Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Monday, 11/28

Monday we finished up the Industrial Revolution Notes Matrix and took notes on a slideshow about the Responses to the Negative Effects of the IR, which students turned in.  They also did (or will next class) turn in their IR Notes Matrix papers to get a credit for their work. 

I checked the tangible evidence of progress on the Industrialization Project for each student, and gave the Bookwork #3 quiz. 


Homework: Projects are due on Monday, 12/5, ready to go with technology prepped and expert status, as each student prepares to teach the class their topic. 

Monday, November 21, 2011

Monday, 11/21

Today we did a quick project check in , bookworkers took their book quiz, and then we did an overview of specific positives and negatives of the Industrial Revolution in the form of a note matrix.  I handed out grade reports and passed back papers so all could see missing work and their progress in History so far. 

Homework:  Continue on with Projects and Bookwork!   Due 12/5!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Monday, 11/14

Today we figured out what people had done and need to do on their Industrialization project, and bookwork students took a book quiz.  We then watched a movie with a viewer guide for notes, on American Industrialization. If you were absent, you need to get the viewer guide and go over it with Keidi so you learn the main points of the material we watched. 

Homework: Project work, Week #2, Bookwork #2 for people not doing a project

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Monday, 11/7

Monday we started on the Industrial Revolution. Students took notes on a movie of the Industrial Revolution, as an overview to spark their interest in a project topic. The homework is a month long Project going in depth on Industrial Revolution, see below. The Project was explained and an alternative assignment, Bookwork with questions due weekly and weekly quizzes on the pages read. Students created project proposals to show what they were going to be doing and how they would show tangible progress each week. 


Homework: The Project:


Industrialization Project Outline:

To learn about the Industrial Revolution in Europe, (9th and 10th graders) and the Industrialization of America, (11th and 12th graders), each student has the option to do the bookwork for the chapters that cover industrialization, or do a demonstration project. All work is due Monday, 12/5.

Bookwork: 
9th and 10th graders:             Modern World History Textbook: 
pg. 280-288, ?s 1-9; due 11/14
                                     pg. 289-294, ?s 1-9; due 11/21
pg. 295-299, ?s 1-9; due 11/28
pg. 300-306, ?s 1-9; due 12/5
pg. 308-309, (Chapter 9 Assessment) due  12/5

11th and 12th graders: The Americans Textbook
                                    pg. 228-233, ?s 1-5; due 11/14
                                    pg. 234-235, ?s 1 & 2, pg. 236-240, ?s 1-5; due 11/21
                                    pg. 241-249, ?s 1-5; due 11/28
                                    pg. 250-251, (Chapter 6 Assessment- all); due 12/5
                                    pg. 254-259, ?s 1-5; due 12/5

Projects:  Choose your own topic and project format. (ie: topic: railroads, format: power point) This is an opportunity to go deep into a part of Industrialization that interests you and that you want to become an expert on and share with the class. Topics and formats must be approved by Keidi on Monday, 11/7 before you leave for the day.  You will also make a schedule outlining how you will show progress on your project each week. (See Project Proposal Sheet)

Examples of Project Formats:  Power Point Presentation, Movie/Reenactment/Play; Game Show; Talk Show/Interview; Poster; Essay/Research Paper; Song; Interpretive Dance; Demonstration; etc.

Possible Topics for Projects:
9/10th grade: 
Agricultural Revolution,             Steam Power,             Coal Industry,                         Iron Industry,
Textile Industry,                         Inventions,                         Transportation,                         Railroads,
Urbanization/City Conditions of IR,                         Child Labor,                                     Worker Health,
How did the IR Spread?,             Social Classes,            Working Conditions,                        Adam Smith,
Effect of Industrialization on the Environment,             Socialism,                                     Labor Unions,
Women/Womens Rights in the Industrial Revolution.             Friedrich Engels,             Karl Marx,
Why did England Industrialize First?                        Natural Resources Valuable to Industry,
Methods of Production (assembly line, etc.)             New Chemicals in the IR,            Communications,

11/12th grade:
Agricultural Revolution in America,                         Coal Mining,                                 Steam Engines/Steam Power,  Inventions of Industrialization,                                     Thomas Alva Edison,             Alexander Graham Bell,
How Industry Changes the Environment,                         Elwin L. Drake,                        Bessemer Process,
Coal Processing-into Steel,                                                Railroads,                                     George M. Pullman,
Credit Mobilier,                                                             Interstate Commerce Act,             Labor Unions,
Andrew Carnegie,                                                             John D. Rockefeller,                         Sherman Anti-Trust Act, American Federation of Labor (AFL),                         Samuel Gompers,                         Eugene V. Debs,
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW),                         Mary Harris Jones,                         Social Darwinism,
New Business Strategies/Marketing/Corporations/Monopolies,                         Christopher Sholes,
Munn v. Illinois,

Project Proposal Sheet:

You will receive points each week as you turn in part of your project.  Outline below what you will have done tangibly to show me each week. I want to check that you are accomplishing ¼ of the project every Monday, and will be prepared to turn in the project on 12/5. This is part of your project proposal that Keidi needs to approve today before you leave.

Project Proposal:
Topic:   ___________________________________________________________________________________
Group Members and Phone #s:___________________________________________________________________________________
Project Format: __________________________________________________________________________
How you will show your knowledge: __(your plan)______________________________________________
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11/14: Turn In Week 1: __(what, where, how, by whom?)_______________________________________________________
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11/21: Turn In Week 2: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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11/28: Turn In Week 3: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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12/5:  Final Project Done, Rehearsed, Ready to Present to the Class or Give to Keidi: _______________________
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Monday, 10/31

Happy Halloween. We talked about our culture's celebration of Halloween, a bit, and the Latin American tradition of Dia de los Muertos.  We finished our notes matrix on the different revolutions in the Arab world and Occupy Wall street, and did a Revolution Analysis (see it pasted below) as a final, deep thinking activity to wrap up Revolutions.

Homework: 
Everyone: Create a piece of stationary. Someone must be able to write on it, and it needs to be three-hole-punched.
9th graders:  The first 2 pages (4 sides) of a geography packet, map skills and geography themes.
10th graders: p. 272-277 in textbook, answer ?s on each page in purple boxes (7 ?s total)
11th graders: p. 228-233, ?s 1-5, p. 234 & 235, ? #1
12th graders: p. 111-116, ?s 1-5





Revolutions Analysis                                     Name: _______________________Date:  __________


I.  For each Revolution or Revolutionary Movement, answer the following questions: 
A.  Do you think the Revolution will achieve the goals of the people?  Why or why not?
B.  What would it take for the Revolution to achieve the goals of the people?  What would need to happen soon for the Revolution to be a success?

1. Tunisia




2.  Egypt




3.  Libya




4. Bahrain




5.  Occupy Wall Street




II.  For each of the Revolutions our class wrote Storybooks about, answer the following questions:
A.  Do you think the Revolution achieved the goals of the people?  Why or why not?
B.  What would it have taken for the Revolution to achieve the goals of the people? 

6. Latin American Revolution in _________________________:



7.  French Revolution:



8.  American Revolution: 



On the back, write a paragraph giving your opinion:  Does a Revolution automatically mean a step towards Democracy, no matter the outcome?  What elements does a Revolution need to contribute to the Rise of Democracy?