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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

 

Click the Link Below

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

 

 

U.S. History

Thursday-11/07/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on the context of the political cartoon what can we infer the term “frugal” means when referring to our forefathers? 2.) What is the underlying theme of the political cartoon? 3.) How might the materialistic nature of the man representing “This generation” have contributed to the economic downturn that in 1929 resulted in the Great Depression?  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video Clip-The Roaring 20’s: Crash Course US History #32 (13:11 min)

• Reflection Question: How did America change politically and socially during the early portion of the 1920’s?

• Notes-Chapter 12-Section 1-America Struggles with Post War Issues
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD synthesis the international and domestic events, interests, and philosophies that prompted attacks on civil liberties, including the Palmer Raids and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan by interacting in a short presentation and creating student led notes
• Language Objective:
  • Student will read and record information pertaining to the international and domestic events, interests, and philosophies that prompted attacks on civil liberties, including the Palmer Raids and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan through listening to a short lecture and a student led outline

 

Supplemental Materials: Notes-Chapter 12-Section 1-America Struggles with Post War Issues

 

Textbook PDF-Chapter 12-Section 1-America Struggles with Post War Issues

 

Video Clip-The Roaring 20’s: Crash Course US History #32 (13:11 min)

• Reflection Question: How did America change politically and socially during the early portion of the 1920’s?

 

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Government

Thursday-11/07/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Can you explain based to the primary source excerpt how the author believed Blacks [African Americans] would attempt to justify their right to gain full suffrage? 2.) Based on historical context and your prior knowledge can you identify another historical instance in which African Americans had to fight against unfair obstacles simply to enjoy the right to vote? 3.) What do you believe might have happened if the United States had granted Blacks [African American’s] the right to vote following the arguments made by the Liberty Party in 1840? Do you think as a result of suffrage being extended to African Americans at this time that the Civil War could have been avoided or was this just a fight we were destined to have? 
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Honest Political Ads-Gil Fulbright for President (2:17 min)
• Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections
• SSR Article-Money and Politics in The Age of Trump (November 2016)

• With Meta-Log

• Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • 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
    • SWD evaluation of the potential shift in how campaign financing is handled during the election process in the wake of Donald Trump’s winning the presidential election by evaluating a primary source and responding to inquiry-based log
  • Language Objective:
    • 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
    • Students will read and respond to an article pertaining to the potential shift in how campaign financing is handled during the election process in the wake of Donald Trump’s winning the presidential election by examining a primary source and responding to and meta-cognitive log

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections and SSR Article-Money and Politics in The Age of Trump (November 2016) With Meta-Log

Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 2-The Elections

 

SSR Article-Money and Politics in The Age of Trump (November 2016) With One-Pager

 

 

U.S. History

Wednesday-11/06/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Write in your own words based on the background information included above the text box how the Klan’s original goals of oppression against one race evolved overtime to oppress a multitude of ethnic groups? 2.) What are some of the motives behind the Klan’s anger towards the changes going on in America during the 1920’s? 3.) Examine the following line “… and finally even our right to teach our own children in our own school’s fundamental facts and truths have been torn away from us”. Do you think that even though the members of the Klan were teaching morally reprehensible ideas should they still have the right to educate their children in the ways they believe are best? *Please explain your thoughts
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Presentation-Chapter 12-Section 1-America Struggles with Post War Issues
• SSR Article-Sacco and Vanzetti Put to Death Early This Morning

• w/ Meta-cognitive Log

• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD synthesis the international and domestic events, interests, and philosophies that prompted attacks on civil liberties, including the Palmer Raids and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan by interacting in a short presentation

• • • SWD evaluation of the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti and how their deaths are attributed to the mass hysteria produced during the “Red Scare” by evaluating a primary source and responding to inquiry-based log

• Language Objective:
  • Student will read and record information pertaining to the international and domestic events, interests, and philosophies that prompted attacks on civil liberties, including the Palmer Raids and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan through listening to a short lecture
  • Students will read and respond to an article pertaining to the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti and how their deaths are attributed to the mass hysteria produced during the “Red Scare” by examining a primary source and responding to and meta-cognitive log

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 12-Section 1-America Struggles with Post War Issues and SSR Article-Sacco and Vanzetti Put to Death Early This Morning w/ Meta-cognitive Log

 

Presentation-Chapter 12-Section 1-America Struggles with Post War Issues

 

SSR Article-Sacco and Vanzetti Put to Death Early This Morning w/ Meta-cognitive Log

 

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Government

Wednesday-11/06/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Can you name the nursery rhyme that this political cartoon is referencing? 2.) What is the underlying theme of the political cartoon? 3.) When reflecting on the results of the 2016 Presidential Election and the struggles of the GOP to maintain a unified party platform, do you feel the shakeups that have occurred will results in positive changes for the Republican Party going forward or have they taken a major step back with how Donald Trump’s nomination has divided the party? *Thoroughly explain your position   
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-What’s the difference between a caucus and a primary? (4:48 min)
• Presentation –Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process
• Student Led Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by evaluating a series of primary sources and responding to guided questions based off the text
  • SWD analysis of the political process in which candidates running for office seek and receive their party’s nomination by interacting in a short presentation and creating a set of student-centered guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read, and respond to a document-based packet packed with arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by breaking down a series of primary sources and graphs to build an argument for eliminating the Electoral College
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the political process in which candidates running for office seek and receive their party’s nomination through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process and Student Led Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process

 

Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process

 

Student Led Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process

 

 

U.S. History

Monday-11/04/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on the excerpt above please describe what is happening in 1917 that seems to be frightening many Americans. 2.) Based on the excerpt what can we identify as some of the potential motives behind the anti-Communist hysteria led Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer in 1919? 3.) Imagine you were a member of the U.S. government living sometime in between 1917 and 1920. How would you have handled the “Red Scare”? *Would you have given into the fear or would you work to stop the spread of mass hysteria? Please explain why or why not
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Procedure-NCSS Social Studies Survey

• Set aside 10 min

• Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 12-Politics of the Roaring Twenties  
• 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 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 major political changes that occurred in America during the 1920’s through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 12-Politics of the Roaring Twenties  

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Government

Monday-11/04/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Identify the key characters in the political cartoon. 2.) What is the underlying theme of the political cartoon? 3.) What do you think about the artist’s choice to depict the man with the starting pistol as the embodiment of the “GOP”? Why might he have chosen them instead of the Democratic Party? 
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video Clip-The US Midterms explained | World (3:47 min)
• Activity-Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ (Day 2)
• Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 7-The Election Process  
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by evaluating a series of primary sources and responding to guided questions based off the text
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the federal election cycle in the United States by defining and personalizing vocabulary terms in a vocabulary-based activity
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read, and respond to a document-based packet packed with arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by breaking down a series of primary sources and graphs to build an argument for eliminating the Electoral College
  • Students will read and record important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering the federal election cycle in the United States through the use of a frayer model vocabulary activity

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Frayer Model Activity-Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

 

U.S. History

Friday-11/01/19:

• Bell Work-1.) What is the main idea of the political cartoon? 2.) Can you explain how other nations might have felt when it was announced that the United States was not going to join the League of Nations? What effect do you think this played in setting the stage for WWII? 3.) Based on this unit and your prior knowledge do you feel that it was a wise or a poor decision by Congress to prevent the United States from gaining membership into the League of Nations? *Please thoughtfully explain the position you took  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-The Lost Battalion (Day 3)

• w/ Guided Video Questions

• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD knowledge of the characteristics of trench warfare and the strategic military strategies used during WWI by watching a film and identifying key information that will help facilitate a classroom discussion on the major changes in the style of war that emerged during WWI
• Language Objective:
  • Students will watch, listen and record information pertaining to the characteristics of trench warfare and the strategic military strategies used during WWI through watching a movie and recording key pieces of information to help answer guided questions that will help us in a class discussion about the changes in combat during WWI

 

Supplemental Materials: Video-The Lost Battalion-Guided Video Questions

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS09qNCFNqs&t=1339s

 

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Government

Friday-11/01/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on the information above what can we distinguish is the largest shift amongst voters when comparing the popular vote from the 1980 and 1992 elections? 2.) Despite a candidates ability to receive a share of the popular vote what is the realistic outcome for third-party or independent candidate based on the presence of the Electoral College? 3.) Based on this data is there a better solution to fairly electing a president other than relying solely on the results of the Electoral College?  
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video Clip-How the U.S. Supreme Court Decided the Presidential Election of 2000 | History (5:29 min)
• Presentation-The Electoral College-2016
• Activity-Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by evaluating a series of primary sources and responding to guided questions based off the text
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read, and respond to a document-based packet containing the arguments for eliminating the Electoral College by breaking down a series of primary sources and graphs to build an argument for eliminating the Electoral College

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-The Electoral College-2016