Archive for September 28th 2017

U.S. History

Thursday-9/28/17:

  • Bell Work- 1.) Who is speaking in the primary source and who is he addressing in his speech? 2.) What is the underlying theme/issue President Theodore Roosevelt is confronting here? Why do you think this issue is such a big deal to President Roosevelt? 3.) What do you think about the issue of natural conservation? Is it something that our nation should still be focusing on today or is it one that has become overshadowed by more pressing issues?  
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Procedure-Notes Collection-Chapter 9
  • Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity- Chapter 10-Section 1-Imperialism and America
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering America’s imperial ambitions in the early 1900’s by 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 America’s imperial ambitions in the early 1900’s through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

 

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity- Chapter 10-Section 1-Imperialism and America

Chapter 10-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 10-Vocabulary Match-up

 

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Government

Thursday-9/28/17:

  • Bell Work-1.) What can we infer was Patrick Henry’s main purpose for giving this speech in front of the Virginia House of Burgess? 2.) Select one of Patrick Henry’s three criticisms of the Stamp Act and discuss how this position reflected the frustrations of many colonists living in the mid 1760’s? 3.) What was the significance of Henry’s statement “…if this be treason, make the most of it” in relation to the impending conflict with the British?
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 3-The Constitution
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the challenges our founding fathers faced when drafting our Constitution 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 challenges our founding fathers faced when drafting our Constitution through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

 

Supplemental Material: Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 3-The Constitution

Chapter 3-Vocabulary