Friday, January 9, 2015

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

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

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

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Week 16 12/15 - 12/19

Monday- Video on Progressive Era will serve to review reforms and issues as well as show visual components to this time period.

Tuesday - Project explained. Group work in class to review various reforms that benefit Americans.

Wednesday-  Review requirements of project in class/ CL to choose template for Prezi project.

Thursday/Friday- Students work on creating individual webs (graphic organizers) that detail the reforms that benefited Americans during Progressive Ea. This is due no later than Friday, January  9th after we return from our break.

Five week grade reports issued from Guidance on Friday.



Saturday, December 6, 2014

Week 15 12/9- 12/13

Monday- Open Note Quiz/Section Three Notes
               HW:  Women's Suffrage worksheet

Tuesday - Finish section Three Notes/Start Reading Like a Historian:  Booker T. Washington and
                                                  W.E.B. DuBois
              

Wednesday- Reading Like a Historian:  Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
                     Finish as HW as needed

Thursday- Progressive Era video and questions

Friday- Section Four Notes/CNN Student News
             HW: Complete all notes



Monday, December 1, 2014

Week 14 12/2-12/6

Monday - Chapter 21  Progressive Era Overview and Vocabulary
                  Section One Guided Notes done individually


Tuesday-  Complete section one notes (HW as needed)

Wednesday- Section Two Notes: Reform in the Workplace
                     Immigration Tests returned:  Corrections optional
                     HW:   Reform Literature  pages  668-669   Respond to three questions
                                due by Friday

Thursday-     Triangle Factory Fire
                     Classes vote for three BEST political cartoons


                 Extra Credit:  Summarize this event by writing short article "I was there reporting" 
                                          covering the 5Ws.

Friday- Review section two notes/CNN Student News

Quiz on Monday 
                

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Week 13 11/24-11/28

Monday - Red Work Books in class: Review Chapter 20

Tuesday-Open Note Test:  Immigration
               (Political cartoon due)

Holiday Break

Friday, November 14, 2014

Week 12 11/17-11/21

Monday- Complete timeline of immigration laws: computer lab
due by Thursday

Tuesday- Political cartoons overview/discussion
               (Ellis/Angel Island worksheet questions due today)

Wednesday -Issues Today in Immigration

Thursday- Scaffolding Questions Practice /CNN Student News

Friday- Students will create an original  political cartoon- due by Tuesday, November 22.
                   (Timeline due by today)


Friday, November 7, 2014

Week 11 11/10 - 11/14/14

Monday-   Immigration Overview Notes


Tuesday- Veterans Day - no school


Wednesday- Video:  Immigrants and Urban Growth

                           DBQ Essay (from last week) due by today-test grade

Thursday - Computer Lab- Ellis and Angel Island research
                               due  by end of next Tuesday if not finished in class

Friday: Overview notes continued/CNN Student News

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Week 10 11/3 - 11/7

Monday-   Notes-finish packet - info on city life

                 HW:   Matching vocabulary worksheet Ch 19

Tuesday-  Red Work Book  Chapter 19 class work

Wednesday- DBQ Industrial Age  scaffolding questions  (this will be a second quarter grade)

Thursday- DBQ Essay  in class


Friday   "Interesting Inventions", CNN Student News
               *Students needing to finish essay may complete during class time.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Week 9 10/27- 10/31

Monday- Quiz/ 
                HW:  Complete Changing Economy packet-reading and questions (from Thursday)

Tuesday- Inventions Research using Chrome Books in classroom
                            

Wednesday-Power Point presentation/notes packet
                    HW:  Strikes - Cloze reading practice

Thursday- Reading Like a Historian:  How did Chicago papers cover the Pullman Strike?
                

Friday- Finish Reading Like a Historian -Pullman Strikes
            CNN Student News