Today's ActivityRecent ActivitiesWell this is it!! What a year! You have covered alot of ground. Like 15,000+ years of History going back to Uncle Ugh chasing food across Beringia! Hours and hours of HW, Mr W's bad music, story time, 10 page tests, and all the challenges that Room 208 had to throw at you. You have come out the other side and hopefully here at the end of your time in class we are all at least a little bit smarter. You can be proud of what you have accomplished and I have very much enjoyed my time with you. Keep working hard and being kind! Play the Kahoot and enjoy the music!
Instructions Play the Kahoot & let me know how you did Answer the questions Get your game face on!!! Final Year End Kahoot to show off your learning'. Everyone who completes the whole Kahoot will get a Check++++ for their final day of work. The top 5 scores will go onto the prize winner list and in the draw for Fielders Choice ice cream! Use your first name and last initial. Play 2 times if you like but add a number to your name each time you play. Have Fun!!! Pin # 07944580 Questions:
Kahoot Result? What was your favorite event, person, story in History this year? Today is work on Maine's government and how it is set up. You may remember that when we were setting up the Maine government in 1820 we set it up much like the national government in Washington. Take 3-5+ notes for each heading from the resource page and answer the questions. Tomorrow we end the year with a Kahoot!
1- How many branches or parts are there to Maine's government?
2- Who is the one person in government that acts like the President of the state? 3- Which part of government makes the laws? 4- Which part of government reviews the laws? 5- Looking after the elections in the state is part of whose job? S____ of S_____ 6- Who looks after the states money? S_____ T_____ 7- Who makes sure our money is spent like it's supposed to be? S_____ A_____ 8- Who is the lawyer that represents the state in court cases? S_____ A_____G_____ We will finish this week(AND THE YEAR!!!) studying things about Maine government. Watch todays video and answer the questions below.
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1 What did Brewer students think should be a law? 2 What is the Maine state Tree? 3 What is the Maine state bird? 4 Who approves a state symbols? 5 What is the Legislature and how many parts does it have(groups)? 6 What is a Bill? 7 What is a Standing Committee in government? 8 What reasons did the students say the lobster should be an official symbol for? 9 In a few sentences describe the process of an idea becoming a law in Maine. 10 Who gives a Bill final approval before it becomes a law? 11 What is it called when that person doesn’t approve a Bill? Two Maine Heroes for you today. William Baxter & Margaret Chase Smith.
Use the Kids Encyclopedia link to take 3-5 notes about Maine hero Margaret Chase Smith.
Use the link below to take 3-5 notes about William Baxter.
Write a couple sentences about each Maine hero saying why they were important.
Congratulations!!! You've reached the last week of school:) You have put in a great year and I am very proud of the work you have done in Room 208. And remotely! Let's finish as much of the story of Maine this week as we can. If you like lobster and fishing today's your day!!
Instructions: * Read the parts of pages 188-191 linked in the tab below. * Take notes for each heading * Answer the Activity questions Page189 "What Can Paintings Teach Us?" * Watch the video about the famous Maine Guide Cornelia Fly Rod Crosby * Answer the questions below 1- How would you have felt about all the Rusticators coming to your state? What would be the benefit? What would be the drawbacks?
2- Lobster is an expensive treat these days. But back in the day it was looked down upon as a poor peoples food. Often times the only place lobsterman could seem to were the prisons where lobster would be fed to the inmates as prison food! What did the book say lobster were used for? 3- Which big important Maine industries are lobsters part of? 4- What is a good simple definition for "Economy"? 5- Page 189 Activity "What Can Paintings Teach Us?" Watch Today in History
* List 2 important events from the video & why you think they were important * Ask 1 curiosity question from the video * Play 3 of the Geo Games attempting to get your best result & report your result. Today, Wednesday, and Thursday use the resource "400 Years of New Mainers" to answer the questions in the Activity Sheet below. If you have not yet achieved the Immigration MT this activity will help with that. If you finish early practice the 3 Geo Games and let me know how you do.
Take today and Friday to complete the following work.
Intro
First. I'm a little disappointed that no one answered the Prize Question. I do the Prize Question to see if you are reading the instructions and feedback you are given. The Prize Question answer is found in those two places. Reading the instructions thoroughly and reviewing your feedback is important, please do those things. Today's work is pretty straight forward. I'm providing pages from the book for taking notes. If you have your book you might prefer to use that but I will also link the pages in the button below. Read pages 185-187
Take notes for each of the headings Write a short recap of what you read And answer answer the questions below * Where did 4 new groups of immigrants come from and arrive in Maine at this time according to the reading? * What Important Maine Company was in the reading and started up at this time? * What important industries did many of the new immigrants work in? * If you see a car sticker in Maine that says "SISU" what does it say about the person who owns that car? * Prize Question- What two places can you usually find the answer to the Prize Question? 
towns, Take Tuesday & Wednesday To Do:
Watch the video Play the Seal Game Play the Maine Trivia Game Do the Seal Activity Intro- Today there is a video from the State of Maine Historical Society reviewing with us the State of Maine seal. A seal is usually a round crest like area filled with images and details that represent something. The video describes what images and details are in the State of Maine Seal. Every state has a seal that shows things that represent that state. Some schools have seals, businesses, countries, and sports teams. Families sometimes even have seals that show family history and details. My favorite part of the Maine Seal is the North Star. A seal can help to understand a place a little better. Do the activities below to better understand Maine's seal and the state we live in. Watch the video and take 5-10 notes about Maine and it's seal.
Play the two games below and let me know what your result was.
Make Your Own Seal
As the video suggested list what you think are the 6 things that best show what Maine is all about. For the Prize Question also add to your list of 6 Mr W's favorite part of the Maine Seal. The 6 things could have something to do with our geography or industries/businesses or food, or wildlife or Maine culture. Use your list of 6 things to create a new more modern seal for the state of Maine and share that with me if you are able to. Make it as best as you can in case I decide to send it to the Maine Historical Society like the video suggested. Have fun with the activity.
Read the following pages in the button links below. Take 5-7 notes and answer the questions.
Questions using todays resources and resources from last week
1- What new businesses came to Maine lakes and rivers? 2- What products came to Maine farms? 3- How did migration affect Maine after the Civil War? 4- Describe new businesses to Maine at this time. 5- What two MT's have been focused on in this work? Intro-
Where we've gotten to. We have studies how people arrived in the Americas and made their way to Maine. There were the explorers to Maine and early immigrants. We have studied the early industries of Maine and being a colony of Massachusetts. We've learned about Maine's efforts to become it's own state and of heroes from Maine's early History. Who can forget the Aroostook County War! We have learned alot about Maine's geography and it's part in the Civil War. Over the next few weeks we will learn more about our states government, immigration to Maine, and it's economy. I will also introduce for the final few weeks a prize opportunity. Every few days I will include a detail in the intro or in your feedback to help you get into a prize drawing. All the winners of the Mr W prizes(and you know how good they are) will be able to visit my room in the new building to choose a prize or prizes. A detail for today is that Remy is Mr W's new dogs is name. Today you will play the Kahoot and the Geo games. The Kahoot is on the vocab list I linked earlier in the week. We are competing against Dr Nicky's class so don't let me down!!! Play the Kahoot. Only play twice and be sure to use an obvious version of your name so I can give you credit. Please let me know if you have problems with playing. Game is only open for today.
Play the two geo games below and let me know your best result for each.
Prize Question of the day: Do you remember what is Mr W's new dogs name is? If you do give your answer with your results to go in todays prize draw. Yesterday and todays work have been very important for reviewing the Immigration and Economy MT's. It is very important to do all of the work not just the first page or so. Take Wednesday and Thursday to do work on pages 170-171 in the book. If you do not have your book I have pictures of them below and they are also linked in the button. If may need to enlarge the page pictures to read them. I just click on the picture and press the keys: command and +.
To do: Take 7+ notes over the 2 pages Do the "Linking the Past to the Present" activity page 170 Do the "What do you think" questions page 171 Be sure to have done yesterdays work. As a heads up Dr Nicky is challenging us to a vocab Kahoot on Friday. Vocab words will be from the first few chapters of the book.
Today practice your counties and Maine Landmarks geo games and let me know how you do. Hi Team! Todays work is from Pages 168-169 in the book.If you actually have your book you might prefer to use that. Otherwise I have pics of those pages below. Use those pages to take 10 or more notes on James G Blaine and migration out of Maine after the Civil War. Also ask one curiosity question you have with your work today. Maine was important enough that the Governors mansion in Maine is named after him. The governors mansion is the home of the governor when they are in Augusta. Your notes should show why Blaine was important and why people were moving out of Maine.
The "Maine Man" tries to impress a girl with a song about his knowledge of Maine! Do you think he will win her over? While listening to the song list 10-15 facts he mentions about Maine. Also rate the song 1-10. 1 being Mr Westberry I'd move out of Maine if I heard that song again! To 10, Mr Westberry after hearing that song I'm surprised everyone doesn't live in Maine! And! Do you think he'll impress the girl he is interested in?
Happy Friday! Enjoy!!!! Use what you know and yesterdays work to help you with the following Kahoot. Unless you really mess up early only attempt the Kahoot once. Be sure to use your first name and last initial so I can give you credit.
Game PIN: 09757770 The Civil War ends and as you know Maine plays a big part in that conflict with all the soldiers from Maine that volunteered and heroes like Joshua Chamberlain. Chamberlain is so highly respected by everyone that he is given the important job of receiving the Confederate armies arms(weapons) as they surrender. He shows great respect to the hard fighting Confederate men by ordering his troops to salute them as they marched by. The Confederates are defeated and that would finally lead to the end of slavery in America. Another hero from Maine was a man named General Oliver Otis Howard. Guess where Oliver went to school?? Yup, in your very own Monmouth Middle School. Which of course at that time was the Academy. Read the two short readings linked below. Take 5-7 notes from each reading to learn more about Howard. Kahoot tomorrow on the reading!
Take till Wednesday to finish the following work.
Use the tab link below to read about one man's appreciation of the beauty of Maine. Take 5-10 notes on his experience and views about Maine. Then do the activity below that. 2. Today, read about Henry David Thoreau (page 132 in textbook. I have also provided that page in the link above if you don't have your book).
Think about a place in Maine's Nature that you love (by a river, on a mountain, in the woods, by the sea). Describe that place and say why you love it. Perhaps include a photo like I have. I'd love to share them with the class if you give permission. Dr. Nicky and Mr Westberry's Favourite Places One of my favorite places is called Cathedral Cove in New Zealand. It takes about 40 minutes to walk to it along a winding path. This makes it even more special as it takes effort to get there. You walk down about 100 steps onto a white sand beach and immediately hear the waves and smell the salty air. The sea has eroded the rock over millenia, creating a huge hole that you can walk through. As you enter the hole, it feels like you're in an enormous church (like a cathedral) as your voice echoes back and you stare up into the soaring ceiling. This place can be very busy in summer, but at other times, it is a peaceful, special place. I walk the beach and then find a quiet spot to stare out at the ocean and relax by the clear, blue waves. 
Two short activities for Fab Friday. Watch the first video and list 10 things that you see or hear in the video that represent Maine. Then do the Kahoot. It's a competition against Dr Nicky's class so do your best! Only attempt it once so that it is fair. Include your cahoot score with your list of 10 things. I see Fred Jones is number 1 already! Let's have someone beat him!
Kahoot Pin challenge if needed: 07254262 Video Quiz
Use the videos below from yesterday to answer the following quiz questions. You can watch the videos again to help with the answers. 1- What older Maine town is in the first video? 2- What river is it on? 3- Why did towns locate themselves on big rivers? 4- How many people did Portland, Maine’s biggest town, have in 1820? 5- What are 5 businesses in Hallowell that helped it’s economy? 6- According to the second video who was Maine’s first Governor? 7- What artifact in the video is used to help us know more about the past? 8- What are some things that make this artifact difficult to understand? 9- The person who sent the artifact was unhappy about what? 10- Review the videos to find two words you do not know. Research a definition for them and use them in a short sentence of your own. For each of the videos below take 5-10 notes. Tomorrow there will be a quiz!
As a review rearrange the list below in chronological order(the order that they happened in) from the oldest event to the most recent event. Some events overlap and you should list the event that starts earliest.
Also be on the lookout for an email explaining what sort of work we will be doing in the upcoming weeks. Missouri Compromise
Wabanaki Columbus Arrives American Civil War Maine is a province of Mass. Crossing Beringia Uncle Tom’s Cabin The French & English fight over Maine American Revolution Maine Statehood The French & English explore Maine Archaic Indians Gettysburg/Chamberlain Ice Age Massachusetts Colony Use the video below to answer the questions. It's a very good song to help us understand the experiences of Maine soldiers in the Civil War. It uses one rude word you are not to use but that word helps to answer number 4. The song is about a soldier that ends up in that famous Maine unit of soldiers, the 20th Maine Regiment led by none other than Joshua Chamberlain.
1- Who is the character in the song and where is he from? 2- What does he join in the song and who asked to join? 3- What does the song say was Chamberlain's nickname? 4- How does the song describe what Maine soldiers were like? What were there attitudes and character? 5- How are the soldiers in the song inspired by Chamberlain? 6- Ask one curiosity question about the song or Maine's involvement in the Civil War. 7- Rate the song 1-10. 1 being Mr W that's musical torture to 10 being Mr W that's my new favorite song! Take Thursday & Friday to finish this work.
We've spent some time reviewing Joshua Chamberlain and Maine's proud involvement in the Civil War and the fight to get rid of slavery. Compared to it's population Maine sent more people to fight against slavery and had more casualties than any of the other Union/Northern states in the war. Many Mainers performed heroically and played a big part in the war effort. None more than Joshua Chamberlain and his army unit the 20th Maine Regiment. Today and tomorrow we will finish our study of Chamberlain. Use the two battle videos below and our past studies to answer the following questions. Before these two scenes the confederates have charged at Chamberlain's position several times and the battle has been going on for some time. The scenes are of battles but are not that realistic. You may like to ask your families if it is ok to watch or they could watch them with you. 1- From our studies does Maine fight for the Union Army or the Confederate Army? 2- What issue is the war being fought over? 3- What kind of state did Maine join the Union as when we joined the country along with Missouri? 4- In the videos what side seems to have the advantage in battle and why? 5- What battle are the videos showing us? 6- What makes the battle difficult for Chamberlain and the Northern/Union troops? 7- What makes it hard for the Southern Confederate troops? 8- In Part 5 how do Chamberlains troops react to the order of using bayonets? 9- What are 2-3 leadership qualities that Chamberlain shows at this battle? 10- Ask one curiosity question you have about this material. Watch the "Today in History" video for 15 April. Pick what you think are the two most important events and say why you think they are important. And ask 1 curiosity question you have about the video.
Also play the Maine Geography game and tell me your % correct and your best time. Have this work done by Tuesday:
Joshua Chamberlain fought in many battles in the Civil War as he became a hero. The most famous battle he fought in was the biggest battle of the war, Gettysburg. Maine and the rest of the Northern armies are not doing so well and could lose the war. In the Northern armies there are many units(groups) of Maine soldiers. Chamberlain is in charge of a famous group called The 20th Maine Regiment. Watch the short videos and answer the questions. Tuesday I'll post two videos of the Battle. The videos will show some shooting and battle scenes so if you need to check with your parents that it is ok to watch. 1- Chamberlain has been given a bunch of soldiers who are now what? Hint- it starts with the letter P 2- What is Chamberlain told he can do with these troops if they don't cooperate? 3- How many men did Chamberlains group start with? How many did they have at the time of this scene? 4- What are some reasons why he says people have fought in History? 5- What does he say people are fighting the Civil War for? 6- He thinks if they lose this battle what will happen? The animation below describes how the 20th Maine became heroes.
1- How long did the battle last? 2- What is a casualty? Look it up. 3- How many casualties during the battle? 4- What physical feature does Chamberlain have to defend? 5- If he loses it what can the enemy do? 6- Chamberlain and his men run out of what? And then do what? 7- By winning on the hill Chamberlain has helped the North win what bigger victory? Hi Team- Today is a short review of Maine Hero Joshua Chamberlain. As you know America had a Civil War over the issue of slavery. Maine fought with the other Northern states to get rid of slavery. Yesterdays work tells us that Maine played a big part in the North winning that war and getting rid of slavery. Take some time Wednesday and/or Thursday to review the story of Chamberlain and how important he was to the war and the state of Maine. Use the resource below to answer the following questions.
1- List 2 words you don't know and put their definitions in your own words. 2- Describe the kind of family he grew up in. 3- What famous writer does he meet in Brunswick? 4- What military background did his family have? 5- How many big battles did he fight in and how many times was he wounded? 6- What two great events of the war was he involved in? 7- What show of respect did he give to the enemy army when they surrendered? 8- After the war what were two important jobs he had? 9- What most important award did he receive for his service in the military? 10- What were some things about Chamberlain that may have made him a great leader? Finish by Friday and then there will be a couple movie videos about Chamberlain. Use the video below to answer the following questions.
1- How many Mainer's fought in the Civil War? 2- How many of them were sailors? 3- Who was the highest ranking officer/soldier from Maine? 4- Where nearby town was he from? Where did he go to HS? Hint- the same place you go to school! 5- What are 3 important battles 6- Who was Abraham Lincoln's Vice President? 7- The Governors House in Augusta is named after the Maine man who made the 14th Amendment to the Constitution banning slavery. What was his name? 8- How did women in Maine help with the war? 9- Ask one good curiosity question. Watch the video below from the 13:00 minute mark to the end. So just the final 13.5 minutes. Use that time to take 5-7 notes on things you already knew. Take 3-5 notes on things you learned. Ask 1-2 curiosity questions.
In yesterdays work we learned that many ships have sunk off the coast of Maine. Some due to war like in the Civil War. Many due to storms. Maine was is well known for shipwrecks as well because of it's dangerous rocky coastline. Read this article and watch the video if you like to answer the following questions.
Where in Maine was this shipwreck found? Ships are often hidden under the sand. What will happen to reveal them sometimes? When do they think this ship was active/made? What do they think was the name of the ship? What was it carrying? How may crew on the ship and how many died in the shipwreck? What type of ship was it? In the early 1800's Maine put structures up along it's coastline to make sea travel safer? Can you guess what type of structures those were? When school closed we were just starting to study Maine's involvement in the Civil War. That war was between the states in the North against the states in the South. The war was over the issue of slavery. Use the link below to do the following work:
How many Mainers fought in the Civil War? Many Mainers won an important medal. What was it? How many Mainer's got it? Who was the most famous Mainer in the Civil War? What were some famous battles Mainers were in? What were some things that happened on the cost of Maine during the war? What was the experience of Maine women in the Civil War? What effect did the war have on veterans from Maine and towns of Maine? Watch the video below. Some US and World History today.
List what you think are the 3 most important events in the video and why. Pick one event you find interesting and find out 3 more facts about it and tell me. Ask one curiosity question you have from the video. Watch the video below and answer the following questions:
What work do the girls do? What are some of the common foods? What work do the boys do? What smelly job do the boys get to do? What tasty things do the boys work with? Why do you suppose dinner was done the way it was? For a bit of fun try this Kahoot and let me know your score:)
Use this Challenge pin number: 0444891 Use the short video above to review Maine Statehood and answer the questions below.
According to the video above who was the Father of Maine? Or who started the effort for Maine statehood? According to the video where was he from? What kind of part of Massachusetts was Maine? What were the growing reasons for Maine wanting to become it's own state? Who conquered part of Maine in 1812 and who didn't help us?? In 1819 what did congress get rid of relating to trade between states? In the vote to become a state who were the only people to vote? A couple activities today. Do each or pick one. Send me any questions or work completed if you want. The Pop game is from the census website and shows that SST and math can be a great combo. Try it out if you haven't already. Send me your result but only your first attempt(if you've already done it) and an honest result. Thanks Mrs Knell for sharing.
You can take a couple days watching this video and do the following.
Take 5 notes about new things you learned. Take 5 notes about things that you already knew. You can email me your notes or save them for class. Homework & ActivitiesOlder ContentWhat does the story tell us about the relationship between sons and fathers?
What meaning is there behind flying too close to the sun and too close to the water? Describe the overall morals of the story. Are these morals that we can still live by 3000 years after that story was first told? Are there any modern stories that you know of that have a similar moral lesson? Write one I wonder question about the story. |
Need help? Need to catchup? Just like doing History?
Mr W's Office Hours 6th Grade Measurement Topics1 Maine Native Americans- Culture of the Maine tribes.
2 Economy- People & communities are influenced by economic factors. 3 Geography- Geography influences where people live/settle. 4 Citizenship- Rights, duties & responsibilities of a citizen. 5 Immigration- Immigration has contributed to Maine culture & history. Continents & Oceans
Isaac O 9.5 Manny C 9.6 Jason K 10.1 Mr W 13.1 Avg 18.2 Maine Counties Bingham A 17.7 Sam S 18.3 Shannah P 18.7 Maine Cities Hannah W 21.4 Madi H 21.7 Haley D 22.1 Maine Physical Features Isaac O 24.9 Madi H 25.2 Kyle P 26.7 Me Physical Features 3+ Christine B 1:13 Bingham A 1:15 Shannah P 1:16 Geography Grades
Maine Counties 0-10= 2.0 11-15= 2.5 16-20= 3.0 21-23= 3.5 24-25= 4.0 ResourcesPoem Questions
List 5 ways in which Longfellow describes the City of Portland. What event from our book does one of the stanza’s refer to? List 3 words that you didn’t understand. At what time of Longfellow’s life do you think he wrote this poem? Copy out your favorite stanza. |
Recent Activities
Myths and Legends
Questions
For Each Myth & Legend Answer the Following
* Who are the main characters
* What is the story’s intention. A moral? An explanation of nature?
* Explain the purpose of the story.
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For Each Myth & Legend Answer the Following
* Who are the main characters
* What is the story’s intention. A moral? An explanation of nature?
* Explain the purpose of the story.
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Longfellow
I remember the sea-fight far away, How it thundered o'er the tide! And the dead captains, as they lay In their graves, o'erlooking the tranquil bay, Where they in battle died. And the sound of that mournful song Goes through me with a thrill: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." |
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Native American Canoe Trip
Starting Point: Knowles Hill in Chesterville End Point: Drinkwater Corner in Sabattus Include: Each lake, river or stream you travel on. The length of each body of water you travel on. What bodies of water you portage between and what distance. Map Questions:
What is the relative location of Monmouth? What are the physical features in Monmouth? According to the topography and physical features of Monmouth why would early residents want to settle in Monmouth? Relative Location- A description of where something is and what locations or features surround it. Picture Questions:
What part of town has burned down? What time of year did the fire occur? How can you tell from the picture? Describe the people in the picture. What are they doing? What harm do suppose was caused by this event? What effect might this event have on the community? |
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