Archive for February 2019

U.S. History

Tuesday-2/05/19:

  • Bell Work-1.) Based on the unit we covered in class what can you infer might have been the reason the Germans began the Jewish boycott in 1933? 2.) Demonstrate your understanding of the timeline by describing how the German policies changed as WWII progressed? 3.) What might the outcome have been for other non-Aryan (People of Indo-European origin (spanning from India to Europe), the original Aryan people specifically in Persia, and most controversially through Nazi misinterpretation, the Nordic or Germanic peoples) races had the Allies not began liberating concentration camps in 1944?
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Video-Kids Meet a Holocaust Survivor | Kids Meet | HiHo Kids (10:25 min)
  • Activity-Artifacts from the Holocaust-Expert Folder Activity
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD evaluation of the personal possession and effects of Jews who were held prisoner during the Holocaust in which they tell their story of internment during WWII through evaluating and interpreting primary source documents in an exploratory research activity
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read, record and orally discuss information pertaining to the personal possession and effects of Jews who were held prisoner during the Holocaust in which they tell their story of internment during WWII by completing a set of guided inquiry-based questions based off documents contained within an expert folder

 

Supplemental Materials: Activity-Artifacts from the Holocaust-Expert Folder Activity

Everyday Objects from the Holocaust-Document Activity-Guided Questions-2018

Everyday Objects from the Holocaust-PT 1

Everyday Objects from the Holocaust-PT 2

Everyday Objects from the Holocaust-PT 3

 

Video-Kids Meet a Holocaust Survivor | Kids Meet | HiHo Kids (10:25 min)

 

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Government

Tuesday-2/05/19:

  • Bell Work-1.) What can we infer was Patrick Henry’s main purpose for giving this speech in front of the Virginia House of Burgess? 2.) Select one of Patrick Henry’s three criticisms of the Stamp Act and discuss how this position reflected the frustrations of many colonists living in the mid 1760’s? 3.) What was the significance of Henry’s statement “…if this be treason, make the most of it” in relation to the impending conflict with the British?  
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Video Clip– 800 Years of Magna Carta (4:10 min)
  • Activity-Comparing The Bill of Rights and Magna Carta-Activity-2018
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD evaluation on the impact of the Magna and other English legal documents on the creation of the U.S. Bill of Rights 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 impact of the Magna and other English legal documents on the creation of the U.S. Bill of Rights by identifying key pieces of information contained within a copy of the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights with the help of a partner

 

Supplemental Materials: Activity-Comparing The Bill of Rights and Magna Carta-Activity-2018

Comparing-The-Bill-of-Rights-and-Magna-Carta-Activity-2019

 

Video Clip– 800 Years of Magna Carta (4:10 min)

 

 

U.S. History

Monday-2/04/19:

  • Bell Work-1.) Who are the main figures depicted in this political cartoon? 2.) What is the main theme of the political cartoon? 3.) Knowing the failures of Germany during WWI when they attempted to fight a two-front war against Great Britain and France on one side and Russia on the other, why do you think Hitler chose to “stab Russia in the back” by violating their non-aggression pact?  
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Presentation-Chapter 16-Section 3-The Holocaust
  • Video-I Survived the Holocaust (7:18 min)
  • Outline Notes-Chapter 16-Section 3-The Holocaust
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of the Nazi’s “final solution” and its horrific effect on the Jewish population of Europe during the Holocaust by interacting in a short presentation and creating a set of student-centered guided notes
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read, record and orally compare information pertaining to the Nazi’s “final solution” and its horrific effect on the Jewish population of Europe during the Holocaust through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 16-Section 3-The Holocaust and Outline Notes-Chapter 16-Section 3-The Holocaust

 

Presentation-Chapter 16-Section 3-The Holocaust

Chapter 16-Section 3-The Holocaust

 

Outline Notes-Chapter 16-Section 3-The Holocaust

Notes-Outline-Chapter 16-Section 3

 

Textbook PDF’s-Chapter 16-Section 3-The Holocaust

The Americans-Chapter 16-Section 3

 

Video-I Survived the Holocaust (7:18 min)

 

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Government

Monday-2/04/19:

  • Bell Work-1.) Based on your background knowledge and the information contained in the primary source which important document was the United States Bill of Rights was added to? 2.) Why do you think people felt a greater sense of protection under the Constitution following the introduction of The Bill of Rights in 1791 than they did as a colony under the English Crown? 3.) Hypothetically if The Bill of Rights were to contain only nine amendments which of the original ten amendments would you recommend be eliminated? *Please thoroughly explain along with naming why you feel the particular amendment should be eliminated  
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 2-Origins of American Government
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the influence of the Magna Carta, Petition of Right and the English Bill of Rights on the current American system government 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 influence of the Magna Carta, Petition of Right and the English Bill of Rights on the current American system through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

 

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 2-Origins of American Government

Chapter 2-Frayer Model Set Up

Chapter 2-Vocab Match up Review Game

Chapter 2-Vocabulary Terms and Definitions