Friday, January 17, 2014

Happy Aloha Falcon Friday!


1.HW: Read 9.1
2.Test Re-take: TUESDAY, 1/21
3.End of Semester: Check Grades/Turn-in Stuff
4.Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) “Separate But Equal”
1.Questions/Analyzing Opinions
2.Connect to Simulation/Discussion

GO HAWKS!

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Again, Segregation in the US of A


1.Entry Ticket (& HW to be stamped)
2.REVIEW
1.Urbanization, Science, Education
2.Segregation and Discrimination
3.Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): “Separate but Equal” (CLICK HERE FOR READING)
Questions:
In your notebooks:
1.Briefly summarize the facts of the case.
2.What is the issue presented to the U.S. Supreme Court?
3.What was the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court?
1.ANALYZING THE OPINIONS OF THE COURT (CLICK HERE FOR OPINIONS)
1.Paraphrase
2.Interpret
4.Sketch out the case’s progress through the court system.
HW: FINISH Analyzing Court “Opinions”

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Segregation and Discrimination in the U S of A


1.DBQ REVISION? Turnitin.com
2.Test Make-Up afterschool TODAY
Re-take: Tues., 1/21
3.Life at the Turn of the 20th Century
1.Discrimination & Segregation

Create a timeline to note the following order of events:
ì1861-1865: CIVIL WAR
ì1860s-70s: RECONSTRUCTION, 15th Amendment
ì1880s: African Americans vote, hold office
ìSTATES: discriminate using voting restrictions
ìliteracy tests
ìpoll tax
ìgrandfather clause: gave the franchise to poor whites
ìSTATES: SEGREGATION
ìJIM CROW LAWS
ì1896: Plessy v. Ferguson: “Separate but Equal” doctrine 
HW: (CLICK HERE FOR READING)

affirm: to agree or support, as when a higher court agrees with the earlier decision of a lower court
In your notebooks:
1.Briefly summarize the facts of the case.
2.What is the issue presented to the U.S. Supreme Court?
3.What was the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court?


Monday, January 13, 2014

Happy Monday!


Today, we check out the challenges and developments during life at the turn of the 20th c.
1.Return Tests
1.Note Corrections
2.Test Retakes: Tues., 1/21 after school; Test Make-up (if you never took it): THIS WED., 1/15 after school
3.File everything (but the test)
2.Life at the Turn of the 20th Century (CLICK HERE FOR PPT)
1.Urbanization: Mo’ People, Mo’ Problems
1.QUIZ + Show It!
2.Science
3.School (4 Corners)
3.HW: READ 8.3 Segregation and Discrimination