Tuesday Do Now: �  Respond to the following question in the notes

section of your packet:

�  What other countries exist in the Pacific Ocean? Name as many as you can. What do you know about their culture and way of life.

�  (If you don’t know anything, what do you predict they might be like?)

Imperialism in Oceania

Their Political, Social, and Economic Effects

Oceania �  This unit we will be learning about the different

islands and cultures in the Pacific Ocean

�  Oceania is a region, an eco-zone, and sometime also considered a continent (aka: Australia)

Your Assignment: �  As a class, we will read through the first Oceania

reading in your packet.

�  This should help you get some basic info about the region’s geography and history

�  Then, with your partner, complete the Cornell notes �  Your answers can be in bullet points rather than in

full sentences, but you must answer all parts of each question!

Do Now: �  Take out your packets, and prepare to take guided

notes

Oceania Oceania: a region of the world centered on the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

Ethno cultural Borders The regions of Oceania are divided along ethno-cultural boundaries.

Ethno-cultural: relating to ethnic and cultural identities

3 Regions of Oceania

Micronesia

3 Regions of Oceania

Melanesia

3 Regions of Oceania

Polynesia

Oceania Map Activity Directions: Use the table to divide Oceania into three regions along ethno cultural boarders.

�  When you are finished, complete the Navigation Activity by using the scale in the bottom corner to chart distance. Be as accurate as possible

�  There are extra maps in the back of the room if you need one for reference!

�  When you are finished, bring your worksheet to me and I will stamp it

Friday Do Now: �  What are some reasons that foreigners traveled to

Oceania?

�  What were their motivations?

Monday Do Now �  Take out your Social Studies Packets

�  Check that you have the following activities completed �  Cornell Notes �  Oceania Guided Notes

�  Navigating Oceania Activity �  Oceania Fact Table Questions

Definition:

�  Beachcombing: an activity concerned with “combing,” or searching, the beach, looking for items of value, interest, or usefulness.

�  It is a term often used to describe people who live on the beach.

Beachcombers �  There were many reasons

why foreigners became beachcombers in Oceania.

�  First, some people were simply shipwrecked, and had to look around the beach for things to survive with.

Beachcombers �  Other crew members on ships were troublemakers,

who were abandoned by the ship captain.

�  Others chose to escape their lives in America or other places around the world and were came to Oceania with the prospects of a better life.

�  Certain beachcombers decided that life in the ocean simply wasn’t for them, and they abandoned their ships for a life based on land

�  Others had tried to stage a mutiny, or a revolution on the ship, and were trying to hide from certain punishment.

Tuesday Do Now:

�  In Oceania, there are six categories of Foreigners: Whalers, Traders, Missionaries, Explorers, Blackbirders, and Beachcombers

�  Today we will learn about Blackbirders. Open your packets to the Blackbirding Case Study

Definitions �  Blackbirding: The coercion of people

through trickery and kidnapping to work as laborers.

�  1. Copy down the definition on your worksheet.

�  2. Use context clues to figure out what the word “coercion” means.

Definitions

�  Coercion: the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.

� Using this information, explain blackbirding in your own words on your paper.

Wednesday Do Now: �  What message

is this cartoon giving?

�  Why doesn’t the artist simply use words?

�  (5-7 sentences)

Editorial Cartoons �  Creating editorial cartoons is one way opinions

about current events are communicated to the general public.

�  Editorial cartoons are graphic analyses that use drawings, words, symbols, exaggeration, and humor to convey an idea or message.

�  In the past editorial cartoons were an even more important way of disseminating information when less of the population could read.

Techniques �  Symbolism: using objects to stand for ideas or

concepts

�  Labeling: making clear what an object stands for

�  Caricature: exaggerating or distorting a character’s features

�  Analogy: comparison between two unlike things

�  Irony: the difference between the ways things are and the way they should be

�  Stereotyping: generalizing about an entire group by a single characteristic that may be untrue

Cartoon 1 •  What’s going on in this

cartoon? •  Who are the characters? •  What is the cartoon

commenting on?

Take 5 minutes to answer the questions on your handout with your partner

Cartoon 2 •  What’s going on in this

cartoon? •  Who are the characters? •  What is the cartoon

commenting on?

Take 5 minutes to answer the questions on your handout with your partner

Your Cartoon �  Now, you’re going to draw your own editorial

cartoon about foreigners in Oceania

�  Choose at least four different editorial techniques (you can refer to the box of techniques on your handout)

�  Make sure you give your cartoon a caption!

Thursday Do Now �  Close your packets and get ready for the quiz

Friday Do Now �  Grab the “Foreigners in Oceania Short Story”

handout in the back

�  Take out a sheet of paper and begin writing a short story �  Make sure you follow ALL of the instructions �  Edit: Must be at least 1.5 pages long

�  You have 20 minutes

�  Make sure you staple the handout to your short story and turn it into the back