Lesson 10: History of Illinois - 1700’s/ Dual Timeline Objective Outcome Activities Supplies Multiple Intelligences Thinking Skill

Two Days approximately 45 minutes                     

Learning Standard:  State Goal 16A: Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

Objective: Compare and contrast the perceptions of history by different groups by creating a dual timeline.
Outcome: Dual Timeline (Visual)

Activities:

1. French and Indian War (pg. 14, paragraphs 1 and 2).
2. The American Revolution (pg. 14, paragraph 3; pg. 15 paragraphs 1-3).
3. Northwest Ordinance (pp. 16 and 17).

1. Thomas Jefferson (Quotations - 1700’s).
2. George Rogers Clark Background (Quotations - 1700’s). Highlight the irony of "discovering " Cahokia.
3. "Settlement and Statehood" from A Historical Album of Illinois pg. 18, paragraphs 1 and 2.
4. Greenville Treaty of Peace (Quotations - 1700’s). http://www.chicagohistory.org/AOTM/jan99/jan99fact1.html

	Direct students in cooperative groups to read "The Struggle for Control" from A Historical Album of Illinois pp. 14 - 17 in three sections. Debrief each section and fill out the blanks in the timeline with descriptions of the bold faced words.
	Read the following excerpts to illustrate multiple perspectives of the time period:
	After each quote use the Dialectical Response worksheet to have students respond to each quote, briefly discuss responses then attach to page 15 of double entry journal
	Reverse the KWHL chart (3’ x 7’ )in order to visualize the approximate size of the Greenville Treaty of Peace.

Illinois Double Entry Journal Prompt page 16: 

George Rogers Clark thinks he has just discovered the Cahokia Mounds. What could you tell George? See pp. 8-10 of A Historical Album of Illinois to underscore the irony of his "fresh" discovery of and ancient site.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Interpersonal, Spatial, and Bodily-Kinesthetic
Thinking Skill: Analysis

Supplies:
1. KWHL chart (reversed side)
2. A Historical Album of Illinois
3. Early History of Illinois Dual Timeline
4. Illinois Double Entry Journal
5. Computer with large screen or projection to read Quoations
    or print out ahead of time
6.  Dialectical Response Worksheet

Student Groupings: Cooperative Groups 

Collaborators: Patti Besick, Mary Alice Lindvall, Sue Zerafa Created: 09/13/98 Modified: 12/05/02 School District 54, Schaumburg, Illinois http://web54.sd54.k12.il.us/district54/socst/illinois/lessons/less10.htm