Archive for April 4th 2016

U.S. History

Monday-4/04/16:

  • Bell Work-1.) During the height of WWII how many Americans claimed membership in the Communist Party? 2.) What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)? 3.) What happened when the “Hollywood Ten” refused to cooperate?
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
  • Activity-How did the war begin: Perspectives from North and South Korea
  • Video-Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle (9:14 min)
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering Chapter 18 by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
    • SWD evaluation of the central causes of the Korean war by evaluating a series of primary sources from both the perspective of North and South Korea to complete guided document questions
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering Chapter 18 through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
    • Students will read, discuss and record the perspective of North and South Korea as to who started the Korean War by examining primary source documents and drawing inference based on the text

 

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts and Activity-How did the war begin: Perspectives from North and South Korea

Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 18-Vocabulary Match-up

 

Activity-How did the war begin: Perspectives from North and South Korea

Korean War Lesson Plan

 

Video Link: Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle (9:14 min)

 

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Government

Monday-4/04/16:

  • Bell Work-1.) What is Plumer’s concern about a tie in the Electoral College? Why does he think this would be a bad outcome? 2.) How do you think voters would respond if the House of Representatives were to decide the outcome of presidential elections? 3.) What evidence could this passage give someone who is in favor of abolishing the Electoral College?
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Video-Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 (13:30 min)
  • Video-Women’s Suffrage (3:18 min)
  • Notes-Chapter 6-Section 1-The Right to Vote and Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of the process in which suffrage was extended to American citizens and the qualifications a voter must meet today by outlining important information in guided notes
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and record information pertaining to process in which suffrage was extended to American citizens and the qualifications a voter must meet today by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

 

Supplemental Materials-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

 

Video Links: Video-Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 (13:30 min) and Video-Women’s Suffrage (3:18 min)

 

Video-Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 (13:30 min)

 

Video-Women’s Suffrage (3:18 min)