Archive for October 23rd 2019

U.S. History

Wednesday-10/23/19:

  • Bell Work-1.) Who is the main subject of the political cartoon? 2.) What can you infer Debs means by his statement “Anyhow there are worse places than a front porch”? 3.) Explain how the reason for Debs imprisonment for violating the Sedition Act by encouraging citizens to resist the military draft during WWI contradicted the very reason the United States entered the conflict according to President Wilson? (Think about what Wilson said to Congress while asking for a declaration of war)  
  • Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Activity-Weapons of WWI-Web Quest
  • w/Writing Prompt
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD synthesis of the impact that newly developed weapons had on combat during World War I by compiling information in a collaborative webquest then integrating and layering the information into a structured writing prompt
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read, research and orally discuss information pertaining to the impact that newly developed weapons had on combat during World War I by completing a partner-based web quest then using the information gathered to construct a well-formed essay response

Supplemental Materials: Activity-Weapons of WWI-Web Quest

 

Web Links-Weapons of WWI-Web Quest

Section One: The Machine Gun
http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/machineguns.htm

 

Section Two: The Airplane
http://www.acepilots.com/wwi/main.html

Section Three: Poison Gas
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-one/the-western-front-in-world-war-one/poison-gas-and-world-war-one/

 

Section Four: The Tank
http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/tanks.htm

Section Five: The U-Boat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boat

 

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Government

Wednesday-10/23/19:

  • Bell Work-1.) Can you name the demographic during the 2008 Presidential election that nearly gave President Obama 100% of their vote? 2.) Locate the data for the 1996 Presidential election. Please identify three particular groups whose votes were divided pretty evenly (nearly 50/50) among the candidates. 3.) Imagine you are a political candidate running against President Obama during the 2012 election. How effective would data like this be in shaping your campaign strategy of appealing to voters of all demographics?  
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Video-Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 (13:30 min)
  • Reflection Question: What challenges did women face during the early 1900’s and how did the suffrage movement lead to new freedoms for women?
  • Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior
  • Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of the process in which suffrage was extended to American women and the struggles of other minorities who are living in this country by watching a short video and responding to a writing prompt
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the voting process by defining and personalizing vocabulary terms in a vocabulary-based activity
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and record information pertaining to process in which suffrage was extended to American women and the struggles of other minorities who are living in this country and the qualifications a voter must meet today by watching an episode of Crash Course U.S. History and responding to a guided reflection question
    • Students will read and record important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering the voting process through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior

 

Video-Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 (13:30 min)

  • Reflection Question: What challenges did women face during the early 1900’s and how did the suffrage movement lead to new freedoms for women?