Monday: Today students will review the political spectrum, using the surveys and quizzes they took to see where they fall on the spectrum. Here are the results and political profiles from all of the freshmen! As we'll see, the majority (37%) of freshmen identify most with the "Next Generation Left", while 24% are considered "Young Outsiders" and 20% are "Solid Liberals." Tomorrow we will begin class with a quick quiz on the Political Spectrum!
Tuesday: After a quick quiz on the spectrum, students will be introduced to the case of Schenck vs. United States, in which Schenck makes an argument that it was unconstitutional for the government to conscript its citizens into military service during WWI, and to restrict what people could and couldn't say about the government. Students will debate whether or not the laws iaremoral as well as constitutional, and will be challenged to persuade their classmates. Homework will be to complete the questions on Schenck v. US.
Wednesday: Today we will begin Lesson 1 in our We The People textbook by discussing the historical background of the US Government, from Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment to the creation of the USA. For homework, students will define all of the lesson 1 vocab words, which can be found here.
Thursday: Today students will wrap up lesson one, working together to answer the companion questions regarding the Founding Fathers. For homework, students will complete the Lesson 1 WS.
Friday: Students will take what they learned in their small groups yesterday and teach the material to other groups, who will in turn teach them about their own topic. After discussing constitutions and different forms of government, students will work together to answer questions on pg. 10 of the textbook. Homework is to define the Lesson 2 vocabulary.
Wednesday: Today we will begin Lesson 1 in our We The People textbook by discussing the historical background of the US Government, from Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment to the creation of the USA. For homework, students will define all of the lesson 1 vocab words, which can be found here.
Thursday: Today students will wrap up lesson one, working together to answer the companion questions regarding the Founding Fathers. For homework, students will complete the Lesson 1 WS.
Friday: Students will take what they learned in their small groups yesterday and teach the material to other groups, who will in turn teach them about their own topic. After discussing constitutions and different forms of government, students will work together to answer questions on pg. 10 of the textbook. Homework is to define the Lesson 2 vocabulary.
Sophomore Modern World
Monday: Today students will cover the evolution and revolution of the Middle East, focusing on the fall of the Ottomans, the "creation" of the Modern Middle East, and nationalist revolutions in Mexico, Africa, and Turkey. Homework is to complete a new map of the Middle East, where students will attempt to undo the damage done by the Sykes-Picot Agreement and bring stability to the region by drawing more apprpriate borders based on ethnic groups, religions, and population.
Tuesday: Students will finish outlining the nationalist revolutions of the early 1900s, and then the rest of the class will be spent reviewing for our quiz tomorrow! Study hard tonight! Here is the review guide!
Wednesday: Today we will have our quiz on Revolution and Nationalism in the early 1900s. You've got this!!! Just don't be this guy!
Thursday: Today students will begin a new unit on the Age of Uncertainty and the Rise of Dictators! We will spend today going over the new developments of the 1920s, like Einsteins, jazz cats, flappers, gangsters, and cubists. And no, I did not make those words up! Homework is to complete the 15.1 WS.
Friday: Today students will begin learning about the Weimar Republic in Post-WWI Germany by looking at its new Constitution as well as the economy in Germany. Homework is to outline 15.2.
Wednesday: Today we will have our quiz on Revolution and Nationalism in the early 1900s. You've got this!!! Just don't be this guy!
Thursday: Today students will begin a new unit on the Age of Uncertainty and the Rise of Dictators! We will spend today going over the new developments of the 1920s, like Einsteins, jazz cats, flappers, gangsters, and cubists. And no, I did not make those words up! Homework is to complete the 15.1 WS.
Friday: Today students will begin learning about the Weimar Republic in Post-WWI Germany by looking at its new Constitution as well as the economy in Germany. Homework is to outline 15.2.
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Junior USII
Monday: Today we finally get to our objective, the US Entry into WWI and why it happened!!! Homework is the worksheet on the Sinking of the Lusitania.
Tuesday: Today students will organize what they've learned about WWI into a graphic organizer, available here. Students will complete the organizer by reading the section in textbook on the Treaty of Versailles and Wilson's 14 Points. For homework, students will complete the graphic organizer using their take-home book.
Did you know? President Woodrow Wilson was the first US President to travel to Europe during his term. He was also reelected in 1916 with the slogan "He Kept Us Out of the War!" The US would join the war effort one year later.
Wednesday: Today we will conduct a lesson on propaganda, studying different propaganda from WWI and analyzing what it takes for propaganda to be effective. For homework, students will create a colorful propaganda poster of their own, designed to influence the audience towards any cause.
Thursday: Today students will complete the propaganda activity from yesterday, then begin watching The Lost Battalion, a true story of an American battalion in WWI that was cut off and surrounded by German forces, but managed to fight on for days until reinforcements arrived. We will be answering these questions that correspond with the movie. No homework.
Friday: Today we will continue watching The Lost Battalion. Homework is to complete the WWI Take Home Quiz (worth 20 points). Students may use their notes to complete this.
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