Friday, April 25, 2014

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Dorothea Lange Photo Gallery (historyplace.com)

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/index.html

Happy Wednesday!


Prepared to get depressed…we are examining the economic, but more importantly, the human toll of the Great Depression.
1. The Effects of the Great Depression PPT (CLICK HERE FOR PPT)
1. Crash Course History #33: The Great Depression (CLICK HERE for video)
2. Experiencing the Great Depression thru art & personal stories

Monday, April 21, 2014

Welcome back!


New Seats
Quiz: The Roaring 20s & The Great Depression
Finish The Great Gatsby
What is the American Dream?
This Week: Effects of the GD & The New Deal

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

CBA Week


nTODAY, Wednesday
nJapanese-American Relations mini-PPT (1st period) (CLICK HERE for PPT)
nDocument Analysis (Answering Doc. Questions)
nTHURSDAY/FRIDAY
nEssay Outline
nWrite/Finish Essay

BLOCK DAY: CBA WEEK


nThe Classroom-Based Assessment (CBA)
nTODAY
nJapanese-American Relations mini-PPT (CLICK HERE)
nA Review/Reminder (CLICK HERE FOR CHEATSHEET)
nLet’s Practice: A CBA Thesis & Analysis
nRubric
nIndividual Rights vs. Common Good
nDocument Analysis (Answering Doc. Questions)
nWEDNESDAY: Finish Doc. Analysis, Write Essay Outline
nTHURSDAY/FRIDAY : Write/Finish Essay

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Time to get depressed...


nRoaring Twenties Project/Gallery Walk feedback
nPeriod 1: Rubrics
nThe Great Gatsby: Your Thoughts
ALERT: CBA Next Week
nWhat are the causes and effects of the Great Depression? PPT (CLICK HERE)
nNotebooks: Cause and Effect graphic organizer

Monday, March 31, 2014

Roaring Twenties Gallery Walk


Today, we travel through your images and words to experience the social and technological changes of the Roaring Twenties!
nHW: READ 14.1 and DO #2 (p. 471)…The Roar Goes Silent
nRoaring Twenties Gallery Walk
nTypes of Social Changes
nExplore and Enjoy!
nA clip from The Great Gatsby

Friday, March 28, 2014

Roaring Twenties Poster Project: Creating your visual aid


nHW DUE: Capitalism & Communism
nToday’s Focus: Creating your Visual Aid (3-D OBJECTS OK!)
nHave fun with this! DRAW/CREATE YOUR OWN STUFF
CREATING YOUR OWN ART IS MUCH PREFERRED AND WILL BE MORE GREATLY APPRECIATED (AND ASSESSED HIGHER) THAN PRINTING PICTURES AND SLAPPING THEM ON YOUR POSTER...
Create an ad; paint; take a photo; draw your person, place, or event; collage; recreate artwork/photo; draw a (political) cartoon; a short poem/quote/song lyric; print a picture of your person AND draw, do a combination of these, etc…

Here are some examples of images/poster ideas:
  
  



n8.5” x 11” MINIMUM, BIGGER OK; colors, no pencil, clearly indicates topic
nProject Rubric (CLICK HERE FOR RUBRIC)

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Roaring Twenties Project Workday: Research & Writing


Note: We prob won't have the COWs tomorrow, so please continue to do research tonight and bring in ideas to create your visual aid tomorrow.
nDon’t forget Registration is due tomorrow!
nCome talk to me @ options
nHW: Communism/Capitalism DBQs
nPlease analyze/explain the documents rather than quote the original source verbatim (DUE on FRIDAY!)
For example: when doc says to list two ways a worker's standard of living is improved in a communist society, don't just write: "workers receive free medical care". Explain what that means, what that tells us about a communist society and how it tries to help workers.
nRoaring Twenties mini-Poster Project


nToday’s Focus: Research/Outline of Biography/Report
WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO WRITE ABOUT?
YOUR IDEAS (Per. 2 and Per. 1)

MY IDEAS/REQUIREMENTS:
n5Ws + H
 nREQUIRED: Discuss Social Changes, Values, Morals, etc. in relation to your topic
nConnect to class topics
nIndustrialization, Immigration, Urbanization, WWI, 4 Types of Social Changes, etc.
nUse Primary AND Secondary Sources
nMLA Citations

nCheck in + Stamp
nTomorrow’s Focus: Creating a Visual Aid

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Roaring Twenties Project Topics (on your project handout, too)

PICK A TOPIC ASAP! First Come, First Served!



The Roaring Twenties


nHW: Capitalism and Communism DBQs (CLICK HERE FOR HW)
n Capitalism and Communism DBQs + Other Communist Paperwork DUE FRIDAY
REMEMBER: ANALYZE THE DOCUMENTS; EXPLAIN WHAT "FREE MEDICAL CARE" MEANS...DO NOT JUST WRITE "WORKER RECEIVES FREE MEDICAL CARE"!!!!!!
nAfterschool: Got Questions? Study party
nHow and why did American society and technology change in the roaring twenties? (CLICK HERE FOR PPT)
nRoaring Twenties Person/Place/Event Mini-Project (CLICK HERE FOR HANDOUT)

Monday, March 24, 2014

Welcome Back to 720am!


Today, we are continuing to examine how
American society changed in the Roaring Twenties.

HW: READ 13.1 “Booze, Crime & Evolution” DO #1 (p.439)

How did fear and intolerance appear during the 20s?
nContinuing the Communism Conversation
nWhat is communism?
nYour Questions and Your Answers
n“Communism and Computers” (CLICK HERE)

How did changing morals and values change American society?
nThe Manners and Morals Revolution

Friday, March 21, 2014

What is communism? Let's find out together

Learning more about Communism and the Red Scare:
Socratic Seminar: an excerpt from The Communist Manifesto
CLICK HERE for the reading and questions.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Fear and Intolerance permeates Post-WWI U.S.


nHow did the U.S. change socially, politically, and economically post-World War I through the Great Depression (1920s-30s)?
nHow and why did American society and technology change in the Roaring Twenties?

nHow did fear and intolerance appear during the 20s?
n12.1 Quiz
nFear and Intolerance in the 20s PPT (CLICK HERE)

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Super-Short Wednesday


nMy/Your takeaways from test reflections/corrections
nDr. Bissat & senior year history course options
nContemporary National/World Issues
nCollege in the High School: International Issues
nThe Post-War Boom: How did the U.S. change socially, politically, and economically post-World War I through the Great Depression (1920s-30s)?
nHow and why did technology and American society change during the twenties?
nAs you read, THINK ABOUT: How did fear and intolerance appear during the 20s?
nHW: READ 12.1 and DO #2-3 (p. 418)

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Ok, about that test...


nTest Reflection
nTest Correction AND/OR
nNext Unit: The Post-War Boom: How did the U.S. change socially, politically, and economically post-World War I through the Great Depression (1920s-30s)?
nHow and why did technology and American society change during the twenties?
nHW: Read 12.1 & #2-3 (p. 418) –DUE ON THURSDAY
nMake test corrections. YOU MUST explain why original answer is wrong (or write INCOMPLETE)

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Test on Monday

TEST ON MONDAY

Imperialism/WWI Test Study Guide

Critical Attributes of Imperialism (Data Retrieval Chart and reading excerpts)
American Imperialism in Hawaii, Cuba, and the Philippines
Geographic Locations for Major Allied/Central Powers
Causes and Effects of WWI on Home Front and Abroad
Reasons for America to Declare War
Group Quiz, 11.1(CLICK HERE)
Individual Quiz, 11.3 (The War at Home)
HW: Reading 11.4 (#3, p. 403; Due on THURS.)
Lecture/WWI Recap PPT (Thursday; review the rest of the PPT on your own)

Terms: imperialism, trench warfare, Lusitania, Zimmermann Note, Selective Service Act of 1917, conscientious objector, the cause/effect of new weapons, liberty bonds, propaganda, Espionage and Sedition Acts, Great Migration, armistice, Fourteen Points plan, Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations

WWI Review


Reminder: Submit article + MLA Citations to turnitin.com
Socratic Seminar Feedback: Loved it! And some thoughts for next time...
WWI Recap PPT (CLICK HERE)

NO TEST ON FRIDAY! 
*Final Quiz on Monday (Will post study guide on Friday)


Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Let's talk...


HW: Please READ 11.4; Do #3 on p.403
nPLEASE TURN IN
1.Article + MLA Citations (turnitin.com by tonight)
2.Keep T-Charts in Notebooks
nRegistration w/ Ms. Krochmalny on Friday
nSOOOOOOO…
nWWI RECAP...Socratic Seminar

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Don't Forget!

Both periods, please don't forget to submit your article and MLA citations to turnitin.com by tomorrow (Wed.)!

Monday, March 10, 2014

PUBLISHING OUR WWI-era NEWSPAPER!


Today, we will compile our newspaper to inform us of the wide range of causes, events, and effects of World War I.
1. TEST ON FRIDAY*
2. Great War (WWI)
1. Warm-Up/Discussion
2. Publish Newspaper
1. Create groups by topic/date
2. Arrange & Adhere
3.Gallery Walk
1. “Like 8” & Positive Post-Its
2. Article Whip-Around
n*Test Material Includes content from:
nGroup Quiz, 11.1
nIndividual Quiz, 11.3
nNewspaper Articles (main ideas)
nHW: Reading 11.4 (#3, p. 403; Due on THURS.)
nLecture (Wednesday/Thursday)
nReview
nThursday
nBring in Questions about/for test

Friday, March 7, 2014

Last Day to Work on Article


A wise man once said:
“A paper is never done, only due.”
With that, we will revise our writing, so we can
write good and think more smarter. :OP
1.Peer-Edit/Proofread Articles
2. 2 Essential Questions (turn in to tray TODAY)
Essential Questions ask what the main points of your article are. What do you want the reader to take away as the most important ideas? 
For example, with a topic such as "Anti-Immigration Sentiment": 1) Which recent immigrant groups were being targeted at that time? (German Americans) 2) In what ways was anti-immigration sentiment demonstrated? (Loss of jobs for German-Americans, name changes of people, towns, foods, like from hamburger to "liberty steak/sandwich", violence, etc.)

3.NEXT STEPS/HW:
1.Revise/Finalize Article
1.See example for font/style formatting (SEE PICTURE BELOW)

FONT: TIMES NEW ROMAN
TEXT SIZE: HEADLINE (20), BYLINE/Summary Sentence (16), YOUR NAME (16), TEXT OF ARTICLE (14)
2 COLUMNS

2.OPTIONAL: Print/Draw 1 image

DUE BLOCK DAY:
1. Printed Copy of Article (See format below)
2. Submit Article/MLA Citations to turnitin.com



Thursday, March 6, 2014

1st Drafts


We are continuing to examine the historical impact of WWI by synthesizing our topic research into a 250-500 word newspaper article.
1.FINISH T/Three-Chart analysis of 2 primary sources
2.DUE TODAY: 1st Draft + 2 Essential Questions
1.Format: Refer to Newspaper Guidelines
2.WWI Newspapers/Project examples
3.NEXT STEP: Peer Edit
-Preferably w/ someone w/ same/related topic