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U.S. History

Tuesday-5/14/19:

• Bell Work-1.) In your own words please explain the significance of Dr. King’s statement “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere… Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly”? 2.) What might Dr. King’s motives have been in writing this letter while incarcerated? 3.) Imagine you were in Dr. King’s position being jailed for peacefully protesting racial injustices. How would you have handled the situation? *Think about whether you would have fought back or continued on peacefully protesting
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Murder in Mississippi (1:36:00 min) (Day 3-Last 10 to 12 min)

• w/ Guided Video Questions

• Vocabulary Frayer Activity-Chapter 22-The Vietnam Years
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD knowledge of the ways in the murder of three Civil Rights workers were killed in 1964 by the KKK and how that impacted the nation by recording information presented in a video and completing a class discussion
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the United States’ military campaign in Vietnam by defining and personalizing vocabulary terms in a vocabulary-based activity
• Language Objective:

• • • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in our unit focusing on the push for fully guaranteed civil rights in the United States during the 1960’s by completing a structured inquiry-based study guide
    • Students will read and record important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering the United States’ military campaign in Vietnam through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

 

Supplemental Materials: Video-Murder in Mississippi-Guided Video Questions and Vocabulary Frayer Activity-Chapter 22-The Vietnam Years

Video-Murder in Mississippi-Guided Video Questions

Murder in Mississippi-Video Questions-2018

 

Vocabulary Frayer Activity-Chapter 22-The Vietnam Years 

Chapter 22-Frayer Model Set Up

Chapter 22-Vocabulary

Chapter 22-Vocab Match up Review Game

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Government

Tuesday-5/14/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on the information contained in the primary source list five powers expressly granted to the president in the Constitution? 2.) After identifying the powers expressly granted to the president in the Constitution make a T-Chart or a Tree Map that distinguishes whether those powers deal with foreign or domestic policies. 3.) In Section III, the president is empowered to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed”. How is this similar to the concepts contained in the Necessary and Proper Clause contained in Article I Section VIII of the Constitution?  
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Test Form Set up-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action
• Test Materials-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action
• Study Guide Review Time-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covering the roles and responsibilities of the office of the President of the United States through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covering the roles and responsibilities of the office of the President of the United States by completing a structured inquiry-based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials: Test Materials-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action and Study Guide Review Time-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action

Test Materials-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action

Chapter 13 and 14-Test Materials

 

Study Guide-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action

Chapter 13 and 14-Learning Target-Study Guide-2019

 

Vocabulary-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action

Chapter 13 and 14-Test Vocabulary

 

Test Materials-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action

Chapter 13 and 14-Test Materials

 

Power Points-Chapter 13-The President and Chapter 14-The Presidency in Action

Chapter 13-The Presidency

Chapter-14-Power of the Presidency-Power Point