5/16/14

Warm-Up: Explain how this cartoon supports the Vietnam War-
and How the second one criticizes the war-

Lesson: Why Vietnam was Controversial?

Primary Source Analysis / Hypothesis

Library Conflict Presentations

HW: Finish Presentations, Group A presenting Monday.

5/13/14

Warm-Up: What events lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Lesson: Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis considered HOT during the Cold War.

Reading / Video Clip

Library

HW: Suggest media footage for conflict

***Friday last day for make-ups and late work

5/12/14

Warm-Up: Skip

Lesson- Why Korean War is remembered as the "Forgotten War".

Map reading / video

Library- Conflict Research

HW: Recommend annotating research

5/8/14

Review Quizzes

Cold War Terms and the Geography of the Cold War

Pass out the assessment

HW: Next two quizzes and readings 

5/6/14

Warm-Up: What was the Cold War and why was it COLD?

Lesson: Why was there a cold war?

Discussion / Images Cold War

Film Clip

Reading for different world view points.

HW: 2 readings and quizzes.

4/29/14

Warm-Up: Review Quizzes / Stamps

Lesson: Strategy of the Civil Rights Movement

Topic: Specific Events to lead to equality

Eyes on the Prize

HW: 2 Quizzes and Readings

*Friday - Finish Mini Unit 4a (Quiz and Performance Assessment); HW packet Due!
**Last Friday's Assignments "Little Rock" and Brown 10 years later due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

4/28/14

Warm-Up: As schools will be forced to desegregate as the result of Brown v. Board of Education to overturn "Separate but Equal" what else do you believe will be challenged on this premise.
Review Quizzes from Friday.

Lesson: What were the strategies of the Civil Rights Movement?

Topic: What made the Montgomery Bu Boycott Successful?

HW: 11.10.3 and .4 Readings and Quizzes

4/24/14

Warm-Up: Present your Jim Crow Findings.

Lesson: What is Separate but Equal?

Intro - Brown v. Board of Edu.

HW: Brown v. Board of Education 7-8, 15

4/23/14

Warm-Up: Provide Examples of Discrimination against you based on your age.

Lesson: Why the push for Civil Rights?  What were Jim Crow Laws/Examples?

-13-15 Lesson and Jim Crow

HW: 4-6 Read/View, annotate.

4/22/14

Happy 1st Day Back from Spring Beak!

Warm-Up: (Collect this Friday) What role did Women, African Americans, Hispanics, Japanese play during WWII? In other words, how did they help towards the war effort?

Lesson: Intro to Civil Rights - Why did African Americans begin to fight for Civil Rights after WWII?

American Story of US - WWII

Fighting for a Double Victory Reading.

HW: Read Pages 1-3 and annotate.

4/11/14

Bracero Program- To fill the need for agricultural labor the US made arrangements with Mexico.

Unit 3 Quiz (Block 2 8:56 - 10:03 )  Sit in Alphabetical Order
During the Quiz, each row will be released to turn in the following:
1. Project
2. Project Organizer "Change"
3. Unit 3 Class work Packet
4. Unit 3 Homework Packet

HW: None, have a great and safe SPRING BREAK!

Brunch 10:03 - 10:18 

Block 3 10:23 - 11:24 

Block 4 11:29 - 12:30

4/8/14

 Complete 2 of the six propaganda images - 2nd block.

Warm-Up: As a group, look through your readings 18a, 19a, and 20a; find examples to fill in your graphic organizer WWII era of Change. 15 minutes.

Lesson: Why were the Japanese interned during WWII?

Prezi, Film Clips, Reading Lab

HW: 20a and 20b readings and quiz.

Meet in the library tomorrow, last day for project!

4/7/14

Warm-Up: Read Dr. Seuss Propaganda reading and then pick a group favorite and explain why this would motivate you.

Lesson: War Propaganda purpose

Propaganda Film

Propaganda Images

HW: 17a and 17b quiz.

4/4/14

Warm-Up: 20s/30s/WWII Graphic Organizer Ideas - Project due Friday, last library day Wed.

Lesson: How did the US get involved in WWII?

-FDR President Clip

-US Foreign Policy Reading / worksheet

- Film Clip China discussion and Pearl Harbor

HW: 15a and 15b with quiz

4/1/14

Warm-Up: How was FDR's response to the Great Depression different then Hoover's.

Lesson: New Deal

FDR - President's Film Clip

New Deal Programs / Alphabet Soup

HW: 12a/12b Quiz

*Optional - Dust Bowl reading and Questions (20 extra points)

3/31/14

Warm-Up: Do you think any President could respond well to the effects the Stock Market Crash of 1929? After watching the clip on Hoover, what was positive and negative about the way he responded.

Lesson: Great Depression Effects

Graphing the Great Depression

HW: 11a and 11b reading with quiz.

3/27/14

Warm-Up: Skip

Lesson: Finish 20's era of change

Harlem Reading

20s activity

Great Depression Reading

HW: Finish annotating Great Depression reading, and make short 2-5 sentences statements (captions) about the documents.

3/26/14

Warm-Up: Work on WWI graphic organizer in Changes packet using homework and class work.

Lesson: 1920s overview

Discussion

Library - Work on Changes Performance Assessment

HW: 10a and 10b

3/25/14

Warm-Up: Pass out work and check grade report.

Lesson: The changing in the 20's.

Activity- Signs of the times automobiles

Finish Boom

HW: 9a/9b and Quiz.

3/23/14

Warm-Up: Start new warm-up sheet (3/23-4/4)
Remembering WWI, and the Russian (Soviet Union withdrawal), explain how  this political cartoon depict the fear of communism/revolutionary ideas filtering into the US.


Lesson: Post War Reactions

Activity-
1. Palmer Raids Read Document A and answer the questions, follow-up with Document B and questions.

2. Then begin American story of US Boom. Answer questions.

HW: Review your grade and email me if there are any questions.  Also, Reading 8A and B with quiz!

3/20/14

Warm-Up: After watching the video clip on Woodrow Wilson, explain the problems facing his presidency.

Lesson: ending the War

14 points

Finish Film

HW: Reading 7a/7b and quiz

* Starting Unit 3 Assessment prep work on Monday, unit ends on 4/11/14

3/19/14

Warm-Up: Skip / do tomorrow

Lesson: Finishing up WWI

Lesson: Finish Film

HW: Different (Map and Quick reading on Russian Revolution)

3/18/14

Warm-Up: Do you think there should be times, or certain words when free speech should be denied?

Lesson: WWI - Civil Liberties

Activity- Schneck vs. US

Film - WWI

HW: Reading 6a and 6b with quiz.

3/17/14

Warm-Up: Describe ways in which people can participate in the war effort in the past and even today?

Lesson: WWI Home front

Activity:

Looking at Documents to see the different ways to people contributed to the war effort.

Film: Lost Battalion

HW: Reading 5A/5B Attacks on Civil Liberties

3/14/14

Warm-Up: How did the acronym M.A.N.I.A.start WWI?

Lesson- Intro into WWI

Activity- Readings

Film - The Lost Battalion

HW: Readings 4a/4b

3/12/14

Warm-Up: After viewing the PBS film clip  "A Nation of Drunkards," what were some of the common problems associated with drinking?

Next, based on the Political Cartoon in your homework packet, what were the problems associated with Prohibition?

Lesson: Why did American Change it's mind about Prohibition?

Video Clip on Al Capone

Reading with questions

2 documents to support the repeal of Prohibition.

More Prohibition Bootlegger video clips

HW: Reading 3a/3b and quiz. Most of you picked up the quiz yesterday. *Remember the EAP exam is tomorrow.

3/10/14

Warm-Up: Do you think there is an evil or moral dilemma facing the US today and what should be done about this evil/dilemma?

Lesson: Prohibition

Peer Review Outline

Film Prohibition

HW: Practice for Essay tomorrow.

3/7/14

Warm-Up: Choose 1 topic from the list, write it down and then deceive if you agree or disagree and explain why.

Lesson: Prohibition / DBQ

Bucket / Thesis

Prohibition Film

HW: Outline for Essay, *Monday peer review

3/6/14

Warm-Up: What do you think the voting rights should be in this country and why?
Ideas to think about- Gender, Age, Income, Working Immigrant, Citizen, etc....

Lesson: Unit 3 (Focusing on the impact political, economic, and social impact of WW1-WWII)

Activity:
2a/2b Readings Comp Book (Yes, treat it as a homework assignment)
Discussion
Map

DBQ - Bucket / Thesis

HW: Prohibition 1a/1b

3/5/14

Unit 2 Quiz Day!

Turn in:

1. Class work packet

2. Homework Packet

Quiz- Multiple Choice

Name on Scranton

Version on Scranton on the Subject line

After 15 min. you can use your vocab

Yes, you can write on the test

When done, 

Turn in:

3. Scantron - with verion and your name

4. Vocab Sheet

5. Your Quiz (I don't care if your name is on it!)

HW: Documents A-C need to be done by tomorrow!!! Happy Minimum Day!

3/4/14

Warm-Up:    Russia has"supposedly" been asked by the recently resigned Ukrainian government to intervene in the Ukrainian revolution; therefore, Russia has sent in 16,000 troops into Crimea. Do you think this is an act of imperialism, explain your answer?

Lesson: DBQ Assessment

1. Review vocab
2. Hook
3. Background Essay and Questions
4. 1-2 Document Analysis

HW: Study, Docs A-C due by Thursday.

3/3/14

Warm-Up: None

Lesson: Review

Presidential Diplomacy
Finish Presidents
Film Clips of 1900-1910
Vocabulary

HW: Packets/Vocabulary

*DBQ Essay begin tomorrow
**Due: 3/5 Homework Packet / Class work Packet

2/28/14

Warm-Up: Panama Canal Video Clip - What is positive about the canal for the US, and how could the building of the canal also be seen as a negative?

Lesson: Diplomacy

Political Cartoons Imp.
Diplomacy Definition
Presidents

HW: Vocab

2/27/14

Warm-Up: I believe yesterday's assignment teaches a life lesson, what is the lesson? Also, regarding the USS Maine, do you believe the image shown and the article read by Hearst Papers could insight the nation towards war? Why?


Lesson: US Imperialism

Brief Info and Film Clip
Map
Political Cartoons

HW: Get caught up, table of contents etc...

2/26/14

Warm-up: Online, I would like for you to find a current event in the US; hopefully one related to labor, urban conditions, or pollution. The catch is, you need to find this event from two different sources.

Example sources for one interpretation of the current event:

1) Fox News
2) Wall Street Journal
3) The Drudge Report
4) New York Post
5) WorldNetDaily
6) Newsmax
7) The Washington Times
8) National Review

 Other sources for another interpretation of the event:

1) CNN
2) The Huffington Post
3) Time
4) NPR
5) Newsweek
6) U.S. News & World Report

7) New York Times

8) Sacramento Bee

After you have found your event from two different sources, write a 1-3 sentence summary for the event from both sources. Then print and circle all description/adjective words, statistics and words that bring about emotions. Did you notice any difference in the information provided about the event? Do you feel  more inclined to beleive one story over the other and why? 

Class Activity: 

Maine Explosion and Yellow Journalism

Film Clip Spanish American War

HW: Next Reading and Quiz. 

2/25/14

Warm-Up: List all the negative aspects of the Industrial/Gilded Age
   Think about: Farmers, Children, Immigrants, Wages, Working/Labor Conditions, Big Business

Activity: Progress Changes

Coal Mine Reading
Discussion
Quiz

HW: Next Readings and Quiz

2/24/14

Warm-Up: none

Activity:
 Finish Film
 Populist
 Wizard of Oz

Homework: Next Readings and Quiz

2/14/14

Warm-Up: Did anyone love the farmers? What were some of the problems the farmers were facing?

Lesson: Farmers - Cross of Gold

Film: Heartland

HW: Nothing, just have a fun and super safe break! If you are behind, get caught up.

2/13/14

Warm-Up: Skip - turning in tomorrow.

Lesson:

1. Check last's nights quiz 1)B, 2)B, 3)A, 4)B, 5)B, 6)D

2. Read/ Annotate Andrew Carnegie Biography in Homework packet and complete the bottom readings. (1st Bio Reading in Homework Packet) 10 minutes.

3. Watch Steelmill Strike Carnegie, Labor's response to "ruthless" business tactics, Robber Baron
15 min. Vocab:
Union-United Labor Force to collective bargin for labors with managment;
Collective Bargin-To negotiate, wages, hours, conditions;
Scabs- Substitute employess to come in and work while employees strike
Strike- When Laborers protest, organize, purposfuly not working to send a message
Yellow Dog Contracts- Managment contract forcing potential employess to not join unions

4.Populism - Farmers response to the changes; complete the changing labor force worksheet and populism gained support map.

HW: Reading/Quiz Progressivism and Bio

2/12/14

Warm-Up: How do you think Walmart became on of the largest corporations in American? What business strategies did they use?

Lesson:

Industry Growth

Captains or Robbers - Monopolies

HW: Populism / Reading /Quiz / Homesteader

2/11/14

Warm-Up : Move Seats / Review Quiz

Lesson:

Chinese Exclusion Act

Labor / Factory / Urbanization

HW: urban political machines / boss tweed

2/10/14

Warm-Up: Read Americanization Movement reading and quiz

Lesson Question: What was the Purpose and Effects of the Americanization Movement?

Activity- Chinese Exclusion Act

Film-Cities

HW:  Trust and Cartels Reading + Birth of the Telephone / Quiz

2/7/14

warm-up: Mother Jones said "The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs." Expalin the meaning of the quote, referencing bread, hours of toil, visons, and clubs.

Lesson Question: Describe the Effects of Industrilization on living, working, and consumer conditions.

American Story of US- Cities
Jacob Riis Photo Tour - Library
Jungle Introduction

HW: Finish Reading the Jungle

2/6/14

Warm-Up: Jane Addams pointed out that women should be used in government, why do you think she felt this way?

Lesson: How did the growth of industry lead to more diversity and limitation on Diversity?

1. Immigration Discussion
2. Political Cartoon Analysis Attitudes

HW: Read Effects of Industry / Quiz / Mother Jones

2/5/14

Warm-up: Skip Rally Schedule

Lesson: How did the United States emerge as an industrial power, including geography and trade?

1. Discussion / Reading Carnegie
2. Graphing the Industrial Revolution

3. Generalizations from the graphs / predictions

Hw: Read Changing Landscape of the 19th Century / Quiz / Jane Addams

2/4/14

Warm-Up: What did you learn from this journal assignment?

Lesson: Wrap-Up

Collect Everything

Film Civil War

Reconstruction lesson

HW: NA

2/3/14

Warm-Up: Why do you think the NFL played a tribute for the Declaration of Independence before the game?

Lesson: Wrap-up

Activity:
1. Put together classwork packet
2. Quiz
3. Journal Qs
4. Civil War Film

HW: Journal Entry
Cover Sheet (think visuals to illustrate your journal entries)
#1 Bio Journal with view points of the American Revolution
#2-3 Principle and Event
#4 Reflection first 100 years, What would your founding father think?

1/31/14

Warm-Up: Skip / turn in

Lesson: Check your journal entry peer

In class quiz Monday / Journal Tuesday

Film: Civil War American Story of Us

HW: Journal Entry #3

1/30/14

Warm-Up: EQ #2 work on  and add

Lesson: Expansion leading into Civil War

Activity: Finish Film

Civil War Causes Group Activity

Journal Sample Assessment Questions / Develop perspective on Founding Father #1

HW: Journal Entry #2 - Founding Principle and Key event/ Sample

Think Body paragraph- Topic Key Principle and Support is a Key Event. Use your organizers to for your research.

1/29/14

Warm-Up: How does the Religious Intolerance Reading Contradict and Support the 1st Amendment?

Lesson Question: Continued Growth, Relations with other groups of people.

Activity:
1. Vocabulary
2. Unit Performance Assessment
3. Finish Film

HW: Reading #23 The History of the Constitution from the 1st homework packet.

1/28/14

Warm-Up: Based on last nights reading, it is clear that Religion keeps popping up during hard times in American History. Try to connect the Religious Revivals with the hiccups in history-
1730-1750
1790-1835
1863-1864
1870-1920
1920-1950
1962-1965
1970-present

Lesson: Thinking about the Role of Religion
Homework Reading Freedom of Religion

Finish Manifest Destiny map

-Divisor: Ideas into why the nation divides

HW: baseline Religious Intolerance in America reading and quiz

1/27/14

Warm-Up: In the first 100 years of America, there were several changes and ideas to help influence the nation; what were some of the ideas from religion to create a new nation?

Lesson: Describe examples of expansion and Manifest Destiny.

Hint: Between the American Revolution and the Civil war, we have Westward Expansion, Early Industrialization, Religious Revivals, Women's Rights, Native American Removal, War with Mexico, Slavery, and so much more going on...

Activity:
1. Finish Race - Laws
2. Reading John O'Sullivan - Religious ideas on Expansion
3. Mapping Westward Expansion - Manifest Destiny

HW: Back to School - Remind Parents; Religious Revivals in America baseline reading and quiz (Religious influence in US History)

1/24/14

Warm-Up: Race is it real? Explore the maps on PBS website too. Using the sorting activity, define race.

Discussion: Race

Slavery and Race Relations

HW: Baseline Reading Religion and American Society 11.3.1 (pg. 45) and Quiz.

1/23/14

Warm-Up: Explain the marriage between sugar and slaves; use the concept of virtuous circle in your answer.

Lesson: Slavery - Promotion of Slavery

Discussion on Slavery

Why Slavery was kept in the Constitution Readings.

HW: Reading Baseline new packet Social Darwinism.

1/22/14

Warm-Up: How much sugar do you consume?

Lesson: Moving West - What conflicts were encountered?

Native American Removal - Jackson Speech / Film Clip

Sugar and Slaves

HW: One more section of sugar article.

1/21/14

Wam-Up : Why does the US not want anyone messing with the Western Hemisphere?

Lesson: Read Tecumseh and answer questions as a class.
-Do the native american removal map activity with a partner, next to you.
-Finish the Westward film.

HW: Sugar article - Stop at Sugar and slavery. Annotate and margin note each paragraph.

1/17/14

3 Day Weekend!

Warm-Up: Why do you think the man you read about kept God out of the Constitution?

Lesson-

1. Finish EQ 1 - Worksheet

2. Discussion / H/O War of 1812

3. Westward Film

HW: Read PS. Monroe Doctrine #8 in homework packet.

1/16/17

US 1/16/14

Warm-Up: What comment stands out from last nights reading? Do you agree, disagree, or want to learn more?

EQ- Problems with drafting the constitution?

Lesson:

Preamble / Articles / School House Rock

Bill of Rights

Fed v. Anti-Feds

-Work on Outline

HW: Second part of last nights homework; read about one man a-d, then finish the reading at Ultimately, on pg. 125. Follow the homework rubric for primary source.

US- 1/15/14 MLK Birthday Holiday on Monday

Warm-up: What do you think will be Washington's biggest challenge with becoming president? Think about British past, purpose of checks and balances

EQ: Purpose of the Constitution and Debate over drafting

Lesson-

1.Dec. of Independence Grievances

2. George Washington Film Clip

3. Articles of Confederation - Fed. vs. Anti-Fed

*Essential Question Sheet (Collect tomorrow (when completed) / Spot check homework)

HW: PS. #7 First Section -1st page/ stop once you get to the people

1/14/14

US History

Warm-Up: Who do you think will win, why?

Film - Rebels they turn into Revolutionaries

HW: Primary Source Reading- #6 What are Checks and balances?

1/10/14

US History 1/10/14

Lesson Question: Why did colonist declare their Independence and what did they gain?

Warm-Up - What Enlightenment idea/principle do you think most inspire colonist to challenge British Authority and Why?

Lesson:
- Look at Primary Source Evidence from Enlightenment Thinkers
-American Story of US episode 1 "Rebels", Visual insight into the beginnings of America

Homework: Homework Reading Packet- Primary Source Reading "What did America win?" (#5) reference homework rubric for directions.

1/9/14

Unit 1 : Foundation of America

*Nuts and Bolts of Class

Essential Lesson Question- Who and why did people come to America to form the original 13 colonies?

-Pocahontas, What is History? Are depictions always accurate? Who is John Smith?
-Primary Source, Passenger List - a look at the groups of people
-American Story of US episode 1 "Rebels", Visual insight into the beginnings of America

Homework Reading Packet: Baseline Reading and Quiz- The Enlightenment and American Democracy, follow directions according to the rubric. Unit 1 Common/Content Vocabulary

1/8/14

Introduction Day:

1. Getting to know students:
Index Card-
a) Full Name
b) Favorite Food
c) Favorite Music
d) Favorite Activity
e) Something interesting about you that sets you apart from everyone else

2. US Map
-Where have you been, what do you know, and what do you want to learn?

3. Pocahontas
-What is History? Are depictions always accurate?

Homework: Course Outline, Course Outline Verification
-On the US map write out all of the states names underneath or next to the abbreviations; you will use this map throughout the term.
-List 2-3 topics and what you are most interested in learning about and a specific question you have for each topic, complete this in the comment section of the blog. You must include your full name and block at the end of your comments.