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

U.S. History

Friday-4/15/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What are the symbols and words in the political cartoon trying to infer about the impact of the Marshall Plan on Europe?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-The Ultimate Guide of the Presidents-Episode 7-Hail to the Chief 1945-1964 (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

Video Link: The Ultimate Guide of the Presidents-Episode 7-Hail to the Chief 1945-1964 (45 min)

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Government

Friday-4/15/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What are the four features of the Australian Ballot? 2.) According to the “Ballot Types” chart why do scholars prefer office-group ballots? 3.) According to the “Ballot Types” chart why do politicians prefer party-column ballots?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Stadiums (HBO) (19:07 min)
• Study Guide-Chapter6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Electoral Process
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD knowledge of the political pressure placed on cities to use public funds for private ventures by recording information presented in a video and completing a class discussion
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in Chapter 6 and 7 through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will watch and record information pertaining to the political pressure placed on cities to use public funds for private by watching a video and discussing the impact with a classmate
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapter 6 and 7 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

Supplemental Materials: Study Guide-Chapter6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Electoral Process

Chapter 6 and 7-Learning Target-Study Guide

Chapter 6-Vocabulary

Chapter 7-Vocabulary

Video Link-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Stadiums (HBO) (19:07 min)

U.S. History

Monday-4/11/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What was the purpose of the Warsaw Pact? 2.) What previsions were outlined in the Eisenhower Doctrine? 3.) According to the “U.S. Budget, 1940-2000” chart what percentage of the U.S. budget was spend on defense in 1960?   
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 19-The Post War Boom
• Guided Tour- Chapter 19-The Post War Boom
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering Chapter 19 by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD applications of the important political/historical figures, events and evidentiary text located in Chapter 19 through compiling information on a guided tour worksheet
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering Chapter 19 through the use of a vocabulary match-up activits
  • Students will write answers to guided questions that require examination of the additional supporting resources/information located within Chapter 19 by completing a Guided Tour activity

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 19-The Post War Boom and Guided Tour- Chapter 19-The Post War Boom

Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 19-The Post War Boom

Chapter 19-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 19-Vocabulary Match-up

Guided Tour- Chapter 19-The Post War Boom

Chapter 19-Guided Tour

PDF Textbook: Chapter 19-The Post War Boom

Chapter 19-Textbook-PDFs

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Government

Monday-4/11/16:

• Bell Work-1.) According to the “What Happens to a Ballot?” graphic what are the three types of ballots and their purposes? 2.) What is a coattail effect? 3.) What is a precinct?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Free For All!-Documentary on the US election process (136:36 min) (Day 1)
• Notes-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the types of election procedures used in the United States and how they differ regionally by outlining important information in guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the types of election procedures used in the United States and how they differ regionally by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

Supplemental Materials: Notes-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections

Chapter 7-Section 2-Guided Notes

Video Link: Free For All! Documentary on the U.S. Election Process (136:36 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–Db2kbs67M

U.S. History

Friday-4/08/16:

• Bell Work-Please take out your notes/study guide and with your elbow partner review all of the information for our quiz covering Chapter 18 Sections 1 through 4. In 5 minutes we will begin the vocabulary match up activity.
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Quiz- Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of key terms and concepts associated with our unit covering Chapter 18 by demonstrating their knowledge thought the use of a unit quiz
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and write their answers in order to match up important vocabulary terms and information pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 18 by completing a multiple choice and matching quiz.

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Government

Friday-4/08/16:

• Bell Work-1.) When did the gender gap first start to appear? 2.) What does the terms straight-ticket voting refer to? 3.) During the 2008 election what percentage of Republicans voted for John Kerry according to exit polls?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match Up-Chapter 7-The Electoral Process
• Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering Chapter 7 by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD analysis of the political process in which candidates running for office seek and receive their party’s nomination by outlining important information in guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering Chapter 7 through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the political process in which candidates running for office seek and receive their party’s nomination by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match Up-Chapter 7-The Electoral Process and Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process

Vocabulary Match Up-Chapter 7-The Electoral Process

Chapter 7-Vocabulary

Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process

Chapter 7-Section 1-Guided Notes

SAT World History Review Packet

World History Review Sheets

U.S. History

Thursday-4/07/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What was the nickname for the hydrogen bomb? 2.) What does the term brinkmanship mean? 3.) What types of missions did the newly created CIA carry out?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Study Guide Review Time- Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in Chapter 18 Sections 1-4 through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapter 18 Sections 1-4 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

Supplemental Materials:

Chapter 18-Textbook-PDFs

Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Learning Target-Study Guide

Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts-Test Materials Review

Chapter 18-Vocabulary Match-up

Chapter 18-Vocab Match up Terms

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Government

Thursday-4/07/16:

• Bell Work-1.) According to the “Voter Turnout, 1968-2000” chart on page 171 what percentage of the population voted for U.S. representative in the 1974 presidential election? 2.) What is the estimated the amount of people who do not or cannot vote due to their religious beliefs? 3.) What is the number of Americans who chose not to vote in the 2008 election?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Thinking Map-Civil Rights Legislation-Flow Map
• Video-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Voting (HBO) (14:08 min)
• Notes-Chapter 6-Section 4-Voter Behavior

Supplemental Materials: Notes-Chapter 6-Section 4-Voter Behavior

Chapter 6-Scection 4-Guided Notes

Video Link: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Voting (HBO) (14:08 min)

U.S. History

Wednesday-4/06/16: Common Planning Time with Colter 1^st through 3^rd Hour

• Bell Work- 1.) According to the “Television: Making News” graphic who did the TV networks originally declare the winner of the 2000 Presidential Election? 2.) What was the name of the unsupported communist accusations that took place during the early 1950’s? 3.) By 1953 how many states had passed laws making it illegal to advocate the violent overthrow of the government?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Notes-Chapter 18-Section 3-The Cold War at Home
• Notes-Chapter 18-Section 4-Two Nations Living on the Edge
• Study Guide-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the fear of communism that gripped the United States during the 1950’s and the effects that it had on our society by outlining important information in guided notes
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in Chapter 18 Sections 1-4 through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the fear of communism that gripped the United States during the 1950’s and the effects that it had on our society by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapter 18 Sections 1-4 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

Supplemental Materials: Notes-Chapter 18-Section 3-The Cold War at Home, Notes-Chapter 18-Section 4-Two Nations Living on the Edge and Study Guide-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Notes-Chapter 18-Section 3-The Cold War at Home

Notes-Outline-Chapter 18-Section 3

Notes-Chapter 18-Section 4-Two Nations Living on the Edge

Notes-Outline-Chapter 18-Section 4

Study Guide-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Learning Target-Study Guide

PDF Textbook-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Textbook-PDFs

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Government

Wednesday-4/06/16:

• Bell Work-1.) In 2008 how many votes were cast to fill the 435 in the House of Representatives? 2.) What is the principle theory behind ballot fatigue? 3.) According to the “Voter Turnout, 1968-2000” chart on page 171 what percentage of the population voted in the 1992 presidential election?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays? (3:27 min)
• Activity-State of Michigan Voter Registration Application and Identification Form
• Notes-Chapter 6-Section 3-Suffrage and Civil Rights
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the requirements and responsibilities associated with voter qualification by examining a voter registration form and completing student led notes on voter qualifications.
  • SWD analysis the creation of Congressional legislation designed to support civil liberties and strengthen voting rights by outlining important information in guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record the requirements and responsibilities associated with voter qualification through the use of a voter registration activity and student driven guided notes.
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the creation of Congressional legislation designed to support civil liberties and strengthen voting rights by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

Supplemental Materials: Activity-State of Michigan Voter Registration Application and Identification Form and Notes-Chapter 6-Section 3-Suffrage and Civil Rights

Activity-State of Michigan Voter Registration Application and Identification Form

State of Michigan Voter Registration Application and Identification Form-Chapter 6

State Of Michigan Voter Registration Form-Student Sample

Notes-Chapter 6-Section 3-Suffrage and Civil Rights

Chapter 6-Scection 3-Guided Notes

Video Link-Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays? (3:27 min)

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

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)