Mr. Murray and Ms. Colter's U.S History and Government iBlog

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