What Do We Do Now That We’re Here?

Maximizing Classroom Time in A

Blended Learning Class

Meredith StewartCary Academy

Why are we in Cambridge, MA instead of watching on screens at home?

Online Space

Providing Background

& Beginning

Discussions

Conversations with

Experts

PostingIndependent Research

Classroom Time

Presenting and Critiquing

Continuing the Conversation

Rationing During WWII

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Assessing Prior

Knowledge

Colonists- The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the triumphant start of the American Revolution.

British- Noble British soldiers, in an attempt to keep peace, quietly marched to Lexington to take some arms.

Collaborative- British soldiers were ordered to seize arms that were being stored by the colonists outside of Lexington.

Complicating Content

Indentured Servants

Were they more like slaves or free colonists?

Write your initials on a post-it and place it on the continuum to

represent what you think

A Closer Look• Write one or two phrases from the

reading that confirmed or challenged your belief about the relative freedom of indentured servants

• Place the sticky note where you now think it should go on the continuum. (If your opinion didn’t change, put it on top of your original sticky note)

Simulations

Continue the Conversation

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