Week 3/9 -3/13

Monday - Video and guided questions:  Roaring Twenties
                 Fads assigned for tomorrow's group work
             
Tuesday/Wednesday  - Group work on fads- Presentations on Friday

Wednesday  Review/discuss packet-guided textbook notes (assigned last Monday -counts 3xHW)

HW:   Prohibition worksheet questions-due Friday

Thursday - Comparing the 20s to Today:  Graphic Organizer

Friday- Group fad presentations

Due this week:   "Interviews" of famous twenties personality

Next Monday- Open Note test on Roaring Twenties-Review notes

DBQ essays not received need to be turned in to me ASAP-test grade!

Week 3/2 3/6

Monday/Tuesday  - Introduction to the Roaring Twenties  -  Powerpoint presentation (copies            
                                of  presentation provided to students)
                                Project on personalities of the time period passed out/explained

HW:  Due by next Wednesday-  Textbook guided notes from the three sections of  chapter 24  starts on page 748   (Counts 3x)  
   

Wednesday-Friday   Computer Lab research on some of the famous celebrities as well as an "interview" with one of them-student choice.  

2/23 - 2/27/15

Monday - Whole class:  Section 3 notes- America at war and the armistice

                Work on ABC booklets- due by Friday             

Tuesday-  Section four notes: Versailles Treaty, influenza outbreak, and long term impacts of war
                  Pass back quizzes from sections one and two- corrections are an option-due by
                  next Tuesday

Wednesday- Looking at primary sources:  Why did the Sentate reject the Versailles Treaty?

Thursday/Friday  - DBQ Essay World War One (chapter test)
                             


Due Friday- ABC booklets and notes packet                  


Extra credit option:  creative writing piece due by end of week
                  
               

Week 22 2/9- 2/13

  

Monday-  

Snow Day 

Tuesday     Review notes sections one and two/ Mid point Review
                   Listen to song "Over There" which shows American patriotism
                  As time permits begin Reading Like a Historian: Central Question- Were critics of
                  the war anti-American?
                  HW:  Crossword   Woodrow Wilson

Wednesday -Finish Reading Like a Historian sources
                   HW:   Answering the central question -paragraph response using primary sources for
                               supporting details
                 
Thursday-  Open Note Quiz:  sections one and two
                   

Friday-        Section three notes- whole class (Americans at war, Armistice)
                   Work on ABC Booklet (should be finished by next week-after break)



Extra credit option:   Students write a series of journal entries as a soldier in the war or a poem depicting some aspect of the war - due by Feb. 27

Winter Break starts 

 

Week 21 2/2-2/6

The Great War continued.....

Monday -  Continue with section one notes (finish by tomorrow)
                 ABC booklets are on-going
                  Map of Europe is due by tomorrow (from last week)

Tuesday-  Review section one notes- why Europe erupts into war
                 Section Two:  America Enters the War guided notes-
                            finish these notes byThursday
                           

Wednesday-Packet in class including  Zimmerman Telegram, excerpt from Wilson speech
                    due tomorrow                 
                  
Thursday-    Go over the notes for sections one and two
                     Over There song by Berlin

Friday    Video:  The Foot Soldier
             
 Open Note Quiz - sections one and two on Monday

*******Changes due to snow day on Monday****

Week 20 1/26- 1/30

Monday-Tuesday    Midterm exam on Monday for social studies

Wednesday-Thursday    no school for grades 7 and 8

Friday - Guided Notes Packet:  Section One in class
              ABC booklet is on-going and should be completed by end of unit.
               Return/review  midterm exams including essays 

map of 1914 Europe due by Monday (from previous week)

Week 19 1/1/19- 1/23/15

Monday- Martin Luther King Day

    No school

Tuesday- Open Note Test- Imperialism

Wednesday- Review for Midterm.  Study Guide provided as well as choices for the essay on the midterm.  Students can bring in a 3x5 note card to the exam.

Thursday- Video:  The Great War (aka WWI)

                             

Friday- Locating and labeling the countries in Europe in 1914 map activity
                     Tests returned- corrections optional - due by 1/30

History Channel

Three night special starting at 9 pm  The Sons of Liberty

Week 18 1/12- 1/16

Monday-Computer Lab/ In class writing assignment: Yellow journalism article:  Spanish American War - due by end of week.  May be written or typed/should include yellow journalism type headlines and content covering the 5Ws

Tuesday- Video and guided questions:  Panama Canal/CNN Student News

Wednesday- Scaffolding questions on imperialism

Thursday- Complete notes packet/Review vocabulary

Friday- Red Work Book- imperialism

Open Note Test next Tuesday

Due by end of week: Web Quest from last week - minimum 15 questions to be answered 
                                    Yellow journalism article

Week 17 1/5- 1/9/15

Monday- Introduce Chapter 22:  Video- America Becomes a World Power/guided notes questions
            

Tuesday-  Powerpoint overview and key vocabulary
        

  WednesdayThursday- Spanish American War:  research activity using chrome books in class  (complete as needed for homework) due by end of next week



Friday- Complete key vocabulary sheet in class

Progressive Era posters due today - test grade

EXTRA CREDIT:  Buffalo soldiers in the Spanish American War reading and questions