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

Summer School-Day 8: July 2nd, 2014

Wednesday-7/02/14:

Block 1: Government

• Bell Work-1. Describe the government set up by the Articles of Confederation by using the text located under “Government Structure” located on pg. 48 2. What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? 3. What were the two locations that colonists met to discuss the Articles of Confederation?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-America the Story of US: Revolution Timeline  (34min)

o        w/25 video facts

• Notes-Chapter 2 Section 5-Ratifying the Constitution
• Video Clip-CNN Student News May 27^th, 2014 Episode
• Worksheet Packet- Chapter 2 Worksheet Packet #3

o        * Chapter 2 Section 2-5 Section Review Questions

Supplemental Materials: Chapter 2 Section 5-PPT and Chapter 2 Worksheet Packet #1

Chapter 2 Section 5-PPT

Chaper 2-Sections 5-PPT

Chapter 2 Worksheet Packet #3

Chapter 2-Packet Check List-Number 3

Summer School-Day 7: July 1st, 2014

Tuesday-7/01/14:

Block 1: Government

• Bell Work-1. What was the Albany Plan of Union? 2. What was the Stamp Act? Why were colonists opposed to it? 3. What was the result of the Second Continental Congress?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Notes-Chapter 2 Section 3-The Critical Period
• Video Clip-CNN Student News May 23^rd, 2014 Episode
• Notes-Chapter 2 Section 4-Creating the Constitution
• Worksheet Packet- Chapter 2 Worksheet Packet #2

Supplemental Materials: Chapter 2 Section 3 and 4-PPT and Chapter 2 Worksheet Packet #2

Chapter 2 Section 3 and 4-PPT  

Chaper 2-Sections 3 and 4-PPT

Chapter 2 Worksheet Packet #2

Chapter 2-Packet Check List-Number 2

Summer School Day 6: June 30th, 2014

Monday-6/30/14:

Block 1: Government

o       Bell Work-1. Describe the concept of limited government 2. What rights were included in the Magna Carta? 3. List the thirteen original colonies that went on to form America

o       Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work

o       Notes-Chapter 2 Section 1-Our Political Beginnings

o       Video Clip-CNN Student News June 3^rd, 2014 Episode

o       Notes-Chapter 2 Section 2-The Coming of Independence

o       Video Clip-Schoolhouse Rock: No More Kings (3 min)

o       Worksheet Packet- Chapter 2 Worksheet Packet #1

Supplemental Materials: Chapter 2 Section 2 and 3 PPT and Chapter 2 Worksheet Packet #1

Chapter 2 Section 1 and 2-PPT

Chaper 2-Sections 1 and 2-PPT

Chapter 2 Worksheet Packet #1

Chapter 2-Packet Check List-Number 1

Video Link: Schoolhouse Rock: No More Kings (3 min)

Summer School Day 3: June 25th, 2014

Wednesday-6/25/14:

Block 1: Government

• Bell Work-1. The American concept of democracy rests on five basic notions what are they? 2. What is majority rule? 3. How does the free enterprise system work?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Worksheet Packet- Chapter 1 Worksheet Packet #2
• Video Clip-CNN Student News June 3^rd, 2014 Episode
• Project-Create a Country Project

Supplemental Materials: Chapter 1 Worksheet Packet #2, Create a Country Project and Example Maps

Chapter 1 Worksheet Packet #2

Chapter 1-Packet Check List-Number 2

Create a Country Project

Create a Country- World History

Create a Country-Example Maps

Create a Country- Example Maps- World History

Summer School Day 2: June 24th, 2014

Tuesday-6/24/14:

Block 1: Government

o       Bell Work- 1. According to pg. 12 what are the three classifications of government?  2. What is a dictatorship? How does that differ from a democracy? 3. Describe a Presidential Government and explain why it’s important that the two branches are co-equal?

o       Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work

o       Pre-test-Government Pre-test

o       Notes-Principals of Democracy PPT

o       Notes-How Did Government Begin PPT

o       Video Clip-Thomas Hobbs and John Locke: Two Philosophers Compared (16:32 min)

o       Packet-Chapter 1 Worksheet Packet #1

Supplemental Materials: Packet-Chapter 1 Packet #1, Power Point-Principals of Democracy and Power Point-How Did Government Begin

Packet-Chapter 1 Packet #1

Chapter 1-Packet Number 1-Packet Check List

Power Point-Principals of Democracy

PRINCIPLES OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY

Power Point-How Did Government Begin 

HOW DID GOVERNMENT BEGIN

Video Link: Thomas Hobbs and John Locke: Two Philosophers Compared (16:32 min)

Block 2: Economics

o       Bell Work-1.Please list two examples of durable goods.                2. Please list two examples services.  3. According to pg. 14 what factors comprise a nation’s wealth?

o       Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work

o       Notes-Chapter 1 Section 2

o       Packet-Chapter 1 Worksheet Packet #1

o       Video-Shark Tank: Season 5 Episode 22

 Supplemental Materials: Power Point-Basic Economic Concepts and Chapter 1 Worksheet Packet #1

Power Point-Basic Economic Concepts

Chapter 1-Section 2-Basic Economic Concepts

Chapter 1 Worksheet Packet #1

Chapter 1-Packet Number 1-Packet Check List

Video Link-Shark Tank: Season 5 Episode 22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHcug6qlK4k

Summer School Day 1: June 23rd, 2014

Government: Block 1

Agenda:

1. Ice Breaker

2. Expectations and Syllabus 

3. Government Textbook Scavenger Hunt 

4. Power Point-Characteristics of a State 

5. Power Point-Purposes of Government 

6. Section Review Questions-Chapter 1 Section 1 (pg.11) #1-6

7. Video-Issues that trouble America in the 21st Century: China (63 min) w/ 30 video facts

Supplemental Materials: Power Point-Characteristics of a State and Power Point-Purposes of Government

Power Point-Characteristics of a State 

Characteristics OF A State

Power Point-Purposes of Government

FIVE PURPOSES OF

Economics: Block 2

Agenda:

1. Ice Breaker

2. Expectations and Syllabus 

3. Economics Textbook Scavenger Hunt 

4.Video-The Economic Low Down (8:29 min)

5. Power Point-Chapter 1 Section 1

6. Section Review Questions-Chapter 1 section 1                      (pg. 10) # 1-7

 7. Video-Mark Cuban: How I Became a Billionaire (25:07 min)

Supplemental Materials: Power Point-Chapter 1 Section 1

Power Point-Chapter 1 Section 1

Economics-Chapter 1 Section 1-Power Point

Video Link: Mark Cuban: How I Became a Billionaire (25 min)

Good afternoon! Today we finished Chapter 35 Section 4 covering the fall of the Berlin Wall and the struggles Yugoslavia and Romania experienced in their quest for democracy in a post communist world. Section 4 also signifies a  special moment as it was our last set of notes for the 2013-2014 school year. When I think about completing the last set of notes for the year it reminds me of the banner famously hanging behind former President George Bush reading “Mission Accomplished”. Tuesday May 3rd we will be taking out quiz on chapter 35 and then all that’s left is the final exam! Were almost there!!
Here’s what we did today:

Friday-5/30/13:
o Bell Work-1. How did Solidarity affect Communist Rule in Russia? 2. What effect did reunification have on Germany’s international role? 3. What was the main cause of the break up of Czechoslovakia?
o Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
o Video-Berlin Wall (20 min)
o Student Led Notes-Chapter 35-Section 4-Changes in Central and Eastern Europe
o Study Guide Time-Chapter 35-Struggles for Democracy

Supplemental Material: Chapter 35 Section 4-Guided Notes and Struggles for Democracy-PPT

Chapter 35 Section 4-Guided Notes 

Chapter 35-Section 4-Guided Notes

Struggles for Democracy-PPT

Struggles for Democracy Struggles for Democracy

Good afternoon everyone! I’m combining yesterday’s and today’s posts due to the fact that I was out of the building for training. As we come to the end of the year when it comes to preparing for our last quiz and the final exam its like Elvis once said we need “a little less conversation and a little more action“. It’s one thing to say we want to finish the year strong but it’s a completely different thing to actually put in the work and earn the grade that we want. Hopefully guys and ladies we’re ready to get there.  Remember our Chapter 35 Quiz is on Tuesday June 2nd, 2014

Here’s what we did today:

Thursday-5/29/13:
o Bell Work- 1. What are some of the changes that Gorbachev made to the Soviet economy? 2. After the collapse of the Soviet Union what problems did Yeltsin face as the president of the Russian Federation? 3. How did Putin deal with Chechnya?
o Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
o Lecture-Chapter 35-Section 3-The Collapse of the Soviet Union
o Video-Fedorov Discusses Defecting to the U.S. (4:25 min)
o Study Guide-Chapter 35-Struggles for Democracy

Supplemental Material: Chapter 35-Section 2-Guided Notes, Chapter 35-Section 3-Guided Notes, Chapter 35-Study Guide and Chapter 35 Names and Terms

Chapter 35-Section 2-Guided Notes

Chapter 35-Section 2-Guided Notes

Chapter 35-Section 3-Guided Notes

Chapter 35-Section 3-Guided Notes

Chapter 35-Study Guide

Chapter 35-Study Guide-Half-Sheet

Chapter 35 Names and Terms

Chapter 35-Names and Terms

Good morning everyone! Hopefully the four day break was restful and you got a chance to spend some time with family and friends. As we enter the last three weeks of school I think back to what Jerry Reed said in the 1970’s “we have a long way to go and a short time to get there” . So as we begin our final unit on the Struggles of Democracy (Chapter 35) it is really important that we stay focused and are ready to go,

Here’s what we did today:

• Bell Work-1. What role did the military play in shaping the economy of Brazil? 2. What were some of the positive benefits of one-party rule in Mexico? 3. What effect did the Falklands War have on the military government in Argentina?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 35-Struggles for Democracy
• Student Led Notes-Chapter 35-Section 1-Democracy {Case Study: Latin America}

Supplemental Materials: Chapter 35 Vocabulary Match-up Terms, Chapter 35 Vocabulary Match up and Chapter 35 Section 1-Guided Notes

Chapter 35 Vocabulary Match-up Terms

Chapter 35-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 35 Vocabulary Match up 

Chapter 35-Vocabulary Match-up

Chapter 35 Section 1-Guided Notes

Chapter 35-Section 1-Guided Notes

Good afternoon everyone! Today as we move forward towards Chapter 35 I thought it would be nice to check out some of the events that helped get us there. Hopefully we have a great mini-break and we come back focused and ready to end the year right.

Here’s what we did today:

Thursday-5/22/13:
o Bell Work-Look in your book on pages 838-839 and read the Previewing Main Ideas section to find the answers to the Geography Questions
o 1. Which type of government seems to predominate (which means to have or gain controlling power) in the Western Hemisphere?
o 2. Which two countries in the Eastern Hemisphere are still communists?
o 3. Which type of government predominates in the labeled countries of Europe? (Look at the key with the red, green, yellow and purple boxes in it)
o Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
o Video-Mankind: Episode 11: Speed (45 min)

Supplemental Materials: WWI-Poster Assignment

WWI-Poster Assignment

WWI Poster Assignment-History

Video Link: Mankind: Episode 11-Speed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV3UEh7dLEs&safe=active