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U.S. History

Wednesday-10/03/18:

• Bell Work-1.) Describe what is happening in the political cartoon? 2.) Identify the artists reasoning for depicting Cuba as a weak individual in need of Uncle Sam’s protection? 3.) How would you feel as a Cuban citizen in the midst of fighting a war against Spain for independence if you were to see this cartoon?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Procedure-Test Answer Key Set Up Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire
• Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 10-America Claims and Empire
• Study Guide Review Time- Chapter 10-America Claims and Empire
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covered in our unit pertaining to American Imperialism by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in our unit pertaining to American Imperialism 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 covered in our unit pertaining to American Imperialism through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important covered in our unit pertaining to American Imperialism by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials: Study Guide-Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

 

Study Guide-Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

Chapter 10-Learning Targets Study Guide-Full Page

Chapter 10-Learning Targets Sentence Stems-2018

 

Vocabulary: Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

Chapter 10-Vocab Match up Review Game

Chapter 10-Vocabulary Terms and Definitions

 

Power Points: Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

Chapter 10-Section 1-PPT

Chapter 10-Section 2-PPT

Chapter 10-Section 3-PPT

Chapter 10-Section 4-PPT

 

Textbook PDF’s: Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

The Americans-Chapter 10-Section 1

The Americans-Chapter 10-Section 2

The Americans-Chapter 10-Section 3

The Americans-Chapter 10-Section 4

 

Test Materials: Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire-Learning Target Three and Four Resources for the test

Chapter 10-Test Materials

 

*Our test will be on Thursday October 4th

 

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Government

Wednesday-10/03/18:

• Bell Work-1.) What is the primary focus of the political cartoon? 2.) Why do you believe the debate over which type of arms are protected under the second amendment has been so prevalent over the last quarter century? 3.) In your opinion should there be a ban/restriction on certain types of weapons or is the “right to bear arms” a freedom that should remain unrestricted? *Be sure to explain your reason why  
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 4-Federalism
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the types of powers specifically held by our national and local government and how they use concurrent powers to work together through 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 types of powers specifically held by our national and local government and how they use concurrent powers to work together through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

 

Supplemental Materials-Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 4-Federalism

Chapter 4-Frayer Model-Gov

Chapter 4-Vocabulary

Chapter 4-Vocab Match up Review Game

 

U.S. History

Tuesday-10/02/18:

• Bell Work-1.) Identify the underlying theme behind William Jennings Bryan argument against keeping the Philippines? 2.) Describe what William Jennings Bryan meant when he said “if government derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, it is impossible to secure title to people, either by force or by purchase”? 3.) Based on William Jennings Bryan’s comments how was the United States taking a contradictory approach to the Philippines as territorial holding? 
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Animaniacs-The Panamá Cana (1:47 min)
• Presentation-Chapter 10-Section 4-America as a World Power
• Student Notes-Chapter 10-Section 4-America as a World Power
• Study Guide-Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD synthesis of how Theodore Roosevelt’s position on foreign policy and Woodrow Wilson’s idea of missionary diplomacy promoted Americas position of power in the southern hemisphere by interacting in a short presentation and creating a set of student centered guided notes
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in our unit pertaining to American Imperialism through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Student will read and record information pertaining to how Theodore Roosevelt’s position on foreign policy and Woodrow Wilson’s idea of missionary diplomacy promoted Americas position of power in the southern hemisphere through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in our unit pertaining to American Imperialism by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

 

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 10-Section 4-America as a World Power, Student Notes-Chapter 10-Section 4-America as a World Power and Study Guide-Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

Presentation-Chapter 10-Section 4-America as a World Power

Chapter 10-Section 4-PPT

 

Student Notes-Chapter 10-Section 4-America as a World Power 

Notes-Outline-Chapter 10-Section 4

The Americans-Chapter 10-Section 4

 

Study Guide-Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

Chapter 10-Learning Targets Study Guide-Full Page

Chapter 10-Learning Targets Sentence Stems-2018

 

Vocabulary: Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

Chapter 10-Vocab Match up Review Game

Chapter 10-Vocabulary Terms and Definitions

 

Power Points: Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

Chapter 10-Section 1-PPT

Chapter 10-Section 2-PPT

Chapter 10-Section 3-PPT

Chapter 10-Section 4-PPT

 

Textbook PDF’s: Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire

The Americans-Chapter 10-Section 1

The Americans-Chapter 10-Section 2

The Americans-Chapter 10-Section 3

The Americans-Chapter 10-Section 4

 

Test Materials: Chapter 10-America Claims an Empire-Learning Target Three and Four Resources for the test

Chapter 10-Test Materials

 

*Our test will be on Thursday October 4th

 

Video-Animaniacs-The Panamá Cana (1:47 min)

 

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Government

Tuesday-10/02/18:

• Bell Work-1.) Can you name the main focus of this of the map shown above? 2.) Based on this map, what is one way the Compromise of 1850 dealt with the issue of the expansion of slavery into the territory gained from the Mexican Cession? 3.) What might have happened if California had been admitted as a slave state in 1850 instead of a free state?   
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Schoolhouse Rock: America – I’m Just a Bill Music Video (3:21 min)
• Presentation-Chapter 3-Section 3-Change by Other Means (Informal Amendments)
• Activity-Change by Other Means (Methods of Change)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD synthesis of the process in which laws are in traduced and changes can be made to legislative policy without having to formally amend the Constitution of the United States by interacting in a short presentation and creating a set of student centered guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Student will read and record information pertaining to the process in which laws are in traduced and changes can be made to legislative policy without having to formally amend the Constitution of the United States through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 3-Section 3-Change by Other Means (Informal Amendments) and Activity-Change by Other Means (Methods of Change)

Presentation-Chapter 3-Section 3-Change by Other Means (Informal Amendments) 

Chapter 3 Section 3- Constitutional Change by Other Means-2018

 

Activity-Change by Other Means (Methods of Change)

Change By Informal Means-Chapter 3-Section 3-Activity

 

Video-Schoolhouse Rock: America – I’m Just a Bill Music Video (3:21 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFroMQlKiag

 

U.S. History

Monday-10/01/18:

• Bell Work-1.) Identify the main theme of the political cartoon? 2.) Why do you think the artist chose to illustrate Uncle Sam’s growth from a child to an adult with an accompanying timeline? 3.) Explain why the final image of Uncle Sam is drawn as a portly man holding a ship? How does this image of Uncle Sam correlate to the final image of the hands of friendship being extended to the U.S. by European nations?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Activity-American Imperialism-DBQ-2017 (10 to15 min to finish activity)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the process and effect of U.S. expansionism during the early twentieth century by interpreting the meaning of several primary source documents in a collaborative activity
• Language Objective:

• • • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering Chapter 10 through the use of  a vocabulary match-up activity

 

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match up-Chapter 10-America Claims and Empire and Activity-American Imperialism-DBQ-2017

 

Vocabulary Match up-Chapter 10-America Claims and Empire 

Chapter 10-Vocab Match up Review Game

 

Activity-American Imperialism-DBQ-2017

American Imperialism-DBQ-2017

 

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Government

Monday-10/01/18:

• Bell Work-1.) What is the main theme of this primary source? 2.) What might Jefferson’s motives have been in writing this correspondence to Gideon Granger? 3.) What changes would you recommend to the structure or the content of this excerpt that would help present its main theme a way that is accessible to a wider audience?  
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Constitution Hall Pass: The Bill of Rights (Constitution Day 2014) (35:11 min)

• While watching students will record the first ten amendments and additional notes for Chapter 3 Section 2 (pg. 3-4)

• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD synthesis of the factors that led to the drafting and ratification of America’s Constitution specifically the Bill of Rights and identifying key court cases that support personal liberties by using guided video notes and class discussions
• Language Objective:
  • Students will listen and record factors that led to the drafting and ratification of America’s Constitution specifically the Bill of Rights and identifying key court cases that support personal liberties through responding to a video designed to cause further inquiry and classroom discussion

 

 

Video Clip and Supplemental Notes-Constitution Hall Pass: The Bill of Rights (Constitution Day 2014) (35:11 min)

• While watching students will record the first ten amendments and additional notes for Chapter 3 Section 2 (pg. 3-4)

 

 

Chapter 3-Section 2-Guided Notes-Part 2-High-2018