EXAM POSTPONED!

US History Exam is now tomorrow (FRIDAY 2/1)

Cover Page: Progressive Movement (11)

• Learning A: Progressive Movement Notes on a blank notes sheet
• We will get to Learning B on Monday

Happy Snowday!

Here is a video that I got on an email today about 9/11.

I love the quote at the beginning:
"A Hero does what he can"

Finish 1.6

1.6: Foreign Policy (8)

• Completed: Learning A: Foreign Policy notes

Unit I Review

1.5 Product & 1.6 Begins

Finish Review: Immigration & Racism (from Yesterday)

1.5 Product

• 1.5 Product (says 1.2 core on front) is due Monday
• We worked on this for around 20 minutes

1.6: Foreign Policy (8)

• Learning A: Foreign Policy notes
• began... didn't get far

Finish 1.5

1.5: Immigration & Racism (7)

• Learning B: Nativism & Racism worksheet
• Completed this together

• Practice: Carousel
• Read this document
• Look at these three images
• For each, answer the following questions on a blank notes sheet:
• Who are the opposing sides?
• What is the message?

• 1.5 Product  (yes, it says 1.2 core on the sheet... please change that)
• Due Monday

Finish 1.4 & Begin 1.5

1.4 Learning D: Populist Party Worksheet (6)

• Review worksheet in groups
• Create Populist Party Limerick as group & share with class

1.5: Immigrants & Minorities (7)

• Take notes on the blank notes sheet from Learning A: Immigrant Notes
• Learning B: Nativism & Racism 
• We began this worksheet as a class
• We completed the first 2 sections in class and we'll finish tomorrow

1.4 Day 2

Meet Ms. Kindl

• She is our Student teacher from the University of Iowa

Reviewed: 

• Political Machines as a class
• Presidents matching as a small group

1.4 Learning D: Populist Party (6)

• Worked on Learning D: Populist Party Worksheet in class.
• Should be finished by tomorrow

1.4 Day One

Finish 1.3 Learning D

• Just the last few slides in this presentation

1.4: Gilded Age Politics (6)

• Learning A: President's Video
• For the three president in this video (beginning at 11:40, ending with Garfield), answer the following questions on a blank notes sheet
• What was his name & Party
• What years did he serve as president
• What major events occurred in his presidency?
• Write on basic summary sentence about his presidency

1.3 Day 3

1.3: 2nd Industrial Revolution (5)

• Learning C: Finished Labor Unions worksheet
• Practice: Answered these T or F questions as a group and justified your asnswers as a class
• Learning D: Began Working Safety Today notes 
• We will finish tomorrow

• 1.3 Product: Due Friday
• Even though it says 1.1 core assignment, this is the correct sheet
• Due Monday if you were gone Wed. 

1.3 Day 2

1.3: 2nd Industrial Revolution (5)

• Learning B: On blank notes sheet, we looked at 7 posters with pictures of child labor on them.  
• For each, we answered these questions:
• What was the job description?
• What in the description itself was difficult?
• Based on the picture only, what other conclusions can you come up with in regards to the working conditions? 

• Learning C: Labor Unions worksheet
• Began this...
• Will finish tomorrow

1.3

Turn in 1.2 Product--I did extend this one more day because I forgot to remind you about it Friday... many still turned it in.

1.3: 2nd Industrial Revolution (5)

• Finished Learning Activity A: Rise of Big Business Notes
• Practice: Limerick Competion
• Get into groups of four
• Write a limerick about the Notes
• Winning group is the one that included the most pieces information from the notes!!
• Learning Activity B: Using a blank notes sheet, view the Owner and Worker Comparison.  Tomorrow we will write down the answer to the question: Why does the Rise of Big Business fit into Mark Twain's accusation of this era being a Gilded one?

Finish The West

1.2: The West (4)

• Learning Activity C: Mining, Ranching & Farming worksheet jigsaw (finish from previous class)
• Practice: Compare the following ways:
• Mining to Ranching (one similar way and one different)
• Mining to Farming (one similar and one different)
• Farming to Ranching (one similar and one different)
• 6 TOTAL: USE COMPARISON SHEET AND YOUR PARTNERS!

Define: Gilded Age

• Gilded: Shinny on the outside (gold plated), often cheap on the inside
• Discussed how 1.2 THE WEST was Gilded

1.3: 2nd Industrial Revolution (5)

• Began Learning A: Rise of Big Business notes
• You have a print out, add 3 things per slide from my presentation

I Have A Plan

Students went with the counselors to participate in the "I have a Plan" activity

Students received their 1.1 product back as well--remember that revising for full credit is allowed in my class!!!

The West Day 2

Turn in 1.1 Product
You need to staple the following sheets together with your name on it:

• 1.1 Learning A: History & Government Notes
• 1.1 Learning B: Civil War and Reconstruction Notes
• 1.1 Product

1.2: The West (4)

• Learning A: Completed
• Learning B: Watch this Youtube video and answer the questions on the Railroad sheet
• She talks fast, so don't worry about pausing it periodically...we did as a class
• We also watched it twice.  Check with your classmates for answers!
• Learning C: Ranching, Mining & Farming worksheet
• Use your textbook... you only have to do one of the three types of jobs & then you can copy the other two types from a classmate
• We will finish this next class day.
• 1.2 Product: Due Monday

1.2: The West

1.2: The West (4)

• Learning A: Many did not complete this yesterday.  We worked on this for about 1/2 the time in class
• Practice: Create rhyming sentences that help show you know each of the 10 vocabulary terms in the reading 
• Example: 

From the Army, Chief Joseph ran away
Gave in to live another day 

• Learning B: Got into groups of 3 and jigsawed Learning B Worksheet.  We only did this for about 15 minutes, so we will complete this tomorrow

We went to the library to do the following things:

• Log on to your student Gmail account
• Go to my website **I emailed it to you**
• Log on to the online textbook **I gave the username & password to you today**
• Many could not get online b/c of a computer problem, so we'll complete this another day.

Assign 1.1 product... Begin 1.2: The West

Finish 1.1: History, Gov't, Civil War & Reconstruction (3)

• Finish these notes from Friday
• Assign 1.1 Product
• Due Wednesday

1.2: The West (4)

• Learning Activity A: Native American Worksheet
• I didn't give space for the 1st question on the worksheet (oops.), so use an extra piece of paper to write your answer for that question on it.
• Practice: Create a short rhyming sentence about all 10 bolded or highlighted terms from the reading.  Write those ten sentences on the sheet you used to answer #1 on your worksheet.  You may have a partner
• Example: 

To put the Kiowa under the Bureau, The Army killed their ponies at Palo Duro

ALMOST finish 1.1

1.1: History, Gov't & Reconstruction (3)
Learning A: History & Gov't Notes (Finish)

Practice with a partner of similar height

Learning B: Civil & Reconstruction Notes

• Complete this chart with this set of notes

1st Day of 3rd Quarter!!!!!

Handed out papers & discussed classroom policies:
Grades (1)
Notebook Grades (2)
1.1 Learning A: History & Reconstruction Notes (3)

• You are required to add 3 things to each slide based on my presentation
• If I make a video, it's linked above, otherwise if you are absent you'll need to copy from a friend/neighbor in class.
• We will finish this tomorrow