Class Agenda 1/14

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 MVPs on pg. 25a.
3.  Brain-pop:  Stock Market

HW - MIDTERM - Friday January 25th
       - Do pg. 1 of Midterm review

Class Agenda 1/11

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).

Class Agenda 1/10

1.  Bellringer:  Read pg. 6a...then view movie clip.  Describe life in the 1920s...especially for women.  Discuss the term flapper.  How was this different from the Victorian ideals of womanhood?

2.  1920s Culture Notes (p.pt.)

HW - Harlem Renaissance:  pg. 31a-31c questions 1-2

Class Agenda 1/9: The Roaring '20s

1.  Bellringer:  You have 2 minutes to look over your review sheets...
2.  Quiz:  World War I
3.  New Unit:  Roaring '20s.  Intro Notes (pg. 5)

HW - Do pgs. 5a-5d

Class Agenda 1/8

1.  Bellringer:  Get your project out and in front of you at your table.
2.  Gallery Walk:  We will take a few minutes to appreciate the hard work of our classmates by walking around the room and checking out one another's project.
3.  World War I Quiz Review:  Review packet (pg. 6-7); World War I packet (pg. 4-5)

HW - Study for World War I quiz

Class Agenda 1/7

1.  Bellringer:  Read pg. 22 on the Flu epidemic, and answer questions 6-8 on pg. 23
2.  End of WWI (pg. 8 of your Midterm Review Packet)
      - Brain-pop:  League of Nations (Complete the statements in the middle of your Venn diagram)
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 on WEDNESDAY

Class Agenda 1/2 thru 1/4: World War I Project

Day 3:  Friday 1/4
1.  Project work day:  World War I project.  Discuss directions and rubric.  Work/composition time will be allowed.  A JD email and Googledocs demonstration will help students get connected and protect their data!
2.  If your project choice requires photographs, please use this link.

HW - Log-in to your JD email address and use it to set up your GoogleDocs account
        - Project due Tuesday January 8th.

Day 2:  Thursday 1/3
1.  Finish research stations
2.  Discuss mini-project directions.  Bring any necessary supplies to work on your project tomorrow.  Set up a Googledocs account or create a Dropbox account to make your work more portable (you can use your own email address...or I would recommend using your JD email address since you will be here 4 more years.....or you can bring a jump/thumb drive.

HW - Your World War I project will be due Tuesday January 8th.

Day 1:  Wednesday 1/2
1.  Bellringer:  Brainpop...World War I.  Collect propaganda poster.
2.  World War I Station Project.  Over the next two days we will explore 7 topics at research stations.  Then, we will produce a mini-project in reference to that learning.

HW - none