12/7

Theme: Cowboys and the Oregon Trail
Ask: “What does a cowboy look like?” Generate discussion then put up various overheads
Explain that we are going to watch a video – during it, students are to write down the problems, characteristics, traits, and what was important to cowboys
Wild West Video (in Bill’s closet) - end it at the commercial right after (“It was high time to whoop it up…) (2nd or 3rd commercial…)
On board: create list of major issues of cowboy. Break class into groups of 2. Each group is responsible for writing one verse to a song about cowboys. Each group has to pick one issue/characteristic to sing about. The song should be based on the Brady Bunch Theme (sing to entire class – every 3 verses sing the refrain – “the cowboy song…”) ()
Assign: Ch 15 sec 3

12/10

12/11

Webquest on West