- Learning Activity A: Bush & Terrorism Notes...add three notes
- Lots of discussion. Will finish tomorrow
Use this blog to review what we did on a particular day, access worksheets, and sometimes other information.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Bush & Terrorism
7.5: Bush & Terrorism (24)
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Rewind
Reviewed remaining schedule:
Wed: Rewind (more about that in a minute)
Thur & Friday: Election of 2000, 9/11 & Katrina
Monday: Finish Katrina & Review for Unit 7 Exam...3:35PM is the deadline for ALL revision work
Tues: Unit 7 Exam then Review for final exam
Wed/Thurs/Friday: Final Exam Schedule
Rewind: 7.3
The quiz scores (the product) were terrible. We spent 45 minutes or so reviewing and re-reading the pages & adding to the comic sheet. Used that sheet when we took the 7.3 product quiz again.

7.4: Bush & Clinton (23)
Worked on product:
Level 2: define 6 terms
Level 3: Compare Bush & Clinton in 6 ways
Level 4: Research Gulf War Syndrome
See more on rubric
Wed: Rewind (more about that in a minute)
Thur & Friday: Election of 2000, 9/11 & Katrina
Monday: Finish Katrina & Review for Unit 7 Exam...3:35PM is the deadline for ALL revision work
Tues: Unit 7 Exam then Review for final exam
Wed/Thurs/Friday: Final Exam Schedule
Rewind: 7.3The quiz scores (the product) were terrible. We spent 45 minutes or so reviewing and re-reading the pages & adding to the comic sheet. Used that sheet when we took the 7.3 product quiz again.
7.4: Bush & Clinton (23)
Worked on product:
Level 2: define 6 terms
Level 3: Compare Bush & Clinton in 6 ways
Level 4: Research Gulf War Syndrome
See more on rubric
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
7.4: Bush & Clinton (cont'd)
7.3 Quiz--You may use your 7.3 worksheet
If you were absent, you must meet with Mr. M to schedule a time to take this quiz
7.4: Bush & Clinton (23)
Learning A worksheet (completed yesterday)
Learning B: The Century Video notes
If you were absent, you must meet with Mr. M to schedule a time to take this quiz
7.4: Bush & Clinton (23)
Learning A worksheet (completed yesterday)
Learning B: The Century Video notes
- take notes over three sections of videos on the blank notes sheet provided
- Top 1990s Songs (just jot down some ones that you've heard before... in one box)
- George H.W. Bush & Clinton Presidents video (one box for each president....begin video 23:07-44:50)
- Watch Tienanmen Square video... for fun. Not much to take notes on.
- Persian Gulf War video --one square
Product:
- Level 1 & 2: Define 6 terms
- Level 3: Comparison sheet (we'll get to this tomorrow)
- Level 4: Persian Gulf Veterans research
- See rubric for more information
- Due Friday
Monday, December 10, 2012
7.4: Bush & Clinton
Turn in 7.2 Product:
Political Cartoons (4 of them) & Learning Activities A, B & C
7.4: Bush & Clinton (23)
Learning Activity A: Worksheet from textbook (pages listed on worksheet)
If finished, study for 7.3 quiz tomorrow
Political Cartoons (4 of them) & Learning Activities A, B & C
7.4: Bush & Clinton (23)
Learning Activity A: Worksheet from textbook (pages listed on worksheet)
If finished, study for 7.3 quiz tomorrow
Friday, December 7, 2012
7.3: Cold War
7.2: Nixon, Ford, Carter & Reagan (21)
About 30-45 Minutes to work on political cartoon... Due tomorrow.
7.3 Cold War Ends (22)
Learning Activity:
About 30-45 Minutes to work on political cartoon... Due tomorrow.
7.3 Cold War Ends (22)
Learning Activity:
- Learning: read pages 1059-1063 in your textbook & create a storyboard that shows the events that ended the Cold War
- We will have a quiz about this Tuesday... Study with island members by:
- Creating a 10 question quiz
- Trade quizzes with another island & take.
- Check the answers
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Finish 7.2
7.2: Nixon, Ford, Carter & Reagan (21)
- Learning A: Completed
- Learning B: Completed yesterday
- Learning C: We began this yesterday and finished it today
- Add 3 pieces of notes from the lecture on these notes
- Practice: Match the event with the president that was involved with this presentation
- Product:
- Look at these political cartoons of the 4 presidents.
- Create 4 of your own political cartoons. See Rubric for information.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Nixon & Ford
7.2: Nixon, Ford, Carter & Reagan (21)
- Learning A: Video... We completed this yesterday
- Learning B: Complete Learning Activity B worksheet with your textbook.
- Learning C: We began Learning Activity C: Carter & Reagan notes.. add three items
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Finish 7.1 & Begin 7.2
7.1: Other Movements (20)
- Finish learning activity A: Jigsawing with groups from yesterday
- If you were absent you may either read the pages and jot down notes or borrow someones to jot down theirs
7.2: Nixon, Ford, Carter & Reagan (21)
- Learning A: Complete this Video worksheet with the following videos:
- Nixon & Ford (begin at 34:18 in the video)
- Carter & Reagan (begin at the beginning of the video)
- I handed out Learning B worksheet but we did not begin working on it.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Begin Unit 7
Level 4 From Unit 6 exam is due today!!
Returned Level 2 portion of exam... Students should write down the terms that they missed and come in for exam revision by next Monday morning.
6.6 Product: Vietnam Website is due today
Begin Unit 7: Convulsive America
7.1 Other Movements (20)
Learning A: 7.1 Other Movements worksheet
Returned Level 2 portion of exam... Students should write down the terms that they missed and come in for exam revision by next Monday morning.
6.6 Product: Vietnam Website is due today
Begin Unit 7: Convulsive America
7.1 Other Movements (20)
Learning A: 7.1 Other Movements worksheet
- We split up the work (jigsaw activity)
- Each person gets a movement
- Each person takes notes on the movement on the worksheet (make sure to use all of these terms)
- When finished each person teaches the others in the group and has them write down information based on:
- What specific rights the movement wanted
- What Groups or People existed to gain those rights
- What tactic/strategy that those groups or people used to gain the rights
- What the results of the Movement were
We were teaching at the end of the day... we'll finish up tomorrow.
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