Class Agenda

1.  Mrs. Butler, our 8th Grade Counselor, will be visiting Social Studies classes today for a "meet and greet" and to share some important information about 8th grade.

HW -

Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 1...this will be a good review for the test.  Use concrete examples.
2.  TEST:  Reconstruction
HW - none

Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do Q's on pg. 28.  How were Southern African-Americans negatively impacted after the Civil War?

2.  Sharecropping discussion:  Why is sharecropping sometime referred to as "the ghost of antebellum South?"

3.  Vocabulary Review (pgs 4-5).  Class Activity - in your groups identify and summarize the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.  Your summary must be 5 words or less!  Draw a picture to represent each amendment.  Divide a piece of notebook paper into thirds...using one section for each amendment.

HW - Study for Reconstruction test tomorrow!
(pgs. 4, 5, 29)
- Click for Vocab Flashcards

Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Review - What were Jim Crow Laws?
2.  Roots of Segregation (pg. 27 notes).  Have you ever broken a rule at home?  Do you have any rules at home that have "loopholes?"  Bridge discussion to Jim Crow/segregation laws in the South.
3.  Plessy v. Ferguson:  What role did this case play in segregation?

HW - Do pg. 20....&....Remember that we have a test Wednesday

Class Agenda

Note:  Mr. Law is absent today

1.  Bellringer:  As a pre-read exercise, complete the True/False questions on pg. 21.
2.  Group-Read-Activity:  Read article on the Jim Crow South (pg. 22-26).
3.  Go back to pg. 21 and check/correct your T/F responses...for each question, provide "Evidence" at the bottom of the page for why the response is true or false.  What statement in the reading helped you draw your T/F conclusion?
4.  Review answers as a class.
HW - none

Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  View video clip (reviewing the impeachment topic from yesterday) and answer the questions below:

• What power did President Johnson use to block legislation from Congress?  
• How did Congress react?

2.  KKK - "A Failed Revolution" view last 2 minutes of clip (above) - discuss and view powerpoint.  What was the role of the KKK in the "New South?"  What kind of impact did they have?  

HW - none

Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Which is best...A)  SU Football   B) SU Basketball  C)  SU Lax  D) None of the above
Introduce concept of bias - favoring one side or another.  Bridge concept to the political bias now, and post-Civil War...
2.  Contrast Moderate and Radical plans for Reconstruction (pg. 8...use pg. 6 to help complete pg. 8)
3.  Impeaching a President (pg. 13-17; Questions 1-3 at Top)
HW - finish pg. 18 (Questions 1-4 at bottom...use these charts to help)

Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  In your opinion, what is the hardest part of forgiving someone?  Explain.  Bridge discussion into the vocabulary term:  amnesty
2.  Freedman's Bureau Powerpoint (pg. 19 of packet)
3.  Lincoln's Death (pg. 11)
HW - Finish pg. 11?  If not done...

Class Agenda

1.  Bell Ringer:  View Video Clip on Sherman's Terrifying Tactics.  Identify 3 ways that southerners were affected by Sherman's March to the Sea.  Discuss.  How would this impact Reconstruction?  What other problems existed after the Civil War?
2.  Reconstruction Intro (p.pt.)
3.  SSR...in packet (pg. 74-75)
HW - Finish reading pg. 74-75

Class Agenda

HAPPY CONSTITUTION DAY!
1.  Test your knowledge on the Constitution with the Constitution IQ Quiz
2.  Why is the Constitution so important to us?
3.  Review Quiz:  Geography & Civil War
HW - none

Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  In your opinion, what is the most important right that we have as American citizens?  Briefly explain.  Review causes of the Civil War...Brain-pop.
2.  Civil War Battles - Quick Overview
3.  Quote Analysis:  Based on what you know about American History read the quote below and answer the following questions:

“I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races—that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people….and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”             - 1858     

• Summarize:  What is this person saying about race in America?
• How would this person feel about secession and the Civil War that began just a few years later?
• Predict:  What kind of person do you think was responsible for the following quote?  You'll be shocked at the answer here...

HW - Use blog and packet to review for Review Quiz tomorrow.

Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Describe a time when you "put something off," when it really needed to get done.  Has that ever happened with school work?  Explain.  Make connection to the compromises made in regards to the slavery issue in the decades before the Civil War.
2.  Civil War Review...discussion, graphic organizer review, & video clip
HW - Read handout (pg. 67-73).  Due Friday.

Class Agenda

1.  If you were visiting another state, and someone asked you where Syracuse is...how would you give them an idea about where you are from?  Introduce term - relative location
2.  5 Themes of Geography Notes
3.  Map Activity
HW - Finish Map Activity 

Class Agenda

1.  Trade and read "Me, Myself & I" paragraph...then turn-in.
2.  Bellringer:  What does this statement mean to you?  "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."  How does this apply to us on this anniversary of 9/11?  
2.  9/11 Discussion and Movie Clips:

• Brain-pop - "9/11"
  
• How 9/11 Changed Us (5 Min) 
• The day the 21st century began (6:20) 
• NYC Memorial (3:40)

HW - none

Class Agenda

1.  Collect Expectations Sheet
2.  Me, Myself and I Writing Exercise:  Draft a biographical paragraph about a classmate...remember "The Sandwich Method":

• Topic Sentence
• 3 Supporting facts/details
• Concluding Statement

HW - Finish Paragraph
- Late Expectations Sheet?

Class Agenda

1.  Collect Student Profile
2.  Review Class Expecations
HW - Sign Expectations
& Late Profile?

Class Agenda

WELCOME BACK!
1.  Attendance - seating charts
2.  Housekeeping - stuff about room 204, etc.
3.  Introduction of myself
4.  Student Profile
HW - complete Student Profile, get signature
Class Supplies - 1inch 3 Ring Binder, loose leaf paper, writing utensil