American History: Investigating the past...

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Click here for the Learning Stations on World War I.

*****All Learning Station work is due Tuesday, December 1.*****

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Causes and Effects of US Involvement in World War I

Monday:

Discussed the MAIN causes of World War I
Created a graphic organizer on green paper to explain causes of US entry into World War I.

Tuesday:

Document analysis: Why did the US enter World War I? If you did not finish this assignment, click here for a copy of the documents.
Setup the Treaty of Versailles graphic organizer

Wednesday:

Overview of Fourteen Points
Complete Treaty of Versailles graphic organizer

Thursday 11/19 - Tuesday 11/24: World War I Learning Stations

Friday, November 6, 2015

Imperialism Detective Week

This week we are working on our Imperialism Detective Week activities.

On Wednesday, we created a "Causes of Imperialism" foldable. It looks like this:

We then set up our chart for the 7 countries. Your chart should be set up like this:

On your chart you will include:

Name of the country
Draw the symbol(s) (from orange paper) that explains why America was in that country.
Explain US involvement (bullet the main points - need at least 5)
List and define the key words (they are bold in the reading and definitions are in the reading)

On a piece of loose-leaf paper, make sure to include:

Decision question
Political cartoon questions

You also need to label the 7 places on the maps provided in class.

If you need the readings for the different countries, here they are:

Here is your RUBRIC for how you will be graded. This assignment will be due on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13.

Friday, October 30, 2015

Progressivism: Where Will You Put Your Million Dollars?

Between Monday and Friday this week, all 10th grade students were assigned to my class for a 3-hour block. During this time, 6 activities should have been completed (click on each link to view the papers):

Hook Exercise (with a partner)
Read Background Essay and answer Background essay questions
Answer document questions on a piece of loose-leaf paper
Complete Bucketing and Thesis/Road Map Paper

1 - $600,000
2 - $300,000
3 - $100,000
Make sure to pick which group should get what amount of money (one will not get any)

Conservation (trees)
Child Labor
Women's Suffrage (voting)
Food Inspections

5. Complete your outline

6. Write your letter to Aunt Bessie - should be 5 paragraphs (introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion). Follow your outline as you write!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Progressive Era Graphic Organizer- How to Create and Setup

STEP 1: GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES

For this graphic organizer, you will need the following supplies:

2 pieces of 8 1/2 x 14 paper
ruler
pen or pencil
scissors

STEP 2: FOLD YOUR PAPER

Fold both pieces of paper in half, hamburger style.

STEP 3: CUT FIRST PIECE OF PAPER

On one piece of your paper (purple paper in the picture), use your ruler and measure one inch from the edge of the fold on both sides. Cut to your mark on both sides.

STEP 4: CUT SECOND PIECE OF PAPER

Then, use your ruler on the other paper (the pink paper in this picture) to measure one inch from the edge of the fold on both sides. This time CUT THE SECTION IN THE MIDDLE - DO NOT CUT THE EDGE. (It does NOT have to be perfect!)

STEP 5: PUT THE PAPERS TOGETHER

Fold the first piece (purple piece) in half, hot dog style. Insert it CAREFULLY into the other piece (pink piece) of paper.

STEP 6: FOLD YOU BOOKLET IN HALF

STEP 7: COVER

STEP 8: PAGES 2 & 3

For each person, answer the question, "what problem were they hoping to solve?" All of the people are in the book. Use the index to find the pages where they are located.

STEP 9: PAGES 4 & 5

These solutions can all be found in the book:

Living Conditions: p. 171
High Railroad Rates: p. 185-186
Monopolies: p. 184-186, 191
Election Fraud: p. 175
Political Machines and Party Bosses: p. 159-160

STEP 10: PAGES 6 & 7