Mrs. Connors' Classroom

Chapter 9 The Progressive Era TEST!

All Chapter 9 work must be in today to receive any credit.

1.) Bell Work:
– You have 10 minutes to finish up anything left on your assignments that are DUE TODAY.

2.) Chapter 9 Study Guide! Work on it & prepare your long response written answers for tomorrow’s test! ASK QUESTIONS.

Half Day today! 1st-3rd hours only!

1.) Bell Work:
Log on to a Chromebook. Log in to iLearn. Add my code to join our class!
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2nd Hour: 7smttx
3rd Hour: cta86j
4th Hour: 9iwxgp
5th Hour: fxw7qw

2.) Finish working on your Guided Notes. Sections 2-5 Guided Notes are all due Monday!

Chapter 9 Study Guide! TEST ON TUESDAY, September 24th, 2019!

1.) Bell Work:
Answer the questions under Bell Work 8 on the sheet on your table.

2.) Chapter 9, Sections 4 & 5 Guided Notes today. I will be checking Section 2 for completion. ALL 3 Guided Notes are DUE MONDAY.

1.) Bell Work:
Answer the questions under Bell Work 5 on the sheet on your table.

2.) In class notes & discussion about Teddy Roosevelt and Section 3.

3.) Begin Section 3 Guided Notes.

Happy Constitution Day!

1.) Bell Work:
– List 10 rights or freedoms you have in the United States.
– What freedoms do you want the government to better protect?

2.) Watch the BrainPop video on the Constitution
– If you could add one Amendment to the Constitution what would it be?

3.) Finish working on your Section 2 Guided Notes sheet.

Note: I will be around to check your Bell Work, your Carousel Chart, and today’s assignment.

1.) Bell Work:
Using the images below answer the following questions:
– What do these photographs suggest about what life was like in the tenements of New York City in the late 19th century?
– Do you think they are useful evidence about life in New York’s tenements?
Explain your answers.

2.) Watch the Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History video. Answer the Reflection Question: What challenges did women face during the early 1900s and how did the suffrage movement lead to new freedoms for women? Turn this in before you leave today.

3.) Take notes on Section 2 by answering the questions on the Section 2 Guided Notes sheet.

1.) Bell Work:
– Why do you think The Jungle was so effective with its readers?
– How would you have felt if you were reading this in 1906?
Provide details and explanations.

2.) We spent 15 minutes finishing up our questions & summary from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

3.) We watched The Jungle Video and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire video.

Vocabulary Booklets, your annotated excerpt of The Jungle, and The Jungle Questions & Summary are DUE TODAY.

1.) Bell Work:
– Continue to read & annotate the excerpt The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. If you were absent, get a copy from Mrs. Connors or download it.
– Read with the purpose of making connections and inferences. Read to identify the main idea of the excerpt.

2.) “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair:
– Answer the questions on the handout. Questions for The Jungle
– Use your annotations from Tuesday & the questions you just answered when you write your one paragraph summary about the excerpt for the last question (#12).
See the Smmary Checklist as you write your summary!

1.) Bell Work:
What historical event happened in your lifetime that you will never forget?
Why will you always remember it?
How did you feel during that time?
How do you feel now thinking about it?

2.) Discussion about September 11th, 2001 using the timeline from the National 9/11 Memorial website.

3.) Exit Ticket