1.7: Foreign Policy

Learning:

• Finished these notes on a blank paper

Product: 

• Got into groups to make a google website.  Each group is making a website that shows the information about the US foreign policy that they learned from class and found online.  We will finish this Tuesday.  DO NOT DO AT HOME!!!

Over the weekend:

Work on this review sheet

Finish/revise old objectives

I have a lot of objectives to grade (because you have turned in a bunch the last couple days)  , so I'll be doing that periodically through the weekend when I make time.  

1.6 & 1.7

Worked for 1/2 day on 1.6 searching (see Wed. blog for more information)

Here's the deal with the 1.5 essay:
    Someday I'm going to give you an essay question and will grade it based on our proficiency scale:
                    Level 1 = Beginning Understanding
                    Level 2 = Basic Understanding
                    Level 3 = Proficient Understanding
                    Level 4= Advanced Understanding

In an effort to SHOW you what each of those looked like, I designed the rubric to show what you could do to reach each level on this essay.  It looks like I'm asking 4 different questions, but they are just different skills surrounding the single essay question.

Bottom line: If you understand the Level 2 only, then only write the level 2 answer in your essay (just tell me the historical stuff).  If you understand the Level 3 stuff too then give that a shot (applying the info in class to info about today) and if you think you get the Level 4 stuff too than give it a shot (evaluating historical narratives)

2nd 1/2 of Class:

1.7 Foreign Policy
  Learning:
      Began taking these notes on a notes sheet.  We only got a little done.  We will begin the Spanish American War tomorrow.

UH - Digital History

GREAT website for sources or research.  Really good to explore or to study before exams.

UH - Digital History

1.6: Life in the Gilded Age

We went over a few things today:

1.  Showed class where the hard copy of everything we do is (files by the clock)
2. Showed class that all Google documents can be found in the US History Unit I Shared with Student folder in their google documents/drive
3. Helped students understand that copying out of the textbook for products is unacceptable and modeled a few examples

1.6: Life in the Gilded Age (8)

• Learning activity: Google search the terms found on the 1.6 sheet .  Students should have 2-3 sentences typed up for each term.... share with Mr. McDonald when finished.  We are working on our ability to use the internet to read about, see, hear and understand historical ideas and anything else. 
• No product for 1.6

We will work on this a little tomorrow in class too.  

Finish 1.5 & begin 1.6

• We completed the Graphic organizer that ended the day yesterday found on the last slide of this presentation
• Product:
• Fill out a essay template to plan your response and then answer this essay question:

What type of relationship did Big Business, Labor Unions and the Government have during the Gilded Age?

Use specifics & see the rubric below to help guide you in your response!

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
5 pts	6 pts (D)	7.3 pts (C)	8.6 pts (B)	10 pts (A)
Students completed the Learning activity	Partial completion of Level 2	In their essay, students detailed specific business leaders and Unions of the Gilded Age and the specific techniques or events that occurred while trying to get what they wanted	Students appropriate Level 2 information and compared the relationship of big businesses, governments and unions of today to the ones of the Gilded Age	Students appropriate Level 2& 3  information, then include a comparison of Howard Zinn’s narrative to the one you learned. (pages 169-180 in “A Young People’s History”.

1.5: Rise of Big Business & Labor Unions

Learning:

• Completed homework in the hallway if not completed
• Students who completed homework were given an overview of information again using this presentation
• When completed, we discussed the worker's safety in the US today using this set of notes (jot down basic info on the homework sheet)
• The last slides are discussion questions and a Graphic organizer that they need to fill out based on Chap 14 sec. 3 in their textbook (online version found here & here)

Finish 1.4: Farmers, Miners and Ranchers

Finish: 1.4 (6)

• Learning: Finish notes found here
• Complete graphic organizer using the textbook
• Product: 
• Worksheet

Hand out 1.5: Rise of Industry and Labor Unions (7)

• Handed out graphic organizer to complete AS HOMEWORK over the weekend.  
• Use your textbook online found here
• Email me if you need your username and password.