February 1

THIS WORK WAS CANCELLED SO THAT YOU COULD DO YOUR TENTH GRADE SCHEDULING. WE'LL DO THIS LATER THIS WEEK.
We'll do some sort of quiz on the next chapter in your book. Third period that is chapter 3; Period 4 that's chapter 2.
Then I'll ask you to do some research on a topic related to your book. Third period we will dig into Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush.
Fourth period we will find out about the Four Olds.

The game I'm going to ask you to play I call "Station to Station". The idea behind it is to take one piece of information and follow it where it leads. In theory every person will end up in a different place even though each person began the journey in the same place.
I have provided you with a start point. For third period it is http://www.arcticwebsite.com/LondonJackKlond.html
For fourth period the start point is http://www.morningsun.org/smash/cr_3_1968.html

Now read over the start point. Find something that interests you. It might be a name of a city or a food or a question (what kind of food did Jack London eat in Alaska or Why did they call it the Cultural Revolution?) Using Google Search or Google Images or some such, investigate this topic. On a new Google Docs document write a brief summary of what you learned. One stipulation. Try to keep the topics concerned with our main theme: Third period, the Klondike Gold Rush; Fourth Period, The Cultural Revolution.
Now you have at least one new website to read. Within that website fine another topic or question to investigate. On that same Google Docs document tell me a bit about what you learned.
Now try the same process again. As you go to one website use that to search for the next topic.
Do this six times so that you have six summaries. Include pictures where that will help your explanation. Assume you are teaching a sixth grader with this exercise so don't make your explanations too complicated.
Name your document LastNameSTATIONTOSTATION.
But I want to throw you one more curve. Somewhere in your search I'd like you to mention a PRIMARY SOURCE. What's that? Look it up. Once you figure out what a Primary Source is, tell me which Primary Source you saw in your investigations today.