BK History Lesson 4 - 9.12

Aim: What are the questions we can ask that will help us explain how Brooklyn got to be the way it is?

DO NOW: In your notes, make a T-Chart: 

Observations:

Inferences:

                               

Questions:

Write your observations and inferences of this image, and a level 1, 2, and 3 question.

Come up with a title for the image.

http://maggieblanck.com/Brooklyn/Nov0512a.jpg

VOCABULARY:

CORRELATION:   To establish the mutual relationships of different data

DATA:  Factual information used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, and calculation

AGENDA:

1. Do now
2. Do Now share
3. Introduce next lens: historical
4. Explain the task:  viewing two historical maps and observing and generating Qs (use Gowanus Canal)
5. Review Costa’s House and model Level 1, 2, 3 Questions with the map
6. Students get laptops, handouts, and task to begin
7. Independent/pair research and question-creation
8. Stop and share observations as students go along
9. Write Qs on post-its and stick on Costa’s house

Map 1 Link:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/This_Interactive_Map_Compares_the_New_York_City_of_1836_to_Today.html
Map 2 Link:

http://bklynr.com/block-by-block-brooklyns-past-and-present/