Tuesday - Friday
AIMS Week - special schedule
After testing we will have two core periods plus an elective each day.
Students will be presenting their research on the 1920s.
Homework
Remember to check and record how your stocks are doing! I will check mid-week next week that you have done it twice between 4/11 and 4/19 (special dispensation due to AIMS testing).
Monday
Students finalized their presentations and checked their stocks.
Homework
Project is due end of school today.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Week of April 4
Friday
Early Release - Special Schedule
I checked the Stock Market Tracking sheets.
Students worked on their presentations.
Homework
Project is due end of school Monday.
Thursday
Students worked on their 1920s presentations and checked their stocks, if necessary.
Homework
Project is due Monday.
Wednesday
Students took notes as they watched an American Experience documentary on The Crash of 1929. They then wrote a summary from their notes.
I collected notes and summary.
Homework
Work on research, if necessary. Last day in the lab will be tomorrow. Project is due Monday.
Tuesday
More time to work on the 1920's research project and check stocks.
Homework
Do research for your 1920's PowerPoint, if behind
Monday
Students continued working on their 1920's research project and had an opportunity to check their stocks.
Homework
Do research for your 1920's PowerPoint, if behind
Early Release - Special Schedule
I checked the Stock Market Tracking sheets.
Students worked on their presentations.
Homework
Project is due end of school Monday.
Thursday
Students worked on their 1920s presentations and checked their stocks, if necessary.
Homework
Project is due Monday.
Wednesday
Students took notes as they watched an American Experience documentary on The Crash of 1929. They then wrote a summary from their notes.
I collected notes and summary.
Homework
Work on research, if necessary. Last day in the lab will be tomorrow. Project is due Monday.
Tuesday
More time to work on the 1920's research project and check stocks.
Homework
Do research for your 1920's PowerPoint, if behind
Monday
Students continued working on their 1920's research project and had an opportunity to check their stocks.
Homework
Do research for your 1920's PowerPoint, if behind
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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
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
Monday, March 21, 2011
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.
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.
Monday, March 7, 2011
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!
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!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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.
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.
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