Class Agenda 11/26

1.  Bellringer:  Review "Guide to Writing DBQs"...analyze your grade.  What can you improve upon next year?
2.  Source Analysis.

HW - Enjoy your vacation!

Class Agenda 11/25

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 1
2.  TEST

HW - none

Class Agenda 11/22

1.  Bellringer:  Share your Progressive Bear with your table partner.  Looking at your packet cover...let's do a metaphor exercise:  Why does the artist compare TR to a lion tamer?

2.  Brain-pop on Teddy Roosevelt.  Notes (pg. 20b).  

• How did John Muir impact the movement toward conservation?  

3.  Unit review exercise (pg. 1b).
4.  JFK:  50 year anniversary of his assassination.  Who was JFK?

HW - Study for Progressive Era Test MONDAY

       - use flash cards

Class Agenda 11/21

1.  Bellringer:  Looking at pg. 18 - make predictions on the blanks.  Who Could Vote?  (pg. 18).  Brain Pop:  Women's Suffrage.

2.  Watch this video.  What is the message for girls?

3.  Teddy Roosevelt Research:  Progressive Bear Assignment.  We'll be using our class text book to gather research in class (...or at home:  pg. 602-605).  However,  you can consult this website for your research, if the pages linked above are unavailable.  

HW - Progressive Bear Assignment due TOMORROW

        - UNIT TEST - MONDAY...pgs. 4a-b, 21

Class Agenda 11/20

1.  Bellringer:  Watch Susan B. Anthony clip and answer the questions on 15.  Bridge discussion on women's suffrage into today's activity.

2.  Opposition from Congress (pg. 19)

3.  Group Reading Activity..."Winning Votes for Women" (pg. 17a-17e).  Discuss "Closure" questions...In what ways does gender inequality exist today?  

• 1917 Imprisonment of Alice Paul:  How did the prison address her hunger strike?  Why was this important?  Discuss.

HW - Finish 17d-e?
       - Progressive Era Test MONDAY (See pg. 4a-4b & 21)

Class Agenda 11/19

1.  Bellringer:  If you didn't have school today, how would you spend the day?  Do pg. 16 - how is your day different from kids during the Industrial Era?  Discuss the changes... power of unions, and the origins of Labor Day.

2.  Watch clip on Sam Gompers - then answer the questions on pg. 153.  Proceed to other Social Progressive reforms (pg. 15).  

HW - none

Class Agenda 11/18

1.  Bellringer:  Pg. 14a...Why do companies have to put these labels on their products?

Informing consumers about food ingredients wasn't always a priority for companies....

2.  Group Activity:  Read pages 9-11 and complete the column on pg. 14b titled "What was exposed?"  As a class, we will complete the column titled "What was the end result?"

3.  Rank the 3 muckrakers profiled today:  1 being the most important, 3 being the least important.  Which muckraker had the GREATEST impact on society?  Explain your ranking.

HW - none

Class Agenda 11/15

1.  Bellringer:  Review...Do primary source activity  

2.  Political Reform Notes (pg. 6b)

3.  Movie Clip:  How does this clip "spoof" the recall election of Gray Davis in 2003?

HW - none

Class Agenda 11/14

1.  Bellringer:  What are the pros/cons of Boss Tweed's political machine:  Bridge discussion to the yesterday's bellringer.  

2.  Boss Tweed Theater !  Pg. 7b.  Your group will be assigned 1 "act" out of the life of Boss Tweed.

3.  Skit Resources

HW - 

Class Agenda 11/13

1.  Bellringer:  As a machine, the car has advantages and disadvantages.  Create a "T" chart and list + and - of the car.  Bridge discussion into the + and - roles of political machines...

2.  Political Machine Case Study:  Boss Tweed (pg. 7a).  Answer the following for EACH box in your chart:  Did they/he like or hate him?  How do you know (text based evidence)?  Group research activity (Textbook pgs. 596-97).  Review.
3.  Closure:  Why was Boss Tweed considered a villain by so many people?  Watch.

HW - none

Class Agenda 11/12

New Marking Period = New Seats!
1.  Bellringer:  Look at the pictures in this powerpoint:  Review...

• What was happening?
• What were the effects of this event?

2.  Bridge Bellringer discussion into....Progressive Era Unit Intro (notes...pg. 5)

3.  Table partner Activity (pg. 6).  Review activity as a class...last page of slide show.  

4.  Veteran's Day Weekend:  Why do you think that we celebrate Veteran's Day as a holiday?  Watch...

• The History of Veteran's Day.
• Current Events...Epic typhoon...

HW - none

Class Agenda 11/5-11/8 DBQ ESSAY

Tuesday 11/5 
1.  Read the DBQ directions in the "Guide to Writing DBQ's" packet (pg. 1): Steps 1-2.  Read DBQ essay question/directions
2. Brainstorm: What were the + and - effects of the Industrial Revolution? List BEFORE you read the CRQ (Constructed Response Questions) that are based on the documents.
3. Answer CRQ questions
HW - Finish CRQs?

Wednesday 11/6

1.  Bellringer:  Read "Guide to Writing DBQs" steps 3-6.

2.  Review CRQ questions and analysis.  Discuss Part B (essay) directions.  How many documents do you have to use in your essay?

3.  Create thesis statement and an outline.  Complete some thoughts regarding the "outside info" that we discussed in class.

Thursday 11/7
1.  Finish outline.  Finish your thoughts regarding the "outside info" portion.
2.  RE-read "Guide to Writing DBQs" steps 3-6.
3.  Begin essay composition (use PEN on loose leaf paper, and skip lines as you write).

Friday 11/8
1.  Finish Essay
2.  Complete DBQ checklist

3.  Veteran's Day Weekend:  Why do you think that we have Veteran's Day as a holiday?  Watch...

• The History of Veteran's Day.

Class Agenda 11/4

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 1...turn in poem
2.  TEST:  Industrial Revolution

HW - none

Class Agenda 11/1

1.  Bellringer:  What is the essential difference between a farmer's market and a stock market?  What is similar between the 2?  Create a "T" chart of similarities and differences.  What is Etrade?
2.  Brain-pop:  Stock Market...Check the "markets."  What is an index?  How does that represent the "health" of the economy?  What is a bull/bear market?

3.  Test Review:  on page 5, define the unit vocabulary in your own words....without looking them up.  Check/edit your work.

HW - Study for TEST on MONDAY:  Use the study guide in your packet, and the Quia flashcards
        - Poem due MONDAY