Oct. 29th - Nov. 2nd

       In an effort to support writing across the curriculum in art this week and next week the 4th and 5th grade students will be writing a paper based on all the knowledge they have learned over the past 3  weeks on Appalachian Culture.  They will be given the following plot, setting, and characters.  Because this paper will serve as a major part of their 9 weeks grade they will be given two weeks to complete the assignment.  It will  serve as a summative assessment. They must include all of the vocabulary words at the end of this document and underline them as they go.  The title of the paper is to be the following. The due date is Mon. Nov. 12th.

OUR JOURNEY TO APPALACHIA

The setting and characters include the following:

It is the year 1845. We are in Glasgow Scotland.  The Robinson Family has decided to immigrate to America and be one of the first families to go West into Ky. as pioneers.  Their family includes Ma and Pa Robinson, their children George, age 12, Lizzie age 8, and their new baby Meg, age 1.  They will take Grandma Stuart along with them.

1.             Introductory paragraph

          It is late Fall in Glasgow Scotland, and already the Robinson family is beginning to make preparations to immigrate to America in the early Spring of 1845.  They have steadily been losing money as weavers of wool since the local factory began mass producing the same kind of product that they had been spinning for many generations.  Grandma Stuart, Ma Robinson’s mother, could remember the day when everyone would come to them for fine wool cloth that she had made by hand.  The Robinson’s had heard that there could be wonderful opportunities to sell their hand made fabric in America, if they would be willing to sell all their possessions and leave their home and make the journey to Appalachia where pioneers would be traveling West into new territory.  

               You finish the paper from here……………

2.             Paragraph #2    Their Decision to immigrate

a.     why they should leave

more opportunities

freedom

to make more money making wool

b.     what they would take

money from selling possessions

heirlooms

spinning wheel to make money

c.      What will life be like in America

Unknown

Hope it’s worthwhile

Hard, exciting, scary

3.  Paragraph #3   Their Journey to America

             a. Crossing the Atlantic

                  saying good bye to family and friends

                  6weeks journey

                  bad food, stinky

                   6weeks journey

                   arrived in the port at Jamestown Virginia

             b. Packing our Conestoga Wagon

                  first bought wagon with money from possession

                  bought necessities

                  bought seeds (for the 3 sisters, corn, beans and squash)

                   bought all the metal items they could not make by hand

                   packed up all the items

                  joined other to make a wagon train

             c. Traveling through the Wilderness

                   walked beside the wagon

                    Grand Ma and baby rode

                    Hard journey, rough trail, ruts, and roots

                    Scared of Native Americans  (Cherokee)

  4.  Paragraph #4   Making a new Home in Appalachia

          a. Picking a place to settle

              Arrived in Barbourville Ky. near the Cumberland Gap

              In the Applachian Mts.

              Found a place close to the creek with flat land for a garden

              Lot of natural resources like wood from trees

          b. What to do first

              clear the land of rocks, trees and shrubs

               plant the 3 sisters

               keep it watered

          c. What to next

               Clear more logs and cut them to build a cabin

               Meanwhile slept and found shelter under the covered wagon

               Built cabin by hand with help from others

               Made all the furniture

           Made pottery to eat off

           Made candles to see and tell time with

           Made quilts for the cold winters

           Made toys from corn husks and wood

           Made baskets from reeds

           Did woodworking for most all the other things they would need

5.               Concluding paragraph

Be sure to include that Grand Ma Stuart started spinning wool and used her spinning wheel to start making more money in their new home.

      

 

 Vocabulary: Word Bank for Grades ^4th -5^th

Immigrate, preparations, opportunities, possessions, Spinning wheel, heirlooms , freedom, settlers, pioneer, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachia,  Ireland Scotland, England, ship, Jamestown Virginia, Glasgow Scotland, Barbourville Ky., settlement,  Cumberland Gap,  native American Indians, Cherokee, Conestoga wagon, ruts, roots,  Wagon train, natural resources, corn, beans, squash,  “three sisters”, supplies, necessities,  tools, seeds,  “squatters” rights, natural resources, handmade, candles, baskets, pottery, woodworking, cabin,  quilting.

They will be scored according to the following rubric:

A= 4 – the student has all 5 paragraphs with correct main ideas, supporting details, strong transitions  and vocabulary. The student show proof of prewriting.

B= 3 – the student has all 5 paragraphs with correct main ideas but some weak supporting details, transitions and or vocabulary. The student shows proof of prewriting.

C=2 the student doesn’t have all five paragraphs and is missing some of the main ideas and has weak supporting details, transitions and or vocabulary. The student shows some proof of prewriting.

D= 1 – the student made an effort to write the paper but lacks most of the paragraphs, main ideas, transitions and or vocabulary. The student shows proof of prewriting but it is of poor quality.

F= 0 the student didn’t try at all and showed no effort to write the