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Monday, October 26, 2009

Week of Oct. 26


Friday
Simulation year: 1863
Checked Journal Entry #18. Read and completed w/s 161-162 on the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack. Graded and collected it.
Homework

Journal Entry #19.



Thursday
Simulation year: 1863
Checked Journal Entry #17
Read and discussed The Battle of Gettysburg: An Eyewitness Account by Tillie Pierce. Engaged in combat.
Homework

Journal Entry #17.




Wednesday
Simulation year: 1863
Checked Journal Entry #16.
P2 and P3 had a chance to work on the Civil War Battles Worksheet. All periods practiced marching. While out marching in P7, a Rebel officer came upon battle plans and some food supplies and was promoted to Lieutenant General upon his return to camp.
Homework
Journal Entry #17. Continue working on Civil War Battles and Camp Life Worksheets on your own (use textbook and handouts).




Tuesday
Simulation year: 1863
Collected Thinking Maps.
Read and discussed handout on the Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg and their significance. We read and analyzed the Gettysburg Address.
Homework

Finish analysis w/s and complete Journal Entry #16.




Monday
Simulation year: 1863
Checked journal entry #15. Collected baseball crossword puzzles.
Read and discussed Ch 17 S 2: War Affects Society.

Homework

Thinking Map of your choice on the section. Brace map or double-bubble would work. No Venn Diagrams.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Week of Oct. 19


Friday
Simulation year: 1863
Half-day schedule. Checked Journal Entry #13 and 14.
Read and discussed handout on baseball during the Civil War.

Homework

Finish crossword, and write Journal Entry #15.




Thursday
Simulation year: 1863
Half-day schedule. ILPs and 1863 Interview.
Homework
Journal Entry #14.



Wednesday
Simulation year: 1863
Checked Journal Entry #12. Watched History Channel documentary on Secret Soldiers of the Civil War.
Homework

Incorporate what you saw in the video into Journal Entry #13.



Tuesday
Simulation year: 1863
Checked Journal Entries #10 and 11. Watched History Channel documentary on the 54th Massachusetts.
Homework
Incorporate what you saw in the video into Journal Entry #12.




Monday
Simulation year: 1863
Collected the Cornell Notes on textbook pages 503-506 (Ch. 17 S 1). Read and discussed packet on Women in the Civil War (class set - students took notes as necessary). Engaged in Combat.
Homework
Journal Entry #11.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Week of Oct. 12



Friday
Simulation year: 1862
Ms. Ronemous at a district meeting. Students took Cornell Notes on textbook pages 503-506 (Ch. 17 S 1), leaving room for a mini thinking map on the right.
Homework
Include:
- ONE question in the left margin for EACH capital letter
- One mini thinking map on the right for ANY ONE capital letter
- A summary at the end (no pronouns or personal opinions - just the facts, summarizing the notes



Thursday
Simulation year: 1862
Checked Journal Entry #9. Remember to follow Journal guidelines for full points, and to keep all your journal entries. Watched a video on Surviving like a Civil War soldier.
Homework
Journal Entry #10.



Wednesday
Simulation year: 1862
Checked Journal Entry #8. Remember to follow Journal guidelines for full points, and to keep all your journal entries. Read and discussed article on Civil War medicine (amputations, diseases, maggots, and rats, among others). P2 and P3 engaged in Combat.
Homework
Journal Entry #9.



Tuesday
Simulation year: 1862.
Collected Cornell Notes. Read and discussed handout on Camp Life.
P2 and 3 drilled (marched), all periods engaged in combat, with varying consequences.
Homework
Journal Entry #8


Monday
No School - Fall Break

Monday, October 5, 2009

Week of Oct. 5


Friday
Simulation year: 1862
Checked Journal Entry #7. Remember to follow Journal guidelines - see above - for full points, and to keep all your journal entries. Cornell Notes on textbook pp. 493-497 (Roman numeral, capital letter, number, lower case letter, dash; remember ONLY the Roman numeral goes to the left of the red margin; remember to indent slightly each time and align characters that are the same all the way down the page). Leave room for mini thinking map on the right.
Homework
Develop questions in the left margin - ONE question for EACH capital letter. The questions should be answered by what you have in the corresponding notes section.
Create ONE mini thinking map for ANY ONE capital letter (do this on the right hand side of the page). Do a summary of the entire section (what you have in the notes)at the end (one good paragraph).



Thursday
Simulation year: 1862
Checked Journal Entry #6. Remember to follow Journal guidelines - see above - for full points, and to keep all your journal entries. Practiced marching and drilling, P3 and P7 played Destiny Dice, and we worked on Soldier Talk and Civil War Slang w/s (with crossword).
Homework
Journal Entry #7 and finish crossword.



Wednesday
No class - half-day schedule



Tuesday
Simulation Year: 1862
Checked Journal Entry #5. Again mentioned following Journal guidelines for full points. Watched dramatization of Common Soldier 1862 Interview (took notes on key points). Read and discussed What Did Civil War Soldiers Eat? (handout). To boost morale on both sides, we sang "Goober Peas."
Homework
Journal Entry #6.




Monday
Simulation Year: 1862
Checked Journal Entry #4. Reminded students of the journal requirements. Read and discussed Uniforms packet (handout); P2 and 7: w/s 42 & 44.
Homework
Journal Entry #5.