Transcript Charles Darwin’s Excitement

Charles
Darwin’s
Excitement
Using Primary Sources and Websites
Mandy Chrisman
Why?
Illinois State Goals request to adventure into
the idea of natural selection which leads
us to Charles Darwin’s Conclusions from
his book of Origin of Species
All Illinois high school cover the history of life
and evolution.
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What can you Find?
 Activities
 Graphic Organizers
 Links to Websites
 Pictures
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Lesson Plans
Day 1 Online Activity
Vocabulary Activity
Microsoft word
4 Squares
Day 2 Who is Darwin? Character map & timeline
from the articles
Day 3 Journey on the Beagle
Students link to Maps of Charles Darwin Journey.
Day 4 WebQuest Group activity Darwin’s Diary
Day 5 Analysis Article Reviews from Library of
Congress
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Lesson Plans
Day 6-8 Teachers own Labs based on Darwin’s
Conclusions
Day 9 & 10 History of May 5th Scopes Trial
from Library of Congress
Day 11- 14 Teacher Review with PowerPoint
and Essay
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