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6.2 - 6.6.14


Monday

Review Day

Friday
1/2 Day--8th Grade Moving-on Ceremony






5.27 - 5.30.14



Monday
Happy Memorial Day

Tuesday
Introduction to Reconstruction (Box 2)
    New York Times article on Rwanda
Causes essay rubrics returned

Wednesday
End of War (Box 1)
Civil Rights amendments (Boxes 3 - 4)

Thursday
Sharecropping and Peonage (Boxes 5 - 6)

Friday
KKK and the Compromise of 1877
ABSOLUTE LAST DAY FOR REVISIONS




Visual Assessment Due 5/27
Missing or non-proficient work will result in a summer school referral.

5.19 - 5.23.14
All hand-outs and presentations will be posted on this site.  If you have difficulty viewing or accessing any of these artifacts, please let me know.  Box numbers for assignments and lecture notes are noted after each item below.

Monday
Learner Park/High school visit day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :)

Tuesday
Finish Soldiers in Love & Pictures POGIL

Wednesday
Emancipation Proclamation (Boxes 16 - 18)

Thursday
Gettysburg Address

Friday
Appomattox Courthouse: End of War

Visual Assessment Due 5/27


5.12 - 5.16.14
All hand-outs and presentations will be posted on this site.  If you have difficulty viewing or accessing any of these artifacts, please let me know.  Box numbers for assignments and lecture notes are noted after each item below.

Monday
Weapons Technology presentation and POGIL (Box 8, 9)

Tuesday
Finish Weapons POGIL
Notes on Antietam (Box 10, 11)

Wednesday
Start Loss of Life POGIL

Thursday
Finish Loss of Life POGIL
Begin Soldiers: In Love and Pictures

Friday
Finish Soldiers: In Love and Pictures

Soldier Love Letters




5.5 - 5.9.14
All hand-outs and presentations will be posted on this site.  If you have difficulty viewing or accessing any of these artifacts, please let me know.  Box numbers for assignments and lecture notes are noted after each item below.

Monday
Finish West Point information and reflect (Boxes 4, 5, 6)
    What would be the benefit of having an institution like West Point when you are on the brink of civil war?
    What would be the cost of having an institution like West Point when you are on the brink of civil war?
    Create a visual/symbol to go with each response.

Tuesday
Border States and Lincoln POGIL (Box 7)
Reflection:
    What would be the cost of being one of the border states?
    What would be the benefit of being one of the border states?
    Create a visual/symbol to go with each response.

Wednesday
Finish Border States POGIL

Check out Antietam 360.  This is a GREAT site to walk around the battlefields at Antietam.

Thursday
Quizipoo on Topics 1 - 4
Weapons of War presentation (Box 8)
Weapons of War POGIL (Box 9)

Friday
MAPS testing




4.28 - 5.2.14


Monday
Introduction to Civil War Unit
Lincoln's Election to Inauguration POGIL

Tuesday
Continue Lincoln POGIL

Wednesday
Battle Plans (North v. South)

Thursday

Friday


Link to Week Three Quizipoo

4.14 - 4.17.14
Causes of the Civil War: Wedge Events

Please proceed to the Blendspace for resources and materials for this week. 

4.7 - 4.11.14
Causes of the Civil War: Political Compromises



We are going to try something new this week. 
Here is a link to a Blendspace.  This is where I will keep all of the study materials I have for you for the next couple of weeks.  I think it is a really organized way to get you some great resources. 

Monday
Discuss People Retake option/requirements
Look at the Blendspace for the Causes Unit
Share list of Political Compromises

Tuesday
Continue working on information gathering
Check-in

Wednesday
Continue working on information gathering

Thursday
Continue working on information gathering
Check-in & Review game

Friday
Quizipoo #2


3.31 - 4.4.14
 
Causes of the Civil War: Influential People

Overview of Causes of the Civil War Unit

Notes on John Brown

Tuesday
List of influential people list distributed
Trading Cards are available

Wednesday
Continue working on information gathering

Thursday
Continue working on information gathering
Trading Cards Due

Friday



Study with Quizlet

Hopefully your are getting some GREAT information as you research and fill out your trading cards.  You can also use Quizlet to get an idea of the information I think is important enough to be on a quizipoo.

Link to Quizlet for People 1 - 3: http://quizlet.com/_nqzb4
Password: omshistory

Password: omshistory2

Link to Quizlet for People 8 - 10: (there will not be one because the test is tomorrow)
Password:

Influential People

Brief overview

https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/slavery-and-reform-1820-1840/the-old-south/the-proslavery-argument/

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/slavery-a-positive-good/

Biographical information

http://www.nndb.com/people/902/000043773/

Biographical information

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/johnccalhoundef.htm

“Abolition of Slavery”--Primary Source

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llrd&fileName=022/llrd022.db&recNum=386

William Joseph Harper

Brief overview

https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/slavery-and-reform-1820-1840/the-old-south/the-proslavery-argument/

Introduction to “Memoir on Slavery”

http://books.google.com/books?id=e9wBDb3B5o0C&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=william+joseph+harper+memoir+on+slavery&source=bl&ots=YZJKWETIlW&sig=R4uluOYHEzYXlh99otYKKYA1eiM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9MA5U_PcO8uksQTiioHIAg&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=william%20joseph%20harper%20memoir%20on%20slavery&f=false

Excerpt of “Memoir on Slavery”--primary source

http://history300.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/harper.pdf

James Henry Hammond

Brief overview

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3439.html

https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/slavery-and-reform-1820-1840/the-old-south/the-proslavery-argument/

Biographical information

http://www.nps.gov/resources/person.htm?id=160

“On the Admission of Kansas” (aka: “Cotton is King”) Primary source document

http://www.sewanee.edu/faculty/willis/Civil_War/documents/HammondCotton.html










1.13 - 1.17.14

Monday
Fair Warning:  I will not accept late work after the end of the quarter. 
Review notes from last week regarding John Hanson and the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
Quizipoo

Tuesday
Video clip on the transition from Articles of Confederation to the Constitution
Discussion and notes on the difficulties surrounding the issue of Representation

Wednesday
Further discussion about how states should be represented fairly in Congress
Read pp. 208 - 209, pp. 212 - 217 in textbook
    Write a question for each red subtitle
    Answer those questions on the same page

Thursday
Formative quizipoo on Representation
Notes and discussion on the branches of the government
pp. 228 - 231: Copy down titles for 1 - 7, answer questions as you read

Friday
Recap the week's assignments
Review list of topics to be covered on test next Thursday

Topics for the Test (Thursday, Jan. 23)


  • Virginia Plan


  • New Jersey Plan


  • Great Compromise


  • ⅗ Compromise


  • Separation of Power (p. 230)

    • 3 Branches

    • Jobs of each

    • Your favorite branch? Why?


  • Republicanism

    • Can Ms. Walker be President?

    • How does the Electoral College work?

    • How does the Electoral College impact strategy if Walker wanted to run for President?


  • Federalism  (246 & Questions)


  • Checks and Balances  (245 & Questions)


  • Limited Government (Article 1, Sections 9/10)

    • What are the most important limits on government power?


  • Individual Rights/Bill of Rights  (250 - 261)

    • Most important right? Why?

    • Least important right? Why?




1.8 - 1.10.14
Meet John Hanson. . . President of the United States of America (in Congress Assembled)

Monday
Bundle up and drink hot chocolate

Tuesday
Warm your toes by the fire

Wednesday
Discuss the Continental Congress' "To-Do" list (File)
Homework: Side one of John Hanson Reading/Reflection

Thursday
Discussion: Who the heck is John Hanson?
Work on John Hanson and the Articles of Confederation
    John Hanson Reading/Reflection
    (Hint: read all directions)

Friday
Continue working on Thursday's assignment
Looking ahead to Monday:
        
Review weaknesses/strengths of John Hanson's term
        Shay's Rebellion (Above and Beyond background assignment)
        Quizipoo!!!




1.2 - 1.3.14


Happy New Year everyone.  Let's get a new government going, shall we?

Monday
Ps & Qs pp. 195 - 199
To Do List prompt (File)


Tuesday
Compare/contrast your list with the list the Continental Congress established





12.9 - 12.13.13

Key Document for this week: 
Revolutionary December! project expectations
Highlight or check items off as you accomplish them


Monday
Select research topic and begin questioning/research process
Location: The Tech Room (Ms. Walker's classroom)
Use some great sites at the bottom of Mr. Symes' website! Click here to access

Tuesday
Continue research on topics
Location: The Book Room (Mr. Symes' classroom)
Due Today:
1) well-developed topic  
2) EasyBib sources  
3) 4 - 5 Research questions


Wednesday
Continue research on topics
  • Are you answering your questions?
  • What other questions are you asking as you conduct your research?

Thursday
Continue research on topics
  • What else do you need to know about your topic before you can be a specialist?
  • What must your classmates know?
 
Friday
Poster planning and creation--Due Monday

Due Today:
1) Good notes 
2) EasyBib sources  
3) Credibility checklists




12.4 - 12.8.13


Monday
No School:  Teacher In-service day

Tuesday
Lexington and Concord (great "animation" website)
John Adams: First Continental Congress Meets
Discussion questions

Wednesday
Testing-- no core classes

Thursday
Begin Notes on Paul Revere (Sections of readings being used)
 
Friday
Finish Paul Revere readings and discuss findings
Possible research topics (List)



 
11.25 - 11.29

I hope that all of you out there have a very happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday.  I always find the history of such days extremely interesting.  If you do as well, here is a little information about Thanksgiving for you. Enjoy. . .

Congress Establishes Thanksgiving

Eat ham??

On September 28, 1789, just before leaving for recess, the first Federal Congress passed a resolution asking that the President of the United States recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. A few days later, President George Washington issued a proclamation naming Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin" - the first time Thanksgiving was celebrated under the new Constitution. Subsequent presidents issued Thanksgiving Proclamations, but the dates and even months of the celebrations varied. It wasn't until President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation that Thanksgiving was regularly commemorated each year on the last Thursday of November.

Click Here to read the rest of the story from our National Archives



Monday
Compare and Contrast the Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Helpful formative work you should use: 
Declaration of Independence, UDHR Preamble, UDHR article worksheet, rough draft graphic organizer

Other helpful materials: history textbook, notes in notebook, internet devices

Summative due Tuesday

Tuesday
Continue working on Declaration v Declaration Summative
Due Today


Wednesday
No School

Thursday
No School
Happy Thanks Giving

Friday

No School
Happy Shopping


11.19 - 11.23.13

Monday

The Declaration of Independence--continue our conversation about the meaning of each section and the importance of the document.

Tuesday
Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Wednesday
UDHR
Finish Preamble work with partner
Begin looking at the background of the document

Thursday
UDHR
30 Article reading blitz--students will spend one minute with each of the articles to get a brief overview of the human rights discussed.

Friday

UDHR
Assignments given out for individual Articles students will specialize on
Complete second side of Info. Collection sheet from Thursday
Compare/Contrast of UDHR and Declaration of Independence (Graphic Organizer due Tuesday, November 26)



11.11 - 11.16.13

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them. . . .
        
        --Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 

With these words, the founding fathers began the greatest experiment in Democracy the world has ever seen.  This is the beginning of the Declaration of Independence.  We are going to be looking very closely at this document in the days to come.  We are also going to be examining and comparing it to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The core of what makes our nation great lives and breathes in this document. Let's get into it. . . .

Monday
Cause and Effect of Tea Act, Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts
Identify the Intolerable Acts


Tuesday
Propaganda presentations (slide three only)


Wednesday
Quizipoo--acts, taxes, cause/effect of key events
Video clip: JA First Continental Congress
Key question for the day:  What do the colonists want?


Thursday
1. Do Now prompt: 

You are breaking up with a significant other. . .

What steps would you have taken to avoid the break up?

What would you say to this person to break up with her/him? 

How would you expect this person to react?


2. View "Too Late to Apologize" video

3. Scan Declaration of Independence

4. Highlight the 2 - 3 most important words in each section (no more than 3, I mean it)

The Declaration of Independence
(original with translation)

Homework questions,
Due Monday


Friday
Second Chance Friday
Students get another chance to present their OMS propaganda
If we have time, we will continue to work on the Declaration

11.4 - 11.8.13

Monday
Introduction to Propaganda techniques

Tuesday
Examples of each Propaganda technique discussed
Assignment: Create a piece of propaganda of the Boston Massacre from your character's perspective
Assignment Due Thursday

Wednesday
Continue to work on Propaganda techniques, Boston Massacre poster
Introduce summative assessment, Due Tuesday, 11/12

Thursday
Boston Massacre Propaganda Due
John Adams viewing and reflection

Friday

Computer lab 168 to work on Propaganda Summative



10.28 - 11.1.13

The Boston Massacre




10.21 - 10.25.13

Monday
Review of last week's quiz
Work time to complete unfinished assignments

Tuesday
Homework check-in
Finish "Who am I?" activity and introduce colonists

Wednesday
Assessment

Thursday
No School: Teacher Inservice

Friday


No School: Teacher Inservice




10.14 - 10.18.13


Monday

Wednesday
  • "Who am I?" Colonial identity sheet due
  • Activity:  Fill in the blanks--make sure you have all of the information you need about the Acts
  • Begin interviewing other "colonists"

Thursday
  • Ps & Qs pp. 147 - 151
  • Complete the textbook work on page 151

Friday

  • Acts Formative Quizipoo
    • (If absent, please print out the quiz HERE and turn it in when complete)
  • Finish book work

10.7 - 10.11.13

Monday
Do Now
Continue document research (you should be done or nearly done with your individual summaries)


Tuesday
Rubric Discussion  (Rubric)
Continue document research/work on group presentations

Wednesday
Work on group presentations

Thursday
Presentations

Friday

Presentations
Imperial Walker Visit





9.30 - 10.4.13

Monday
Proclamation Line of 1763 (Notes)

Washington Letter #3 (Assignment)
    Read using notation/highlighting
    Prepare a summary, Due Wednesday, 10/2/13

Tuesday
Quick review of the Proclamation Line
Ps & Qs Textbook pp. 143 - 146, pp. 147 - 148 (first part of section only) (Ps & Qs Explained)

Wednesday
Paying for a war = Taxes :( 
Document Packets:
Washington Letter #3 Translation Due

Thursday
Introduction of colonial characters    
Visit from the Imperial Walker (email: theimperialwalker@gmail.com)
Continue taxes activity

Friday
Do Now: Reread your character's description.  Decide where he or she lives and describe the dwelling.
Carry on with the Taxes Assignment.


9.23 - 9.27.13

Monday
General French-Indian War Information (Map)
1854 vintage painting by Junius Stearns

Braddock's Defeat--Two perspectives

Tuesday
Washington's letters after Braddock's Defeat--Mom
Step One:  Read and translate Letter to Mother (Assignment)  (Example Annotation and Translation)
Step Two:  How close was your translation? (Assignment)

Wednesday
Washington's letters after Braddock's Defeat--Governor Dinwiddy
Step One:  Read and translate Letter to Mother (Assignment)
Step Two:  How close was your translation? (Assignment)


Thursday
Finish letters and compare/contrast content and intent
This will be homework if it not done in class

Friday

End of the war--Treaty of Paris
Pontiac's Rebellion

Early release for Homecoming Parade!!


9.16 - 9.20.13

Monday
French and Indian War artifact dig
Perspective: British (finish) (Copies of Artifacts)
Reflection Question in your notebook:  Now that you have read and seen the British perspective, what are your thoughts about it?  5 - 7 Sentences

Tuesday
French and Indian War artifact dig  (Copies of Artifacts)
Perspective: Native American
Reflection Question in your notebook:  Now that you have read and seen the Native perspective, what are your thoughts about it?  5 - 7 Sentences

Wednesday
Bring your own device (Portable electronics such as smart phones, iPhone, tablet, etc.)


Thursday
Bring your own device (Portable electronics such as smart phones, iPhone, tablet, etc.)
Quizipoo:Think like a historian vocabulary terms, French - Indian War alliances
Conduct additional research
Begin your MEL-Con outline  (Outline Worksheet)

Friday

Conduct additional research
MEL-Con outline Due




9.9 - 9.13.13


Monday
When we research, it is important that we are using sites that we can trust. Therefore, we will be looking at credibility for the next few days. Use the "Test Before You Trust" evaluation form to decide if you can trust two of the three sites listed on the Homework and Assignments page.

Sites with a low score are not considered credible sites and should not be used when conducting research for our class. Sites with a high score are considered credible and you should consider using them.

Today, you should also type up your "Who is Ms. Walker?" MEL-Con paragraph in Google Drive and share it with me at kbw@oregonsd.net.  If you lost your copy of the MEL-Con expectations, check out the Great Resources page on this site.

Tuesday
Key phrases used by historians  (Notes Here)


Wednesday
Remembering 9/11 discussion
Ps and Qs reading strategy with textbook, pp. 130 - 135

Thursday
Finish Ps and Qs

Friday

French and Indian War artifact dig  (Copies of Artifacts)
Perspective: British


Looking ahead. . . .
Monday
French and Indian War artifact dig  (Copies of Artifacts)
Perspective: Native America
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