Finsih 6.6 & Review for Exam

Review for Exam (19)

• With your island, complete the first slide of this presentation
• The second slide is a list of words that you should definitely review (level 3 stuff....)
• The exam, incase you have not paid attention, is tomorrow.

6.6: Vietnam War (18)

• Practice: Vietnam War Crossword activity with practicum student (1st block did NOT do this)
• Product: 
• Continue website creation from yesterday
• MINIMUM goal: finish your level 2 stuff **this is the website, not the comments**
• Once you are finished you may begin commenting as your historical figure
• This product is due Monday

New Congressional Study Finds 104 Places to Put Gitmo Detainees | Danger Room | Wired.com

This is about detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba... Which war did the US gain this military base?  What failed invasion happened on this island in the 1960s?

New Congressional Study Finds 104 Places to Put Gitmo Detainees | Danger Room | Wired.com

Wow, check out this news article about the Postwar America!

U.S. had plans to nuke the moon – CNN Security Clearance - CNN.com Blogs

6.6 Product work

6.6: Vietnam War 

• Learning Activity A: Notes (Completed yesterday)
• Product: Website with Group (see instructions & lists of events/people here)
• I've created a class website & shared it with you
• 1st Block
• 2nd Block
• 3rd Block
• In your group, split up the 10 events (2 each person)
• Research the event with:
• Your textbook
• At least one website
• Edit each of the event websites in your groups portion of the webpage
• In your group, take one of the 5 assigned historical figures
• Research about that person
• After reading each event on your website, make comment(s)  as if you were that person, using specifics from the reading to back up "your" comment/opinion 

We will work on this tomorrow too.... your goal should be to have your website completed for both of your events so you are not holding your group member's grade hostage...

6.5 & 6.6

6.5: Civil Rights Movement (17)
Learning A: Completed yesterday
today: Reviewed & Completed 6.5 Learning Activity B: notes
No product for 6.5

6.6: Vietnam War (18)
Learning A: Add 3 notes to each worded slide from 6.6 Vietnam War The Basics Notes

PS--Here is an interesting joke that uses our history...  (this was emailed to me by a student... Thanks!)

Finish 6.4: Kennedy & Johnson

6.4: Kennedy & Johnson (16)

• Learning A: Clued Recall activity (see yesterday's post)
• Finish if not completed (Blocks 2 & 3)
• Learning B: Notes: Johnson's Great Society
• Video seen here....
• Notes only seen here...
• Practice: Create 4 Limericks with island about the following topics
• Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Berlin Crisis
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• The Great Society
• Example of Limerick:
• McDonald's US class was Lame
• But I heard that it was of fame
• There lots a work
• Kids called him a jerk
• I saw when I googled his name.
• Product: Worksheet Due Monday

6.4: Kennedy & Johnson

Took 6.3 "Quiz" as product grade.... use your notes.


6.4: Kennedy & Johnson (16)

• Learning A: Clued Recall Activity
• This is a competition that we have in class.
• Students read sections and compete by trying to guess the 5 facts that are on the "clued recall" sheet
• If students missed the activity, they need to read the following section from the textbook & answer the reading check questions found in those sections
• 878-885 (Chapter 27 setion 1)
• 4 total Reading Check questions
• Learning Activity B: Tomorrow
• Practice: Tomorrow
• Product: Tomorrow

Complete 6.3

6.3: Postwar America (15)

• Learning A: Videos from Yesterday
• Learning B: take notes from the following pages in your book on the back of the notes from yesterday:
• Cold War Continues (849-851)
• Americans React (858-860)
• Other Technologies (864-865)
• Practice:
• Free search terms found on 6.3 Practice: Postwar America Terms
• Product:
• Quiz Monday over key terms

This is Crazy big.

6.3: Postwar America (15)

• Learning Activity: Take notes over the following video on the blank notes sheet given in class

1.  Video #1 (Best Years #1)
2. Video #2 (Happy Days #2)
3. Video #3 (Happy Days #3)

Also in 1st Block:

2012 Puerto Rico Elections Post-Election Report — The Monkey Cage

2012 Puerto Rico Elections Post-Election Report — The Monkey Cage

6.1 & 6.2

1st Block:
6.2: The Korean War (14)

• Learning: complete notes about the Korean War by copying down the Korean War maps & taking notes on the Comic sheet.  Here is the Google doc, and here is the video
• Then work on 6.1 (Due tomorrow) & 6.2 Product (Due Friday)

2nd & 3rd Blocks:

Work on 6.1 (Due tomorrow) & 6.2 Product (Due Friday)

6.1 & 6.2 Learning

6.1: The Cold War (13)

• Finish notes from yesterday (see video on yesterday's blog post)
• Back of sheet (practice)... Skim through pages 816-822 in textbook to add 10 pieces of information not covered in the notes or more in-depth information
• Product: We will do this tomorrow

6.2: The Korean War (14)

• Learning: Korean War Presentation...
• Jot down the map & basic information from the presentation by Mr. McDonald
• Practice: Practicum student from Coe College lead a basic practice with not required writing.
• Product: We will do this tomorrow.

Unit 5 Exam & 6.1

1. Turned in project
• If you are ready for me to grade any part of your project, you need to turn in your rubric with your name on it
• I'm going to grade in this order:
• Everybody's Notes/Bibliography
• Everybody's Report
• Everybody's Final Draft
• I anticipate having Notes/Bibliography completed by the end of the school day today, the Report by the end of tomorrow & the Final by Wednesday
2. Took Unit 5 Exam
• I graded notebooks Friday
• Level 4 is shared with you via google docs and is due Friday
3. Began 6.1: The Beginning of the Cold War (13)
• Learning:
• Answer questions found on this sheet based on this presentation
• Watch this youtube (also embedded below) video if you were absent or need to study 
• We did not finish this but got a good start.

Dr. Seuss Project work day

Discussed some advice on sharing on Google drive

Exam is Monday
Project is due Monday

Make sure to watch the video from yesterday to review info about the project!!

Battle Book Work Day

Before we went to the library, we discussed specifics about the Project in more depth.  I shared the presentation with you in your Google drive & recorded it here for your review

Goal for the day:  Get your two sources completed and mostly work on typing up your battle book report.

Review

Today we reviewed for the exam using this set of activities
Exam is Monday
Notebook is due Friday
Tomorrow & Friday will be Dr. Seuss Battle Book days.

5.4 & Project

5.4: End of World War II (11)
    LEARNING ACTIVITY ONLY: Take notes over underlined terms in this video on a blank piece of paper

Went to library to work on project

BIG NEWS: WWII EXAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO MONDAY!!!

Complete 5.3

Worked on 5.3 product (choose your own!!)

Schedule this week:

Tuesday:

• 5.3 Due
• 5.4 (notes only)
• Go to Library to work on Project
• Review for exam

Wednesday:

• 20 minutes review activity
• Take World War II Exam

Thursday

• Project work in Library

Friday

• Project work in Library

Monday

• Project is due... no work time in class
• Begin Unit 6

Begin 5.3 Today

5.3: Women & Minorities (10)

• Learning Activity A: Worksheet from textbook
• Practice: 
• "Free search" the following terms:
• Rosie the Riveter
• Zoot Suit Riot
• 1941 March on Washington
• Japanese Internment
• Look at pictures, read about them, watch video
• Product:
• Choose your own product.
• See rubric for options.

5.2 & Project

5.2: Home Front (9)
   Finished Learning Activity: Using pages 793-799 in your textbook to create a comic of the terms found in yesterday's blog post

    Assigned and worked on 5.2 Product sheet (Due Tomorrow)


Project:

Used iPads to get the required one internet source for the note-taking portion of the project.

Suggestions from Mr. M:

• Make sure they are NOTES... not complete sentences (they take too long)
• Make sure to get all Bibliography information
• Watch videos about your battle if you want (as a second internet source, not your only one....)
• If you find a book that has been scanned and placed online, go ahead and use it as one of you Book sources.