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

Friday-4/17/15: 

• Bell Work-Please take out your notes/study guide and with your elbow partner review all of the information for our quiz covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3.
  • In 5 minutes we will begin the vocabulary match up activity
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Quick Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity- Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Quiz- Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Guided Tour-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism
• Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
    • SWD evaluation of key terms and concepts associated with our unit covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3 by demonstrating their knowledge thought the use of a unit quiz
    • SWD applications of the important political/historical figures, events and evidentiary text located in Chapter 30 through compiling information on a guided tour worksheet
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3 by using a vocabulary match-up activity
    • Students will read and write their answers in order to match up important vocabulary terms and information pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 24 Sections 1 through 3 by completing a multiple choice and matching quiz.
    • Students will write answers to guided questions that require examination of the additional supporting resources/information located within Chapter 30 by completing a Guided Tour activity

Thursday-4/16/15: M-Step Testing (33 minute classes)

• Bell Work-None
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Procedural Activity-Portfolio Fun Time
• Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • None
  • Language Objective:
    • None

Wednesday-4/15/15:

• Bell Work-Please sit quietly with your pencil/pen out and a full or half sheet of paper titled “Boom-Video Facts”.
  • Number your paper 1 to 30 and don’t forget to put your name on it.
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-America the Story of US-Episode 8: Boom w/ 30 Video Facts
• Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD synthesis of the influence of oil on American industry and the massive engineering projects that shaped the early 21^st Century by using guided video facts and class discussions.
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will listen and record the influence of oil on American industry and the massive engineering projects that shaped the early 21^st Century through responding to a video designed to cause further inquiry and classroom discussion.

Supplemental Materials: Guided Tour-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism

Guided Tour-Chapter 30-Revolutions and Nationalism

Chapter 30-Guided Tour

Tuesday-4/14/15: M-Step Testing *Hours 1-3 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- Lewis and Clark Expedition – AMAZING History Documentary [HD] (42:03 min)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD synthesis of the social, political and economic effects of Lewis and Clark’s journey across the great American wilderness by using guided video facts and class discussions.
• Language Objective:
  • Students will listen and record the social, political and economic effects of Lewis and Clark’s journey across the great American wilderness through responding to a video designed to cause further inquiry and classroom discussion as a closing activity for our unit covering the revolutions

Monday-4/13/15:

• Bell Work-1. List in order from most powerful to least powerful the Latin American social classes that dictated people’s place in society? (Section 1) 2. What is the difference between Nationalism and a Nation-state? (Section 2) 3. What caused the Franco-Prussian War? (Section 3)
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Study Guide Review Time- Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of key terms and concepts associated with our unit covering Chapter 24 by demonstrating their knowledge thought the use of a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and write their answers in order to match up important vocabulary terms and information pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 24 by completing a inquiry based study guide

Video Link: Lewis and Clark-Great Journey West National Geographic 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa6lL60PP0g&list=PLY9yp6txPQS-ro7lVV9Vlc1IWIKuRTtvp

Thursday-4/02/15:

• Bell Work-1. Which aging empires suffered from the forces of nationalism? 2. What role did Garibaldi play in the unification of Italy? 3. What advantages did Prussia have in leading the German states to unification?
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Student Led Guided Notes-Chapter 24-Section 3-Nationalism (Case Study: Italy and Germany)
• Thinking Map-Chapter 24 Section 1-3 Important Concepts and Matching Terms

• Tree Map-Chapter 24 Section 1 and 2 Terms
• Bubble Map-Nation States in Europe by 1815
• Brace Map-Louis-Napoleons Accomplishments as President
• Circle Map-The Four Countries that Formed Gran Columbia

• Study Guide-Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD creation of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 24 Section 1-3 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD creation of the rise of nationalism during the 1800’s and it’s effects on Italy and Germany through compiling information in student led guided notes
  • SWD creation of the important people, terms and concepts included in Chapter 24 Sections 1-3 through organizing information in thinking maps
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in Chapter 24 Sections 1-3 through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 24 Section 1-3 by using a vocabulary match-up
  • Students will read and record and orally share the rise of nationalism during the 1800’s and it’s effects on Italy and Germany by creating student centered guided notes
  • Students will record the important people, terms and concepts included in Chapter 24 Sections 1-3 by creating a Tree-Map, Bubble Map, Circle Map and Brace Map that will help to organize their newly acquired knowledge in preparation for our exam covering Chapter 24 Sections 1-3
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapter 24 Sections 1-3 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

Wednesday-4/01/15:

• Bell Work-1. How do Radical ideas differ from Liberal ideas? 2. Why did France’s Third Republic fail? 3. What was the driving force behind Russia’s industrial expansion?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity-Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Thinking Map-Latin American Social Classes-Triangulum Map  
• Student Led Notes-Chapter 24-Section 2-Europe Faces Revolutions
• Names and Terms-Chapter 24- Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 24 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD creation of the important people, terms and concepts included in Chapter 24 Sections 1-3 through organizing information in thinking maps
  • SWD creation of the social changes/political revolutions that occurred in Europe by classifying the changes in government and the rise of Nationalism through compiling information in student led guided notes
  • SWD application of the important political/historical figures, events and terms located in Chapter 24 through compiling information on a names and terms worksheet
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 24 by using a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will record the important people, terms and concepts included in Chapter 24 Sections 1-3 by creating a Triangulum Map that will help to organize their newly acquired knowledge in preparation for our exam covering Chapter 24 Sections 1-3
  • Students will read and record and orally share the struggles for political revolutions in Europe and the rise of nationalism by creating student centered guided notes
  • Students will write definitions designed to create additional supporting vocabulary resources/information through covering the important political/historical figures, events and terms located within Chapter 24 by completing a names and terms activity

Supplemental Materials: Wednesday 4/01

Thinking Map-Latin American Social Classes-Triangulum Map  

Spanish Colonial Society-Triangulum Map

Student Led Notes-Chapter 24-Section 2-Europe Faces Revolutions

Chapter 24-Section 2-Notes

Names and Terms-Chapter 24- Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West

Chapter 24-Names and Terms

Supplemental Materials: Thursday 4/01

Student Led Guided Notes-Chapter 24-Section 3-Nationalism (Case Study: Italy and Germany) 

Chapter 24-Section 3-Guided Notes

Study Guide-Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West

Chapter 24-Study Guide-Half-Sheet

Other Supplemental Materials: Chapter 24

Chapter 23-Power Point Notes 

Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West

Chapter 24-Vocabulary Match Up

Chapter 24-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 24-Vocabulary Match-up

Tuesday-3/31/15:

• Bell Work-1. How was Spanish colonial society structured? 2. How did the Haitian Revolution differ from other revolutions in Latin America? 3.) Which group led the quest for Mexican independence?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• SSR-Venezuela Natives Rally in FL. One of Many Nationwide Showing Solidarity (Feb. 26^th,, 2014)
• SSR Meta-Cognitive Log-Reflection Log
• Student Led Notes-Chapter 24-Section 1-Latin American Peoples Win Independence
• Geography Activity-South American Political Map
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the protests taking place in Florida that are designed as a sign of solidarity in for those suffering in Venezuela through stating their opinion on a SSR article in SSR reflection log
  • SWD creation of the changes and social revolutions that occurred in Latin America by classifying the changes in government and their achievement of independence through compiling information in structured guided notes
  • SWD synthesis of the different nations that exist in South America by designing a political map and properly identifying each nation in a map activity
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information regarding the protests taking place in Florida that are designed as a sign of solidarity in for those suffering in Venezuela by responding to an SSR article through a SSR Meta-log
  • Students will read and record the struggles for political revolutions and independence in Latin American colonies by creating student centered guided notes
  • Students will locate and record the different nations that exist in South America through labeling each nation and color coding them on a political map

Supplemental Materials: SSR Article –Venezuela Natives Rally in FL. One of Many Nationwide Showing Solidarity (Feb. 26^th,, 2014), SSR Meta-Cognitive Log-Reflection Log, Student Led Notes-Chapter 24-Section 1-Latin American Peoples Win Independence and Geography Activity-South American Political Map

SSR Article -Venezuela Natives Rally in FL. One of Many Nationwide Showing Solidarity (Feb. 26^th,, 2014)

Venezuelans in Florida show support for their relatives overseas-SSR Article-Low

SSR Meta-Cognitive Log-Reflection Log

SSR-Meta-Cognitive Log-Template

Student Led Notes-Chapter 24-Section 1-Latin American Peoples Win Independence

Chapter 24-Section 1-Guided Notes-High

Geography Activity-South American Political Map (Please label each nation and it’s capital city. Color it neatly)

Map Activity-South America

Monday-3/30/15:

• Bell Work- Turn to page 678 and answer the three “Geography Questions” located under the previewing main ideas section
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity- Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Guided Tour-Chapter 24- Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 24 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD applications of the important political/historical figures, events and evidentiary text located in Chapter 24 through compiling information on a guided tour worksheet
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 24 by using a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will write answers to guided questions that require examination of the additional supporting resources/information located within Chapter 24 by completing a Guided Tour activity

Supplemental Material: Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity- Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West and Guided Tour-Chapter 24- Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West

Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity-Chapter 24-Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West

Chapter 24-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 24-Vocabulary Match-up

Guided Tour-Chapter 24- Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West

Chapter 24-Guided Tour

Friday-3/27/15:

• Bell Work- Please sit quietly with your pencil/pen out and a full sheet of loose-leaf paper number it 1-25. Please title it “Revolution Video Notes”.  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Mankind the Story of All of US-Episode 10: Revolutions (46:04 min)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD synthesis of the social, political and economic effects of Industrialization on America and the seismic shift from an agrarian society to an industrialized one through the use of guided video facts and class discussions.
• Language Objective:
  • Students will listen and record the social, political and economic effects of Industrialization on America and the seismic shift from an agrarian society to an industrialized one by responding to a video designed to cause further inquiry and classroom discussion as a closing activity for our unit covering the Industrial Revolution.

Thursday-3/26/15:

• Bell Work- Please take out your notes/study guide and with your elbow partner review all of the information for our quiz tomorrow covering Chapter 23 Sections 1 through 5. In 5 minutes we will begin the vocabulary match up activity.
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Quiz- Chapter 23-The French revolution and Napoleon
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of key terms and concepts associated with our unit covering Chapter 23 by demonstrating their knowledge thought the use of a unit quiz
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and write their answers in order to match up important vocabulary terms and information pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 23 by completing a multiple choice and matching quiz.

Wednesday-3/25/15:

• Bell Work-1. Following Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar what were the two lasting effects? (Section 3) 2. What happened to Napoleon following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo (Section 4) 3. What was the policy of Legitimacy? (Section 5)
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Study Guide Review Time- Chapter 23-The French revolution and Napoleon
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of key terms and concepts associated with our unit covering Chapter 23 by demonstrating their knowledge thought the use of a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and write their answers in order to match up important vocabulary terms and information pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 23 by completing a inquiry based study guide

Video Link: Mankind The Story of All Of Us-Episode 10-Revolutions-Preview 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LZVTnD0TD0

Tuesday-3/24/15:

• Bell Work- What were the three main points of Metternich’s plan for Europe? 2. Why was the Congress of Vienna considered a success? 3. What was the long-term legacy of the Congress of Vienna?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Quick Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity- Chapter 23-The French Revolution and Napoleon
• Student Led Guided Notes-Chapter 23-Sec 5 The Congress of Vienna
• Study Guide-Chapter 23-The French Revolution and Napoleon
• Daily Objective-
  • Content Objective:
    • SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 23 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
    • SWD creation of the effects of the Congress of Vienna and the early establishment of alliance systems in Europe through compiling information in student led guided notes
    • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in Chapter 23 Sections 1-5 through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
  • Language Objective:
    • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 23 by using a vocabulary match-up activity
    • Students will read and record the effects of the Congress of Vienna and the early establishment of alliance systems in Europe by creating student centered guided notes
    • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapter 23 Sections 1-5 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

Supplemental Materials: Chapter 23-Power Point, Study Guide-Chapter 23 and Vocabulary Match up

Chapter 23-Power Point

The French Revolution and Napoleon

Study Guide-Chapter 23

Chapter 23-Learning Target-Study Guide

Vocabulary Match up

Chapter 23-Vocabulary Match-up

Chapter 23-Vocab Match up Terms

Homework: 3/24/2015

Complete your study guide for our exam on Thursday March 26th, 2015

Monday-3/23/15:

• Bell Work– 1. How did Great Britain combat Napoleon’s naval blockade? 2. Why did Napoleon have trouble fighting enemy forces in the Peninsular War? 3. Why was Napoleon’s delay of the retreat from Moscow such a great blunder?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Student Led Guided Notes-Chapter 23-Section 4-Napoleon’s Empire Collapses
• Classroom Procedures-Binder Clean out of Chapter 22 Materials
• Thinking Maps Activity-Chapter 23 Section 4 Thinking Maps (Create a Flow Map and a Bubble Map to accompany Section 4)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD creation of the major battles under Napoleons leadership and the reasons why Napoleon’s desire for power became his greatest downfall through compiling information in student led guided notes
  • SWD creation of the reasons for the downfall of Napoleon and his major military failures by organizing information in thinking maps
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record the major battles under Napoleons leadership and the reasons why Napoleon’s desire for power became his greatest downfall by creating student centered guided notes
  • Students will record the reasons for the downfall of Napoleon and his major military failures through creating a different thinking map for each section that will help to organize their newly acquired knowledge

Supplemental Material: Student Led Guided Notes-Chapter 23-Section 4-Napoleon’s Empire Collapses, Chapter 23-Vocabulary Match up and Thinking Maps Activity-Chapter 23 Section 4 Thinking Maps (Create a Flow Map and a Bubble Map to accompany Section 4)

Student Led Guided Notes-Chapter 23-Section 4-Napoleon’s Empire Collapses

Chapter 23-Section 4-Guided Notes

Chapter 23-Vocabulary Match up

Chapter 23-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 23-Vocabulary Match-up

Thinking Maps Activity-Chapter 23 Section 4 Thinking Maps (Create a Flow Map and a Bubble Map to accompany Section 4)

Napoleons Downfall-Bubble Map

Napoleons Mistakes-Flow Map

Homework: Due 3/24, 2015:

• Study Chapter 23 Vocabulary Terms for Thursdays Test
• Finish your two thinking maps for tomorrow

5th Hour Only: 

Answer questions 9-18 on pg. 676 for tomorrow

Thursday-3/19/15:

• Bell Work-None
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Quick Vocab Match-up-Chapter 23-The French Revolution and Napoleon
• Web Quest-French Revolution
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 23 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD synthesis of the major events that occurred during the French Revolution by locating information online in a collaborative activity
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 23 by using a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read and record important information on the major events that occurred during the French Revolution through examining websites and primary sources in a group web quest activity

Supplemental Material: French Revolution Web Quest

Supplemental Material: French Revolution Web Quest 

French Revolution-WebQuest

 Wednesday-3/18/15:

• Bell Work-1. How did Napoleon become a hero in France? 2. What did Napoleon consider his great triumph in domestic policy? 3. How was Napoleon able to control the countries neighboring the French empire?  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Quick Vocab Match-up-Chapter 23-The French Revolution and Napoleon
• Student Led Notes –Chapter 23-Section 3-Napoleon Forges an Empire 
• Thinking Maps Activity-

• Flow Map-Section 1: “The Old Regime”
• Bubble Map-Section 2: “Changes in France Under the National Convention”

• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with our unit covering Chapter 23 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD creation of Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power and the steps he took to restore order in France through compiling information in student led guided notes
  • SWD creation of conflicts that divided the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Estates, the reasons for economic turmoil in France and the changes that took place under the National Assembly through organizing information in thinking maps
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering Chapter 23 by using a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read and record Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power and the steps he took to restore order in France by creating student centered guided notes
  • Students will record the conflicts that divided the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Estates, the reasons for economic turmoil in France and the changes that took place under the National Assembly by creating a different thinking map for each section that will help to organize their newly acquired knowledge

Supplemental Materials:Student Led Notes –Chapter 23-Section 3-Napoleon Forges an Empire, Thinking Maps Activity-Flow Map-Section 1: “The Old Regime”, Bubble Map-Section 2: “Changes in France Under the National Convention”

Student Led Notes -Chapter 23-Section 3-Napoleon Forges an Empire

Chapter 23-Section 3-Guided Notes-High

Thinking Maps Activity-Flow Map-Section 1: “The Old Regime”

Estates General-Flow Map

Bubble Map-Section 2: “Changes in France Under the National Convention”

National Assembly-Bubble Map