The Stock Market Challenge & 1920's Research Project

Ms. Ronemous' Stock Market Challenge site



1920's Research links & rubric

Week of March 28

Friday
I checked the students' Stock Market tracking sheets.
We watched and took notes on the History Channel documentary Boom, from America, the Story of Us.
Homework
Work on project/do research for your 1920s PowerPoint, if behind




Thursday
I collected the maps.
Students took the Europe Map Test.
Homework
Work on project



Wednesday
We continued our research and work on the PowerPoint/Prezi. Students had time to check on their stocks.
Homework
Map test tomorrow
Maps due



Tuesday
We continued our research and work on the PowerPoint/Prezi.
Homework
Study for Thursday's map test; work on map



Monday
We began our research on the 1920s (https://sites.google.com/site/worldhistorylinks). Students also had time to finish registering for the Stock Market Challenge and to check their stocks.
Homework
Study for the map test; work on map

Week of March 21

Thursday and Friday
Early Release - Parent-Teacher Conferences
Special schedule
Students continued to work on setting up their portfolios for the Stock Market Challenge.
Homework
Study for the map test; work on map



Wednesday
We worked some more on searching for the parent company of various brand name items and then went over the answers.
Handout: Would you have survived the Stock Market crash of 1929?
Each student made a list of eight companies in which they would like to invest. With their partner, they narrowed the list of sixteen down to four.
For these four, they looked up the symbol and exchange
Homework
Study for the map test; work on map



Tuesday
Using the other side of yesterday's worksheet, we practiced reading a stock table.
On the computer, students searched for the parent company of various brand name items.
Homework
Study for the map test; work on map



Monday
We read and discussed handouts on the Stock Market.
Handouts:
Understanding the Stock Market
Play the Market
The class watched as a group performed The Stock Market Play.
Homework
Know important details we covered about the Stock Market today.

Week of March 7

Friday
We watched the rest of The Lost Battalion. Students wrote a reflection afterwards, which I collected.
Homework
None


Thursday
I collected the homework.
We watched the first part of The Lost Battalion.
Homework
None



Wednesday
I collected the homework.
We read and discussed Chapter 25 Sections 2 and 3.
Homework
textbook p. 716, #2 - use Sections 2 and 3 in your answer



Tuesday
Handouts: labeled map of Europe; blank map of Europe; guidelines for map and map test (March 31)
We discussed expectations for the map.
As a class, we read and discussed Chapter 25 S1 of the textbook.
Homework
textbook p. 712, #3 a, b, and c



Monday
Students compared 1914 Europe to Europe in 1918 and discovered which new countries were formed after the Treaty of Versailles.
Homework
Get those permission slips signed by Wednesday!

Week of Feb. 28

Friday
Early Release - Staff Development
No class - special schedule


Thursday
Students took the WWI Test.
Homework
None



Wednesday
I checked Journal Entry #12.
I collected Question Quivers (extra enrichment).
Students watched a National Geographic video on The Last Voyage of the Lusitania.
Homework
Study for tomorrow's test.


Tuesday
I checked Journal Entry #11
Students took notes as they watched the documentary War without End.[Strachan].
Homework
Journal Entry #12.


Monday
I checked Journal Entry #11
We read and discussed Ch 24 S3 and S4 w/s, answering the questions as we went. This is the last of the study guides.
Permission slips for The Lost Battalion went home.
Students had time to study for Thursday's test.
Homework
Study for test.
Permission slip due Wed., March 9 at the latest.