FOCUS ACTIVITIES

 

OVERHEADS

            EXAMPLES: CAUSE AND EFFECTS/INFORMATIONAL

 

BROCHURES

 

READ QUOTE

 

PICTURES OF FAMOUS AMERICANS

 

QUESTIONS:

            WHAT FACTOR HAS CAUSED MANY WARS IN THE WORLD?

 

PICTURES OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS/PLACES

 

VIDEO CLIPS:

            AMERICA ROCKS

 

WRITE SEVERAL KEY WOKRDS ON THE BOARD

            EXAMPLE: GOLD, LAND, FURS, SCATTERED FARMS

 

HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS

            TEABAG, PIECE OF BREAD, MESS KIT, RATION BOOKS, OLD BULLETS, COTTON BOLL AND HULA HOOPS

 

WANTED POSTER OF COLUMBUS

 

CARTOONS

 

PASSAGE FROM LITERATURE

 

            THE JUNGLE

            THE FEDERALIST PAPERS

 

RESUME

 

MUSIC: CHEROKEE FLUTE MUSIC

 

ARTWORK

 

MAGAZINE COVERS AND OR ARTICLES

 

 

CURRENCY FROM DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS OR FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

 

MAPS

 

READ SELECTIONS FROM BOOKS:

            ONE NIGHT STANDS WITH AMERICAN HISTORY

 

(COMPILED BY: RICHELLE DOMBROSKI)