Tuesday through Friday
AIMS testing. Students will have one core class each day.
In Social Studies we will be grading the WWI and Treaty of Versailles test and then watching the remainder of The Lost Battalion. Respond to these prompts in one paragraph:
- Describe your feelings after the movie.
- Did the commander (the major) do the right thing in holding the ground? Why or why not?
Monday
Final day in computer lab, working on the 1920s PowerPoints.
Homework
Be aware of updated deadline (see above) above.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Week of April 5
Friday
Students watched part of the WWI movie The Lost Battaion.
Homework
See updated deadline info above.
Thursday
Students continued their research of the 1920s.
Homework
If not complete, finish the PowerPoint over the weekend. If e-mailing to me, I must have the it by next Tuesday morning. If uncertain whether it will work, send me a test e-mail of a simple 2-slide PowerPoint beforehand.
Wednesday
Students began their research of the 1920s. The PowerPoints created today and tomorrow will be shown to the class next week, when they tell the other students what they have learned.
Homework
Last call for The Lost Battalion permission slips! Bring in a flash/thumb drive if you have one, or be ready to e-mail the PowerPoint to yourself to work on at home over the weekend. If e-mailing to me, I must have the it by next Tuesday morning. If uncertain whether it will work, send me a test e-mail of a 2-slide PowerPoint beforehand.
Tuesday
Students took the WWI and Treaty of Versailles test.
We then discussed the 1920s research project that will take place over the next two days.
Homework
Have you turned in your movie permission slip?
Do you have a thumb or flash drive you could bring in for the 1920s PowerPoint you'll be creating and presenting?
Monday
Collected Thinking Maps from Ch 25 S1.
Read and discussed textbook p. 713 ff. (Ch 25 S2 - Changes in Society and S3 - The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance).
Homework
Create a thinking map (brace or tree maps are most suited to this) with the headings Popular Culture and Society using information from the sections we just read.
Study for the test tomorrow.
The Last Battalion permission slip due!!
Students watched part of the WWI movie The Lost Battaion.
Homework
See updated deadline info above.
Thursday
Students continued their research of the 1920s.
Homework
If not complete, finish the PowerPoint over the weekend. If e-mailing to me, I must have the it by next Tuesday morning. If uncertain whether it will work, send me a test e-mail of a simple 2-slide PowerPoint beforehand.
Wednesday
Students began their research of the 1920s. The PowerPoints created today and tomorrow will be shown to the class next week, when they tell the other students what they have learned.
Homework
Last call for The Lost Battalion permission slips! Bring in a flash/thumb drive if you have one, or be ready to e-mail the PowerPoint to yourself to work on at home over the weekend. If e-mailing to me, I must have the it by next Tuesday morning. If uncertain whether it will work, send me a test e-mail of a 2-slide PowerPoint beforehand.
Tuesday
Students took the WWI and Treaty of Versailles test.
We then discussed the 1920s research project that will take place over the next two days.
Homework
Have you turned in your movie permission slip?
Do you have a thumb or flash drive you could bring in for the 1920s PowerPoint you'll be creating and presenting?
Monday
Collected Thinking Maps from Ch 25 S1.
Read and discussed textbook p. 713 ff. (Ch 25 S2 - Changes in Society and S3 - The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance).
Homework
Create a thinking map (brace or tree maps are most suited to this) with the headings Popular Culture and Society using information from the sections we just read.
Study for the test tomorrow.
The Last Battalion permission slip due!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Week of March 29
Friday
No School - Spring Break Day
Thursday
Read and discussed textbook p. 709 ff. (Ch 25 S1 - The Business of America).
Homework
Create a thinking map (brace or tree maps are most suited to this) with the headings Government, Business, Agriculture, and Technology using information from the section we just read.
Study for the test on Tuesday.
The Last Battalion permission slip due back by April 7 at the latest.
Wednesday
Checked The Legacy of WWI w/s and Journal Entry #13.
Went over what to review for Tuesday's test.
Used Pre- and Post-WWI maps of Europe and the Cost of War grid to determine how the face of Europe changed as a result of the war.
Homework
Study for the test on Tuesday.
The Last Battalion permission slip due back by April 7 at the latest.
Tuesday
Checked Life on the Home Front w/s and Journal Entry #12.
Watched segments from War Without End [Strachan - Disc 4 - 21:45-end], which covered the Treaty of Versailles and the attitude of The Big Four towards the defeated Germany.
Handout: The Legacy of World War I (w/s 237-238).
Homework
Read, complete chart and questions on The Legacy of World War I - in complete sentences - and learn the terms / names. No extra thinking map tonight.
Also, Journal Entry #13.
Permission Slip went home for The Last Battalion - due back by April 7 at the latest.
WWI test (covering lead-up to war, course of the war, and Treaty of Versailles) will be next Tuesday, April 6.
Monday
Checked Journal Entry #11 and Theatres of War chart.
Watched segments from War Without End [Strachan - Disc 4 up to 21:45] on what led up to the Armistice.
Handout: Life on the Home Front (w/s 235-36).
Homework
Read, complete chart and questions on Life on the Home Front - in complete sentences - and learn the terms / names. No extra thinking map tonight.
No School - Spring Break Day
Thursday
Read and discussed textbook p. 709 ff. (Ch 25 S1 - The Business of America).
Homework
Create a thinking map (brace or tree maps are most suited to this) with the headings Government, Business, Agriculture, and Technology using information from the section we just read.
Study for the test on Tuesday.
The Last Battalion permission slip due back by April 7 at the latest.
Wednesday
Checked The Legacy of WWI w/s and Journal Entry #13.
Went over what to review for Tuesday's test.
Used Pre- and Post-WWI maps of Europe and the Cost of War grid to determine how the face of Europe changed as a result of the war.
Homework
Study for the test on Tuesday.
The Last Battalion permission slip due back by April 7 at the latest.
Tuesday
Checked Life on the Home Front w/s and Journal Entry #12.
Watched segments from War Without End [Strachan - Disc 4 - 21:45-end], which covered the Treaty of Versailles and the attitude of The Big Four towards the defeated Germany.
Handout: The Legacy of World War I (w/s 237-238).
Homework
Read, complete chart and questions on The Legacy of World War I - in complete sentences - and learn the terms / names. No extra thinking map tonight.
Also, Journal Entry #13.
Permission Slip went home for The Last Battalion - due back by April 7 at the latest.
WWI test (covering lead-up to war, course of the war, and Treaty of Versailles) will be next Tuesday, April 6.
Monday
Checked Journal Entry #11 and Theatres of War chart.
Watched segments from War Without End [Strachan - Disc 4 up to 21:45] on what led up to the Armistice.
Handout: Life on the Home Front (w/s 235-36).
Homework
Read, complete chart and questions on Life on the Home Front - in complete sentences - and learn the terms / names. No extra thinking map tonight.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Week of March 22
Friday
Special schedule due to the half day. Students attended periods 8, 4, and 7 today.
Checked Journal Entry #10.
Watched segments from Germany's Last Gamble [Strachan - Disc 4] concerning the state of affairs in Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1918.
Handout: Theatres of War. Students used information from the front of the sheet to complete the chart on the back.
Homework
Journal Entry #11 and Theatres of War chart. Both are due Monday.
WWI test (covering lead-up to war, course of the war, and Treaty of Versailles) will be the week of April 5.
Thursday
Special schedule due to the half day. Students attended periods 1, 2, and 3 today.
Checked Journal Entry #10.
Watched segments from Germany's Last Gamble [Strachan - Disc 4] concerning the state of affairs in Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1918.
Handout: Theatres of War. Students used information from the front of the sheet to complete the chart on the back.
Homework
Journal Entry #11 and Theatres of War chart. Both are due Monday.
WWI test (covering lead-up to war, course of the war, and Treaty of Versailles) will be the week of April 5.
Wednesday
Students took Cornell Notes on Ch24 S2. After taking notes, generate a question for each capital letter (questions go in the left margin) and create one mini thinking map (of your choice) for any one of the capital letters (the mini thinking map goes on the right). Finally, do a summary of your notes at the end.
Homework
Finish the summary.
WWI test will be during the week of April 5.
Tuesday
Checked Journal Entry #9.
Watched History Channel video on the correspondence between soldiers and their families, from the American perspective [Dear Home: Soldiers and the Home Front].
Homework
Journal Entry #10. Be sure to incorporate information from the videos and handouts.
Monday
Checked Journal Entry #8 from before the Break.
Read about the food available to soldiers while they were engaged in trench warfare and learned more about the concept of total war as it related to the Great War (two handouts). A third handout depicted the regulation equipment of a WWI soldier.
Homework
Journal Entry #9.
Special schedule due to the half day. Students attended periods 8, 4, and 7 today.
Checked Journal Entry #10.
Watched segments from Germany's Last Gamble [Strachan - Disc 4] concerning the state of affairs in Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1918.
Handout: Theatres of War. Students used information from the front of the sheet to complete the chart on the back.
Homework
Journal Entry #11 and Theatres of War chart. Both are due Monday.
WWI test (covering lead-up to war, course of the war, and Treaty of Versailles) will be the week of April 5.
Thursday
Special schedule due to the half day. Students attended periods 1, 2, and 3 today.
Checked Journal Entry #10.
Watched segments from Germany's Last Gamble [Strachan - Disc 4] concerning the state of affairs in Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1918.
Handout: Theatres of War. Students used information from the front of the sheet to complete the chart on the back.
Homework
Journal Entry #11 and Theatres of War chart. Both are due Monday.
WWI test (covering lead-up to war, course of the war, and Treaty of Versailles) will be the week of April 5.
Wednesday
Students took Cornell Notes on Ch24 S2. After taking notes, generate a question for each capital letter (questions go in the left margin) and create one mini thinking map (of your choice) for any one of the capital letters (the mini thinking map goes on the right). Finally, do a summary of your notes at the end.
Homework
Finish the summary.
WWI test will be during the week of April 5.
Tuesday
Checked Journal Entry #9.
Watched History Channel video on the correspondence between soldiers and their families, from the American perspective [Dear Home: Soldiers and the Home Front].
Homework
Journal Entry #10. Be sure to incorporate information from the videos and handouts.
Monday
Checked Journal Entry #8 from before the Break.
Read about the food available to soldiers while they were engaged in trench warfare and learned more about the concept of total war as it related to the Great War (two handouts). A third handout depicted the regulation equipment of a WWI soldier.
Homework
Journal Entry #9.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Week of March 8
Friday
Students engaged in a review activity of terminology from WWI.
Homework
Will check Journal Entry #8 on March 22 (the first day back after break).
Thursday
Checked Journal Entry #7.
Watched video on the revolutions and resistance to the war in Russia, Britain, Ireland, and Italy - [Strachan Disc 3 - Revolution].
Homework
Journal Entry #8. Be sure to incorporate information from the videos we've been watching.
Wednesday
Checked Journal Entry #6.
Watched video on important events in naval warfare - [WWI in color - Killers on the Sea]. Note Gallipoli, Battle of Jutland, sinking of the Lusitania.
Homework
Journal Entry #7. Be sure to incorporate what we've seen in the video.
Tuesday
Checked Journal Entry #5.
Watched video on new WWI technologies on the sea and in the air [WWI in color - Blood in the Air].
Homework
Journal Entry #6. Be sure to incorporate what we've been learning about in the videos. If you're absent, you can do some quick research online and/or use any of your previous notes/worksheets/packets.
Monday
Checked questions from Friday (War in the Trenches).
Watched video excerpt on life in the trenches [Strachan: Breaking the Deadlock - 0:00-44:53].
Homework
Journal Entry #5, augmented with notes from the video.
Students engaged in a review activity of terminology from WWI.
Homework
Will check Journal Entry #8 on March 22 (the first day back after break).
Thursday
Checked Journal Entry #7.
Watched video on the revolutions and resistance to the war in Russia, Britain, Ireland, and Italy - [Strachan Disc 3 - Revolution].
Homework
Journal Entry #8. Be sure to incorporate information from the videos we've been watching.
Wednesday
Checked Journal Entry #6.
Watched video on important events in naval warfare - [WWI in color - Killers on the Sea]. Note Gallipoli, Battle of Jutland, sinking of the Lusitania.
Homework
Journal Entry #7. Be sure to incorporate what we've seen in the video.
Tuesday
Checked Journal Entry #5.
Watched video on new WWI technologies on the sea and in the air [WWI in color - Blood in the Air].
Homework
Journal Entry #6. Be sure to incorporate what we've been learning about in the videos. If you're absent, you can do some quick research online and/or use any of your previous notes/worksheets/packets.
Monday
Checked questions from Friday (War in the Trenches).
Watched video excerpt on life in the trenches [Strachan: Breaking the Deadlock - 0:00-44:53].
Homework
Journal Entry #5, augmented with notes from the video.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Week of March 1
Friday
Checked Journal Entry #4 and any remaining simulation w/s from yesterday.
Read and discussed two w/s: Life in the Trenches and Waterlogged Trenches.
Homework
No journal entry tonight. Just answer questions 1, 2, and 3 from the Life in the Trenches w/s. Write complete sentences for #2 and #3. Use the larger diagrams on the last two pages to help answer the questions.
Thursday
Students engaged in a another simulation of trench warfare during WWI, this time going over the top. Part of the activity included finding the definitions of terms related to WWI trench warfare.
Homework
Journal Entry #4. Include information learned from today's simulation.
Wednesday
Early Release Day - Special Schedule
Tuesday
Students engaged in a simulation of trench warfare during WWI and had to decide, as a commander, which technologies (tanks, machine guns, Zeppelins, etc.) to implement when faced with four scenarios. For each mission, students wrote down (bullets) what worked, what did not work, what the outcome was, and what they learned (about fighting in the trenches with the technologies available to them).
Homework
Journal Entry #3. Include information learned from the simulation in the trenches.
Monday
Checked Journal Entry #1 and blue w/s (Dates and Events).
Handout with names from Germany, France, Britain, and Russia, which can be used in the journal entries.
Watched brief video covering European countries mobilizing (Strachan ~ 0-32:47 from Under the Eagle).
Homework
Journal Entry #2. Write a journal entry or letter as a soldier from a European country that is at war. See journal entry guidelines at the top of this post. The entry should be 1/2 to 3/4 of a page in length.
Checked Journal Entry #4 and any remaining simulation w/s from yesterday.
Read and discussed two w/s: Life in the Trenches and Waterlogged Trenches.
Homework
No journal entry tonight. Just answer questions 1, 2, and 3 from the Life in the Trenches w/s. Write complete sentences for #2 and #3. Use the larger diagrams on the last two pages to help answer the questions.
Thursday
Students engaged in a another simulation of trench warfare during WWI, this time going over the top. Part of the activity included finding the definitions of terms related to WWI trench warfare.
Homework
Journal Entry #4. Include information learned from today's simulation.
Wednesday
Early Release Day - Special Schedule
Tuesday
Students engaged in a simulation of trench warfare during WWI and had to decide, as a commander, which technologies (tanks, machine guns, Zeppelins, etc.) to implement when faced with four scenarios. For each mission, students wrote down (bullets) what worked, what did not work, what the outcome was, and what they learned (about fighting in the trenches with the technologies available to them).
Homework
Journal Entry #3. Include information learned from the simulation in the trenches.
Monday
Checked Journal Entry #1 and blue w/s (Dates and Events).
Handout with names from Germany, France, Britain, and Russia, which can be used in the journal entries.
Watched brief video covering European countries mobilizing (Strachan ~ 0-32:47 from Under the Eagle).
Homework
Journal Entry #2. Write a journal entry or letter as a soldier from a European country that is at war. See journal entry guidelines at the top of this post. The entry should be 1/2 to 3/4 of a page in length.
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