Lesson Plans for: American Heritage
Instructor: Mrs. Diane Sturgeon

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08/15/11

What we do in class

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08/22/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday ~T-Problem -- partner / group work expectations
~Regroup -- Above the Line Activity
~Syllabus / Movie Permission
~"Big Bad Wolf on Trial" -- discuss perspectives and POV
 
Tuesday ~Seating Chart
~Vantage Point
clips
~"Why History" article
~Civil War / Reconstruction Notes
 
Wednesday ~Finish Civil War / Reconstruction notes
~Civil War / Reconstruction Video-15 min & wksht -- hand in
~Hand out lit books
~Set up "Owl Creek Bridge" - vocab wksht & correct
~Key idea pg 581 (small grp / whole grp)
~Begin "Owl Creek" & wksht
ASSIGN: FINISH STORY & WKSHT
 
Thursday ~Red Badge of Courage Video - 20 min / Wksht
~Civil War music
~Discuss "Owl Creek" & correct wkshts
~"Owl Creek" media study / wkshts
~Discuss wkshts
~Civil War / Reconstruction quiz
"Owl Creek Bridge" wkshts
 
Friday ~"Owl Creek Bridge" quiz
~Discuss "Owl Creek" media study
~Mark Twain video & Wksht- 30 min
~Vocab wksht & correct
~Art activity
 
     

08/29/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday ~Civil War / Reconstruction quiz
~Vocab Ch. 4 & correct
Assign: Vocab Ch 4 Wksht
~Finish art activity as needed
~Review art activity / discuss
~Set up "Autobio"  pg 635
Art activity
Tuesday ~Correct Ch. 4 vocab wksht
~Set up Ch. 4 pg 156-7
~4-1 notes (18 slides)
~4-1 wksht
~Listen to "Autobio" / wksht
Assign: finish as needed
Vocab Ch 4 Wksht
Wednesday ~Correct 4-1
~Farming Game / Activity
~Correct "Autobio" wksht
~Computer lab 121 - Mesmerizer Article
"Autobio" Wkshts
4-1 Wksht
Thursday ~4-2 Notes & Wksht
~Set up "Life on MS"
~Read "Life on MS"  &  wkshts
Assign: finish "Life on MS" as needed & wkshts

 
Friday ~Correct 4-2 wkshts
~Video Clip Far & Away
~4-3 notes & wksht
Assign: primary source & questions
~Correct "Life on MS" wkshts
Assign: "Frog" Vocab
"Life on MS" wkshts
4-2 wkshts
Mesmerizer Article
     

09/05/11

What we do in class

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Monday NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY  
Tuesday ~Correct 4-3 &  Primary Source Wkshts
~Political Cartoon & Discuss
~Set up "Notorious Jumping Frog..."
~Listen to "Notorious Jumping Frog..." (17 min)
~Complete "Frog" Wkshts
"Notorious Jumping Frog" Vocab
Primary Source Wkshts
 
Wednesday ~Ch 4 Timeline & Correct
~Do Ch 4 Text Review
~Correct "Frog" Wkshts
~Do Twain SG & Correct
~Watch Huckleberry Finn Ed. Video & Wksht
"Frog" Wkshts
Thursday ~Twain Author Study TEST!
~Correct Text Review & Correct TEST MONDAY!
~Review Notes Ch 4
~Watch Huckleberry Finn
 
Friday Homecoming--No Classes  
     

09/12/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Ch 4 TEST
Ch 5 Pre-Reading Wkshts & Correct
Finish Huckleberry Finn
 
Tuesday Ch 5 Vocab Wksht & Correct
Set Up Ch 5
5-1 Notes
5-1 Wksht
Grammar: Sentence Fragments / Complete Sentences
Assign:  Sentence Pkt Pgs 1 & 2
 
Wednesday Counselor Pd 1, 4 & 7
Correct Grammar Wkshts Pgs 1 & 2
Correct 5-1
6 Min Edison Video Clip
Invention Advertisement Set Up Pg 184-5 & PwrPt --  Due Friday
Advertisement Work Time
Assign: Advertisement
Assign: Edison Timeline Wksht
Grammar Wkshts: Sentences
5-1
Thursday Correct Edison Timeline
10 Min Ad Work Time
5-2 Notes
5-2 Wksht
Assign:  Steel Graph
Grammar Sentence Pkt Pgs 3 & 4 Partners & Discuss
Edison Timeline Wksht
Friday Comma, Colons, Semicolons Rules Review
Do Wksht #1 & #2 & Correct
Correct 5-2
5-3 Notes
5-3 Wksht
Assign: Political Cartoon
Invention Advertisement
5-2
     

09/19/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct Political Cartoon
Do 5-3
Assign: Comma Ex 1 Wksht
Monopoly
Political Cartoon
 
Tuesday Correct Comma Ex 1 Wksht
Do Comma Ex 2 Wksht
Discuss Monopoly Purpose
Correct 5-3
Begin "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"
5-4 Notes / Wksht
Comma Ex 1 Wksht
5-3
Wednesday Correct Comma Ex 2 / Do Comma Ex 4
Correct / Discuss "Bride"
Correct 5-4
Previewing Questions - Small Grp / Lg Grp
Industrialization Video & Wksht 26 min
"Bride"
5-4
Thursday Text Assessment Ch 5 & Correct
Ch 5 Review Notes
Chapter 5 Terms Matching Wksht & Correct
Correct Comma Ex 4
Comma Ex 5
Comma Ex 4
Friday Pd 7 / 8 Correct Matching
Ch 5 TEST
Pre-reading and Vocab Ch 6
Assign: Ancestry / Story
Check www.ellisisland.org
Comma Ex 5 Correct
Do ACT-type Comma Qs & Correct
Comma Ex 5
"Bride" Questions
     

09/26/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday This Day in History
Review MC Portion of Test
Correct Ch 6 Vocab & Discuss Pre-Reading
Share Immigrant / Ancestry Stories
www.ellisisland.org
Spotlight Video ~2 Min
Set Up Ch 6 Pg 213 - Qs
Discuss Comma Splices / Fused Sentences
Do Ex 1
 
Tuesday This Day in History
Immigration @ Ellis Island Flow Chart w/Partner & Discuss
6-1 Notes / Wksht
Correct Comma Splices / Fused Sent Ex 1
Comma Splices / Fused Sent Ex 2
Comma Splices / Fused Sentences Ex 1
Wednesday This Day in History
Correct 6-1 Wksht
Comparing Data w/Partner
6-2 Notes / Wksht
6-1
Thursday This Day in History
Correct 6-2 & Comparing Data
Political Cartoons -- Partners
Assign: Urban Problems Timeline
Gangs of NY Video Clips
6-2
Friday This Day in History
Correct Political Cartoons & Urban Problems Timeline
6-3 Notes / Wksht
Social Darwinism Activity & Discussion
Begin Art Activity
Political Cartoons
Urban Problems Timeline
     

10/03/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday This Day in History
Finish Art Activity as Needed & Discuss
Do 6-3
Quiz - Commas,  Comma Splice / Fused Sentences
Shortened Periods P/T Conferences
6-3
Tuesday This Day in History
Correct 6-3
6-3 & 6-4 Spotlight Videos
Take Grades - Grammar
6-4 Notes / Wksht
Discuss Allegory
Shortened Periods P/T Conferences
6-4
Wednesday This Day in History
Wizard of Oz
/ Populism Notes
Wizard of Oz Video Clips
Assign:  Begin Essay - Oz is an Allegory for the Populist Movement
Political Cartoon Analysis Activity
 
Thursday This Day in History
Essay - Construct Intro Paragraph & Thesis / Writing Time
6-5 Spotlight Video
6-5 Notes / Wksht

 
Friday Correct 6-5
Do Re-teaching Wksht & Correct
Text Assessment 
Discuss Social Issues of the Era
Draw Political Cartoon Due Tuesday
6-5
Allegory Essay
     

10/10/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday No School  
Tuesday China Video :)
Correct Text Assessment -- TEST TOMORROW
Share Political Cartoons
Review Naturalism & Set Up "The Open Boat" Lit Book Pg 710-11
Vocab Wksht & Correct
Begin "The Open Boat" and Reading Check (ONLY) Wksht
Political Cartoon
Wednesday Ch 6 TEST
Chapter 7 Vocab
Begin Word Usage / Rules
Do Word Usage Wksht
Finish "Open Boat" & Reading Check
 
Thursday Correct "Open Boat" Reaching Checking
Partners -- Question Support "Open Boat"
Correct Word Usage Wksht
Word Usage Wksht 1, 3 & 16
Correct Ch 7 Vocab
Set Up Ch 7
"Open Boat" Reading Check
Word Usage Wksht
Friday What Do You Take? Activity
Correct "Open Boat" Question Support
"Open Boat" Quiz
Open Boat Story Boards - Small Assigned Groups
SmartBoard Word Usage Review -- Quiz Monday
Correct Ch 7 Vocab
Question Support
     

10/17/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Word Usage Review
Word Usage -- Quiz
Begin / Assign: Stephen Crane Lit Book Pg 738-42 Questions #1-4 Pg 743
Set Up Ch 7
Work Time -- Story Boards
 
Tuesday 7-1 Notes / Wksht
Correct Pg 743 #1-4
Present Story Boards
Story Board
Text Pg 743
Wednesday Correct 7-1
Begin "Hawaii" Excerpt & Wksht
Assign: Finish "Hawaii" &  Wksht
Video -- America Becomes a World Power & Wksht / Correct
A Just War? Small Group Discussion
7-1
 
Thursday 7-2 Notes / Wksht
John Philip Sousa Music Wksht / Music -- Discuss
7-2
"Hawaii" Wksht
Friday Correct 7-2
Sensationalism / Newspaper Activity
Complete "A Just War" with Groups
7-3 Notes
Political Cartoon -- Big Stick Diplomacy
 
     

10/24/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct Political Cartoon & Sousa Qs
Finish Notes As Needed / 7-3 Wksht & Correct
Re-teaching Wksht & Correct
Test Notes
Timeline
Big Stick Diplomacy Cartoon
Tuesday Test Review
Ch 7 TEST
Ch 8 Vocab & Pre-Reading Questions
Progressive Era Simulation Grp Activity
Grammar Review / Comma, Semicolon, Colon
Timeline
Wednesday Lit Book - Women's Lit Pg 756
Set Up "Story of An Hour" Pg 758-9
"Story of An Hour" / Wksht
Correct Grammar Review
Discuss Simulations
Correct Ch 8 Vocab
Ch 8 Vocab
Grammar Review
Thursday Correct & Discuss "Story of an Hour"
Set Up Ch 8
8-1 Notes / Wksht
Video Clips Iron Jawed Angels
"Story of An Hour"
Friday Finish Iron Jawed Angels Clips
Do women's suffrage map & correct
Finish 8-1 Notes
Correct 8-1 & Ch 8 Vocab
Hot Dog Day! Video Pre-Reading Qs
The Jungle Video & Wksht
Begin Excerpt The Jungle
Assign: Finish Excerpt The Jungle & Political Cartoon
8-1
     

11/07/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Set Up Portrait Poem - POV Progressive Era Oppressed, Child Laborer, Ind. Worker
Text Review
Progressive Era Short Story Review
Muckraker Magazine Work Time -- DUE TOMORROW (No Late Grades!!)
 
Tuesday Short Story TEST!
Correct Text Review
Review Notes - Ch 8
Present Term / Vocab Cards
Magazine
Term / Vocab Cards
Wednesday Chapter 8 TEST!
Ch 9 Pre-Reading Qs & Vocab
Review Progressive Era Lit Tests
Share Progressive Portrait Poems
Assign: Personal Portrait Poem due Mon
Portrait Poem
Thursday Art Activity
Correct Ch 9 Vocab & Pre-Reading Qs
9-1 Notes / Wksht
Set Up Bootcamp
Ch 9 Pre-Reading & Vocab
Friday NO SCHOOL  
     

11/14/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Hand In Self Portrait Poem & Ch 9 Pre-Reading & Vocab
Correct 9-1
Zimmerman Cryptogram / Document
9-2 Notes / Wksht
"Correct" Art Activity
"In Another Country" Vocab Wksht & Pg 969 & Correct?
SUB -- COMMON CORE TRAINING
Portrait Poem - Self
Ch 9 Vocab & Pre-Reading
Art Activity
9-1
Tuesday Correct 9-2 
9-3 Notes to Slide 42
Listen to "Over There"/Lyrics
Cohan Wksht
Set Up "In Another Country"  Pg 968-9
"In Another Country" Wksht
SUB -- COMMON CORE TRAINING
Cohan Wksht
9-2
Wednesday Bootcamp
Debrief Bootcamp
Correct "In Another Country" Wkshts
Watch Opening Battle Scene All Quiet on the Western Front
Cohan Wksht
"In Another Country"
Thursday Read All Quiet on the Western Front Excerpt
Excerpt / Literary Devices (Groups) & Discuss
9-3 Notes / Wksht & Weapons of WWI
Assign:  Study Lit Devices
All Quiet on the Western Front
 
Friday Review / Discuss All Quiet Lit Devices
Correct 9-3 & Weapons of WWI
9-4 Notes / Wksht
Documentary WWI (25 min) & Wksht
9-3 & Weapons of WWI Timeline
     

11/21/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Literary Devices Matching Quiz
Do Political Cartoon - Partner
Correct 9-4 Wksht & WWI Video Wksht
Content Vocab Wksht
Text Review & Correct / Review Notes
Political Cartoon
Tuesday Chapter 9 TEST
Set Up 1920s -- Ch 10 Pre-Reading Qs / Vocab
20s Color Pages
Set Up Great Gatsby -- Vocab & Background PowerPoint
Hand Out Novels / Book Check Out
 
Wednesday Correct 20s Pre-Reading / Vocab
Great Gatsby Video (22 min)
Start Chapter 1 Aloud / Reading Time
Assign:  Read Ch 1 - 3 Pg 1 - 59/ SG The Great Gatsby
Early Dismiss (1:55) -- Thanksgiving Break
Ch 10 Pre-Reading & Vocab
Thursday No School - Thanksgiving Break  
Friday No School - Thanksgiving Break  
     

11/28/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Read Self Poems
Ch 2 & 3 Quiz -- Great Gatsby
Review / Discuss Gatsby Ch 1 - 3
Assign: Ch 4 Gatsby Pg 61-80
Map Activity - Small Groups
Color Pages
Ch 1 - 3 Gatsby
Tuesday 10-1 Notes / Wksht
Map Activity
Ch 4 Quiz  -- Gatsby
Correct Ch 4 SG -- Gatsby
Assign: Ch 5 Pg 81 - 96 SG -- Gatsby
Ch 4 Gatsby
Wednesday Correct Ch 5 SG -- Gatsby
Assign:  Ch 6  Pg 97 - 111 SG -- Gatsby
Correct 10-1
10-2 Notes / Wksht
Map Activity
Ch 5 Gatsby
10-1
Thursday Correct 10-2
10 - 3 Notes / Wksht
Assign: What's a Flapper
Correct Ch 6 SG / Discuss Gatsby
Assign
: Ch 7 & SG Gatsby -- due Monday
Ch 6 Gatsby
10-2
Friday 20s Lingo Activity
Correct 10 - 3 & What's a Flapper
Assign: Gangster Political Cartoon & The Scopes Trial
10 - 4 Notes / Wksht
Set Up "The Love Song..." Pg 928-9
Lit Book Pg 930 - 934 T.S. Eliot "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" & Discuss
10-3
What's a Flapper
     

12/05/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Ch 5 - 7 Quiz -- Gatsby
Correct / Discuss Ch 7 SG
Begin Ch 8 & SG
Assign
:  Ch 8  & SG
15 min -- FARCEBOOK
Hand In Lit Book Pg 934
Correct 10 - 4
10-5 Notes & Begin Wksht
Ch 7 Gatsby
Political Cartoon & 10-4
Lit Book Pg 934
Tuesday Finish 10-5 & Correct
Timeline & Context Vocab Wksht
Correct Ch 8 Gatsby SG / Discuss
Lit Book Pg 838 - 9 Set Up Langston Hughes
Pg 840 - 845 Poems
Finish Farcebook - Gatsby Characters
Ch 8 Gatsby
10-5
 
Wednesday Correct Timeline & Context Vocab
Review Notes & Work Time
20s Video & Wksht -- Correct
Correct Ch 9 Gatsby SG / Discuss
Farcebook Presentations
Chapter 9 Gatsby
Timeline & Context Vocab
Langston Hughes Poetry
Farcebook Projects
Thursday Ch 10 TEST
Finish Farcebook Presentations
Correct Langston Hughes Poetry Qs
Gatsby Review / Study Guide
Farcebook Projects
Friday Gatsby TEST
MOVIE -- Great Gatsby
 
     

12/12/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday MOVIE -- Great Gatsby  
Tuesday Finish Farcebook or Gatsby
Hand In Novels
Stock Market Activity
Brother Can You Spare a Dime? Lyrics & Music
Great Depression in Pix - PwrPt
 
Wednesday Situation Activity / Discussion
Great Depression Documentary & Wksht - Correct
Great Depression / New Deal Notes & Wkshts -- Due Friday
 
Thursday Grapes of Wrath Video / Wksht & Correct
Set Up "A Worn Path" Lit Book Pg 1002-3
Vocab Wksht & Vocab in Context Pg 1003 & 1016 & Correct
Listen to "A Worn Path" Lit Book Pg 1004 - 1013 / Wksht
Assign: Finish "A Worn Path"
 
Friday Finish New Deal Notes
Correct "A Worn Path"
Set Up "A Rose for Emily" Lit Book Pg 1018 -1019
Vocab Wksht & Vocab Practice Pg 1030 & Correct
Begin "A Rose for Emily" Pg 1020 & Wkshts
"A Worn Path"
     

12/19/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Great Depression / New Deal QUIZ
Review Gatsby Test
Correct Wkshts - "A Worn Path" & "A Rose for Emily"
Video "A Rose for Emily" (25 min)
Clips -- The Grapes of Wrath or Kit Kittredge
"A Rose for Emily"
Tuesday Semester Test Review
Clips -- Kit Kittredge or Grapes of Wrath
 
Wednesday Semester Tests
Period 1  9:00 - 10:25  History Test
Period 2  10:30 - 11:55 English Test
 
Thursday Semester Tests
Period 7   10:30 - 11:55  History Test
Period 4   12:25 - 2:00   History Test
 
Friday Semester Tests
Period 8   9:00 - 10:25  English Test
Period 5   10:30 - 11:55 English Test
 
     

12/26/11

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday No School  
Tuesday No School  
Wednesday No School  
Thursday No School  
Friday No School  
     

01/02/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday No School  
Tuesday FDR / Hitler Programs Notes
Set Up Unit - A World in Flames
Ch 13 Vocab Wksht - due Wed
Video Pre-Test & Correct
Video & Wksht > "A Road to War"
Color Pgs - Dictators / Tattoos - due Fri
 
Wednesday ABC Chart
Correct Video Wksht
Notes 13-1
13-1  Wksht
Ch 13 Vocab
Road to War Video Wksht
Thursday Bell Ringer Comp Qs
Correct 13-1
Dictator Chart -- Partners
Dictator Tattoos / Pictures
13-2 Notes & Wksht
ABC Chart Review
Graphic Organizer - Video Pkt & Review
13-1
Dictator Chart
Friday Correct 13-2
13-3 Notes
13-3 Wksht
Set Up "Sophie's Choice" Excerpt - Due Mon
Assign:  "Mein Kampf" excerpt
Video - "Voices from the Holocaust"
13-2
Dictator Chart & Tattoos
     

01/09/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct / Discuss "Sophie's Choice"
Hand In "Mein Kampf"
Correct 13-3
Video - "Voices from the Holocaust"
Set Up "Adam" Lit Book Pg 1122-23
Read "Adam"  Pg 1124-1131 & Wkshts - due Tues
"Sophie's Choice" Excerpt
"Mein Kampf" Excerpt
13-3
Tuesday Timeline Wksht & Correct
Correct / Discuss "Adam"
Read Aloud - Lit Book Pg 1132 - 1135 from "Survival at Auschwitz" -- Qs Pg 1135 & Discuss
13-4 Notes
13-4 Wksht
Assign: Political Cartoon
"Adam"
Wednesday Counselor / Scheduling Pds 1, 4 & 7
Correct 13-4 & Political Cartoon
Text Review / Review Notes SG
WWII / Europe Trip Presentation
13-4 Wksht
Political Cartoon
Thursday Counselor Pds 1, 4 & 7
Ch 13 TEST
Set Up Research / Battle Presentation
 
Friday Computer Lab 121  Pds 1, 4 & 7
Reading Comprehension Bell Ringer
Invasion Graphic Organizer w/Partner
Ch 14 Set Up
Ch 14 Vocab Wksht
 
     

 01/16/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday No School -- Teacher In-Service  
Tuesday Computer Lab 121 Pds 1, 4 & 7 -- Presentations Thurs / Fri
Give Presentation Introductory Notes
Correct Ch 14 Vocab
14-1 Notes
Ch 14 Vocab
Wednesday Finish 14-1 Notes / Wksht & Correct
14-2 Notes / Wksht
Set Up "Death of a Ball Turret Gunner & "Why Soldiers Won't Talk" Lit Book Pg 1114
Read Pg 1116 - 1119 & Wkshts
14-1
Thursday Correct "Death" & "Why Soldiers...Talk" & 14-2
14-3 Notes / Wksht
Battle Presentations
Battle Presentations
14-2
Friday Battle Presentations
Correct 14-3
Band of Brothers  - "DDay" & Wksht
Assign: WWII  Poetry
Battle Presentations
14-3
     

01/23/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish 14-3 Notes
Correct "Day of Days" / Brothers Wksht
Finish Presentations As Needed
Partners / Small Group -- Discuss Poem
"Day of Days" Wksht
 
Tuesday Counselor Pds 1, 4 & 7
Correct WWII Poem
14-4 Notes & Wksht
Propaganda Activity
14-4
WWII Poetry
Wednesday Correct 14-4
Band of Brothers - "Breaking Pt" & Wksht
Begin 14-5 Notes
 
Thursday Correct "Breaking Pt"
Band of Brothers - "Why We Fight" & Wksht
Finish Propaganda Activity As Needed
 
Friday 14 - 5 Notes / Wksht
Correct "Why We Fight"
Hand Out A-Bomb Debate Rubric
Documentary 101st Airborne
 
     

01/30/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct 14-5 Wksht
Timeline & Re-teaching Wksht - Partners & Correct
Ch 14 Review Notes
Set Up Atomic Bomb Debate
Computer Lab -- Research A-Bomb
14-5
Tuesday Ch 14 / WWII TEST
Ch 15 Vocab Wksht
Computer Lab Pd 2, 5 & 8
 
Wednesday A-Bomb Debate
Correct Ch 15 Vocab Wksht
 
Thursday Set Up Ch 15
15-1 Notes / Wksht
The Crucible Pre-Reading Questions / Discussion & Vocab Handout
 
Friday Correct 15-1
15-2 Notes / Wksht
Lit Book - Drama Guided Notes
Salem Witch Trials Video - 23min & Wksht
15-1
     

02/06/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish 15-2 Notes / Wksht
M*A*S*H Episode
Correct Guided Notes & Video Wksht
Begin Act I Packet (Vocab & Fact v Opinion)
Hand Out Study Guide
Read Play Intro / Set Up to Pg 137
 
Tuesday Correct 15-2 Wksht
McCarthyism Activity
15-3 Notes / Wksht
Correct Act I Packet - Vocab & Fact v Opinion)
Arthur Miller Video Clip (11 min)
Assign Act I Roles
Begin Act I The Crucible  Through Pg 144 Line 370
Act I Packet
15-2
Wednesday Red Scare Political Cartoon / Partners & Discuss
Assign:  Primary Source
Read Act I Pg 144 Line 370 to Pg 153
 
Thursday Correct Primary Source Wksht
15-4 Notes / Wksht
Finish Act I & Study Guide
Do Matching - Act I Packet & Correct
Primary Source Wksht
Friday ACT Test Prep Paragraph
Correct 15-4
Timeline & Re-teaching Wksht
Act I Quiz
Correct Act I SG
Begin Act II Packet Vocab Word Search
Assign Act II Roles
Act I Study Guide
15-4 Wksht
Extra Credit Fallout Shelter Collage
     

02/13/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Discuss Ch 14 Tests
Correct Ch 15 Timeline
Ch 15 Text Assessment & Correct
Begin Act II
Early Dismiss
Ch 15 Timeline Wksht
Tuesday Ch 15 TEST
Continue Act II  / SG
Early Dismiss
(Sturgeon Common Core Training)
 
Wednesday 50s Terminology & Crossword Pre-Reading
Finish Act II / SG
Finish Act II Packet  - Partners
(Sturgeon Common Core Training)
 
Thursday ACT Prep Test Qs
Act II Quiz
Correct Act II  SG
Assign Act III Roles
Set Up Ch 16 -- America Post WWII Documentary
Act II Pkt & SG
Friday No School  
     

02/20/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday No School  
Tuesday Correct Act II Pkt
Check Act III Vocab Scramble
Begin Act III SG & Pkt
Correct Ch 16 Vocab Wksht As Needed
16-1 Notes / Wksht
Act II Pkt
Act III Vocab
Wednesday Correct 16-1
16-2 Notes Slides 23 - 38
Do Baby Boom Chart & Qs
Continue Act III
Continue Act III SG / Pkt
16-1
Thursday Correct Baby Boom Chart Qs
Finish 16-2 Notes
16-2 Wksht
Assign:  Political Cartoon
Finish Act III / SG / Pkt
Baby Boom Chart
Friday ACT Test Prep Qs
Act III & Act III Vocab Quiz
Act IV Vocab Wksht
Correct Act III SG & Pkt
Assign Act IV Roles
Correct 16-2 Wksht
Begin Music Activity
Assembly - Shortened Classes
16-2
 
     

02/27/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct Political Cartoon
Jitterbug! / Back to the Future Clip
Finish Music Activity
Assign:  Music Then & Now
Begin Act IV
Begin Act IV SG & Pkt
Political Cartoon
Tuesday 16-3 Notes / Wksht
Discuss Music Activity
Jitterbug! / Back to the Future Clip
Continue Act IV, SG & Pkt

 
Wednesday Correct 16-3 & Music Then / Now
Do Timeline & Correct
Ch 16 Text Assessment & Correct
Review Act III Quiz
Test Vocab
Finish Act IV & SG & Pkt
Discuss Tragic Hero
16-3 Wksht
Music Then & Now
Thursday Ch 16 TEST
Correct Act IV SG & Pkt
Do Crucible Review XWord
Act IV SG & "Pkt"
Friday The Crucible TEST
Begin The Crucible - Movie
 
     

03/05/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish The Crucible - video
Ch 17 Vocab Wksht Pkt 
 
Tuesday Hand in XWord & Act IV Vocab
Wrap Up Poster Activity - Due Wed
Correct ACT Paragraph Qs
Review Ch 16 Test
Set Up Ch 17
Correct Ch 17 Vocab Pkt
17-1 Notes #1 - 15 / Wksht
JFK Documentary / Wksht 3:25 - 24:00
Act IV Vocab & XWord
ACT Paragraph Qs
Ch 17 Vocab Pkt
Wednesday Finish JFK Documentary 24:08 - 53:18
Correct 17-1
Acirema Activity
17-2 Notes #16 - 26
Read "Nuclear Age" Excerpt" & Questions
Assign:
Cuban Missile Crisis Readings
17-1 Wksht
Poster
Thursday ACT Test Prep Paragraphs / Qs
Read "Nuclear Age" Aloud / Qs
Clips -- The Right Stuff apprx 35 min
Correct Cuban Missile Crisis Wkshts
Do 17-2 Wksht
Political Cartoon & Correct
 
Friday No School  
     

03/12/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct Cuban Missile Crisis Handouts
WWIII Poem Aloud / Small Groups & Discuss
Finish 17-2 Notes / Slides #28 & 29
Correct 17-2
JFK
Clips
Political Cartoon & Correct
17-3 Notes #30 - 49/ Wksht
Cuban Missile Crisis Handouts
17-2
 
Tuesday Timeline / Then & Now -- Correct
Correct 17-3
Text Assessment Ch 17 & Correct
Set Up We Didn't Start the Fire Project
Computer Lab 128 -- Project

17-3
Wednesday Ch 17 Quiz
Do "Letter...Jail" Vocab
Set Up from "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Begin "Letter"
Assign:  Finish "Letter" / Read. Check & Question Support
We Didn't Start the Fire Project - Computer Lab -- Due Friday
 
Thursday Correct from "Letter....Jail" & Discuss
Partner Do Allusion Worksheet & Discuss
1960-1969 Documentary & Questions
"Letter" Wkshts
Friday Read Ex. / Parallelism
Finish Documentary & Questions / Correct
Do Ch 18 Vocab
18-1 Notes
Present Fire Projects
JFK Timeline / Then & Now
     

03/19/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish Presentations
Correct Ch 18 Vocab
Do 18-1
Set Up "Coming of Age in Mississippi"
Listen to "Coming of Age" & Complete Read. Check & Question Support
18-1  Vocab
Tuesday Correct Read Check / Question Support - "Coming of Age..."
Partners -- Lit Analysis / Grammar & Style
18-2 Notes / Wksht
"Coming of Age"
Wednesday Correct 18-2
18-3 Notes / Wksht
Set Up "Stride Toward Freedom" & "Necessary to Protect Ourselves" & Listen
Do Wkshts
18-2
Thursday Correct 18-3
Do Timeline & Reteaching Activity & Correct
Watch Free @ Last Videos / Video Guide Emmitt Till & Medgar Evers
Correct "Stride Toward Freedom" & "Necessary to Protect Ourselves"
Do Lit Analysis & Discuss
18-3
"Stride/Freedom" & "Necessary"
Friday Correct Video Guides
Ch 18 TEST
Set Up "My Dungeon Shook"
Listen to "My Dungeon Shook" / Wkshts
Video Guide Qs
   

 

03/26/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct "My Dungeon Shook" Wkshts
Lit Test Study Guide
Ghosts of Mississippi Clips
"My Dungeon Shook" Reading Check / Q Support
Tuesday Civil Right Movement Lit TEST
Ch 19 Vocab
We Didn't Start the Fire Project Wksht
60s Art Activity
 
Wednesday Test Assessment Pg 1256-1261 #1-12, #1-8 & #1-5
Correct "Fire" Wkshts
Court Scene -- Ghosts of MS
Set Up Ch 19 - Vietnam War
Correct Ch 19 Vocab
19-1 Notes Slides  #1-18/ Wksht Part I
Fire Wksht
Thursday SD MyLife - Computer Lab Periods 1, 4 & 7
Finish 19-1 Notes / Wksht
Documentary -- Our Men in Vietnam
Hand Out Book-Letters Home from Vietnam
Hand Out Rubric / Journal Assignment
Assign:  Read Foreword & Preface due tomorrow
Vietnam Video Wksht
 
Friday Journal Discussion Group
Assign: 
“Cherries” – Pg 3 - 29 due 4/3
Correct 19-1
19-2 Notes / Wksht
Vietnam Map
Foreword & Preface / Journal
19-1
     

04/02/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct 19-2
Political Cartoon & Correct
60s Music Activity
Reading Time
19-2
Tuesday Correct / Discuss Music Activity
Journal Discussion Group
Assign:
“Boonies” – Pg 33 - 47  due 4/5
Assembly
60s Music Activity
"Cherries" Pg 3 - 29 / Journal
Wednesday 19-3 Notes / Wksht
Venn Diagram & Discuss
Protest Button - due tomorrow
Video Clips - Faith of My Fathers
Reading Time - "Boonies"
 
Thursday Journal Discussion - Small Grp / Lg Grp
Assign:
“World of Hurt” – Pg 171-96 due 4/10
Reading Time
Correct 19-3
Faith of My Fathers - Clips

Early Dismiss
Protest Button
19-3
Friday NO SCHOOL  
     

04/09/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday NO SCHOOL  
Tuesday Review Wksht / Timeline & Correct
Assign: Then & Now
Ch 19 Review Notes
Journal Discussion Group
Set Up "Ambush"
Read "Ambush" / Wkshts
“World of Hurt” – Pg 171-96
Journal Entries - Quiz Grade!
Wednesday Ch 19 TEST
Reading for Main Idea #1-3 & Correct
Set Up Ch 20 -- Pre-reading Questions & XWord
20-1 Notes / Wksht
Tim O'Brien Video Clip
Correct "Ambush"
Then & Now Wksht
"Ambush" / Wkshts
Thursday Reading for Main Idea #4-6 & Correct
Discuss Pre-reading
Correct 20-1
20-2 Notes / Wksht
Set Up "He Showed Us the Way"
Read "He Showed Us..." / Wkshts
20-1
Friday

Correct 20-1 & 20-2
Do  Political Cartoon & Correct
20-3 Notes #27-40/ Wksht
Watch Viva La Causa (40 min)/ Wksht

Correct "He Showed Us the Way" Wksht
Assign:  Do Analyze Arguments Pg 1173 & 1174 A,B,C,D & E
 
"He Showed Us the Way" Wkshts
20-2
     

04/16/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct Viva La Causa & 20-3
20-3 Notes As Needed
Open Note / Wksht Quiz Ch 20
Argument Analysis Pg 1173 & 1174 "He Showed Us" Assignment - due Wed
Video: 1970 - 1979 & Wksht
 
Tuesday Finish 70s Documentary
Correct / Discuss '70-'79 Video Wksht
Ch 21 Vocab & Correct
21-1 Notes (To Be Handed In)
Reading for Information Primary Source Wksht
Watergate Timeline Wksht
21-1 Open Book "Quiz"
Discuss Analyzing Argument Pg 1173-4
 
Wednesday Correct "He Showed Us the Way"
21-1 Open Book "Quiz"
Correct Watergate Reading & Timeline
21-2 Notes (To Be Handed In)
21-2 Reading for Information / Primary Source
21-2 Open Book "Quiz"
Dakota STEP -- 2 hrs
"He Showed Us the Way"
Watergate Reading & Timeline
Thursday Dakota STEP -- all day  
Friday 21-2 Quiz
21-4 Notes
Read "Wounded Knee" Aloud / Wksht& Answer
21-5 Notes
21-4 Open Book "Quiz"
 
     

04/23/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Correct Political Cartoon
21-5 Open Book Quiz
Do Environmentalism Posters
Correct 21-4 & 5 "Quizzes"
Ch 22 Terms Wksht Partners
Start Ch 22 Notes
Ch 22 Pkt - "The Reagan Era Begins"
Political Cartoon
Tuesday Correct "The Reagan Years"
Ch 22 Notes
Read Aloud Salvador Late or Early (After "D" in Notes) & Discuss
Assign: Timeline After "F" in Notes & Correct
80s & 90s WebQuest Computer Labs #117 Pd 2 & #128 Pds 4 & 7
Ch 22 Pkt - "The Reagan Years"
Wednesday Correct Timeline
Do Political Cartoon -- Use Textbook
Finish Ch 22 Notes
Assign: "Me Me Me Me"
Computer Lab #128 Pd 2
Computer Lab #117 Pds 4 & 7
Lit Book Pg 1242-3 Set Up Poems
Partners -- Begin Scene / Dialogue: Aging
 
Thursday Correct WebQuest
Correct "Me..."
Continue Role Playing / Scene Activity
Read Poems Pg 1244-5 Aloud Do 1-7 Pg 1247
Begin 1991 / Gulf War Video & Wksht
"Me Me Me Me"
Poem Questions Pg 1247
Friday NO SCHOOL  
     

04/30/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday NO SCHOOL  
Tuesday Open Note Quiz - Reagan & the 80s
Present Partner Scenes
Correct /  Discuss Pg 1247 #1-7
Ch 23 Content Vocab & Correct
Ch 23 Spotlight Video (3 min)
Ch 23 Sec 1 Notes / Discussion
Immigrant Poetry & Qs - Partners (Ch 21 Sec 3 tie-in)
Partner Scenes: Aging
#1-7 Pg 1247
Wednesday Correct Immigrant Poetry / Discuss
Ch 23-2 Spotlight Video
Ch 23 Sec 2 Notes / Discussion
Begin Bill Clinton Video & Wksht
Immigrant Poetry Qs
Thursday Finish Bill Clinton Video & Wksht As Needed / Correct
23-3 Spotlight Video
23-3 Notes / Discussion
Set Up "Straw Into Gold" - Lit Book
Listen to "Straw" / Wksht
 
Friday Correct "Straw" Wksht
23-4 Spotlight Video
23-4 Notes / Discussion
Ch 23 Text Assessment Pg 799 - 801 #1 - #21 & Correct
Ch 24 Vocab Wksht & Correct
"Straw Into Gold" Wksht
     

05/07/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday 24-1 & 24-2 Notes / Discussion
Timeline Activity
Begin United 93 & Wksht
 
Tuesday Finish United 93 Video & Wksht / Correct
24-3 & 24-4 Notes / Discussion
Ch 24 Text Assessment
 
Wednesday Pds 4 & 7 24-4 Notes
Unit 7 Open Book PostTEST
10 Minutes - Complete Timelines
Hand In Lit Books
Timeline Presentations
Begin 9/11 Documentary
Timelines
Thursday Academic Awards Ceremony - Shortened Classes
Unit 7 Posttest Correction
Timeline Presentations As Needed
Finish 9/11 Documentary / Discussion
 
Friday *Last Day if No Semester Tests*
Review Unit 7 Posttests
Semester Test Study Guide / Review
Forrest Gump
 
     

05/14/12

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday SEMESTER TESTS  
Tuesday SEMESTER TESTS  
Wednesday SEMESTER TESTS
Have a GREAT Summer!!!!!
 
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