Archive for November 14th 2017

U.S. History

Tuesday-11/14/17:

  • Bell Work- 1.) Who is speaking to Philip D. Strong in this excerpt? 2.) According to the passage, what did Bartolomeo Vanzetti feel his execution would accomplish that he might not have accomplished had he not been wrongfully convicted? 3.) If you had access to all of the resources in 1927 that we have today that suggests Sacco and Vanzetti may have actually been innocent, how might you deal with the fact that they were wrongfully executed?  
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Presentation-Chapter 12- Section 3-The Business of America
  • Thinking Map-American Consumerism-Tree Map
  • Outline Notes-Chapter 12-Section 3-The Business of America
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD synthesis of the growth in American business and travel in the 1920’s by interacting in a short presentation
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and record information pertaining the growth in American business and travel in the 1920’s through listening to a short lecture

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 12- Section 3-The Business of America and Outline Notes-Chapter 12-Section 3-The Business of America

 

Presentation-Chapter 12- Section 3-The Business of America

Chapter 12-Section 3- The Businesses of America

 

Outline Notes-Chapter 12-Section 3-The Business of America

Notes-Outline-Chapter 12-Section 3

The Americans-Chapter 12-Section 3

 

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Government

Tuesday-11/14/17:

  • Bell Work-1.) What is the main idea of the excerpt shown above? 2.) Based on the document, what can we distinguish are the two factors that contributed to the expansion of democracy prior to the civil war? 3.) What do you think about the position the author takes towards the lowering of American suffrage qualifications? Why might this view lead to the continued restriction of suffrage?
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Activity-Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ (10 to 15 min)
  • Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 7-The Election Process
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the federal election cycle in the United States 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 the federal election cycle in the United States through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

 

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 7-The Election Process  

Chapter 7-Vocabulary

Frayer Vocabulary Model