Thursday April 27th, 2017

Thursday, April 27, 2017

U.S. History

 Thursday-4/27/17:

  • Bell Work-1.) Examine the photograph above and in your own words please explain the difference between the differing attitudes of the two protesters? 2.) Imagine you were a reporter working for the New York Times during the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. What questions would you ask these protestors in an attempt understand their feelings about the trial? 3.) What do you think would happen during the trial it would have come out that the Rosenberg’s were innocent? Would the anti-communist protestors have stayed and fought for their cause or would they be more likely to abandon their protest?
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Study Guide Review Time-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in our unit that focuses on the events of the Cold War through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in our unit that focuses on the events of the Cold War by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

 

 

Supplemental Material: Notes-Chapter 18-Section 4-Two Nations Living on the Edge and Study Guide-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

 

Notes-Chapter 18-Section 4-Two Nations Living on the Edge

Notes-Outline-Chapter 18-Section 4

Study Guide-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Learning Target-Study Guide

Test Materials: Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

The Americans-Chapter 18-Section 1

The Americans-Chapter 18-Section 2

The Americans-Chapter 18-Section 3

The Americans-Chapter 18-Section 4

Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts-PPT

Chapter 18-Test Materials

Chapter 18-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 18-Vocabulary Match-up

 

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Government

Thursday-4/27/17:

  • Bell Work-1.) Can you explain based to the primary source excerpt how the author believed Blacks [African Americans] would attempt to justify their right to gain full suffrage? 2.) Based on historical context and your prior knowledge can you identify another historical instance in which African Americans had to fight against unfair obstacles simply to enjoy the right to vote? 3.) What do you believe might have happened if the United States had granted Blacks [African American’s] the right to vote following the arguments made by the Liberty Party in 1840? Do you think as a result of suffrage being extended to African Americans at this time that the Civil War could have been avoided or was this just a fight we were destined to have?  
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Activity-Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ (10 to 15 min)
  • Video-What’s the difference between a caucus and a primary? (4:48 min)
  • Presentation and Foldable Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD evaluation of the arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by evaluating a series of primary sources and responding to guided questions based off the text
    • SWD analysis of the political process in which candidates running for office seek and receive their party’s nomination by interacting in a short presentation and creating a set of student centered guided notes
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read, and respond to a document based packet packed with arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by breaking down a series of primary sources and graphs to build an argument for eliminating the Electoral College
    • Students will read and record information pertaining to the political process in which candidates running for office seek and receive their party’s nomination through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation and Foldable Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process

Chapter 7-The Electoral Process-2016

Chapter 7-Section 1-Guided Notes

 

Video Link: What’s the difference between a caucus and a primary? (4:48 min)

 

 

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