Wednesday March 23rd, 2016

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

U.S. History

Wednesday-3/23/16:

  • Bell Work-1.) How much did President Truman as Congress for in economic and military aid for Greece and Turkey? 2.) How much did the Marshall Plan provide in aid to countries in need? 3.) How many flights took place during the Berlin airlifts 327 day duration? 
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Video-USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39 (12:15 min)
  • Thinking Map-U.S. Aims Versus Soviet Aims in Europe-Tree Map
  • Notes-Chapter 18-Section 1-Origins of the Cold War
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of the breakdown in the political relations between the United States and the Soviet Union following the end of WWII by outlining important information in guided notes
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and record information pertaining to the breakdown in the political relations between the United States and the Soviet Union following the end of WWII by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

 

 

Supplemental Materials-Thinking Map-U.S. Aims Versus Soviet Aims in Europe-Tree Map and Notes-Chapter 18-Section 1-Origins of the Cold War

Thinking Map-U.S. Aims Versus Soviet Aims in Europe-Tree Map

US and Soviet Aims for Europe During the Cold War-Tree Map-US

 

Notes-Chapter 18-Section 1-Origins of the Cold War

Notes-Outline-Chapter 18-Section 1

 

Textbook PDF-Chapter 18-Section 1-Origins of the Cold War

The Americans-Chapter 18-Section 1

 

Video Link-USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39 (12:15 min)

 

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Government

Wednesday-3/23/16:

  • Bell Work-1.) What is the term for a foreign-born resident who has yet to become a citizen of the United States? 2.)  What are the two reasons residences requirements have been adopted by states? 3.) What is a transient? 
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Video-Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained-Christina Greer (5:21 min)
  • Activity-Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ (20 min)
  • 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
  • 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

 

Supplemental Materials: Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ and Chapter 6-Section 1-The Right to Vote and Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications

Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ

Electoral College DBQ-Chapter 6

 

Notes-Chapter 6-Section 1-The Right to Vote and Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications

Chapter 6-Scection 1-Guided Notes

Chapter 6-Scection 2-Guided Notes

 

Current Events Template

Article of the Week-Rubric-2016

 

 

Video Link-Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained-Christina Greer (5:21 min) and Womens Suffrage (3:18 min)

Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained-Christina Greer (5:21 min)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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