3.3 Roaring Economy and Exam Review

Today we did a short learning activity about the Roaring Economy of the 1920s

• View this video of the presentation
• Take notes on key terms from the video

Review for the Unit 3 Exam

• Complete the review activities on this presentation

Unit 3 exam is tomorrow (Friday)

Finish 3.2

Students handed in the 3.1 Product today.

We continued 3.2 1920s Society and Pop Culture today

• Here is the worksheet 3.2 Learning B: Exploration
• View this Prezi, filling out the worksheet as you go

Reminders

• This Friday is the deadline to turn in homework revisions for Unit 1 and Unit 2

Start 3.2

Today we started 3.2: 1920s Society & Pop Culture

3.2 Learning A: 1920s Society is a set of notes

• View this presentation, and add at least two notes to each slide

3.2 Practice: Scopes Monkey Trial/ Prohibition

• Read quotes from the Scopes Monkey trial and follow the directions at the top of the worksheet
• On the back of the worksheet, record arguments for Prohibition (no alcohol) and against Prohibition (yes alcohol) while watching the first 15 minutes of this video

Finish 3.1

I handed back the Unit II exam today.  Grades have been added to the grade book.

• Revisions will take place tomorrow (Tue.) and Wed. mornings from 7:30-8:20 am

Complete 3.1 Learning B: A New Economic Era using the textbook

On your own sheet of paper labeled 3.1 Learning C: Conservative Politics:

• Watch this video about presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge 
• start video at 12:43
• jot down names, events, acts, laws, and personality characteristics while you watch
• Read pages 634-639 in the textbook and take notes

Finally, the 3.1 Product was handed out.  Here is the Level 4.  It is due on Wednesday.

SNOW DAY

Today was a snow day.

Reminder: Unit II exam results will be reviewed in class on Monday

• Revisions for the Unit II exam will be Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 7:30-8:20
• If you already know you will want to revise, please make a note, set a reminder, or make arrangements to come to school early on one or both of those days

Continue 3.1

Today we continued 3.1: Postwar Tensions & Society

• We finished our notes from Learning A using this presentation 
•  We completed this Practice activity about the Sacco & Vanzetti trial 
•  We started Learning B about the postwar economy and innovations using the textbook

Start 3.1

We started Unit 3 today.

In class, we played the X game- a simulation of paranoia during the Red Scare

Then we began Learning A using this presentation

• Use the presentation to fill in your notes about Capitalism vs. Communism
• Use the presentation to fill in your notes about contributors to fear in society
• Use your textbook (pages 622-627) to fill in summaries of the following specific events:
• Palmer Raids
• National Origins Act of 1921
• Seattle General Strike
• Boston Police Strike
• Nationwide Steelworker Strike
• Sacco & Vanzetti Trial

Unit 2 Exam

Unit 2 Exam today!

• Reminder that notebooks should be in order before the exam

2.4 The Homefront Product was due today

Review Unit II

Here are the Unit II review activities

• From the list of terms (36 total):
• Pick the 10 terms you know the least and write their definitions
• Pick the 10 terms you know the best and compare them to another term NOT on the list
• For the rest of the terms (16), draw a symbol or picture to represent them
• Complete the last two slides with activities

These activities along with looking over your notes should prepare you well for the exam

2.5 The End of WWI

2.3 Product was due today (The Beginning of WWI)

I passed out 2.4 Product on the Homefront

• It is due on Tuesday (no school on Monday!)

We started 2.5 Learning A: The End of WWI

• I will post a video of the notes here
• Compare Wilson's Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles using a venn diagram
• Use your textbook, page 608
• In general, what things are in both?
• What things did Wilson want that did not end up in the Treaty?
• What things were in the Treaty that Wilson didn't mention?

Finish 2.4

Today we finished out 2.4 The Homefront learning

We also practiced terms from the learning and read opposing viewpoints

• View the charts on WWI homefront production
• On each row, write a term from the learning
• example: War Industries Board regulated production of industry
• Read the excerpts from speeches and do the following
• Underline important parts of sentences
• Circle descriptive words
• Write a 2-4 word summary next to each paragraph

Finish 2.3, Begin 2.4 The Homefront

We finished our brief and detailed timelines.

• See the previous post for links to the brief timeline and presentation
• Borrow notes from a classmate to fill in your detailed timeline

Product 2.3 is due on Thursday

• Use Learning A, Learning B, & Learning C to complete
• Here is the link to the level 4

We started 2.4 the Homefront

• Use your textbook to fill in definitions
• Once you have defined all terms in a section, summarize the section without using the terms
• We will continue this tomorrow

2.3 Continued

2.3 Trench Warfare and U.S. Entry into WWI

We briefly reviewed Learning A.  On your sheet, do the following:

• Circle these Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey)
• Circle these Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Serbia
• These are the ones you need to know for the exam (if your wrote down others, that is fine)
• Look at your map and make these notes at the bottom
• There is an Eastern Warfront that goes through Russia
• There is a Western Warfront that goes through France, Italy, and Greece
• Germany and Austria-Hungary are fighting on both fronts!  That takes a lot of troops!

We then turned our attention to Learning B about trench warfare.

• Use your textbook to answer the questions on the worksheet

Lastly, we started Learning C, a timeline activity

• Print the brief timeline and get a detailed timeline from Ms. Kindl
• Use this presentation to fill in your brief timeline
• Use your textbook (pages 590-596) to fill-in details on your detailed timeline.  List events in chronological order.  OR find a classmate, and copy their notes.

We did a lot of stuff today!  Please ask Ms. Kindl if you have questions!!

Start 2.3

2.3 World War I Begins (13)

• We finished working on our Progressive Era similes (12).  
• You should use five events, persons, or reforms and compare them to your theme.  
• This is for practice and is not graded, but it is part of your notebook. 
• See Ms. Kindl's example here for a guide.
• We started learning about WWI by filling out Learning A (13).  You can use your textbook to complete it.
• Use pages 583-584 to complete the Causes of War
• Use page 582 to read about the event that sparked the war
• Use page 585 to fill out the back page of the worksheet

Finish 2.2

Turn in 2.1 Product (along with learning A & B)


2.2 Federal Reforms (12)

• Finish Learning B: Roosevelt
• Watch this video (beginning at 21:40) 
• Jot down vocabulary terms mentioned in the video
• Compare the terms & the narrative to the textbook's (what we did yesterday)
• Learning C: Taft & Wilson Notes
• I printed out the Taft & Wilson Notes 
• Your responsibility is to add 3 things per slide about them
• Video coming 2/8 around 1pm
• Begin Practice: Introduction to simile
• See Ms. Kindl's example
• Get with a partner and create your own simile (5 connections total)

2.2 Learning A & B

2.1 Product Due Tomorrow!!!

2.2 Federal Reforms (12)

• Finish Learning A (watch video & discuss narratives)
• Learning B:
• Use pages 535-540 to create a list about Teddy Roosevelt & his reforms

We handed back exams today.  You may revise the exam up to 90%  See Mr. McDonald to talk about the revision process.  

The two possible days to revise:

Next Tues 730-820AM

Next Wed 730-820AM

See Mr. M if neither of these days work for you.

Begin 2.2

Hand out 2.1 Product (due Thurs)

2.2 Federal Reforms (12)

• Differentiated between suffrage and suffering
• Learning A: on your own piece of paper, create a "T" Chart
• On the left hand side, watch this National History Day video about the women's suffrage movement & jot down every name, event and law that you can.  Pause & rewind to help.
• With partners, we scanned pages 529-534 in the textbook & filled out the other side of the T chart with names, events & laws that were discussed
• Comparison: Watched the video one more time, this time really focusing on the narrative of the video in comparison to the narrative of the text.  
• Remember, an author uses the following tools to present a narrative:
• Content (or lack of particular content)
• Descriptive Words
• Pictures
• Music (in videos only)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfOTgfZZzPs

Begin Progressive Movement

Cover Page (10)

2.1: Progressive Movement (11)

• Reviewed Learning A: Progressive Notes from Thursday
• Get into groups of 3
• Draw a picture of "Paul" or "Patty" the Progressive (a made up person)
• Create objects in the picture that represent each of the General Gilded Age problems
• Create "tools" for Paul or Patty to use that represents the tools progressives used
• Learning B: Reforming Society, The workplace & Gov't worksheet
• Finished in class... finish out of class if you did not.

Unit I Exam

Took exam & Turned in Notebook... See Mr M to schedule your exam if you missed it.