U.S. History
Tuesday-10/10/17:
- Bell Work-1.) Identify the underlying theme behind William Jennings Bryan argument against keeping the Philippines? 2.) Describe what William Jennings Bryan meant when he said “if government derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, it is impossible to secure title to people, either by force or by purchase”? 3.) Based on William Jennings Bryan’s comments how was the United States taking a contradictory approach to the Philippines as territorial holding?
- Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
- Activity-Platt Amendment (Cornell Notes)
- Daily Objective-
- Content Objective:
- SWD synthesis of the divisions that led to the United States involvement in Puerto Rico and Cuba and the United States’ main purpose behind our Open Door policy in China by clarifying the purpose of a section lecture through conversation
- SWD synthesis of the factors contributing to the end of the Spanish-American war and the creation of the Platt Amendment by compiling information in structured student led notes
- Language Objective:
- Students will listen and discuss information pertaining to the divisions that led to the United States involvement in Puerto Rico and Cuba and the United States’ main purpose behind our Open Door policy in China by listening to a short guided presentation and discussing the impact of expansionism with their elbow partner
- Students will read and record information pertaining to the economic and cultural factors that led to the growth of American expansionism including the acquisitions of Hawaii and Alaska by creating student centered Cornell notes
Supplemental Material: Activity-Platt Amendment (Cornell Notes)
Platt Amendment-Cornell Notes-US
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Government
Tuesday-10/10/17:
- Bell Work-1.) Can you name the main focus of this of the map shown above? 2.) Based on this map, what is one way the Compromise of 1850 dealt with the issue of the expansion of slavery into the territory gained from the Mexican Cession? 3.) What might have happened if California had been admitted as a slave state in 1850 instead of a free state?
- Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
- Video Clip-Tour the States-Official Music Video (4:08 min)
- Presentation-Chapter 4-Section 2-The National Government and the 50 States
- Notes-Chapter 4-Section 2-The National Government and the 50 States
- Daily Objective-
- Content Objective:
- SWD synthesis of the distinct process by which new states are admitted to the union and how federal money is allocated to the states through grants-in-aid programs 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 distinct process by which new states are admitted to the union and how federal money is allocated to the states through grants-in-aid programs through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes
Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 4-Section 2-The National Government and the 50 States and Notes-Chapter 4-Section 2-The National Government and the 50 States
Presentation-Chapter 4-Section 2-The National Government and the 50 States
Notes-Chapter 4-Section 2-The National Government and the 50 States
Chapter 4-Section 2-Guided Notes-High-2017
Video Link-Tour the States-Official Music Video (4:08 min)