REVIEW OF YESTERDAY

Please review yesterday’s post and use the comment function to answer the following question (how to post a comment instructions are in yesterday’s post): 

TODAY

1. Please open the copy of the test that I placed in your network folder.
2. Please open the tree map we started on Tuesday.
3. Think about how you might begin altering your tree map based on the Task.

Here is the text for those who use Kurzweil:

Task:

Identify two actions taken by the United States government that have been influenced by the geographic factors and for each:

• State one reason the United States Took Action
• Describe how a geographic factor influenced the action
• Discuss the impact of the action on the United States

You may use any action by the United States government that was influenced by a geographic factor.  Some suggestions you might wish to consider include the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806), issuance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), Mexican War (1846-1848), Commodore Perry’s opening of Japan (1853), passage of the Homestead Act (1862), purchase of Alaska (1867), construction of the Panama Canal (1904-1914), entry into World War II (1941), passage of the Interstate Highway Act (1956), and involvement in the Persian Gulf War (1991).

Steps to Altering Tree Map

1. Decided what government actions you wish to use as examples of the theme.
2. Brainstorm what you know and what you can learn from the Multiple Choice questions. (What Thinking Map might you use?)
3. Organize the general tree map

You will begin to add/replace information from the task to the tree map.  See the examples below for how your work might look.

Can you begin to add specific details at this point?  If you need more help today, ask.  We will go into more detail tomorrow.