Archive for January 17th 2018

U.S. History

Wednesday-1/17/18: Late Start

  • Bell Work-) 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 Materials-Chapter 15-The New Deal

Chapter 15-Learning Target-Study Guide

Chapter 15-The New Deal-2017

Chapter 15-Test Materials

Chapter 15-Textbook-PDFs

Chapter 15-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 15-Vocabulary Match-up

 

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Government

Wednesday-1/17/17:

  • Bell Work-1.) How would you classify the type of protest that was photographed in the primary source? 2.) Imagine you were a reporter who worked for the Washington Post charged with writing a profile piece for tomorrows issue. What are a few questions that you would ask the protestors in preparation for writing your article? 3.) Do you agree with the actions taken by these protestors or do you believe that it is wrong of them to disrupt the lives of residents living and working in Washington D.C.? *Please thoroughly explain your answer 
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Video-Lee Daniel’s “The Butler” (2 hours 12 min) (Day 2)
  • Study Guide-Chapters 1-7, 9-11, 13 and 14
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of the social and political changes that dramatically impacted the lives of minorities in the United States by watching a film and responding to guided inquiry questions
    • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in Chapters 1-7, 9-11, 13 and 14 through summarizing key information in a structured study guide in preparation for their final exam
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will watch and respond to the social and political changes that dramatically impacted the lives of minorities in the United States by watching Lee Daniel’s The Butler and completing a structured video response guide
    • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapters 1-7, 9-11, 13 and 14 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide in preparation for their final exam

 

Supplemental Materials: Study Guide-Chapters 1-7, 9-11, 13 and 14

Final Exam-Study Guide-Half Sheet-2016-Chapters 1-14

 

Final Exam Vocabulary

Chapter 1-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 1-Vocabulary Match-up

Chapter 2-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 2-Vocabulary Match-up

Chapter 3-Vocabulary

Chapter 4-Vocabulary

Chapter 5-Vocabulary

Chapter 6-Vocabulary

Chapter 7-Vocabulary

Chapter 9-10 and 11-Definitions

Chapter 13-Vocabulary

Chapter 14-Vocabulary

 

Final Exam Power Points

Chapter 1-Principles of Government-Comprehensive PPT-2017

Forms of Government-2016

The Purpose of Government-2015

Chapter 1-Section 3-Basic Concepts of Democracy

Origins of American Government-PPT-2017

Chapter 2-Section1-Our Political Beginnings-2016

The Constitution-Chapter 2-Section 4-2016

Chaper 2-Sections 5-PPT

Chapter 3-The Constitution-2016

Informal Amendments-2015

6 PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

Chapter 4-Federalism-2016

American Political Parties-2016

Chapter 6-Voter and Voter Behavior-2017

Chapter 7-The Electoral Process-2016

Electoral College-2016

Interest Groups and Lobbying-2017

Chapter 10-Congress-2016

Chapter 11-The Powers of Congress-2017

Chapter 13-The Presidency

Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action-Streamlined Version

Chapter-14-Power of the Presidency-Power Point

 

Final Exam Test Materials

Chapter 1 and 2-Test Materials

Test Materials-Chapter 3 and 4

Chapter 6 and 7-Test Materials

Chapter 13 and 14-Test Materials