Hannalee+Alrutz-+1889

1889 was an interesting year From patents, inventions and the first modern brassiere To the death of important leaders and land changing hand One can see that the diversity of events were grand

Doctor Herman Hollerith received the 1st US patent seen for an interesting mechanical tabulating machine Wall Street Journal began publishing for the first time With William Gray’s patented telephone, you make a call with a few dimes The 1st ship to shore wireless message was received in the US   With Chicago’s 1st dishwashing machine, you can now wash dishes less Bayer made a powder form of aspirin in Germany Nintendo was founded in Japan and reached worldwide eventually Amsterdam Central Station opened this year And the Eiffel Tower was completed, didn’t you hear? A bicycle with a back pedal brake is patented by Stover and Hance Now let’s move to leaders and their circumstance

Ivory Coast was declared France protectorate Archduke Prince Rudolf of Austria went to heaven’s gate He left with his mistress right before receiving the crown Meiji adopted the constitution Japan had written down Benjamin Harris is inaugurated as president of the United States Charlie Chaplin and Hitler were born with very close dates Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes died at the battle of Gallabat Jefferson Davis died and that was that In the US, North Dakota became the 39th state Montana and then Washington followed along a bit late

New ideas shape us, and lead when people cannot This year what do you have up your sleeve? Come on, let’s see what you got

__Scaffolding and pedagogy__

__Scaffolding and pedagogy__ For some middle schoolers, I would allow them to choose one topic to cover during a chosen year. It was hard to make connections with so many random facts, and I am sure that some students may be overwhelmed by how broad the assignment is. Making it more specific can help. I would give options for the assignment because this gives students freedom to work in what interests them, however, I may increase the difficulty levels for different students. Some may need greater challenge, while others may need easier expectations. I would scaffold it to my students so that the kids who desire more would have to not only describe a year in the past but make connections from it to the present. I would also give kids the option of recording their piece instead of writing it if they had difficulty writing. I could then go slower with them in literacy instruction. Step by step looks like this:

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 *  Introduce the topic
 *  Give an example of something I have created
 *  Present the assignment
 *  Brainstorm with the kids about what they want to do
 *  Have them collaborate together
 *  Draft the project
 *  Get feedback from peers and the teacher
 *  Revise the project
 *  Edit the project
 *  Final due
 *  Reflect on the process with your students