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

Tuesday-4/21/15: M-Step Testing *Hours 4-6 Only

• Bell Work-1.What was the key element of romanticism? 2. What characteristics did photography have that made it the art of the industrial age? 3. What was the goal of impressionist painters?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-America the Story of U.S. Episode 10: WWII (45 min)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD synthesis of the social, political and economic effects of WWI on the United States due to it focus on industrialization by using guided video facts and class discussions.
• Language Objective:
  • Students will listen and record the social, political and economic effects of WWI on the United States due to it focus on industrialization through responding to a video designed to cause further inquiry and classroom discussion as a closing activity for our unit covering the revolutions

Monday-4/20/15:

• Bell Work-1. How did WWI help bring about the Russian Revolution? 2. What groups made up the Red Army and the White Army? 3. Why did the Bolsheviks rename their party the Communist Party?  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism
• Student Led Notes-Chapter 30-Section 1-Revolutions in Russia
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 30 Sections 1 and 2 by manipulating vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD creation of the divisive effects of the Russian civil war along with the rapid rise of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin by compiling information in student led guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 30 Sections 1 and 2 through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read and record and orally share information on the divisive effects of the Russian civil war along with the rapid rise of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin through the creation of student centered guided notes

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism, Student Led Notes-Chapter 30-Section 1-Revolutions in Russia

Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism

Chapter 30-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 30-Vocabulary Match-up

Student Led Notes-Chapter 30-Section 1-Revolutions in Russia

Chapter 30-Section 1-Guided Notes-High