U.S. History
Thursday-3/10/16:
o Bell Work-1.) What benefits did farmers experience during the war? 2.) What percentage of the workforce was made up by women during WWII? 3.) What benefits did the GI Bill of Rights offer veterans?
o Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
o Writing Activity-Should we have dropped the atomic bomb? (Part 1)
o Cornell Notes (Part 1) and Argumentative Writing Piece (Part 2)
o Vocab Match-Up- Chapter 17-The United States in WWII
o Video-PIONEERS OF TELEVISION | George Takei’s life in an internment camp | PBS (2:48 min)
o Outline Notes-Chapter 17-Section 4-The Home Front
o Daily Objective-
o Content Objective:
SWD evaluation of the justifiable reason and criticisms behind the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb by explaining why they feel it was the right or wrong decision to drop the bomb in an argumentative essay guided by a set of Cornell notes
SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 17 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
SWD analysis of life on the American Homefront and the treatment of interned Japanese Americans along the West Coast by outlining important information in guided notes
o Language Objective:
Students will read and state their opinion on the justifiable reason in addition to the criticisms behind the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb by creating a set of structured Cornell notes and using that to help them write an argumentative essay defending one of the two positions
Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 17 by using a vocabulary match-up activity
Students will read and record information about life on the American Homefront and the treatment of interned Japanese Americans
Supplemental Materials: Outline Notes-Chapter 17-Section 4-The Home Front
Notes-Outline-Chapter 17-Section 1
Textbook PDF-Chapter 17-Section 4-The Home Front
The Americans-Chapter 17-Section 4
Video Link-PIONEERS OF TELEVISION | George Takei’s life in an internment camp | PBS (2:48 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP3lWftprjQ
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Government
Thursday-3/10/16:
o Bell Work-1.) When looking at the “Territorial Expansion of the U.S.” chart from which 19th century acquisition were most of the states created from? 2.) What is the enabling act? 3.) How does an act of admission aid in creating a new state?
o Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
o Study Guide-Chapter 3-The Constitution and Chapter 4-Federalism
o Daily Objective-
o Content Objective:
SWD evaluation of the materials covered in Chapter 3 and 4 through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
o Language Objective:
Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapter 3 and 4 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide
Supplemental Materials: Chapter 3 and 4 Test Prep
Chapter 3 and 4-Learning Target-Study Guide
Chapter 3 and 4 Exam Documents
National and State Powers-Chapter 4-Section 1
Relations Among the States-PPT