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

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Industrialization Test Review Materials Fo' Yo'

Industrialization Test Study Materials

Online Textbook (See 1/7/14 Post)





Email me (gmorita@nsd.org) your questions that should be on the test.

FOR THOSE OF YOU ABSENT TODAY: 
You can bring in 1 3x5 index card, handwritten on front and back, of notes to use during the test.

HW: Choose to edit/revise 1 substantial comment (on your essay) or common suggestions (found in 1/6/14 post). 
1st: Due on Thursday, 1/16, 
2nd: Due on Tuesday, 1/14

Include: 
1. Your thesis and claim, 
2. EXPLAIN what you're focusing on revising,
3. your revision (it would be helpful to copy + paste the original paragraph or section (DO NOT RESUBMIT THE ENTIRE ESSAY!), and
4. submit to turnitin.com under DBQ #1: Captains/Robbers - Revision 1.

The Worker Strikes Back


1.HW: DBQ Revision
›Focus on 1; submit to turnitin.com
2.Industrialization Test (FRIDAY)
›CLICK HERE for Study Guide (lecture/review tomorrow)
3.Four Great Strikes Poster
›2nd Period: Presentations
›

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

THE AMERICANS TEXTBOOK online login info

 For directions to help you create a student account and access the online textbook, 
The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century
please see me for activation code before proceeding to classzone.com


PERIOD 2

Great Strikes Team Poster (1 PPT slide) (CLICK HERE FOR HANDOUT)

Monday, January 6, 2014

Welcome Back!


›Welcome Back!
›SMART Goals/Resolutions: Check-In/New Ones
›For the Class
›Course Content: Where are we and where are we going?
›Books: (Please bring back!)
›Finish Industrialization (lecture) (CLICK HERE FOR PPT)
›Test on Friday
›DBQ Feedback
›HW: DBQ Re-Write (ONE Week): Go to turnitin.com and re-submit:
1. Your thesis and claims
2. Choose to revise one aspect of your paper, referring to either my feedback/comments on your turnitin.com file, OR ONE of the items below:

The following are suggestions I have after reading your papers (They may not all apply to your paper):

1.Provide background info in the introduction. Give reader context of what’s going on at that time.
2.Define RB/COI.
3.Thesis & Claims (roadmap) @ end of intro.
4.Be specific! Use details from docs/your brain!
5.What do you see in think of the docs?
6.Rely on your brain (analysis), not quotes
1.1:3 quote/analysis ratio
7.Connect: How does your evidence make them COI/RB?
8.CITE! …(Doc. A) or …(Document A).