas, 1821-1836
Stephen F. Austin's First Impressions of Texas (excerpts from Austin's journal, 1821)
Stephen F. Austin's Map of His Colony (primary source, 11 x 17 sheet)
Planning for Empresario Project
Empresario Project (PowerPoint, Blog, etc.) - if you can print it and put it into the folder
Study Tips for First Semester Final
Chapter 8 Summary - Growing Tensions Leading to the Texas Revolution
Timeline of the Mexican Period (emphasis on steps to Revolution)
Map - Trouble in Texas, 1826-27, 1831-1832
Causes of the Texas Revolution (outline you color coded)
Debate Notes - Tx vs. Mx: Notes on One Topic
Recognizing Bias - Travis: Hothead or Hero?
Document Analysis: Causes of the Texas Revolution
Debate: Causes of the Texas Revolution (THE BIG QUESTION, etc.)
Superlatives - Ch. 8: Growing Tensions Leading to Texas Revolution

Additional Papers not directly related to a time period of TxHist
Christmas Wasn't Born Here, Just Invented
Results of IDS 7 Evaluation - Mon, 1-28-08

Timeline Quiz #2

For Wed, 9/12
1. Just a reminder from Monday: The second timeline quiz will be on Wednesday. It will cover everything from the Indian Period through the Post-Cold War Period. Use your laminated practice timelines to help you prepare.
2. Continue analyzing the picture chronology problem ("A Short History of America") we worked on together in class today. We will finish it on Wednesday after the quiz.

Computer Lab - Monday, 9-10-07

1. Keyboard Shortcuts - Click on the second link on the left-hand side of this page. Practice a few of the shortcuts.

2. Helpful Websites & Links - Click your way through the links on the left side of this page. Spend 10-15 minutes exploring them. Click on each of them and take a brief look. After you've looked at all of them, go back and dig in on two or three.

3. HOTO - Handbook of Texas Online - Click on the Handbook of Texas Online link. Do a search for the SMERFCAPS you and your partners worked on. Copy and paste an article on your SMERFCAPS into a Word document.

4. Comments - Write a three-paragraph comment on the following quotation about "history." Post your comment at Texids. Use your first name.

"The historian is a prophet looking backwards." - Schlegel, 1772-1829

Paragraph 1: What might Schlegel have meant by this quotation? Support your explanation with logic and examples.
Paragraph 2: In what ways might he be right? Give logical explanations and back them up with examples from your sixth-grade IDS World Cultures course.
Paragraph 3: In what ways might he be wrong? give logical explanations and back them up with examples from your sixth-grade IDS World cultures course.

Timeline Quiz

For Mon, 9/10
1. Quiz - Timeline: Learn the names and dates of the Time Periods of Texas History through and including the Civil War. Use the laminated practice timeline to help you prepare. This will count as two daily grades.

Pictorial History of An Aspect of Human Development

Due Fri, 9/7/07
1. The CHART tracing the history of one Aspect of Human Development in Texas is due when you arrive in class on Friday.
2. All the cells in the chart should be filled in.
3. Remember that as for the pictures, you may either draw them or xerox and paste them either into the cell or across the page in chronological order on the back of the chart. You can also paste them onto another page and staple the page to the chart.
4. Do great work! I'm looking forward to seeing what you produce. Email me if you have questions: mike.horner@tisd.org.