Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Project Work Day

We continued work on the Final Project today.

  • The due date has been pushed to Monday, March 18th
  • You may hand in your project early in class or send it to Ms. Kindl (kelly.kindl@gmail.com) during break
Check the website for the bibliography template and a sample scrapbook that we talked about in class.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Snowy Announcements

Happy snow day to you!
Taking into account today, I've put together a new agenda for the rest of the week.
Please note the changing due dates and info about the cumulative final exam.

Wednesday 3/6
  • We will go over the Unit 3 Exam results
  • Project workday in the library
  • Remaining notebook checks will be done during project work time

Thursday 3/7
  • Unit 3 Exam revisions will take place before school (7:30 am)
  • Last day to revise Unit 3 materials
  • Review for the Final Exam
  • Final Exam, Part 1

Friday 3/8
  • Unit 3 Exam revisions will take place before school (7:30 am)
  • Final Exam, Part 2

Monday after Spring Break 3/18
  • Quarter Final Projects are due!

Friday, March 1, 2013

Unit 3 Exam & Intro to Quarter Project

The Unit 3 Exam was today!

  • Notebooks will be graded on Monday instead of today


We also introduced the Quarter Project at the end of class.  Check it out here.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

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
Unit 3 exam is tomorrow (Friday)

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Finish 3.2

Students handed in the 3.1 Product today.

We continued 3.2 1920s Society and Pop Culture today

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

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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
  • 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

Monday, February 25, 2013

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.