10/31 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do "Source Analysis" pg. 1
2.  Discuss pg. 2 - and compose paragraph.
3.  Critical Friends feedback.

HW - STUDY FOR TEST MONDAY!!

10/30 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  A farmer's market and a stock market are similar in that…_____________________ 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

10/29 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pgs. 17a-b....Why do people collect "stuff" like sports cards, coins, stamps, autographs, etc?  Bridge discussion into the concept of "buy low, sell high"...a key principle of investment.

2.  Brain-pops on "Stocks."

3.  Stock case study:  Apple, Inc.  Using the internet, we will check the value of Apple stock today, and use "hindsight" to see what could have been, if we invested at various times over history (pg. 19a-b).  Contrast with Blackberry...

HW -  Poem due tomorrow (use pg. 15-16 of "The Bob" and pg. 23-28 Ind Rev Packet)

        - TEST on MONDAY.  Click here to review vocab flashcards

10/28 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Pg. 26a...Jane Addams/Hull House question:  See clip... Jane Addams.

2.  Discuss and review pg. 25b

3.  Jigsaw Activity:  Town Meetings (pg. 28).  Closure:  Compose a statement contrasting life for the working class with the lives of the upper/middle class.  Be specific.

HW - Poem due THURSDAY

10/27 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  What are some of the + and - of a longer school day (8:00am-6:00pm)?  Bridge discussion into the painfully long days of factory workers during the Industrial Revolution.

2.  Notes (pg. 26a)  Child Labor movie clip.

3.  Movie Clip - Mother Jones.  Answer question on the bottom of 26a.  What is the status of child labor today (ex - cocoa industry, which is appropriate, given that we are close to "chocolate season"...aka Halloween)?

HW - Do pg. 25b

10/23 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Review HW
2.  Movie - Profile on the Industrial Revolution effects on city life:  crime, poor immigrants, city sanitation, and new inventions (answer questions on pg. 25a.  Discuss.

HW -

10/22 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  What is the importance of our school fire drills?  List.

2.  Primary Source Analysis:  Shirtwaist Factory Fire article and questions (pg. 20-23).  Watch movie clip....Discuss the short-term & long-term effects of the Triangle Fire (Q's #6-7...and the fate of the factory owners).

HW - pg. 24

10/21 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Andrew Carnegie clip:  How did he impact the Industrial Revolution?  Cause & Effect.
2.  Review work from yesterday:

• "Monopoly Men" (pg. 8)
• Sherman Anti-trust Act primary source activity (pg. 9-10)

3.  Ida Tarbell vs. JD Rockefeller (video clip).  Answer the questions on pg. 10.


HW - Read pgs. 30-33 (Active Reading)

10/20 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  REVIEW...why are monopolies bad for consumers, but good for the owners?  Modern-day issues

2.  Last week, we learned how monopolies work…now let's see them in action during the Industrial Revolution.  Monopoly Men Activity (pg. 8).  Research and summarize with 3 bullet points for each guy:

• What industry did they monopolize?
• How did he create a monopoly?
• How big was their monopoly?

3.  Review Philanthropy then…and now.  

HW - Sherman Anti-Trust Act pg. 9-10

10/17 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Read "What is a Corporation" on pg. 16 of your unit packet.  Answer the following:  What is a corporation?  How can corporations raise $?  Just what kind of a "person" can a corporation be?

2.  Tiered Activity (TA= tiered activity packet)...Day 2.  Do quiz on pg. 4 of TA.  Grade quiz as a class (don't change your answers!)...then go on to page 5 and follow the directions based on your quiz score
3.  10 WEEK EXTRA CREDIT:  Imagine that you are SMALL business owner living during the Industrial Revolution.  Your business (and consumers) has been negatively impacted by rise of "robber barons" and their monopolies of this era.  Using at least FIVE vocabulary words on pg. 1(TA), write a letter to your Senator explaining reasons why our government should regulate and/or declare monopolies illegal.  Do this assignment on a separate sheet of paper.  Highlight the vocabulary in your letter.  Be creative…and have fun!

HW - finish your assignment in the TA packet (if you didn't finish in class)

       - 10 Week Extra Credit due MONDAY

10/16 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Why do you think that Monopoly the "world's most popular board game?"

2.  Mini-Project:  Tiered Activity (TA= tiered activity packet).  We will be using this packet WITH our unit packet (UP= unit packet).  Hey AJ - I emailed this new packet to your mom and dad.  

• Review vocabulary you will encounter in your reading (pg.1 TA)
• Read article "Monopoly - Not Always a Game" (pgs. 12-16 UP) and complete the MVPs (on pg. 2-3 TA) as you read each "section." Remember:  Use your active reading strategies. 

HW - Do pg. 17

10/15 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  A unemployed man steals food to feed his hungry family (PS - There are roughly 16 million hungry kids in America!).  Is he a hero or criminal?  Both?  Explain.  Bridge to discussion of perspective...and link bellringer concept to the contrasting terms of captain of industry and robber baron.

2.  Industrial Revolution Intro (pg. 6).

• Brain-pop:  Industrial Revolution.  Review from last year, and pre-view for this unit...why do we consider this the "Second" Industrial Revolution?  Then complete notes on pg. 6.

3.  Activity (pg. 7) - discuss/apply to Nike today.
4.  Should Columbus Day be a national holiday?  

HW - none

10/14 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Billionaire...pg. 4A-4B.  Discuss...and bridge to Homestead Act primary source analysis (pg. 4D).  What were the risks and rewards for taking advantage of the Homestead Act?

2.  Homestead Notes (pg. 4C).  On the bottom of 4C, answer the following question after watching the video clip:  How were Native Americans impacted by the Homestead Act?  List 3.
3.  Closure….Connect to today:  Mars One Project.  Similarities?  Differences?

HW - none

10/10 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 1
2.  TEST:  Immigration Era
3.  Current Events

HW - none

10/9 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Get your project from the pile and put it on your desk.
2.  Gallery Walk:  We will have some time to walk around the room and appreciate the hard work of our classmates.
3.  Statue of Liberty and the era of immigration.

HW - Study for Immigration Test...use your review sheet and the flash cards on "The Blog"

10/8 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 12-13.  Look back at pg. 7b (1880), and compare to pg. 12 (1893):  How did America change in their treatment of immigrants?

2.  Immigration Restriction (pg. 19)

3.  Illegal Immigration today:  Read pg. 20 and complete the bottom of pg. 19.

4.  Project Advice and Q & A.  How do I make sure that I get a good grade?

• Follow ALL directions in the task
• Do NOT "copy and paste" your research...this is called plagiarism...and is a serious academic offense!  
• Properly budget your time, so that your project is on time
• Be sure to include citation for your sources on the BACK of the poster (use the directions I gave you)
• Make sure it is neat, clean, and thoughtfully planned
• Make sure you have appropriate resources (I have poster board and other resources for those financially in need of help)
• Be careful with your project on your way to school:  Check the weather before school (garbage bag?) & avoid rolling it up.  Come directly here in the morning to drop it off.  

HW - Project due TOMORROW

        - Test FRIDAY (use your study guide in your packet to get ready!)

10/7 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 14...pgs. 9 and/or 11 might help.  Introduce immigration quota.  Review nativism.  Introduce xenophobia.

2.  Activity:  Chinese Exclusion Act (pg. 15)

• Movie Clip:  After viewing the movie clip below, answer the following questions:    

3.  Use your review sheet to prepare of test on FRIDAY (last page of packet).  Your vocab pages are also helpful!  

HW - Project due THURS 10//9

       - Unit Test on FRI 10/10

10/6 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  What do all of these companies have in common?

2.  Video clip:  "Deconstruction of Ellis Island."  Ellis Island arrival experience.
Walk through the Ellis Island process.  Compare with how immigrants become citizens today.  

• Citizenship test:  How would you do?  Pg. 13a-b
• Notes.  Pg. 13c

4.  Immigration Project:  Tips for Success

HW - Project Due on THURSDAY 10/9 

       - please let me know TODAY if you need help getting supplies!
       - TEST:  Friday

10/3 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do questions on pg. 6.  Using question 1, we will look at the change in the immigration of different groups, and discuss the emergence of nativism - the policy of protecting the interests of "native" inhabitants against those of immigrants.

2.  Group-Directed Activity:  Read "Coming to America" on pgs. 8-10.  As you read, discuss, and complete chart on pg. 11 summarizing each era of immigration.
3.  Current Events…ISIS and Ebola 

HW - Finish chart on pg. 11
        - Project Due on THURSDAY 10/9...if you need help with supplies, let me know TODAY!
        - Click here and "search" for your immigrant group.  Cite your resources!  

10/2 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Imagine that someone is going to move to J-D from Russia.  What advice would you give them about how to adapt to life here?  List 3-5.  Bridge discussion to assimilation...

2.  Mary Antin HW Review & Movie Clip

3.  Complete pg. 7a-7b.
4.  Ebola in America…do we need to worry?  

HW - Work on Project 

       - Project due 10/9 (get supplies - let Mr. Law know if you need help with supplies)

10/1 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Think of a place that you would like to live (other than upstate NY):  Complete the "T" chart in the powerpoint (see agenda item #3 below)...what do you like about the place where you would like to live?  What would you NOT miss about living here?  Bridge discussion to push factors and pull factors of immigration.

2.  Activity:  Complete pg. 5

3.  Review (powerpoint...see pg. 7)
4.  Discuss Project Contract

HW - Pg. 4a-4b...do Q's 1-3 (pg. 4b)
        - Project contract due tmrrw
        - Project due OCTOBER 9th