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

U.S. History

Thursday-4/21/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What were some of the new consumer products made available during the 1950’s? 2.) What does the term planned obsolescence mean? 3.) How high had the total private debt of Americans reached in the 1950’s?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Article-History of the 1950’s (Day 2)

• w/ Cornell Notes

• Writing Prompt-The 1950’s marked a seismic shift in American culture due to the rise of consumerism and the growth of mass media. Using your Cornell notes and your prior knowledge about American culture during the 1940’s select one of the sub headings from the article (ex. Decade of Consumerism) and explain why it was instrumental in creating a new norm for 1950’s America.
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the cultural shift in the 1950’s, the emerging sense of consumerism and the role of television in electing the president by outlining the article in an organized format
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the cultural shift in the 1950’s, the emerging sense of consumerism and the role of television in electing the president by outlining important concepts in Cornell Notes

 

Supplemental Materials: Article-History of the 1950’s (Day 2)

History of the 1950’s-Article

 

Writing Prompt-The 1950’s marked a seismic shift in American culture due to the rise of consumerism and the growth of mass media. Using your Cornell notes and your prior knowledge about American culture during the 1940’s select one of the sub headings from the article (ex. Decade of Consumerism) and explain why it was instrumental in creating a new norm for 1950’s America.

 

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Government

Thursday-4/21/16:

• Bell Work- 1.) What is the most accurate definition of an interest group? 2.) What are the three ways political parties and interest groups differ? 3.) What is the best description of the term public affairs?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Who Is Hillary Clinton? (2:25 min)
• Video-Who Is Donald Trump? (3:00 min)
• Video-Who Is Bernie Sanders? (3:09 min)
• Video-Who is Ted Cruz? (3:27 min)
• Activity-Political Party Quiz
• Vocabulary-Chapter 9-Interest Groups

• Frayer Model Activity

• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of fundamental political issues that lead voters to define their liberal or conservative ideologies by rating their feelings towards political issues on a structured scale
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering Chapters 9 by defining and personalizing vocabulary terms in a vocabulary based activity
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record numerical numbers correlating to several fundamental political issues that typically lead voters to define their liberal or conservative ideologies by taking choosing between two options that are designed to track one’s political leanings
  • Students will read and record important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapters 9 through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

 

Supplemental Materials:Vocabulary–Chapter 9-Interest Groups and Frayer Model Template

Chapter 9-Definitions

Frayer Vocabulary Model

 

Video Links:

Video-Who Is Hillary Clinton? (2:25 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH_BUaZ5tto

 

Video-Who Is Donald Trump? (3:00 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UIJcFziTaU

 

Video-Who Is Bernie Sanders? (3:09 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE4Q5wQo77A

 

Video-Who is Ted Cruz? (3:27 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VngDjxW_1g0