U.S. History
Monday-11/12/18:
- Bell Work-1.) Based on your prior knowledge can you explain what is happening at the time this photo is taken? 2.) Show you level of understanding by explaining what the store owner meant when he wrote on the sign “Buy now and save money”? 3.) Do you agree with the actions taken in the 18th Amendment? Is prohibiting something that can be misused always the best method for fixing a problem?
- Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
- Activity-The Era of Prohibition-DBQ-2018
- Daily Objective-
- Content Objective:
- SWD evaluation of the effect of prohibition on the United States and how the failures of the Prohibition Bureau and the Volstead Act led to its eventual repeal by interpreting the meaning of several primary source documents in a collaborative activity
- Language Objective:
- Students will read, discuss and record information pertaining to the effect of prohibition on the United States and how the failures of the Prohibition Bureau and the Volstead Act led to its eventual repeal by identifying key pieces of information contained in a DBQ packet with the help of a partner
Supplemental Materials: Activity-The Era of Prohibition-DBQ-2018
The Era of Prohibition-DBQ-2018
Pohibition Era DBQ-Set Up Sheet
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Government
Monday-11/12/18
- Bell Work-1.) Based on the information contained in the primary source when was the 26th Amendment to the Constitution ratified? 2.) Imagine you were a reporter working for the Detroit Free Press and you were granted an interview with President Nixon. What are two or three questions that you would you ask the President regarding the ratification of the 26th Amendment? 3.) What is your opinion regarding the passage of the 26th Amendment? *Discuss whether you feel the voting age should have remained at twenty-one like in the late 1960’s or if you think the decision to lower the voting age to eighteen was the right decision.
- 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 and creating student centered guided notes
- Content Objective:
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-2018