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U.S. History

Friday-12/22/17: Last Day Before Christmas Break

• Bell Work-1.) Based on the information contained in the document who can you identify is the group most likely to benefit from Dr. Townsend’s plan? 2.) In his proposal Dr. Townsend offered three conditions in which a person must meet in order to retire with a pension of $200 per month. If Congress came back and said you had to change one of the three factors (conditions) before they would vote on approving it which one would you choose to change and what would your justification be?3.) Based on all of the information above do you feel that the third condition is fair in forcing Americans to spend their pensions almost as quickly as they receive it? *Provide strong reasoning for your position
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Cinderella Man (Day 3)
• Activity-New Deal DBQ (Containing 13 Documents)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:

• • • SWD evaluation of the struggles families faced during the Great Depression and the sacrifices some would make to provide for the ones they love through the use of film and structured reflection questions
    • SWD evaluation of primary sources and documents associated with the New Deal by examining twelve documents in a collaborative DBQ activity

• Language Objective:
  • Students will watch, listen and record information focused on the struggles families faced during the Great Depression and the sacrifices some would make to provide for the ones they love through viewing the film Cinderella Man and answering guided questions that will facilitate classroom discussions
  • Students will read, discuss and record information pertaining to the New Deal by examining several primary sources in a partner based document based activity

Supplemental Materials: Activity-New Deal DBQ (Containing 13 Documents) 

The New Deal-DBQ

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Government

Friday-12/22/17:

• Bell Work- 1.) What is the name of the air plane depicted in the political cartoon? 2.) What is the main theme of the political cartoon? 3.) What judgement could you make about the artists affiliation based on the tone of the political cartoon? *Cite specific aspects of the cartoon that influenced your feelings about this artist
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Presentation-Chapter 13-Section 5-The Presidential Election
• Vocabulary Frayer Activity-Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the key duties of the President 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 key duties of the President through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 13-Section 5-The Presidential Election and Vocabulary Frayer Activity-Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action

Presentation-Chapter 13-Section 5-The Presidential Election

Chapter 13-Section 4 and 5 Presentation

Vocabulary Frayer Activity-Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action

Frayer Vocabulary Model

Chapter 14-Vocabulary