Sunday, March 23, 2014

Week of March 24-28

This week we will dive into an in depth study of The Civil War. The students will be researching and becoming experts on topics of their choice related to the war. They will present their research to the class in a 5-10 minute "Expert Talk". These oral presentations will be due the week of April 14-18.
A complete description of the project has been shared as a Google doc.

CLASSWORK
Monday 3/24: Civil War Map
Tuesday 3/25: Notebook Check/Project Description and Choose Topic
Wednesday 3/26: Project Approval-Begin Research
Thursday 3/27: Project Research
Friday 3/28: Project Research

HOMEWORK
Monday 3/24: Finish Map and Get Notebook Ready for Check
Tuesday 3/25: Choose topic
Wednesday 3/26: Work on research notes
Thursday 3/27: Work on Research Notes
Friday 3/28: Work on Civil War Project if you want ** Have a great Spring Break!!

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Week of March 17-21

This week we will be examining the events that led up to the Civil War. Monday we will learn about slavery, and Tuesday, the Underground Railroad and the Abolitionist Movement. The rest of the week will be devoted to creating a timeline of 8 key events.









CLASSWORK
MONDAY: Slavery in America
TUESDAY: Underground Railroad Activity
WEDNESDAY: Events Leading to Civil War
THURSDAY: Events Leading to Civil War
FRIDAY: Events Leading to Civil War Movie

HOMEWORK
MONDAY: Read pages 348-353 and complete #1 Terms and Names #2 Using Graphics #3 Main Ideas. ***BRING FLASHLIGHT!
TUESDAY: Complete Harriet Tubman WS
WEDNESDAY: Work on Timeline Events 1-4
THURSDAY: Work on Timeline Events 5-8
FRIDAY: TIMELINE DUE! No HWK

Monday, March 10, 2014

March 10-14


MANIFEST DESTINY


California Gold Rush, The Forty Niners


REMEMBER THE ALAMO




CLASSWORK
Monday 3/10: Texas Independence and the Alamo Lecture-see Google doc
Tuesday 3/11: War with Mexico Lecture and Worksheet-see google doc
Wednesday 3/12: Read pages 412-417 then play The California Gold Rush Game- see Google doc
Thursday 3/13: The Story of Us Movie: Westward
Friday 3/14: Manifest Destiny Test*bring #2 pencil

HOMEWORK
Monday 3/10: Google Doc Questions 7-17.
Tuesday 3/11: Finish War with Mexico Worksheet
Wednesday 3/12: Complete Study Guide for Friday's Test
Thursday 3/13: STUDY FOR TEST using Study Guide or blog flashcards
Friday 3/14: NONE