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U.S. History

Monday-11/11/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on your prior knowledge can you explain what is happening at the time this photo is taken? 2.) Show you level of understanding by explaining what the store owner meant when he wrote on the sign “Buy now and save money”? 3.) Do you agree with the actions taken in the 18th Amendment? Is prohibiting something that can be misused always the best method for fixing a problem?  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 12-Politics of the Roaring Twenties  
• Presentation-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency
• Guided Notes-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the major political changes that occurred in America during the 1920’s by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD synthesis of the failures of the Harding administration during the 1920’s by compiling information on a student led guided outline
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering the major political changes that occurred in America during the 1920’s through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the failures of the Harding administration during the 1920’s through identifying and listing key information in student led inquiry outlines

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency and Guided Notes-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency

 

Presentation-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency

 

Guided Notes-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency

 

Textbook PDF-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency

 

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Monday-11/11/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on the information contained in the primary source when was the 26th Amendment to the Constitution ratified? 2.) Imagine you were a reporter working for the Detroit Free Press and you were granted an interview with President Nixon. What are two or three questions that you would you ask the President regarding the ratification of the 26th Amendment? 3.) What is your opinion regarding the passage of the 26th Amendment? *Discuss whether you feel the voting age should have remained at twenty-one like in the late 1960’s or if you think the decision to lower the voting age to eighteen was the right decision.
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video Clip-What Are Super PACs? (3:29 min)
• Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections
• SSR Article- How Small Money Can Matter Again in Politics-2018
  • w/One Pager Reflection Sheet
• Notes-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections
• Study Guide-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the various sources of campaign funding and the issues raised by campaign spending by interacting in a short presentation and completing structured guided notes
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covering the role of voters and how the election process in America is organized through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the various sources of campaign funding and the issues raised by campaign spending through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covering the role of voters and how the election process in America is organized by completing a structured inquiry-based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections, Notes-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections and Study Guide-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections

 

Notes-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections

 

Textbook PDF-Chapter 7-The Electoral Process

 

Study Guide-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

Vocabulary-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

Power Points-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

Chapter 6-Power Points

 

Chapter 7-Power Points

 

Test Materials-Chapter 6 and Chapter 7-Learning Target 3 and 4 Resources  

 

Textbook PDF’s-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

*Test will be this Wednesday November 13th, 2019

U.S. History

Friday-11/08/19:

• Bell Work-1.) What can we infer is the main subject this political cartoon is trying to depict? 2.) What were some of the major problems that arose during this scandal? (Look in your U.S. history textbook on page 421 if you are not familiar with the scandal) 3.) What changes would you recommend to the political cartoon make it more accessible to an audience that might not be familiar with the scandal?  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-America The Story of US-Episode 8-Boom (44 min)

• w/ Guided Video Notes

• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD knowledge of America’s economic boom during the early Twentieth century that fueled the desire for automation while the growth of organized crime leads to the disastrous policy of Prohibition through recording information presented in a video and completing a class discussion
• Language Objective:
  • Students will watch and record information pertaining to America’s economic boom during the early Twentieth century that fueled the desire for automation while the growth of organized crime leads to the disastrous policy of Prohibition. through watching a video and discussing the impact with a classmate

 

Supplemental Material: Video-America The Story of US-Episode 8-Boom (44 min) w/ Guided Video Notes

 

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America The Story of US-Episode 8-Boom

 

 

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Government

Friday-11/08/19:

• Bell Work-1.) What is the underlying theme behind this excerpt from Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s speech? 2.) Can you distinguish the difference between the focus of this document and the others in terms of the date it was written and the message it is trying to convey? 3.) What can you predict based on the pervious documents and your prior knowledge might be the reaction of male voters after hearing this speech? 
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Voting (HBO) (14:08 min)

• Reflection Question: What are some of the problems that exist that makes registering to vote or simply voting a frustrating process for many Americans?
• Activity-Current Events 11/09
• Student Led Notes-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections
• 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 analysis of the various ways in which voters can cast their ballots and the role local precincts/polling places play in the election process by interacting in a short presentation and completing structured guided notes
  • 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
    • Students will read and record information pertaining to the various ways in which voters can cast their ballots and the role local precincts/polling places play in the election process through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes

 

Supplemental Materials: Activity-Current Events 11/09 and Student Led Notes-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections

 

Activity-Current Events 11/09

 

Student Led Notes-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections

 

Textbook PDF-Chapter 7-The Electoral Process