Archive for February 8th 2017

U.S. History

Wednesday-2/08/17:

  • Bell Work-1.) Examine the political cartoon above. Based on your background knowledge please identify who the umpire, baseball player and baseball bats are intended to represent. 2.) Imagine you were a reporter for the New York Times. What questions would you ask the Supreme Court in an interview concerning their feelings towards the New Deal? 3.) What inference could you make as to what President Roosevelt was going to attempt to do regarding the Supreme Court based on his quote from the political cartoon which reads “Listen-I don’t like your ‘DECISIONS’, from now on you’re going to have to work with someone who can see things ‘MY WAY’!”?
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Reading Activity-Long, Lewis and the Communists-Appendix C pg. 21 (pg. 46 of the Crash, the Dust and the New Deal Activity)
  • Study Guide Review Day-Chapter 15-The New Deal
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD evaluation of the impact of Huey Long’s assassination and the fear of communism that began to emerge in America during the latter part of the 1930’s by interpreting primary text sources in a collaborative activity
    • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in our unit covering the New Deal through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read, orally discuss and respond to an activity where they will analyze primary a primary source highlighting the impact of Huey Long’s assassination and the fear of communism that began to emerge in America during the latter part of the 1930’s through a partner reading activity
    • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in our unit covering the New Deal by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials:  Study Guide Review Day-Chapter 15-The New Deal

Chapter 15-Learning Target-Study Guide

Chapter 15-The New Deal-2016

 

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Government

Wednesday-2/08/17:

  • Bell Work-1.) Based on your prior knowledge what document acted as the political guideline for the United States prior to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution? 2.) Based on the excerpt what can you determine could have caused the United States to move away from prior documents to a Constitution with a strongly established central government? 3.) What would you conclude about Richard Henry Lee’s argument is it one that would realistically persuade the American public to adopt a new Constitution or would it cause fear that we are replacing one ineffective government with another? * Please thoroughly explain your answer
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Procedure-Current Events Roll Out
  • Presentation-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings
  • Guided Notes-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of the basic concepts of government and how influential English documents laid the foundation for the United States current system of government by interacting in a short presentation and creating a set of student centered guided notes
  • Language Objective:
    • Student will read and record information pertaining to the basic concepts of government and how influential English documents laid the foundation for the United States current system of government through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes

 

Supplemental Materials: Procedure-Current Events Roll Out, Presentation-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings and Guided Notes-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings

 

Procedure-Current Events Roll Out

Article of the Week-Rubric-2016

 

Presentation-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings

Chapter 2-Section1-Our Political Beginnings-2016

 

Guided Notes-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings

Chapter 2-Sections 1-Guided Notes-High

 

 

U.S. History

Tuesday-2/07/17: Common Planning Time with Colter 1st-3rd Hour and with Mazza 4th-6th Hour

  • Bell Work-1.) Who are the main characters (Hint we’re not looking for specific people) depicted in this primary source? Why is their relationship strained? 2.) During what period in American history does this excerpt from the Grapes of Wrath take place? What facts or ideas can you use to support your answer? 3.) According to the primary source what was the situation that marked the turning point for many farmers in which they were finally willing to leave the land that most had lived on their entire lives?
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Outline Notes-Chapter 15-Section 5-The Impact of the New Deal
  • Study Guide-Chapter 15-The New Deal
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of the impact FDR’s New Deal programs on the social and economic conditions of the United States as the 1930’s came to a close by outlining information in structured guided notes
    • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in our unit covering the New Deal through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read, orally discuss and record the impact FDR’s New Deal programs on the social and economic conditions of the United States as the 1930’s came to a close by completing structured guided section outline notes
    • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in our unit covering the New Deal by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials: Outline Notes-Chapter 15-Section 5-The Impact of the New Deal and Study Guide-Chapter 15-The New Deal

Outline Notes-Chapter 15-Section 5-The Impact of the New Deal

Notes-Outline-Chapter 15-Section 5

The Americans-Chapter 15-Section 5

 

Study Guide-Chapter 15-The New Deal

Chapter 15-Learning Target-Study Guide

 

Chapter 15-The New Deal-Power Point

Chapter 15-The New Deal-2016

 

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Government

Tuesday-2/07/17: Common Planning Time with Colter 1st-3rd Hour and with Mazza 4th-6th Hour

  • Bell Work-1.) Describe in your own words what the Native American man means when he says “What we need is a department of Homeland Security”? 2.) What is the underlying theme of this political cartoon? 3.) How do you feel about the way our country traditionally has handled immigrants throughout history? Would the first wave of European settlers agree with their treatment or feel it is the opposite of their original intentions? *Please thoroughly explain your answers
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 2-Origins of American Government
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the influence of the Magna Carta, Petition of Right and the English Bill of Rights on the current American system government through defining and personalizing vocabulary terms in a vocabulary based activity
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and record important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering the the influence of the Magna Carta, Petition of Right and the English Bill of Rights on the current American system through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

 

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 2-Origins of American Government

Frayer Vocabulary Model

Vocabulary Chapter 2