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

U.S. History

Friday-4/08/16:

• Bell Work-Please take out your notes/study guide and with your elbow partner review all of the information for our quiz covering Chapter 18 Sections 1 through 4. In 5 minutes we will begin the vocabulary match up activity.
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Quiz- Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of key terms and concepts associated with our unit covering Chapter 18 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 18 by completing a multiple choice and matching quiz.

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Government

Friday-4/08/16:

• Bell Work-1.) When did the gender gap first start to appear? 2.) What does the terms straight-ticket voting refer to? 3.) During the 2008 election what percentage of Republicans voted for John Kerry according to exit polls?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match Up-Chapter 7-The Electoral Process
• Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering Chapter 7 by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD analysis of the political process in which candidates running for office seek and receive their party’s nomination by outlining important information in guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering Chapter 7 through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the political process in which candidates running for office seek and receive their party’s nomination by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match Up-Chapter 7-The Electoral Process and Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process

Vocabulary Match Up-Chapter 7-The Electoral Process

Chapter 7-Vocabulary

Notes-Chapter 7-Section 1-The Nominating Process

Chapter 7-Section 1-Guided Notes

SAT World History Review Packet

World History Review Sheets

U.S. History

Thursday-4/07/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What was the nickname for the hydrogen bomb? 2.) What does the term brinkmanship mean? 3.) What types of missions did the newly created CIA carry out?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Study Guide Review Time- Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in Chapter 18 Sections 1-4 through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapter 18 Sections 1-4 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

Supplemental Materials:

Chapter 18-Textbook-PDFs

Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Learning Target-Study Guide

Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts-Test Materials Review

Chapter 18-Vocabulary Match-up

Chapter 18-Vocab Match up Terms

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Government

Thursday-4/07/16:

• Bell Work-1.) According to the “Voter Turnout, 1968-2000” chart on page 171 what percentage of the population voted for U.S. representative in the 1974 presidential election? 2.) What is the estimated the amount of people who do not or cannot vote due to their religious beliefs? 3.) What is the number of Americans who chose not to vote in the 2008 election?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Thinking Map-Civil Rights Legislation-Flow Map
• Video-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Voting (HBO) (14:08 min)
• Notes-Chapter 6-Section 4-Voter Behavior

Supplemental Materials: Notes-Chapter 6-Section 4-Voter Behavior

Chapter 6-Scection 4-Guided Notes

Video Link: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Voting (HBO) (14:08 min)

U.S. History

Wednesday-4/06/16: Common Planning Time with Colter 1^st through 3^rd Hour

• Bell Work- 1.) According to the “Television: Making News” graphic who did the TV networks originally declare the winner of the 2000 Presidential Election? 2.) What was the name of the unsupported communist accusations that took place during the early 1950’s? 3.) By 1953 how many states had passed laws making it illegal to advocate the violent overthrow of the government?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Notes-Chapter 18-Section 3-The Cold War at Home
• Notes-Chapter 18-Section 4-Two Nations Living on the Edge
• Study Guide-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the fear of communism that gripped the United States during the 1950’s and the effects that it had on our society by outlining important information in guided notes
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in Chapter 18 Sections 1-4 through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the fear of communism that gripped the United States during the 1950’s and the effects that it had on our society by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapter 18 Sections 1-4 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

Supplemental Materials: Notes-Chapter 18-Section 3-The Cold War at Home, Notes-Chapter 18-Section 4-Two Nations Living on the Edge and Study Guide-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Notes-Chapter 18-Section 3-The Cold War at Home

Notes-Outline-Chapter 18-Section 3

Notes-Chapter 18-Section 4-Two Nations Living on the Edge

Notes-Outline-Chapter 18-Section 4

Study Guide-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Learning Target-Study Guide

PDF Textbook-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Textbook-PDFs

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Government

Wednesday-4/06/16:

• Bell Work-1.) In 2008 how many votes were cast to fill the 435 in the House of Representatives? 2.) What is the principle theory behind ballot fatigue? 3.) According to the “Voter Turnout, 1968-2000” chart on page 171 what percentage of the population voted in the 1992 presidential election?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays? (3:27 min)
• Activity-State of Michigan Voter Registration Application and Identification Form
• Notes-Chapter 6-Section 3-Suffrage and Civil Rights
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the requirements and responsibilities associated with voter qualification by examining a voter registration form and completing student led notes on voter qualifications.
  • SWD analysis the creation of Congressional legislation designed to support civil liberties and strengthen voting rights by outlining important information in guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record the requirements and responsibilities associated with voter qualification through the use of a voter registration activity and student driven guided notes.
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the creation of Congressional legislation designed to support civil liberties and strengthen voting rights by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

Supplemental Materials: Activity-State of Michigan Voter Registration Application and Identification Form and Notes-Chapter 6-Section 3-Suffrage and Civil Rights

Activity-State of Michigan Voter Registration Application and Identification Form

State of Michigan Voter Registration Application and Identification Form-Chapter 6

State Of Michigan Voter Registration Form-Student Sample

Notes-Chapter 6-Section 3-Suffrage and Civil Rights

Chapter 6-Scection 3-Guided Notes

Video Link-Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays? (3:27 min)

U.S. History

Tuesday-4/05/16:

• Bell Work-1.) Who ended up being placed on the Hollywood black list? 2.) What crime was Alger Hiss accused of committing in 1948? 3.) What was the fate of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-American the Story of US-Episode 11-Superpower (45 min)

• w/ 25 video facts

• Daily Objective-
• Content Objective:
  • SWD knowledge of the ideological battle that fueled the Cold War and established America as a world superpower by recording information presented in a video and completing a class discussion
• Language Objective:
• Students will watch and record information pertaining to the ideological battle that fueled the Cold War and established America as a world superpower by watching a video and discussing the impact with a classmate

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Government

Tuesday-4/05/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What is an injunction? 2.) What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1964? 3.) When looking at the “African Americans and the Vote” timeline what precedent setting event occurred in 2008?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Activity-The 15^th and 19^th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution: The Split over Suffrage letter from Frederick Douglass to Josephine Sophie White Griffing (pg. 23-24)
• Notes-Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the struggle of women and people of color to achieve suffrage by evaluating a primary source and responding to inquiry based questions
  • SWD analysis of the process in which suffrage was extended to American citizens and the qualifications a voter must meet today by outlining important information in guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and respond to a letter addressing the struggle of women and people of color to achieve suffrage by examining a primary source and responding to inquiry and opinion based questions
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to process in which suffrage was extended to American citizens and the qualifications a voter must meet today by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

Supplemental Materials: Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications

Chapter 6-Scection 2-Guided Notes

U.S. History

Monday-4/04/16:

• Bell Work-1.) During the height of WWII how many Americans claimed membership in the Communist Party? 2.) What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)? 3.) What happened when the “Hollywood Ten” refused to cooperate?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
• Activity-How did the war begin: Perspectives from North and South Korea
• Video-Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle (9:14 min)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering Chapter 18 by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD evaluation of the central causes of the Korean war by evaluating a series of primary sources from both the perspective of North and South Korea to complete guided document questions
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering Chapter 18 through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read, discuss and record the perspective of North and South Korea as to who started the Korean War by examining primary source documents and drawing inference based on the text

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts and Activity-How did the war begin: Perspectives from North and South Korea

Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 18-Vocabulary Match-up

Activity-How did the war begin: Perspectives from North and South Korea

Korean War Lesson Plan

Video Link: Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle (9:14 min)

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Government

Monday-4/04/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What is Plumer’s concern about a tie in the Electoral College? Why does he think this would be a bad outcome? 2.) How do you think voters would respond if the House of Representatives were to decide the outcome of presidential elections? 3.) What evidence could this passage give someone who is in favor of abolishing the Electoral College?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 (13:30 min)
• Video-Women’s Suffrage (3:18 min)
• Notes-Chapter 6-Section 1-The Right to Vote and Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the process in which suffrage was extended to American citizens and the qualifications a voter must meet today by outlining important information in guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to process in which suffrage was extended to American citizens and the qualifications a voter must meet today by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

Supplemental Materials-Chapter 6-Section 1-The Right to Vote and Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications

Chapter 6-Scection 1-Guided Notes

Chapter 6-Scection 2-Guided Notes

Video Links: Video-Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 (13:30 min) and Video-Women’s Suffrage (3:18 min)

Video-Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 (13:30 min)

Video-Women’s Suffrage (3:18 min)

U.S. History

Thursday-3/24/16:

• Bell Work-1.) Between 1945 and 1949 how much in aid did the United States send Chinese Nationalists fighting Chiang Kai-shek? 2.) When examining the “Nationalists Versus Communists, 1945” chart on page 610 it says that Mao Zedong and China heavily relied on this country for financial aid? 3.) Along which geographic line was the Korean War fought?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Nuclear Weapons (HBO) (15:21 min)
• Notes-Chapter 18-Section 2-The Cold War Heats Up
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the rise of Communist power in China during the 1940’s along with the events leading up to the Korean War by outlining important information in guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the rise of Communist power in China during the 1940’s along with the events leading up to the Korean War by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

Supplemental Materials: Notes-Chapter 18-Section 2-The Cold War Heats Up

Notes-Outline-Chapter 18-Section 2

Textbook PDF-Chapter 18-Section 2-The Cold War Heats Up

The Americans-Chapter 18-Section 2

Video Link-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Nuclear Weapons (HBO) (15:21 min) 

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Donald Trump (HBO) (21:53 min)

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Government

Thursday-3/24/16:

• Bell Work-1.) Which state does not require their residents to be registered in order to vote? 2.) What are the three things the “Motor Voter Act” of 1995 directs states to do? 3.) What does the term literacy refer to?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work

• Video-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Border Wall (HBO) (18:33 min)

• Activity-Current Events 3/04

Supplemental Materials-Current Events 3/04 Template

Current Events-Cornell Template

Video Link-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Border Wall (HBO) (18:33 min)

U.S. History

Wednesday-3/23/16:

• Bell Work-1.) How much did President Truman as Congress for in economic and military aid for Greece and Turkey? 2.) How much did the Marshall Plan provide in aid to countries in need? 3.) How many flights took place during the Berlin airlifts 327 day duration? 
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39 (12:15 min)
• Thinking Map-U.S. Aims Versus Soviet Aims in Europe-Tree Map
• Notes-Chapter 18-Section 1-Origins of the Cold War
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the breakdown in the political relations between the United States and the Soviet Union following the end of WWII by outlining important information in guided notes
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the breakdown in the political relations between the United States and the Soviet Union following the end of WWII by reading through text and completing a set of student led guided notes.

Supplemental Materials-Thinking Map-U.S. Aims Versus Soviet Aims in Europe-Tree Map and Notes-Chapter 18-Section 1-Origins of the Cold War

Thinking Map-U.S. Aims Versus Soviet Aims in Europe-Tree Map

US and Soviet Aims for Europe During the Cold War-Tree Map-US

Notes-Chapter 18-Section 1-Origins of the Cold War

Notes-Outline-Chapter 18-Section 1

Textbook PDF-Chapter 18-Section 1-Origins of the Cold War

The Americans-Chapter 18-Section 1

Video Link-USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39 (12:15 min)

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Government

Wednesday-3/23/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What is the term for a foreign-born resident who has yet to become a citizen of the United States? 2.)  What are the two reasons residences requirements have been adopted by states? 3.) What is a transient? 
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained-Christina Greer (5:21 min)
• Activity-Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ (20 min)
• 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 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

Supplemental Materials: Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ and Chapter 6-Section 1-The Right to Vote and Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications

Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ

Electoral College DBQ-Chapter 6

Notes-Chapter 6-Section 1-The Right to Vote and Chapter 6-Section 2-Voter Qualifications

Chapter 6-Scection 1-Guided Notes

Chapter 6-Scection 2-Guided Notes

Current Events Template

Article of the Week-Rubric-2016

Video Link-Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained-Christina Greer (5:21 min) and Womens Suffrage (3:18 min)

Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained-Christina Greer (5:21 min)

U.S. History

Tuesday-3/22/16:

• Bell Work-1.) During the Yalta Conference which groups decided to take reparations from their own occupied zones? 2.) What are three examples of satellite nations dominated by the Soviet Union during the Cold War? 3.) Why was the idea of “containment” so important to both sides of the conflict during the Cold War?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Activity-The Cold War-Web Quest
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the central causes of the Cold War that pitted the United States against the Soviet Union for nearly fifty years by evaluating a series of primary sources and websites designed to guide the students in their answers on a web quest
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read, research and record information structured in a web quest that examines the central causes of the Cold War that pitted the United States against the Soviet Union for nearly fifty years by working with a partner to examine web based text and answer structured inquiry questions

Supplemental Materials: The Cold War-Web Quest

The Cold War-DBQ

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Government

Tuesday-3/22/16:

• Bell Work-1.) What does it mean if someone is disenfranchised? 2.) According to the “Women’s Suffrage in 1919” map what type of voting rights did women living in Michigan have in 1919? 3.) What is a poll tax?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video-Hillary Clinton Bar Talk-SNL (6:09 min)
• 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 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

Supplemental Materials: Should the Electoral College Be Abolished-DBQ

Electoral College DBQ-Chapter 6

Video Link: Hillary Clinton Bar Talk-SNL (6:09 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jh2n5ki0KE

U.S. History

Monday-3/21/16:

• Bell Work-1.) Who controlled all property and economic activities in the communist Soviet Union? 2.) How many nations met in San Francisco to help establish the United Nations? 3.) Who was the President during the beginning of the Cold War?     
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
• Guided Tour-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering Chapter 18 by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD applications of the important political/historical figures, events and evidentiary text located in Chapter 18 through compiling information on a guided tour worksheet
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering Chapter 18 through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will write answers to guided questions that require examination of the additional supporting resources/information located within Chapter 18 by completing a Guided Tour activity

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflict and Guided Tour-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflict

Chapter 18-Vocab Match up Terms

Chapter 18-Vocabulary Match-up

Guided Tour-Chapter 18-Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Guided Tour

Text Book PDF-Chapter 18-The Cold War Conflicts

Chapter 18-Textbook-PDFs

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Government

Monday-3/21/15:

• Bell Work-1.) What does the term suffrage mean? 2.) Who were voting rights originally restricted to when the Constitution went into effect in 1789? 3.) What is the meaning of the term electorate?   
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Quiz-Chapter 5-Political Parties (20 Questions)
• Vocabulary-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of key terms and concepts associated with our unit covering Chapters 5 by demonstrating their knowledge thought the use of a unit quiz
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering Chapter 6 by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and write their answers in order to match up important vocabulary terms and information pertaining to our unit covering Chapters 5 by completing a multiple choice and matching quiz.
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering Chapter 6 through the use of a vocabulary match-up

Supplemental Materials: Vocabulary-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior

Chapter 6-Vocabulary

U.S. History

Friday-3/18/16
o Bell Work-None
o Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
o Procedure-Collect Chapter 17 Notes
o Video-Saving Private Ryan-Family Edit (169 min) (Day 1)
o w/ guided video questions
o Daily Objective-
o Content Objective:
 SWD analysis of the realities of combat and the importance of specialized missions during WWII by watching a film and responding to guided inquiry questions
o Language Objective:
 Students will watch and respond to the realities of combat and the importance of specialized missions during WWII by watching Saving Private Ryan and completing a structured video response guide

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Government

Friday-3/18/16
o Bell Work-1.) How does our book describe political parties? 2.) Please list the three separate elements that make up political parties? 3.) What exists at either end of the political spectrum?
o Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
o Activity-Political Parties Booklet (Day 1)
o Daily Objective-
o Content Objective:
 SWD synthesis of the core beliefs of the Republican and Democratic parties along with tracking the states won during the 2016 primaries by creating a political activity booklet
o Language Objective:
 Students will read and record information defining the core beliefs of the Republican and Democratic parties along with tracking the states won during the 2016 primaries by using chrome books to complete internet research designed to provoke political inquiry

Supplemental Materials: Political Parties Booklet

Political Parties Booklet-Activity-Instructions-Update 2016

Political Parties Booklet-Activity-Chapter 5-Example Cover

Political Parties Booklet-Activity-Chapter 5-2016 Update

Political Parties Booklet-Activity-Pie Chart

Website Links:

Democrats vs Republicans

https://www.diffen.com/difference/Democrat_vs_Republican

Pie Chart

https://a.abcnews.com/images/Politics/abc_begich_spending_chart_SIZED_kb_141103.jpg