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U.S. History

Friday-9/13/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on your prior knowledge what time period might this political cartoon have been created? 2.) Based on the political cartoon describe the obstacles that exist for female voters that do not exist for male voters? Why do you think these obstacles exist? 3.) What can you interpret about the artists choice to make the male voter look like a disheveled, sloppy man compared to the well-dressed woman being held back from casting her ballot? 
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video Clip-Theodore Roosevelt-Mini Biography (3:57 min)
• Presentation-Chapter 9-Section 3-Teddy Roosevelts Square Deal
• Activity-The Jungle by Upton Sinclair-Analytical Worksheet
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the deplorable conditions within the American meat-packing that were exposed in Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle by interpreting the meaning of several primary source documents in a collaborative activity
  • SWD synthesis of the achievements of Theodore Roosevelt during his presidency and the way he used presidential power to regulate business by interacting in a short presentation
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read, discuss and record information pertaining to the deplorable conditions within the American meat-packing that were exposed in Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle by identifying key pieces of information contained in a primary source activity with the help of a partner
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the achievements of Theodore Roosevelt during his presidency and the way he used presidential power to regulate business through listening to a short lecture

 

Supplemental Materials:Presentation-Chapter 9-Section 3-Teddy Roosevelts Square Deal and Activity-The Jungle by Upton Sinclair-Analytical Worksheet

Presentation-Chapter 9-Section 3-Teddy Roosevelts Square Deal

Activity-The Jungle by Upton Sinclair-Analytical Worksheet

Video Clip-Theodore Roosevelt-Mini Biography (3:57 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzm2EBYfyDg

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Government

Friday-9/13/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on the primary source how does King George III view the colonist’s decision to rebel against his authority? 2.) Imagine that you were King George III and you learned that the American colonists were rebellion against your royal decrees how would you have handled putting down a rebellion in your most profitable colony? 3.) How would you have felt about this statement from King George III if you were an English colonist living in North America who had previously defended the monarch’s divine right to rule over his colonial possessions?
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Activity-Current Events 4/20
• Video-What Were the Articles of Confederation? | America: Facts vs. Fiction (2:49 min)
  • or What Were the Articles of Confederation? | History (2:28 min)
• Activity-Articles of Confederation Activity-Notes Sheet-2018
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:

• • • SWD evaluation of influential events occurring locally, nationally and internationally by finding articles in newspapers or online then interpreting the information and stating an opinion about the impact of the article in a current events activity

• • • SWD evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses contained within the Articles of Confederation by examining a primary source and secondary documents and creating a personalized document with in a collaborative activity

• Language Objective:

• • • Students will research, read and record information pertaining to the influential events occurring locally, nationally and internationally by finding articles in newspapers or online by annotating the article and discussing the event with several classmates in a collaborative activity

• • • Student will read and record information pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses contained within the Articles of Confederation by examining a primary source and secondary documents and creating a personalized document with the help of a partner

 

Supplemental Materials: Activity-Current Events 4/20 and Activity-Articles of Confederation Activity-Notes Sheet-2018

Activity-Current Events 4/20

Activity-Articles of Confederation Activity-Notes Sheet-2018

• Video-What Were the Articles of Confederation? | America: Facts vs. Fiction (2:49 min)
  • or What Were the Articles of Confederation? | History (2:28 min)