Tuesday, September 3, 2013

1.4

1.3 Homework (13) Due

  • 1.3 Homework Due today.
  • Along with the Homework you must turn in:
    • 1.3 Learning A/ 1.3 Learning B/ 1.3 Learning C

Videos


1.4 Learning A: New Immigration Notes (14)



1.4 Learning B: Local Politics (15)

  • We began 1.4 Learning B in class.  
  • Our goal was to complete the first side of the sheet

Friday, August 30, 2013

Finish 1.3

Complete 1.3 Learning B: Industrial Revolution Changes Lives (11)


1.3 Learning C: Workers Organize (12)


1.3 Homework (13)

  • 1.3 Homework is Due Tuesday
  • Remember, that is the next time we have class.  Email me with specific questions & expect a response within a few hours.  Ask your 


1.3: Worker's Safety Today (One Level 4 resource for the homework)

Thursday, August 29, 2013

1.3

Finish: 1.3 Learning A: Rise of Big Business (10)


1.3 Learning B: Industrial Revolution Changes Lives (11)

  • Using Learning B, students read one of the following documents and filled out their appropriate portion of the chart
  • Once finished, students learned about the other three and copied down the information from the chart of their classmates
  • We will complete the back tomorrow.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

"I Have A Plan"

Students turned in Homework 1.2
Students spent the block with the counselors completing their "I Have A Plan" activity.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

1.2 & 1.3

1.2 Work & Review

  • 15-20 minutes were for work on incomplete 1.2 work or your 1.2 homework.
  • 1.2 homework is DUE TOMORROW!
  • Review work: 
    • Create a limerick about the following things from 1.2 Learning D:
      • Farmers' Hardships
      • The Grange
      • The Populist Party
    • Limericks are 5 lined poems that give enough space to use specifics for a review activity.  Example of limerick:
      1. McDonald's class was LAME
      2. But I hear it is of FAME
      3. He gave lots 'o work
      4. Kids called him a jerk
      5. I see when I google his NAME

1.3 Learning A: Rise of Big Business Notes (10)




Monday, August 26, 2013

Finish 1.2

Review the following....USE YOUR WORKSHEETS!
     1.2 A: Native American Categorization

  • Categorize the following words into 3 or 4 categories
  • DO NOT make those categories into simple things like "Native Americans" or "Battles.  Make sure you show that you understand the DETAILS of the terms
    • Ghost Dance
    • Reservations
    • Sand Creek Massacre
    • Battle of Little Bighorn
    • Wounded Knee
    • Wovoka
    • Colonel Chivington
    • Sitting Bull
    • George Custer 
    • Colonel Forsyth

     1.2 C: Ranchers, Miners and Farmers Comparison

  • Compare each of the following:
    • Ranchers to Miners
    • Ranchers to Farmers
    • Miners to Farmers
  • Here is the format: 
Specific about the first item          Specific about the second item                 General Conclusion sentence
Example:
Homestead Act gave Land to Farmers           
Open Range for Ranchers until Barbed wire         
 Land ownership was different for Farmers and Ranchers

1.2 Learning D: Populist Party (8)

  • Complete 1.2 Learning D worksheet. 
  • We will have about 15 minutes in class tomorrow to work on either this worksheet or the homework before our review.

1.2 Homework (9) Due Wednesday


Friday, August 23, 2013

1.2 B & C

Went to library to:
Finish 1.2 C Notes (7)

  • We used the online textbook to complete the section of notes you were assigned

1.2 B Railroads Video (6)

  • We used the following video to complete the 1.2 Learning B Railroads worksheet
  • If you did not finish this in class you must finish on your own time (only 10 minute video!!)



Back in class: 
Finish 1.2 C Notes (7)
  • Now we "Jigsawed" with our islands to combine each of our notes to complete 1.2 Learning C
  • If you did not finish this in class you must finish on your own

Key Clauses of the 14th Amendment

Four principles were asserted in the text of the 14th amendment. They were:
  1. State and federal citizenship for all persons regardless of race both born or naturalized in the United States was reaffirmed.
  2. No state would be allowed to abridge the "privileges and immunities" of citizens.
  3. No person was allowed to be deprived of life, liberty,or property without "due process of law."
  4. No person could be denied "equal protection of the laws."  http://americanhistory.about.com/od/usconstitution/a/14th-Amendment-Summary.htm