Exploration_of_the_Americas_for_5th_Grade__1_.pdf

Hexagonal thinking is a strategy that allows students to make connections between people, places, and events. Follow these directions to use hexagonal thinking in this lesson. Prepare Round One Challenge students to make Require students to explain their hexagon shapes prior...

Hexagonal thinking is a strategy that allows students to make connections between people, places, and events. Follow these directions to use hexagonal thinking in this lesson. Prepare Round One Challenge students to make Require students to explain their hexagon shapes prior to connections between the hexagon connections, either on an index card the lesson, or give your shapes. For every connection they or post-it note. They should also be students scissors to cut make, they earn 1 point. For able to explain their connections to them out quickly. If you example, the indigenous people another group or you. You can also have students cut the shape is connected on 5 sides, have your students glue the shapes out in class, I exploration, Columbus, Spanish, hexagons down on a sheet of recommend putting person figure and Indigenous manila paper and annotate the them on a timer, so it is person. A student should be able to connections. completed quickly. explain how all of these are connected. If they can, they earn 5 points. Make the Round After reading about Two hexagons on a the impact of different colored exploration, give the sheet of cardstock. final sets of When students cut hexagons to your out and apply these students to arrange. shapes, the Conduct a class connections should discussion or writing grow. If a group assignment when wants to move a you are done. shape, they can. Readings Vocabulary and Other Images ©Social Studies Success, LLC. All rights reserved. Social Studies Success is a trademark of Social Studies Success, LLC. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. All images are taken from public domain, licensed and purchased from Shutterstock, Adobe Stock Images, Dreamstime Stock Images, or these talented artists. This includes images taken by employees of various US Government agencies; images published prior to 1923; or images that have otherwise been released to public domain. Doodle notes is a trademarked term used with permission. Please visit doodlenotes.org for more information.  Do you want to learn more engaging strategies for Social Studies? Are you interested in techniques for classroom discussion? Need tips for struggling readers or writers? Intimidated by all the vocabulary necessary for teaching Social Studies? Need ideas for using anchor charts in your classroom? Take an online on-demand PD course from me! Find out more here. www.pinterest.com/SSSuccess/ https://twitter.com/@SSSuccess1 https://www.instagram.com/ https://www.facebook.com social_studies_success/ /SocialStudiesSuccess/ www.SocialStudiesSuccess.com [email protected] Dawn earned her Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas A&M University. In her education journey, she was shaped by her various roles as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, curriculum coordinator, professional development trainer, university professor, and teacher-author. Dawn has provided Social Studies professional development for over 20 years to more than 10,000 teachers from Alaska to Florida. In 2015, Dawn started Social Studies Success with the mission to revolutionize social studies instruction. With a goal of improving instruction, Dawn is currently providing consulting, classroom resources, and professional development services to several school districts across the state of Texas. Do you have a question, or would you like to purchase a license for your district? You can reach Dawn here.