U.S. History
Wednesday-2/08/17:
- Bell Work-1.) Examine the political cartoon above. Based on your background knowledge please identify who the umpire, baseball player and baseball bats are intended to represent. 2.) Imagine you were a reporter for the New York Times. What questions would you ask the Supreme Court in an interview concerning their feelings towards the New Deal? 3.) What inference could you make as to what President Roosevelt was going to attempt to do regarding the Supreme Court based on his quote from the political cartoon which reads “Listen-I don’t like your ‘DECISIONS’, from now on you’re going to have to work with someone who can see things ‘MY WAY’!”?
- Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
- Reading Activity-Long, Lewis and the Communists-Appendix C pg. 21 (pg. 46 of the Crash, the Dust and the New Deal Activity)
- Study Guide Review Day-Chapter 15-The New Deal
- Daily Objective-
- Content Objective:
- SWD evaluation of the impact of Huey Long’s assassination and the fear of communism that began to emerge in America during the latter part of the 1930’s by interpreting primary text sources in a collaborative activity
- SWD evaluation of the materials covered in our unit covering the New Deal through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
- Language Objective:
- Students will read, orally discuss and respond to an activity where they will analyze primary a primary source highlighting the impact of Huey Long’s assassination and the fear of communism that began to emerge in America during the latter part of the 1930’s through a partner reading activity
- Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in our unit covering the New Deal by completing a structured inquiry based study guide
Supplemental Materials: Study Guide Review Day-Chapter 15-The New Deal
Chapter 15-Learning Target-Study Guide
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Government
Wednesday-2/08/17:
- Bell Work-1.) Based on your prior knowledge what document acted as the political guideline for the United States prior to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution? 2.) Based on the excerpt what can you determine could have caused the United States to move away from prior documents to a Constitution with a strongly established central government? 3.) What would you conclude about Richard Henry Lee’s argument is it one that would realistically persuade the American public to adopt a new Constitution or would it cause fear that we are replacing one ineffective government with another? * Please thoroughly explain your answer
- Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
- Procedure-Current Events Roll Out
- Presentation-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings
- Guided Notes-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings
- Daily Objective-
- Content Objective:
- SWD analysis of the basic concepts of government and how influential English documents laid the foundation for the United States current system of government by interacting in a short presentation and creating a set of student centered guided notes
- Language Objective:
- Student will read and record information pertaining to the basic concepts of government and how influential English documents laid the foundation for the United States current system of government through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes
Supplemental Materials: Procedure-Current Events Roll Out, Presentation-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings and Guided Notes-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings
Procedure-Current Events Roll Out
Article of the Week-Rubric-2016
Presentation-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings
Chapter 2-Section1-Our Political Beginnings-2016
Guided Notes-Chapter 2-Section 1-Our Political Beginnings
Chapter 2-Sections 1-Guided Notes-High
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