Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Assign 1.1 product... Begin 1.2: The West

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


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

Friday, January 4, 2013

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



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


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