Mr. Murray and Ms. Colter's U.S History and Government iBlog

U.S. History

Tuesday-10/01/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Identify the underlying theme behind William Jennings Bryan argument against keeping the Philippines? 2.) Describe what William Jennings Bryan meant when he said “if government derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, it is impossible to secure title to people, either by force or by purchase”? 3.) Based on William Jennings Bryan’s comments how was the United States taking a contradictory approach to the Philippines as territorial holding?  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Who Were the Rough Riders? | Explorer (2:20 min)
• Presentation-Chapter 10-Section 2-The Spanish-American War
• Activity-11 Main Pros and Cons of American Imperialism-SSR Article-2019

• Annotating the article, creating a tree map and writing their response to a focused question

• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD comprehension of the events that escalated the growing sense of contention between the U.S. and Spain that led to the Spanish-American War by interacting in a short presentation
  • SWD synthesis of the key arguments in favor and in opposition of the United States imperialistic strategies during the mid-nineteenth century by reading a primary source and answering a structured reflection question
• Language Objective:

• • • Students will listen and discuss information pertaining to the events that escalated the growing sense of contention between the U.S. and Spain that led to the Spanish-American War by listening to a short-guided presentation and creating student centered guided notes
    • Students will read and record information pertaining to the key arguments in favor and in opposition of the United States imperialistic strategies during the mid-nineteenth century by reading/annotating an article and writing their thoughts on the idea of imperialism

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 10-Section 2-The Spanish-American War and Activity-11 Main Pros and Cons of American Imperialism-SSR Article-2019

 

Presentation-Chapter 10-Section 2-The Spanish-American War

Activity-11 Main Pros and Cons of American Imperialism-SSR Article-2019

• Annotating the article, creating a tree map and writing their response to a focused question

 

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Government

Tuesday-10/01/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Identify the different ways that power is divided between the three branches government? 2.) What are some of the problems that could emerge if one of the three branches of government continuously fails to meet their constitutional responsibilities? 3.) Is there a better solution when it comes to delegating power than creating a system where the three branches of our government hold the same amount of influence and power over the other two branches?  
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 4-Federalism
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the types of powers specifically held by our national and local government and how they use concurrent powers to work together 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 types of powers specifically held by our national and local government and how they use concurrent powers to work together through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

 

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 4-Federalism