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U.S. History

Thursday-9/05/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Woodrow Wilson recognizes that “evil has come with the good.” Identify three “evils” that Wilson discusses. (You do not need to identify the “good”) 2.) Compare Wilson’s statement that “We have squandered (wasted) a great part of what we might have used and have not stopped to conserve the exceeding bounty of nature…” with the beliefs of Theodore Roosevelt. Do they share a similar philosophy or are their beliefs in stark contrast to each other? *Explain your thoughts 3.) What criteria would you use to assess Wilson’s statement that “Our duty is to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil…to purify and humanize every process of our common life…”?  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Activity-The Progressive Era-Carousel Activity (10-20 min)
• Video-The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27 (15:00 min)

• Reflection Question: What was one of the major problems that existed during the Progressive Era and how did Americans attempt to solve the problem?

• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD comprehension of the forward-thinking ideas that developed during the Progressive Era by collaboratively summarizing a text set based on primary sources
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read, write and orally discuss the forward-thinking ideas that developed during the Progressive Era by creating a set of Cornell Notes and breaking down individually assigned pieces of text then summarizing the important information in a group setting

Supplemental Materials:

Video-The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27 (15:00 min)

• Reflection Question: What was one of the major problems that existed during the Progressive Era and how did Americans attempt to solve the problem?

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Government

Thursday-9/05/19:

• Bell Work-1.) During which occasion was this address given and who were the two influential men responsible for writing it? 2.) Write in your own words what Thomas Jefferson is proposing American colonists should do in response to the growing conflict with the English? 3.) How effective is this primary source as catalyst for entering into war? How might Jefferson adjust his position to gain a wider base of support?
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Procedure-Current Events Roll Out 
• 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: Procedure-Current Events Roll Out 

• Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 2-Origins of American Government