Unit+Two

This page goes along with the Common Core State Standards Unit Two, "Renaissance Thinking." This six-week unit focuses on the research process, and creative and critical thinking in various fields. The essential question is "How does creativity change the world?"

Unit Two Maps Inventors Index A-Z []

Thomas Edison []

Henry Ford [] []

"Time" poem by Valerie Bloom []

Leonardo Da Vinci Biography []

Primary and Secondary Sources [] [] [] [] []

Timeline Creation Directions []

Research Building Blocks: "Organize This!" []

Skim, Scan, and Scroll []

Using Nonfiction to teach Inventors []

Creating a time line of your inventor []

What is historical context? []

Semantic Word Maps [] []

Prepositions and Conjunctions []

Subject/Verb Agreement []

Interjections [] []

Determining Importance .

Inventors for Research

Teacher Inventor Example Inventor Example Papers Historical Fiction Sentence Frames

Historical Fiction Powerpoint

Inventions Powerpoint

Give One, Get One

Derivative Word Map

Inventor Information Sheet

QR Code INVENTORS INTRODUCTION Gallery Walk

Alexander G.Bell Charles Babbage Famous Inventions Hedy Lamarr Henry Ford James Naismith Percy Spencer Ralph Baer Ruth Handler Steve Jobs



Journal Research outline

Introduction to Immigration

Inventor definition anchor chart



Questions for research



Inventor Research



Inventor Illustrations

Inventors Fair



Hall Display



Immigration Project







Anchor Book Layout

Symbols students use to mark in their independent reading books-these post it notes will be turned into paragraphs later in their reading response journal



Literature Boxes- The students store their reading response journals, independent reading book, and literature circle book in these boxes- on literature days, they just put the box on their desks and have everything organized and easily accessible

Historical Fiction Anchor Chart





Introduction to Research- Interesting vs. Important information





Inventor Outline