Class Agenda 11/30

1.  Bellringer:  Yellow Journalism...pgs. 9-10
2.  Review Spanish-American War:  A visual history:  Review of HW questions.
3.  Finish Overview of American Imperialism (pg. 4)

• Map Activity (pg. 8a-8b)

HW - none

        - Last chance to order a t-shirt on TUESDAY 12/4

Class Agenda 11/29: American Imperialism

1.  Bellringer:  Tell me about a time when you have taken advantage of or teased a younger sibling/cousin/etc...OR a time when an older sibling has taken advantage of or teased you.  Why was think able to happen?  Bridge discussion into the vocabulary term imperialism. 

2.  America Becomes a Colonial Power (Notes:  pg. 4, 6, 7).  Thru Alaska & Hawaii.

HW - pg. 8c thru 8g:  Do questions on 8g

Class Agenda 11/28

1.  Bellringer:  pg. 1
2.  TEST

HW - 8th grade t-shirt orders due tomorrow!

Class Agenda 11/27

1.  Bellringer:  Share your Progressive Bear with your table partner.  Looking at your packet cover, how is TR treating trusts?  

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

• How did John Muir impact the movement toward conservation?

3.  T-shirt sale:  Show your J-D spirit, and help the relief efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Sandy.  

4.  Unit vocabulary review exercise (pg. 4a-b).

HW - Study for Progressive Era Test TOMORROW

- use flash cards

Class Agenda 11/26

1.  Bellringer:  Brain-pop on Women's Suffrage.  Looking at pg. 18 - make predictions on the blanks.

2.  Who Could Vote?  (pg. 18).

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 - WEDNESDAY (use review sheet...and Unit Vocabulary Cards.

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).  

• 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?

2.  Watch clip on Sam Gompers - then answer the following questions:

• Summarize:  What did Gompers WANT for workers?
• What was the AFL?  
• What role was the Department of Labor (1913) to play in the lives of workers?  

3.  Proceed to other Social Progressive reforms (pg. 15)

HW - none