Mr. Murray and Ms. Colter's U.S History and Government iBlog

U.S. History

Tuesday-4/05/16:

• Bell Work-1.) Who ended up being placed on the Hollywood black list? 2.) What crime was Alger Hiss accused of committing in 1948? 3.) What was the fate of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-American the Story of US-Episode 11-Superpower (45 min)

• w/ 25 video facts

• Daily Objective-
• Content Objective:
  • SWD knowledge of the ideological battle that fueled the Cold War and established America as a world superpower by recording information presented in a video and completing a class discussion
• Language Objective:
• Students will watch and record information pertaining to the ideological battle that fueled the Cold War and established America as a world superpower by watching a video and discussing the impact with a classmate

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Government

Tuesday-4/05/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What is an injunction? 2.) What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1964? 3.) When looking at the “African Americans and the Vote” timeline what precedent setting event occurred in 2008?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Activity-The 15^th and 19^th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution: The Split over Suffrage letter from Frederick Douglass to Josephine Sophie White Griffing (pg. 23-24)
• Notes-Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the struggle of women and people of color to achieve suffrage by evaluating a primary source and responding to inquiry based questions
  • 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 respond to a letter addressing the struggle of women and people of color to achieve suffrage by examining a primary source and responding to inquiry and opinion based questions
  • 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 2-Voter Qualifications

Chapter 6-Scection 2-Guided Notes