Friday, September 28, 2018

Lesson on Friday, September 28, 2018 (L24)

Aim: How did the arrival of new settlers affect the Plains Indians? 
Bell Ringer: Check answers for EOC Review Guide pages 4-5 

Objectives: 
  1. 1. Students will review and discuss the Native American experience.  
Agenda: 
  1. 1. Bell Ringer (5 min) 
  1. 2. Review HW (EOC Page 4) (5 min) 
  1. 3. Lesson Opening: Introduce the topic of the expansion into the West and the experiences of farmers who settled there. Share image of settlers in sod houses (Attachment A) and engage discussion on what life may have been like for these individuals.  
  1. 4. Journal 18 – How did mineral discoveries shape the settlement of the West? (chapter 2, section 1) 
  1. 5. Have students complete the note-taking guide (Attachment B) using their textbook (McGraw Hill's United States History pp. 71-86), online resources, or class notes as appropriate. Teachers may want to guide students when completing the notes, have students work in small groups, or independently. 
  1. 6. Exit Ticket: Describe Push and Pull factors of Settlement of the West.  
Home Learning: EOC Review Guide (pages 6)

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Lesson on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 (L23)

Aim: What is the Native American experience? 
Bell Ringer: Journal 17 – Write about a current event: local, national, global. 
Objectives: 
  1. 1. Students will review the Native American experience. 
Agenda: 
  1. 1. Bell Ringer (10 min) 
  1. 2. Current Events Discussion (10 min) 
  1. 3. Reconstruction Exam results (10 min) 
  1. 4. Filing (10 min) 
  1. 5. EOC Review Guide, page 4 (10 min) 

Home Learning: EOC Review Guide, page 5.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

RECONSTRUCTION EXAM! (L22b)

Today we took the Reconstruction Exam! If you are absent today, you have until Friday to  make this exam up.


Monday, September 24, 2018

Lesson on Monday, September 24, 2018 (L22)

Aim: How did the U.S. change socially, economically, and politically after the Civil War?  
Objectives: 
  1. 1. Students will describe the importance of historiography, which includes how historical knowledge is obtained and transmitted, when interpreting events in history. 
  1. 2. Students will utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to identify author, historical significance, audience, and authenticity to understand a historical period. 

Agenda: 
  1. 1. Bell Ringer (10 min) 
  1. 2. Reconstruction Concept Map 
  1. 3. Reconstruction Exam Review 
  1. 4. Complete History Lab #2 

Home Learning: Study for Reconstruction Exam, using the study guide. 

Friday, September 21, 2018

Lesson on Friday, September 21, 2018 (L21)

Essential Question:  
1. What were the economic, political, and social consequences of Reconstruction? 
 Bell Ringer: Review and grade "Sharecropper Contract" questions and collect.  

Objectives: 
  1. 1. Students will describe the importance of historiography, which includes how historical knowledge is obtained and transmitted, when interpreting events in history.  
  1. 2. Students will utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to identify author, historical significance, audience, and authenticity to understand a historical period. 

Agenda: 
  1. 1. Bell Ringer (10 min) 
  1. 2. Introduce History Lab #2 ' Reconstruction' (5 min) 
  1. 3. History Lab #2 (20 min) 

Home Learning: Complete History Lab #2 'Reconstruction' (thesis), gather your exit tickets

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Lesson on Thursday, September 20, 2018 (L20b)

Essential Question:  
1. What were the economic, political, and social consequences of Reconstruction? 

Objectives:  
1. Students will compare the effects of the Black Codes and Nadir on freed people, and analyze the sharecropping system and debt peonage as practiced.  
 
Bell ringer: Video: Chelsea Does Racism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJemhav7GYY 
 
Agenda: 
1. Bell ringer (5 min) 
2. Read "Compromise of 1877" on page 69. (5 min) 
3. Journal 16– Describe the Compromise of 1877 then predict what will happen afterwards. (10 min) 
4. Check off Reconstruction Concept Map (5 min) 
5. Reconstruction Pop Quiz (10 min) 
6Brainpop: Reconstruction (5 min) 
7. Activity: “Fair or Foul” (5 min)  
***we did not complete 8 and 9***
8. Primary Source (10 min) 
9. Read the sharecropping section in your textbook. How does this compare to the Sharecropper contracts that we have been analyzing?  

Home Learning:  
  1.  "Sharecropper Contract" Questions