U.S. History
Monday-11/05/18:
- Bell Work-1.) Based on the excerpt above please describe what is happening in 1917 that seems to be frightening many Americans? 2.) Based on the excerpt what can we identify as some of the potential motives behind the anti-Communist hysteria led Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer in 1919? 3.) Imagine you were a member of the U.S. government living sometime in between 1917 and 1920. How would you have handled the “Red Scare”? *Would you have given into the fear or would you work to stop the spread of mass hysteria? Please explain why or why not
- Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
- Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 12-Politics of the Roaring Twenties
- Presentation-Chapter 12- Section 3-The Business of America
- Outline Notes-Chapter 12-Section 3-The Business of America
- Daily Objective-
- Content Objective:
- SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the major political changes that occurred in America during the 1920’s by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
- SWD synthesis of the growth in American business and travel in the 1920’s by interacting in a short presentation and completing a set of student led guided notes
- Language Objective:
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- Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering the major political changes that occurred in America during the 1920’s through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
- Students will read and record information pertaining the growth in American business and travel in the 1920’s through listening to a short lecture and completing a set of student led notes
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Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 12-Politics of the Roaring Twenties , Presentation-Chapter 12- Section 3-The Business of America and Outline Notes-Chapter 12-Section 3-The Business of America
Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 12-Politics of the Roaring Twenties
Chapter 12-Vocab Match up Review Game
Presentation-Chapter 12- Section 3-The Business of America
Chapter 12-Section 3- The Businesses of America
Outline Notes-Chapter 12-Section 3-The Business of America
Notes-Outline-Chapter 12-Section 3
Textbook PDF’s-Chapter 12-Section 3-The Business of America
The Americans-Chapter 12-Section 3
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Government
Monday-11/05/18:
- Bell Work-1.) Identify the key characters in the political cartoon. 2.) What is the underlying theme of the political cartoon? 3.) What do you think about the artist’s choice to depict the man with the starting pistol as the embodiment of the “GOP”? Why might he have chosen them instead of the Democratic Party?
- Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
- Video Clip-How the U.S. Supreme Court Decided the Presidential Election of 2000 | History (5:29 min)
- Presentation-The Electoral College-2016
- Activity-Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ
- Daily Objective-
- Content Objective:
- SWD evaluation of the arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by evaluating a series of primary sources and responding to guided questions based off the text
- Language Objective:
- Students will read, and respond to a document-based packet containing the arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by breaking down a series of primary sources and graphs to build an argument for eliminating the Electoral College
Supplemental Materials: Presentation-The Electoral College-2018
Video Clip-How the U.S. Supreme Court Decided the Presidential Election of 2000 | History (5:29 min)