Class Agenda 11/26

1.  Bellringer:  Review "Guide to Writing DBQs"...analyze your grade.  What can you improve upon next year?
2.  Source Analysis.

HW - Enjoy your vacation!

Class Agenda 11/25

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 1
2.  TEST

HW - none

Class Agenda 11/22

1.  Bellringer:  Share your Progressive Bear with your table partner.  Looking at your packet cover...let's do a metaphor exercise:  Why does the artist compare TR to a lion tamer?

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

• How did John Muir impact the movement toward conservation?  

3.  Unit review exercise (pg. 1b).
4.  JFK:  50 year anniversary of his assassination.  Who was JFK?

HW - Study for Progressive Era Test MONDAY

       - use flash cards

Class Agenda 11/21

1.  Bellringer:  Looking at pg. 18 - make predictions on the blanks.  Who Could Vote?  (pg. 18).  Brain Pop:  Women's Suffrage.

2.  Watch this video.  What is the message for girls?

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 - MONDAY...pgs. 4a-b, 21

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).  Discuss "Closure" questions...In what ways does gender inequality exist today?  

• 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?  Discuss the changes... power of unions, and the origins of Labor Day.

2.  Watch clip on Sam Gompers - then answer the questions on pg. 153.  Proceed to other Social Progressive reforms (pg. 15).  

HW - none

Class Agenda 11/18

1.  Bellringer:  Pg. 14a...Why do companies have to put these labels on their products?

Informing consumers about food ingredients wasn't always a priority for companies....

2.  Group Activity:  Read pages 9-11 and complete the column on pg. 14b titled "What was exposed?"  As a class, we will complete the column titled "What was the end result?"

3.  Rank the 3 muckrakers profiled today:  1 being the most important, 3 being the least important.  Which muckraker had the GREATEST impact on society?  Explain your ranking.

HW - none