Archive for April 26th 2018

U.S. History

Friday-4/27/18:

  • Bell Work-1.) Which one of the three questions contained in the advertisement do you believe is the most important for new mothers to reflect on? *Be sure to include why you feel that way 2.) If the advertisement were to add a fourth question what do you think would be a wise choice to include? 3.) What changes would you make to help solve the issue of reader fatigue in response to the long paragraphs included in this advertisement?
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 19-The Post War Boom
  • Study Guide Review Time-Chapter 19-The Post War Boom
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the post war changes in American society by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
    • SWD evaluation of the materials covering the post war changes in American society through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering the post war changes in American society through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
    • Students will read, and write the key terms and important information covered in our unit pertaining to the post war changes in American society by completing a structured inquiry-based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 19-The Post War Boom and Study Guide Review Time-Chapter 19-The Post War Boom

Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 19-The Post War Boom

Chapter 19-Vocab Match up Review Game

Chapter 19-Vocabulary Terms and Definitions

 

Study Guide Review Time-Chapter 19-The Post War Boom

Chapter 19-Learning Target-Study Guide

 

Test Materials: Chapter 19 The Post War Boom

Chapter 19-The Post War Boom-Test Materials

Chapter 19-Textbook-PDFs

Chapter 19-Section 1-The Post War America

Chapter 19-Section 2-The American Dream in the 1950’s

Chapter 19-Section 3-The Post War Boom

Chapter 19-Section 4-The Other America

 

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Government

Friday-4/27/18:

  • Bell Work-1.) What is the main difference between those who have less than a High School diploma and those with at least a High School diploma according to the data included in the document above? 2.) How might this information be useful if you were a political candidate running for office who is about to begin campaigning for President? 3.) What would happen to the chances of the Democratic candidate winning an election if he/she were to gain the votes of those with less than a High School education or at least a High School education along with voters age thirty to forty-four? Would that give him/her enough votes to win the election?  
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Notes-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections
  • Study Guide-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of the various ways in which voters can cast their ballots and the role local precincts/polling places play in the election process by interacting in a short presentation and creating a set of student centered guided notes
    • SWD analysis of the various sources of campaign funding and the issues raised by campaign spending by outlining important information in guided notes
    • SWD evaluation of the materials covering the role of voters and how the election process in America is organized through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and record information pertaining to the various ways in which voters can cast their ballots and the role local precincts/polling places play in the election process through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes
    • Students will read and record information pertaining to the various sources of campaign funding and the issues raised by campaign spending through reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.
    • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covering the role of voters and how the election process in America is organized by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials: Notes-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections and Study Guide-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process

Notes-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections

Chapter 7-Section 3-Guided Notes

 

Study Guide-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

Chapter 6 and 7-Learning Target-Study Guide

 

Test Materials: Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

Chapter 6 and 7-Test Materials

Chapter 6-Section 1-The Right to Vote

Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications-Power Point

Chapter 6-Section 3-Suffrage and Civil Rights

Chapter 6-Section 4-Voter Behavior

Chapter 7-The Electoral Process-2017

Electoral College-2018

Chapter 6-Vocabulary

Chapter 7-Vocabulary

 

U.S. History

Thursday-4/26/18:

  • Bell Work-) Who are the four main characters featured in the original Peanuts advertisement? 2.) Show your understanding of strategic advertising principles. Why would a cartoonist create an advertisement like this that can be ran in any newspaper across the country as opposed to one specifically designed for a newspaper like the Detroit News or the Chicago Tribune? 3.) How would you adapt this advertisement to have a stronger appeal to a newspaper’s adult demographic of readers as opposed to young children?
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Video-Civil Rights and the 1950’s: Crash Course US History #39 (11:57 min)
    • Reflection Question: How did the establishment of consensus culture* act as a catalyst for the push towards racial equality beginning in the 1950’s?
      • *Cultural consensus theory supports a framework for the measurement and evaluation of beliefs as cultural; shared to some extent by a group of individuals.
    • Presentation-Chapter 19-Section 4-The Other America
    • Outline Notes-Chapter 19-Section 4-The Other America
    • Daily Objective-
      • Content Objective:
        • SWD comprehension of how the white migration to the suburbs created an urban crisis and the efforts of minorities to gain equal rights by outlining important information in guided note
      • Language Objective:
        • Students will read and record information pertaining to how the white migration to the suburbs created an urban crisis and the efforts of minorities to gain equal rights by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 19-Section 4-The Other America and Outline Notes-Chapter 19-Section 4-The Other America

 

Presentation-Chapter 19-Section 4-The Other America

Chapter 19-Section 4-The Other America

 

Outline Notes-Chapter 19-Section 4-The Other America

Notes-Outline-Chapter 19-Section 4

The Americans-Chapter 19-Section 4

 

Video Link-Civil Rights and the 1950’s: Crash Course US History #39 (11:57 min)

  • Reflection Question: How did the establishment of consensus culture* act as a catalyst for the push towards racial equality beginning in the 1950’s?
    • *Cultural consensus theory supports a framework for the measurement and evaluation of beliefs as cultural; shared to some extent by a group of individuals.

 

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Government

Thursday-4/26/18:

  • Bell Work-1.) Based on the information contained in the primary source what can you distinguish is a major difference between the United States voting system and that of other nations? 2.) What do you believe are some of the motives behind these countries choosing a compulsory method of voting? 3.) What do you think about the penalties that many of these countries listed in the primary source have in place for when a citizen fails to meet their civic duty of voting? a. Select one penalty and discuss your disagreement with its severity
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Video-Honest Political Ads-Gil Fulbright for President (2:17 min)
  • SSR Article-Money and Politics in The Age Of Trump (November 2016)
  • With Meta-Log
  • Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections and Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections
  • Daily Objective-
    • Content Objective:
      • SWD evaluation of the potential shift in how campaign financing is handled during the election process in the wake of Donald Trump’s winning the presidential election by evaluating a primary source and responding to inquiry based log
      • SWD analysis of the various ways in which voters can cast their ballots and the role local precincts/polling places play in the election process by interacting in a short presentation
    • Language Objective:
      • Students will read and respond to an article pertaining to the potential shift in how campaign financing is handled during the election process in the wake of Donald Trump’s winning the presidential election by examining a primary source and responding to and meta-cognitive log
      • Students will read and record information pertaining to the various ways in which voters can cast their ballots and the role local precincts/polling places play in the election process through listening to a short lecture

 

 

Supplemental Materials: SSR Article-Money and Politics in The Age Of Trump (November 2016) With Meta-Log and Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections and Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections

SSR Article-Money and Politics in The Age Of Trump (November 2016) With Meta-Log

Money and Politics in The Age Of Trump-SSR Article

SSR-Meta-Cognitive Log-Template

 

Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections and Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections

Chapter 7-The Electoral Process-2017