Class Agenda 9/30

1.  Bellringer:  Pg. 1
2.  Unit Test:  Reconstruction Era
3.  Review Immigration Project Packet

HW - Project contract due Wednesday

Class Agenda 9/27

1.  Bellringer:  Complete carpetbaggers reading selection:  Why did carpetbaggers go to the South...and why did they leave?

2.  Roots of Segregation (pg. 24 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?

4.  Vocabulary Challenge (pg. 4-5).  Create your own definitions and/or pictures without looking them up!  Spend EXTRA time studying the ones that you had trouble with...

HW - TEST on MONDAY!  Use pgs. 4, 5, 26 to prepare.  AND unit flashcards...on my blog.

Class Agenda 9/26

1.  Bellringer:  As a pre-read exercise, complete the True/False questions on pg. 16.

2.  Group-Read-Activity:  Read article on the Jim Crow South.

3.  Go back to pg. 18 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 - TEST MONDAY (pgs. 4, 5, 26...and use Blog Flashcards)

Class Agenda 9/25

1.  Bellringer:  Do Q's on pg. 25.  How were African-American communities in the South negatively impacted after the Civil War?

2.  Sharecropping discussion (pg. 17) Why is sharecropping sometimes 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 (pg. 12a).  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...we will model this "foldable" technique in class.  

HW - Test MONDAY...use review sheet (pg.26) and blog:  Click for Vocab Flashcards

Class Agenda 9/24

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 16.1...question 6.  And review your work from yesterday.
2.  View video clip (reviewing the impeachment topic from yesterday) and answer questions 1-2 on pg. 16.2

2.  Do "Constitution Review"...and complete questions 3-4 on pg. 16.2.  Review graphic of checks and balances

3.  KKK - "A Failed Revolution" - discuss and view powerpoint.  What was the role of the KKK in the "New South?"  How did they impact Reconstruction?

HW - none

Class Agenda 9/23

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...What are the basic beliefs of each group? (use pg. 9 to help complete pg. 11).  Review venn diagram on pg. 11. 

3.  "Impeaching a President" (read pgs. 13-15 and complete 16.1 questions 1-5).  Please note:  pg. 14 was omitted from your packet.  Click here to access.  

HW - finish 16.1 questions 1-5

Class Agenda 9/20

1.  Bellringer:  In your opinion, what is the hardest part of forgiving someone?  Explain.  Bridge discussion into the vocabulary term:  amnesty

2.  Lincoln's Death...and plan for Reconstruction (pg. 7)

3.  Freedman's Bureau Powerpoint (pg. 6)

HW - none

Class Agenda 9/19: Reconstruction Unit

1.  Bell Ringer:  How does it feel to lose?  List.  Compare these feelings to the feelings in America after the Civil War.
2.  View Video Clip:  What was the nation "feeling" after the Civil War?  Southern whites?  Veterans?  Northerners?  Black Southerners?  

3.  Reconstruction Intro (p.pt.)

4.  Active Reading Exercise...Unit Preview (pg. 12a-12b)

HW - Finish reading pg. 12a-12b

Class Agenda 9/18

1.  Social Studies 8 Pre-test...what do you already know about American history?  FYI...This test will NOT count against your 1st quarter average.
2.  Current Events

HW - watch news

Class Agenda 9/17

HAPPY CONSTITUTION DAY!

1.  Bellringer:  Based on what you've heard in the news yesterday and today...should we modify the "right to bear arms?"  What are the opposing viewpoints?
2.  Test your knowledge on the Constitution with the Constitution IQ Quiz

3.  QUIZ:  Geography & Civil War

HW - Watch the news!

Class Agenda 9/16

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 30...questions 1-3.  The answer will surprise you!
2.  Emancipation Proclamation (pg. 30-31...questions 4-10)

3.  Civil War Battles - Quick Overview.  Discuss changing technology in warfare.

4.  Review map assignment.

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

Class Agenda 9/13

1.  Bellringer:  Describe a time when you "put something off," when it really needed to get done.  Has that ever happened with school work?  How did that work out?  Explain.  Make connection to the compromises made in regards to the slavery issue (putting the slavery issue off) in the decades before the Civil War.

2.  Civil War Review:  Causes of the Civil War (pg. 25-26) & Timeline (pg. 27-28)
3.  S.P.A.M. Political Cartoon Analysis (pg. 29)

HW - Read pg. 9-13

Class Agenda 9/12

1.  Bellringer:  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 (pg. 3)

3.  Map Activity

HW - Finish Map Activity 

Class Agenda 9/11

1.  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:

• What happened (NYC)?  Timeline of 9/11 attack (History.com)
• Why/How did it happen?  9/11 (Brain-pop) - background of the attack
• What were the (long-term) results?  How 9/11 Changed Us (Today.com)

3.  Discuss President Obama's speech on Syria

HW - Watch news tonight

Class Agenda 9/10

1.  Bellringer:  To write a good paragraph, what do you need to include?  List....
2.  Collect Expectations Sheet

3.  Me, Myself and I Writing Exercise:  Draft a biographical paragraph about a classmate.  Remember:  

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

HW - Finish Paragraph

- Late Profile -or- Expectations Sheet?  Last chance for points...

Class agenda 9/9

1.  Bellringer:  Put your profile on your desk and write tonight's homework in your planner.

2.  Collect Profiles.  Although late homework will not typically be accepted, I will accept Profiles tomorrow.

3.  Discuss class expectations (Social Studies with Mr. Law)

HW - Signed expectations sheet

HW2 - Any late Profiles?  Do you have your SS binder?

Class Agenda 9/6

Note:  Only periods 2, 3 and 9 will follow the agenda below.  The schedule has been altered due to the Science Pre-test and Picture Day.  

1.  Bellringer:  Think back to last year in Social Studies....do you remember what caused the Civil War?
2.  Civil War/Slavery movie clip and class discussion

HW - Profiles due MONDAY.
        - Do you have your class supplies? (3-ring binder and some loose leaf paper)

Welcome to the 2013-14 School Year!

1.  Attendance & get your seat for the first marking period
2.  Introductions:  Mr. Law, Room 309, & Social Studies 8
3.  Student Profile - complete and have it signed at home

HW - Parent/Guardian Signature on Profile
Supplies - 3 ring binder (2" three-ring binder, loose leaf paper, writing utensils)

Summer Vacation