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Rowing a boat might seem like fun to your students, until they read this account of the enslaved Huguenots of 17th century France! |
English/Language Arts
Explore Vocabulary in context
Use this Minute to practice deriving meaning from context. Ask students to define “galley,” “hold, “ and “propellant.” Now have them do a close read of the first two paragraphs in this Minute and revisit their prior definitions. Do they change? Do some students who could not even guess before now have a good guess? Model this behavior for students regularly, thinking aloud in order to tease the meaning out of words that are unknown or have multiple meanings when read in isolation.
Social Studies
Explore religion - protestantism
Use this Minute to dig more deeply into the causes and effects of the Protestant movement in European history. How did Calvin’s Huguenots differ from the German Lutherans? How did the history of these protesters change when the Edict of Nantes was revoked more than 85 years after it had been passed? What was the eventual effect on the North American population of the troubles in France?
STEM
Explore simple machines
Use this Minute to revisit the utility of simple machines. What kind of simple machine is an oar? How much additional energy is added by each oarsman? Do some experiments in the classroom to test whether the increases using simple machines are linear or exponential in nature.
Research Skills
Explore Primary sources
Author Albee tells readers that what we know about galley slaves has been learned from letters and memoirs of Huguenot convicts. Introduce or reinforce the concept of primary sources with your students, then take them online to discover available sources in the public domain for free reading and research. In particular, take a look at The Huguenot Galley-Slaves: a Story for the Young by Christian Gottlob Barth, or do a search for Huguenot galley slaves in the Gutenberg Project, a site that offers digitized eBooks in the public domain free for all internet users.
Explore Vocabulary in context
Use this Minute to practice deriving meaning from context. Ask students to define “galley,” “hold, “ and “propellant.” Now have them do a close read of the first two paragraphs in this Minute and revisit their prior definitions. Do they change? Do some students who could not even guess before now have a good guess? Model this behavior for students regularly, thinking aloud in order to tease the meaning out of words that are unknown or have multiple meanings when read in isolation.
Social Studies
Explore religion - protestantism
Use this Minute to dig more deeply into the causes and effects of the Protestant movement in European history. How did Calvin’s Huguenots differ from the German Lutherans? How did the history of these protesters change when the Edict of Nantes was revoked more than 85 years after it had been passed? What was the eventual effect on the North American population of the troubles in France?
STEM
Explore simple machines
Use this Minute to revisit the utility of simple machines. What kind of simple machine is an oar? How much additional energy is added by each oarsman? Do some experiments in the classroom to test whether the increases using simple machines are linear or exponential in nature.
Research Skills
Explore Primary sources
Author Albee tells readers that what we know about galley slaves has been learned from letters and memoirs of Huguenot convicts. Introduce or reinforce the concept of primary sources with your students, then take them online to discover available sources in the public domain for free reading and research. In particular, take a look at The Huguenot Galley-Slaves: a Story for the Young by Christian Gottlob Barth, or do a search for Huguenot galley slaves in the Gutenberg Project, a site that offers digitized eBooks in the public domain free for all internet users.
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