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Tuesday February 13th, 2018

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

U.S. History

Tuesday-2/13/18:

Bell Work- 1.) Based on the unit we covered in class what can you infer might have been the reason the Germans began the Jewish boycott in 1933? 2.) Demonstrate your understanding of the timeline by describing how the German policies changed as WWII progressed? 3.) What might the outcome have been for other non-Aryan (People of Indo-European origin (spanning from India to Europe), the original Aryan people specifically in Persia, and most controversially through Nazi misinterpretation, the Nordic or Germanic peoples) races had the Allies not began liberating concentration camps in 1944?
Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
Video-A Holocaust Survivor Recalls The Day He Was Liberated (3:29 min)
Web Quest-Lasting Effects of the Holocaust-2018
Daily Objective-

Content Objective:
- SWD synthesis of the horrific impact that Holocaust had on the lives of European Jews during WWII compiling information in a collaborative webquest then integrating and layering the information into a structured writing prompt
Language Objective:
- Students will read, research and orally discuss information pertaining to the horrific impact that Holocaust had on the lives of European Jews during WWII by completing a partner based webquest then using the information gathered to construct a well formed essay response

Supplemental Materials: Web Quest-Lasting Effects of the Holocaust-2018

Study Guide-Chapter 16-World War Looms

Chapter 16-Learning Target-Study Guide

Video Link-A Holocaust Survivor Recalls The Day He Was Liberated (3:29 min)

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Government

Tuesday-2/13/18:

Bell Work-) 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
Video-What Were the Articles of Confederation? | History (2:28 min)
Activity-Breaking Down the Articles of Confederation
- Creating Cornell notes to summarize the intended purpose of each article
Daily Objective-
- Content Objective:
  - SWD evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses contained within the Articles of Confederation by examining a primary source and secondary documents and creating a personalized document with in a collaborative activity
- Language Objective:
  - Student will read and record information pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses contained within the Articles of Confederation by examining a primary source and secondary documents and creating a personalized document with the help of a partner

Supplemental Materials: Activity-Breaking Down the Articles of Confederation

Video-What Were the Articles of Confederation? | History (2:28 min)