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