Ingredients for War Classwork:
Russia, Germany, Japan, Italy, Spain, Britain, France, US
Power Point Project:
US History December 11, 2015
US History
December 11, 2015
Content Objective:
Students will demonstrate evaluation of the Great Depression by completing a micro-argument.
Language Objective:
Students will read and record evidence based response in a micro-argument about the Great Depression using the questions, “What was the biggest factor that contributed to the Great Depression?”
Bellwork:
Answer the following:
How does the United States government help the poor (in modern times)?
After the test: (Answer all questions in complete sentences)
-P. 493 Analyzing Political Cartoons #1 and 2
-P. 497 History Through Photojournalism #1 and 2
-P. 513 History through Art #1 and 2
-P. 517 Skillbuilder #1 and #2
US History December 10, 2015
US History
December 10, 2015
Content Objective:
Students will demonstrate evaluation of the factors leading up to the Great Depression by annotating and creating a thinking map.
Language Objective:
Students will read and record the factors leading up to the Great Depression in a flow map after talking to the text using the guiding question, “What were the causes and consequences of the Great Depression?”
Bellwork:
What does the word “economy” mean? How do you think the U.S. measure the “health” of the economy?
Multi-Flow Map:
What were the causes and consequences of the Great Depression?
US History December 9, 2015
With the sub:
Watch the following documentary and fill in the questions on the sheet.
US History America Story of US _Bust Questions
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Psychology December 9, 2015
With the sub:
Please work on Module 31 Study Guide. Although we are only beginning this chapter, I feel it may be beneficial to attack the questions using your book and then fill in the ones you don’t know or understand later as we move through the module.
US History December 8, 2015
US History
December 8, 2015
Content Objective:
Students will demonstrate evaluation of life during the Great Depression by annotating letters written to Eleanor Roosevelt and writing letters.
Language Objective:
Students will read, record, and orally share out letters written as kids during the Great Depression beginning with the sentence stem, “Dear Madame President, recently my family has been experiencing…….”
Bellwork:
Which group of people were more affected by the Great Depression, men or women?
Write a letter to the first lady(2 Paragraphs) where you are:
Child of a farmer, after the Dust Bowl.
You can begin like this…
“Dear Madame President, recently my family has been experiencing…….”
Write a letter back where you are the first lady, responding to the child with a solution to the problem.
US History December 4, 2015
US History
December 4, 2015
Content Objective:
Students will demonstrate evaluation of anxiety disorders by participating in a class discussion and notes.
Language Objective:
Students will read, record and orally share out responses to questions regarding anxiety disorders such as “what is the criteria for diagnosing an anxiety disorder?”
Bellwork:
Chapter 14 Section 2 Questions p.472
- How did the Great Depression affect minorities?
- Why did so many men leave during the Great Depression?
- How did the Great Depression affect women and children?
- How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
- How did Dust Bowl conditions in the Great Plains affect the entire country?
- In what ways did the Great Depression affect people’s outlook?
- Do questions 1 and 2 in the geography skillbuilder on page 474.
- Double-Bubble Map
How did the Great Depression affect farmers and city dwellers?
US History December 1, 2015
US History
December 1, 2015
Content Objective:
Students will demonstrate understanding of terms and names pertaining to the Great Depression by creating a chapter 14 dictionary.
Language Objective:
Students will read and record terms and names relevant to the Great Depression for use to define and apply in an argumentative essay.
Bellwork:
List what you think are the 5 most important terms of Chapter 13?
Chapter 14
-All the terms (19 terms total)
-Section 1 Questions: (Restate)
- What industrial weakness signaled a declining economy?
- What did the experience off farmers and consumers at this time suggest about the health of the economy?
- How did speculation and margin buying cause stock prices to rise?
- What happened to ordinary workers during the great depression?
- How did the Great Depression affect the world economy?
Psychology December 1, 2015
Psychology
December 1, 2015
Content Objective:
Student will demonstrate remembering of the effects and risk factors of psychoactive drugs by completing a module 9 exam.
Language Objective:
Students will read and orally share responses to study guide questions on psychoactive drugs such as definitions and application questions.
Bellwork:
Begin working on your Module 9 study guide. Go to my blog, then psych, then extra resources to locate the study guide.
Test is Wednesday December 2!!
Psychology November 19, 2015
Psychology
November 19, 2015
Content Objective:
Students will demonstrate evaluation of the effects of psychoactive drugs by participating in a class discussion while taking notes.
Language Objective:
Students will read, record, and orally share out responses to discussion questions about the effect of psychoactive drugs such as “What are the possible side effects of the common drugs such as caffeine and nicotine?”
Bellwork:
What happens in your body when you consume alcohol?