Class Agenda 1/29-1/30: Harlem Renaissance Mini-Project

1.  Harlem Renaissance Introduction
2.  In-class Project:  Harlem Renaissance.  Use class resources to research your topics/people, and create a "mural" and a cinquain poem summarizing your research. We will be starting Wednesday (1/29) in our groups, and finishing tomorrow (1/30).
3.  Discuss "State of the Union" speech

HW - Review packet 7-9 due Friday
       - Midterm Exam - Friday 2/7

Class Agenda 1/28

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 31...How does your homework (the article on Sacco and Vanzetti) relate to this political cartoon on immigration?  Review:  What "Immigration Unit" vocabulary word is represented in this cartoon?
2.  "A Time of Fear and Panic"...pgs. 28a-28d.  Complete the graphic organizer on the Red Scare on pg. 28a.
3.  Discuss classwork (p.pt review) - discuss communist philosophy...why were we scared of the color "red?"

HW - Active Reading:  pg. 31a-31c
       - MIDTERM Review pg. 6
       - MIDTERM - Friday 2/7

Class Agenda 1/27

1.  Bellringer:  Swap your letter with you table partner and read.
2.  Compare your research on the "Negative Effects of Prohibition" from yesterday, to the movie clip today... How was this community impacted by Prohibition?  What comparisons can you make with your research?

HW - Read pg. 30a-30c and do questions 1-2 on 30c
        - MIDTERM Review pg. 5

20 Week Extra Credit

Anyone interested in Extra Credit for this marking period should print this form at home or in the computer lab, and then see Mr. Law for the assignment.  This will be due by THURSDAY 1/30...no exceptions.

Class Agenda 1/24

1.  Bellringer:  How are laws supposed to prevent crime?  Bridge discussion into the vocabulary term deterrent
2.  Prohibition:  "The Wets and the Drys" (pg. 26b-26e) and complete the questions and the graphic organizer on the handout.
3.  Start composing your letter for question 3.

HW - finish letter
       - MIDTERM Review (do pg. 4)
       - MIDTERM EXAM - Friday 2/7

Class Agenda 1/23

1.  Bellringer:  What is an invention/innovation that has changed your life (or the lives of others)?  Bridge discussion into the wide-ranging changes brought about Henry Ford, and his application of the assembly line to the manufacturing of the automobile.
2.  Henry Ford (pgs. 7a-7d).  Do questions 1-4 on the bottom of pg. 10
3.  Advantages and disadvantages of the assembly line (pg. 10)

HW - Do Pg. 17 (include info from the clip).
        - Midterm Review Packet - pg. 3

Class Agenda 1/22

1.  Bellringer:  How does one make/lose money by buying stock?  Review previous learning, and bridge to class activity.
2.  The economic "boom" of the 1920s Stock Market ("Getting Rich Quickly," pg. 21 - 25).  Do pg. 25a as MVPs...what were the MVPs of each section?  3 MVPs for each row.
3.  Brain-pop:  Stock Market

HW - MIDTERM Review pg. 2
       - MIDTERM EXAM - FEB. 7th

Class Agenda 1/21

1.  Bellringer:  Complete this statement:  "If I was given $500, I would....."  Bridge class discussion into ideas of consumerism....contrast buying on credit with discretionary spending
2.  1920s advertising (pg. 12-14)
3.  Economic Boom of the 1920s (pg. 16)

HW - Read pg. 18, and for each "Q" - create a 1 sentence MVP (most valuable point).
        - MIDTERM REVIEW PACKET - pg. 1

Class Agenda 1/17: Roaring Twenties Unit

1.  Bellringer:  Define normal.  Why did people want to return to "normalcy" after World War I?
2.  Return to Normalcy (pg. 5)
3.  Contrast Victorian ideals (pg. 6a) with the video clip - then complete pg. 6b.

HW - Pgs. 5a-5d

Class Agenda 1/16: Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday

1.  Bellringer:  View.
2.  Complete "Reading for Meaning" for the "March on Washington" article.
3.  Complete closure page

HW - Finish "closure" page, if need be...

Class Agenda 1/15

1.  Bellringer:  Put your project on your desk for the "gallery walk."  Let's take a few minutes to appreciate the hard work of our classmates.
2.  Quiz:  World War I
3.  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observed on Monday.  Background?

HW - none

Class Agenda 1/14

1.  Bellringer:  Read pg. 22 on the Flu epidemic, and answer questions 6-8 on pg. 23
2.  End of WWI (pg. 28)
      - Brain-pop:  League of Nations.  Why did America NOT join?
3.  Movie Clip:  How did World War I impact African-American communities?  Looking back at the Declaration of War on pg. 20...does this treatment contradict our reason for going to war?

HW - Project due TOMORROW
       - Quiz on WWI TOMORROW
       - Get on your JD email...and set up Google Drive account

Class Agenda 1/13

1.  Bellringer:  Do World War I Source Analysis (Front)
2.  Complete Source Analysis paragraph - feedback
3.  Technology Day:  What resources could/should I be using for my World War I project?

• JD email (click link, then bookmark it.  Log-in is the same as for the server @jd.cnyric.org)
• Google Drive (use your email account to set-up an account)
• Dropbox (ditto above...if you want)

HW - Project due on Wednesday

       - Quiz on Wednesday

       - Log-in to your email and set up Google Drive

Class Agenda 1/9 - 1/10

In-Class Project:  WWI

Friday 1/10
Move to the "station" where you were working when class ended yesterday.  Complete questions at this station (if need be).  Today, we are completing our in-class research (pgs. 24-27).  If you were absent yesterday, you must schedule a time to come in and catch up (homebase, study hall, lunch).

HW -  Wednesday 1/15:  WWI project due (use photo archive)
                                        WWI Quiz


Thursday 1/9
Over the next 2 days of class, you will be traveling with your learning group for some in-depth coverage of WWI topics (pgs. 24-27).  If you miss today or tomorrow, you will have to arrange to come in during study hall to make up for this in-class project.

HW - Propaganda assignment due tomorrow
        - Wednesday 1/15:  WWI project due
                                        WWI Quiz

Class Agenda 1/8

1.  Bellringer:  Use the S.P.A.M. method to analyze the propaganda poster.
2.  Finish Government Involvement (pg. 20)
3.  Propaganda Assignment

HW - Propaganda Assignment due FRIDAY

Class Agenda 1/6

1.  Bellringer:  Let's bridge the gap...read over pgs. 6A, 6B.  Watch Brain-pop on World War I.  Review key ideas.
2.  Next, Review why America entered the war:  How did President Wilson react after Congress voted to declare war?  Why do you think he reacted that way?  View Movie Clip.
3.  Homefront Movie Clip ... What happened to freedom in America during WWI?

• Government Involvement (Notes pg. 20)

HW - Read pg. 21...then do Q's 1-5 on pg. 23