1. Pre-AP Friday, 8/26 Pick up a colorful strip on your way in
Pick up a scratch sheet of paper on your way in
Take out your hot pink keeper
Set your scratch sheet of paper up for OPTIC

3. Personal Eras What is an era?
Blocks of time that have similar characteristics
What are some possible examples of eras?
Within eras, we have specific significant events that happen

4. Personal Eras Example: Civil Rights Era
1954: Brown vs. Board of Education
1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott
1963: March on Washington
1968: MLK Assassination

5. Personal Eras
Assignment: You are going to create a timeline dividing your life into eras (3 eras) with significant events marked (2-3 events each era). This is due at the END of class!
Once done, on the back of your timeline answer the following questions:
What has been the most significant era in your life so far? Why?
What has been the most significant individual event in your life so far? Why?

6. Personal Eras: Mr. Miller’s Life Example
Elementary
Got my first dog, Heinz
Parents divorced
Started playing soccer
Middle School
Miserable 6TH & 7TH grade years
Started club soccer in Spring
8th grade I had 2 influential teachers who changed my life
High School
Made KHS Soccer
Graduated
College
Went to Texas Tech
Spent 6 months living and going to college in Manchester, England
Worked at Kids Footlocker
Played intramural soccer, won the co-ed league and lost in the men's finals
Young
Became a teacher
Got married to my wife
Adult
Have two daughters and two awesome dogs; my first doggy daughter Sammy