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Tuesday-4/21/15: M-Step Testing *Hours 4-6 Only

• Bell Work-1.What was the key element of romanticism? 2. What characteristics did photography have that made it the art of the industrial age? 3. What was the goal of impressionist painters?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-America the Story of U.S. Episode 10: WWII (45 min)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD synthesis of the social, political and economic effects of WWI on the United States due to it focus on industrialization by using guided video facts and class discussions.
• Language Objective:
  • Students will listen and record the social, political and economic effects of WWI on the United States due to it focus on industrialization through responding to a video designed to cause further inquiry and classroom discussion as a closing activity for our unit covering the revolutions

Monday-4/20/15:

• Bell Work-1. How did WWI help bring about the Russian Revolution? 2. What groups made up the Red Army and the White Army? 3. Why did the Bolsheviks rename their party the Communist Party?  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism
• Student Led Notes-Chapter 30-Section 1-Revolutions in Russia
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 30 Sections 1 and 2 by manipulating vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD creation of the divisive effects of the Russian civil war along with the rapid rise of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin by compiling information in student led guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 30 Sections 1 and 2 through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read and record and orally share information on the divisive effects of the Russian civil war along with the rapid rise of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin through the creation of student centered guided notes

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism, Student Led Notes-Chapter 30-Section 1-Revolutions in Russia

Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism

Chapter 30-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 30-Vocabulary Match-up

Student Led Notes-Chapter 30-Section 1-Revolutions in Russia

Chapter 30-Section 1-Guided Notes-High

Friday-4/17/15: 

• Bell Work-Please take out your notes/study guide and with your elbow partner review all of the information for our quiz covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3.
  • In 5 minutes we will begin the vocabulary match up activity
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Quick Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity- Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Quiz- Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Guided Tour-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism
• Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
    • SWD evaluation of key terms and concepts associated with our unit covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3 by demonstrating their knowledge thought the use of a unit quiz
    • SWD applications of the important political/historical figures, events and evidentiary text located in Chapter 30 through compiling information on a guided tour worksheet
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3 by using a vocabulary match-up activity
    • Students will read and write their answers in order to match up important vocabulary terms and information pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3 by completing a multiple choice and matching quiz.
    • Students will write answers to guided questions that require examination of the additional supporting resources/information located within Chapter 30 by completing a Guided Tour activity

Thursday-4/16/15: M-Step Testing (33 minute classes)

• Bell Work-None
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Procedural Activity-Portfolio Fun Time
• Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • None
  • Language Objective:
    • None

Wednesday-4/15/15:

• Bell Work-Please sit quietly with your pencil/pen out and a full or half sheet of paper titled “Boom-Video Facts”.
  • Number your paper 1 to 30 and don’t forget to put your name on it.
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-America the Story of US-Episode 8: Boom w/ 30 Video Facts
• Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD synthesis of the influence of oil on American industry and the massive engineering projects that shaped the early 21^st Century by using guided video facts and class discussions.
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will listen and record the influence of oil on American industry and the massive engineering projects that shaped the early 21^st Century through responding to a video designed to cause further inquiry and classroom discussion.

Supplemental Materials: Guided Tour-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism

Guided Tour-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism

Chapter 30-Guided Tour