Friday
Read and discussed Ch 26 S2 - Roosevelt and the New Deal.
Students were encouraged to take notes that would help them with their 1930s PowerPoint.
Homework
Textbook p. 738, #1, 2, and 3. #3 in complete sentences.
Continue with the 1930s research. PowerPoints are due May 10.
Wednesday and Thursday
Students continued their 1930s PowerPoint assignment in the lab.
Homework
Continue work at home if necessary. A thumb drive would be helpful. Here are the directions, rubric (bottom of page), and links to use.
Tuesday
No Period 3 today due to incoming 7th grade orientation.
Period 2 - Final presentations; research using the textbooks, then continued research on the 1930s in the lab.
Period 7 - Continued presentations on the 1920s; last ones will be on Friday
Homework
Continue work at home if necessary. A thumb drive would be helpful. Here are the directions, rubric (bottom of page), and links to use.
Monday
Checked/collected notes and summaries from Friday (P3).
I introduced and students began working on the research for the 1930s PowerPoint. We will have four days this week, and two next week, to work in the computer lab. Presentations will begin May 10. I will need to have received the PowerPoints by then.
Homework
Review guidelines for research project and work at home if necessary. A thumb drive would be helpful. Here are the directions, rubric (bottom of page), and links to use.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Week of April 19
Friday
Checked homework.
Watched American Experience's rendition of The Crash of 1929. Students took notes.
Homework
Write a paragraph summarizing the video and comparing it to what you learned yesterday.
Thursday
We read and discussed Chapter 26 Section 1: Hoover and the Crash before continuing with presentations.
Homework
Textbook p. 729, #1 and 3. #3 in complete sentences.
Wednesday
Early Release - Special Schedule
notMYkid presentation
Tuesday
Continued presenting 1920s PowerPoints.
Homework
None
Monday
Began presenting 1920s PowerPoints.
Homework
None
Checked homework.
Watched American Experience's rendition of The Crash of 1929. Students took notes.
Homework
Write a paragraph summarizing the video and comparing it to what you learned yesterday.
Thursday
We read and discussed Chapter 26 Section 1: Hoover and the Crash before continuing with presentations.
Homework
Textbook p. 729, #1 and 3. #3 in complete sentences.
Wednesday
Early Release - Special Schedule
notMYkid presentation
Tuesday
Continued presenting 1920s PowerPoints.
Homework
None
Monday
Began presenting 1920s PowerPoints.
Homework
None
Monday, April 12, 2010
Week of April 12
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.
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 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
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