Saturday, October 18, 2014

Week 8 10/20 - 10/24


Monday-     Chapter 18 tests returned- option to do test corrections within a week.
                     Intro new chapter:  Industrialization/Immigration
                    CW/HW:Section One pages 614-618  Students read text, fill out chart.
                     Morse Code challenge with partners

Tuesday   Power Point Notes: Ch 19 
                  Grade sheet summaries passed out to students today
                  Short info clip on Newport Mansions of the Gilded Age

Wednesday:   Video: Second Industrial Revolution/Guided Questions
                        HW: Edison:  Greatest Inventor?  Reading and Graphic Organizer

Thursday- Our American Economy- service vs. manufacturing jobs in U. S. workplace 
                  Urban and rural population changes
               
Friday   
                Power point notes continued/CNN Student News

                Open Note Quiz on Monday
               

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Week 7 10/13 - 10/17/14

Monday -  Columbus Day

Tuesday - finish guided notes: Americans Move West

WednesdayReading Like a Historian:  Why did the Populist Party attract millions of supporters?
                      Whole class reading/discussion/questions of two primary sources- Mary E. Lease and
                      William Jennings Bryan)

Thursday - Review:  Red Work Book Pages 25-33

Friday - Test: Open Note / CNN Student News

Prezi projects(Reconstruction: A Success or a Failure?) are due by Friday (from previous chapter)