Day 39 - December 19, 2013

Today we:
(1) Finished working on our Travel Brochures; and
(2) Heard a story.

Note: Today was the All-day Assembly

Day 38 - December 17, 2013

Today we:
(1) Finished Ch. 19 Key Terms and PPT; and
(2) Created a Travel Brochure for a historical location in the United States (using the 'Pages' application on the computers).

Day 37 - December 13, 2013

Today we:
(1) Started Ch. 19 Key Terms and PPT (1-7); and
(2) Watched America: The Story of Us - Boom (0-16:00).

Day 36 - December 11, 2013

Today we:
(1) Finished watching the movie "Newsies."

Day 35 - December 9, 2013

Today we:
(1) Took a quiz on Ch. 18;
(2) Did the reading "Kid Blink and the Newsies"; and
(3) Started watching the movie "Newsies."

Day 34 - December 5, 2013

Today we:
(1) Did Ancestor Reports;
(2) Turned in our Ancestor Reports; and
(3) Finished Ch. 18 Notes and PPT (12-end).

Day 33 - December 3, 2013

Today we:
(1) Reviewed Immigration;
(2) Worked on a political cartoon about an immigrant's experience; and
(3) Started Ch. 18 Notes and PPT (1-11) - about Imperialism.

Day 32 - November 26, 2013

Today we:
(1) Did readings in groups on different Immigrants and their experiences;
(2) Did readings on Ellis Island and Angel Island and discussed them; and
(3) Viewed the Immigration PPT.

Note: Today we also turned in our Robber Baron/Captain of Industry report.

Day 31 - November 22, 2013

Today we:
(1) Did Immigration notes (the immigration periods and groups that came);
(2) Watched the video "The Immigrant Experience - The Long Journey" (30 minutes); and
(3) Finished the front side of our Immigration notes (Questions 2 & 3).

Day 30 - November 20, 2013

Today we:
(1) Finished watching 'America: The Story Of Us - Cities' (22:00 - end) and did the video questions that accompanied the video;
(2) Discussed the video and questions;
(3) Did Immigration (Ch. 16) Notes on the Push and Pull Factors of Immigration; and
(4) Received information on the Ancestor Report, due December 5.

Day 29 - November 18, 2013

Today we:
(1) Received instructions for the Robber Baron/Captain of Industry essay, due Nov. 26;
(2) Did the Division of Labor simulation;
(3) Finished Ch. 14 Notes and PPT (24 - end); and
(4) Started watching "America: The Story Of Us - Cities" (0 - 22:00) and did questions with the video.

Day 28 - November 14, 2013

Today we:
(1) Presented our 'So You Want To Own A Business?' group projects; and
(2) Covered Ch. 14 Notes and PPT (17 - 23).

Day 27 - November 12, 2013

Today we:
(1) Reviewed Ch. 14 Terms (7 - 16); and
(2) Started our 'So You Want To Own A Business?' Group Project.

Day 26 - November 8, 2013

Today we:
(1) Worked on the Logo Sheets and discussed them;
(2) Reviewed Ch. 14 from last class period; and
(3) Went over Ch. 14 Notes and PPT (7-16) and discussed them.

Day 25 - November 6, 2013

Today we:
(1) Reviewed Reconstruction;
(2) Watched 'America: The Story Of Us - Heartland (0 - 20:00);
(3) Started Ch. 14 Terms and PPT (1-6);
(4) Watched 'The West - EP5 (Grandest Enterprise Under God) - (0-14:00), (19:00-26:20), (33:09-39:50); and
(5) Saw the Railroad Spike artifact.

Day 24 - November 4, 2013

Today we:
(1) Finished watching the movie "Glory"; and
(2) Had a lecture and PPT about Reconstruction.

Day 23 - October 30, 2013

Today we:
(1) Started watching the movie 'Glory.'

Day 22 - October 28, 2013

Today we:
(1) Finished the Civil War Section 4 Notes and PPT;
(2) Did a reading on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; and
(3) Had the Josten's Assembly.

Day 21 - October 24, 2013

Today we:
(1) Covered Civil War Section 3 Notes and PPT;
(2) Watched America: The Story Of Us - Civil War (25:00 - end); and
(3) Covered Civil War Section 4 Notes and PPT (all except last 4 terms).

Day 20 - October 22, 2013

Today we:
(1) Covered Civil War Section 2 Notes and PPT;
(2) Did a reading about John Clem - a Civil War youth; and
(3) Watched America: The Story Of Us - Civil War (10:00 - 25:00).

Day 19 - October 16, 2013

Today we:
(1) Covered the rest of Civil War Section 1 Terms and PPT (7-end); and
(2) Watched "America: The Story of Us - Civil War' (0 - 10:00).

Day 18 - October 14, 2013

Today we:
(1) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Division'; and
(2) Started talking about the Civil War Section 1 and PPT (1-6).

Day 17 - October 10, 2013

Today we:
(1) Took a short quiz on Ch. 10, and turned in Ch. 10 Notes;
(2) Read an excerpt from 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and discussed it;
(3) Broke into groups and each group took a few terms from Ch. 11 and researched them; and
(4) Groups presented their information to the class.

*Overall, the theme of today was Events Leading to the Civil War.

Day 16 - October 7, 2013

Today we:
(1) Worked on Ch. 10 Key Terms and PPT (25-28);
(2) Watched 'The West - Disk 2 - EP 2 - Westward I Go Free;'
(3) Finished Ch. 10 Key Terms and PPT (29-40); and
(4) Watched 'The West - Disk 2 - EP 3 - The Diggings' (35:00 - 43:00).

Day 15 - October 3, 2013

Today we:
(1) Did Ch. 10 Key Terms and PPT (9 - 21);
(2) Watched The West - Disk 2 - Tejas;
(3) Watched The West - Disk 2 - In The Midst of Savage Darkness (36:00 - 42:00);
(4) Did Ch. 10 Key Terms and PPT (22 - 24);
(5) Watched The West - Disk 2 - Prologue (about Mountain Men); and
(6) Watched The West - Disk 2 - Westward I Go Free.

Day 14 - October 1, 2013

Today we:
(1) Started Ch. 10 Key Terms (1-4);
(2) Watched The West - Disk 2 - The Heart of Everything;
(3) Did Ch. 10 Key Terms (5-8); and
(4) Watched a clip from Safari Montage - "King's Highway: El Camino Real" (about Spanish missions in California) - Ch. 4 - Mission Life (0 - 7:41).

Day 13 - September 27, 2013

Today we:
(1) Did readings on Lucy Larcom and Harriet Hanson;
(2) Finished Ch. 8 Key Terms;
(3) Did the Indian Removal Act reading simulation; and
(4) Heard a story.

Day 12 - September 25, 2013

Today we:
(1) Shared some of our History Haiku poems;
(2) Watched America: The Story Of Us - Westward (12:00 - 29:00);
(3) Started Ch. 8 Key Terms (1-6); and
(4) Passed around the cotton artifact and talked about it.

Day 11 - September 23, 2013

Today we:
(1) Finished Ch. 6 Key Terms and PPT;
(2) Watched the James Madison Presidents video;
(3) Watched the James Monroe Presidents video;
(4) Reviewed our progress on 1st Quarter Walkaway Concepts up to this point; and
(5) Were given the assignment to do 2 Haiku poems on anything we've learned about so far this quarter.

Day 10 - September 19, 2013

Today we:
(1) Turned in our Map assignment;
(2) Watched the Presidents video on Thomas Jefferson;
(3) Watched the Lewis and Clark video and did the video questions; and
(4) Discussed the video.

Day 9 - September 17, 2013

Today we:
(1) Watched the Presidents video about George Washington;
(2) Turned in Chs. 3 & 4 Key Terms and Ch. 5 Crossword;
(3) Did Ch. 6 Key Terms and PPT (1-7);
(4) Looked at the Lewis and Clark maps on the board; and
(5) Did the Map Activity.

Day 8 - September 13, 2013

Today we:
(1) Finished watching America: The Story Of Us - Revolution clip;
(2) Had the Ch. 5 Lecture and PPT; and
(3) Received and worked on the Ch. 5 (Constitution) Crossword Puzzle.

Day 7 - September 11, 2013

Today we:
(1) Finished Ch. 4 Key Terms and PPT;
(2) Talked about 9/11; and
(3) Watched America: The Story Of Us - Revolution (0 - 30:00).

Day 6 - September 9, 2013

Today we:
(1) Did readings about Olaudah Equiano (former slave) and Eliza Lucas (plantation manager) - both accounts from the early to mid-1700s;
(2) Watched part of the video clip 'French and Indian War to Lexington eleven minutes';
(3) Covered Ch. 4 Key Terms (11-19) and PPT; and
(4) Watched America: The Story Of Us - Rebels (20:00 - 46:00).

Day 5 - September 5, 2013

Today we:
(1) Took a quiz on Ch. 2;
(2) Watched "America: The Story Of Us - Disk 1 - 'Rebels' (0 - 20:00); and
(3) Did Ch. 3 Notes and PPT.

Day 4 - September 3, 2013

Today we:
(1) Took a short quiz on Ch. 1;
(2) Covered Ch. 2 Notes and PPT;
(3) Got into groups and drew depictions of the Mayflower and talked about them; and
(4) Did a reading on, and discussed, the Salem Witch Trials.

Day 3 - August 29, 2013

Today we:
(1) Took the US Map Test; and
(2) Completed Ch. 1 Notes and PPT.

Day 2 - August 27, 2013

Today we:
(1) Collected the Disclosure and Student Intro Sheet;
(2) Did a Class Overview PPT and discussed it;
(3) Did the 1st Quarter Pre-Test;
(4) Received a copy of the 1st Quarter Walkaway Concepts;
(5) Were introduced to Mr. Schaber's blog and website; and
(6) Filled out a US map with the 50 states - quiz next time.

Day 1 - August 26, 2013

Today we:
(1) Received the Disclosure document and Student Introduction Sheet; and
(2) Were introduced to Mr. Schaber.

Day 89 (May 31)

Today we:
(1) Signed Check-out sheets.

Day 88 (May 30)

Today we:
(1) Told stories.

Day 87 (May 28 & 29)

Today we:
(1) Finished 1980's Music; and
(2) Heard stories.

Day 86 (May 23 & 24)

Today we:
(1) Viewed the 2000's and 2010's Events PPT; and
(2) Worked on 1980's Music.

Day 85 (May 21 & 22)

Today we:
(1) Did 1990's Events PPT; and
(2) Covered some 1980's Music.

Day 84 (May 17 & 20)

Today we:
(1) Covered the 1980's Events PPT; and
(2) Worked on 1980's Music.

Day 83 (May 15 & 16)

Today we:
(1) Did 2000's Decades Presentations;
(2) Viewed the 1970's Events PPT; and
(3) Worked on 1980's Music.

Day 82 (May 13 & 14)

Today we:
(1) Went over the Civil Rights PPT and discussion; and
(2) Started 1980's Music Unit.

Day 81 (May 9 & 10)

Today we:
(1) Did 1990's Decades Presentations; and
(2) Finished 1970's Music.

Day 80 (May 7 & 8)

Today we:
(1) Finished notes on the Vietnam War and turned in all our notes for the last 3 chapters; and
(2) Worked on 1970's Music.

Day 79 (May 3 & 6)

Today we:
(1) Did 1980's Decades Presentations; and
(2) Worked on 1970's Music unit.

Day 78 (May 1 & 2)

Today we:
(1) Heard select stories about the Vietnam War;
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - 1965-1970: Unpinned'; and
(3) Did 1970's Rock and Roll Unit.

Day 77 (April 29 & 30)

Today we:
(1) Did Vietnam notes and PPT (9-20); and
(2) Started 1970s Rock and Roll Unit.

Day 76 (April 25 & 26)

Today we:
(1) Finished 1960's Rock and Roll;
(2) Did 1970's Decade Presentations; and
(3) Did an intro into 1970's music.

Day 75 (April 23 & 24)

Today we:
(1) Started talking about the Vietnam War (#s 1-8 on terms and PPT); and
(2) Worked on 1960s Rock and Roll Unit.

Day 74 (April 19 & 22)

Today we:
(1) Did Decades presentations from '50s and '60s that hadn't gone yet; and
(2) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Superpower.'

Day 73 (April 17 & 18)

Today we:
(1) Did 1960s Decades Project presentations; and
(2) Did 1960s Rock and Roll Unit and PPT.

Day 72 (April 15 & 16)

Today we:
(1) Had the counselor in to talk about Senior Registration;
(2) Did student presentations for the 1950s; and
(3) Finished Ch. 28 Key Terms and PPT.

Day 71 (April 11 & 12)

Today we:
(1) Went to SBO Panel Discussions; and
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - Poisoned Dreams - 1960-1964.

Day 70 (April 9 &10)

Today we:
(1) Covered Ch. 28 Notes and PPT (14-15); and
(2) Did 1960s Rock and Roll (Motown).

Day 69 (April 5 & 8)

Today we:
(1) Did more Ch. 28 Key Terms and PPT (7 - 13);
(2) Watched a short clip of the Zapruder film;
(3) Worked on 1960s Rock and Roll unit; and
(4) Watched clips of 1960s musicians.

Day 68 (April 3 & 4)

Today we:
(1) Started Ch. 28 Key Terms and PPT (1 - 6); and
(2) Worked on 1960s Rock and Roll Unit.

Day 67 (March 26 & 27)

Today we:
(1) Finished the Cold War notes and PPT; and
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - 1953-1960 - Happy Days.'

Day 66 (March 22 & 25)

Today we:
(1) Worked on Cold War key terms (22 - 29);
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - 1946-1952 - Best Years (Chapters 4 - 6); and
(3) Played the McCarthyism game (about the Red Scare).

Day 65 (March 20 & 21)

Today we:
(1) Continued with Cold War terms and PPT (14 - 21);
(2) Assigned a due date and clarified the Decades Project (due April 9 & 10); and
(3) Finished the 1950s Rock and Roll packet.

Day 64 (March 18 & 19)

Today we:
(1) Continued with Cold War key terms and PPT (8-13);
(2) Watched The Century: America's Time: 1946-1952 - Best Years (Chapters 1-3);
(3) Continued the 1950s Rock and Roll unit and PPT; and
(4) Introduced the Decades Project and assigned topics to students.

Day 63 (March 14 & 15)

Today we:
(1) Did an intro into the Cold War;
(2) Started doing the Cold War key terms and PPT (1-7); and
(3) Started the Rock and Roll Unit (1950s), with PPT and video clips.

Day 62 (March 12 & 13)

Today we:
(1) Finished watching the documentary 'Price For Peace';
(2) Finished our WWII Notes and PPT - (discussed the Holocaust); and
(3) Viewed some WWII artifacts (Holocaust items and German newspaper).

Day 61 (March 8 &11)

Today we:
(1) Introduced and started watching 'Price For Peace' about the war in the Pacific.

Days 59 & 60 (March 5: ACT Day, March 6 & 7)

Today (March 5) we:
(1) Heard a story in 4th Period because it was ACT Day and classes were short.

Today (March 6 & 7) we:
(1) Took a short quiz on WWII notes taken up to this point; and
(2) Went over WWII Notes and PPT about the War in the Pacific.

Day 58 (March 1 & 4)

Today we:
(1) Finished working on our WWII Propaganda posters; and
(2) Continued working on WWII Notes and PPT.

Day 57 (February 26 & 28)

Today we:
(1) Continued working on WWII Notes and PPT;
(2) Watched the Seinfeld SNL clip; and
(3) For Homework, students are to create a US WWII Propaganda poster.

Day 56 (February 22 &25)

Today we:
(1) Finished watching 'The Century: America's Time: Over The Edge'; and
(2) Continued with WWII Key Terms and PPT.

Day 55 (February 20 & 21)

Today we:
(1) Worked on WWII Key Terms and PPT; and
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - Over The Edge.'

Day 54 (February 15 & 19)

Today we:
(1) Did an introduction into WWII;
(2) Read "Examining the Beginnings of World War II" and did corresponding questions; and
(3) Started WWII Key Terms.

Day 53 (February 13 & 14)

Today we:
(1) Did the worksheet 'Daily Life in the 1930s' and PPT; and
(2) Watched clips from the 1930s on YouTube -
*Shirley Temple - Animal Crackers in My Soup;
*Wizard of Oz - Somewhere Over The Rainbow;
*Gone With the Wind - Movie Trailer;
*Three Stooges - Slowly I Turn;
*Three Stooges - Funny Clips.

Day 52 (February 11 & 12)

Today we:
(1) Finished the worksheet 'Causes and Effects of the Great Depression' (11 - end); and
(2) Watched America: The Story Of Us - Bust.

Day 51 (February 7 & 8)

Today we:
(1) Worked on the Causes and Effects of the Depression worksheet - #s 5 - 10; and
(2) Watched 'The Century' - Stormy Weather (13:00 - end).

Day 50 (February 5 & 6)

Today we:
(1) Watched 'The Century' - Boom to Bust (Black Tuesday chapter);
(2) Started the worksheet 'Causes and Effects of the Depression' (#s 1-4); and
(3) Watched 'The Century' - Stormy Weather (0 - 13:00).

Day 49 (February 1 & 4)

Today we:
(1) Did the Stock Market Game.

Day 48 (January 30 & 31)

Today we:
(1) Finished our 1920s Comic Strip assignment;
(2) Got into 6 groups and each group took a reading and then reported on it to the class; and
(3) Watched YouTube clips about the 1920s:
*Charlie Chaplin - Smile
*Abbott and Costello - Limburger Cheese
*Abbott and Costello - Barber School.

Day 47 (January 28 & 29)

Today we:
(1) Took a short quiz on the Daily Life in the 1920s notes;
(2) Watched 'The Century - America's Time - 1920-1929 - Boom To Bust'; and
(3) Went over the Personalities of the 1920s PPT and list.
*For homework, pick one personality of the 1920s and come up with a 5-frame comic for that person.

Day 46 (January 24 & 25)

Today we:
(1) Turned in our Slang Letters;
(2) Read our Slang Letters for extra credit if we chose to;
(3) Watched the second half of 'America: The Story Of Us - Boom';
(4) Finished the 'Daily Life in the 1920s' worksheet and PPT; and
(5) Listened to the Abbott and Costello 'Who's On First?' bit.

Day 45 (January 22 & 23)

Today we:
(1) Turned in WWI Key Terms;
(2) Did an introductory discussion of the 1920s;
(3) Started on the worksheet 'Daily Life in the 1920s' and viewed the accompanying PPT; and
(4) Received the 'Jazz Age Glossary' worksheet and, for an assignment, have to write a letter using at least 30 of the terms from the sheet.

Day 44 (January 16 & 17)

Today we:
(1) Finished WWI Key Terms and PPT; and
(2) Watched America: The Story of Us - Boom (0 - 20:00).

Day 43 (January 14 & 15)

Today we:
(1) Continued WWI Key Terms and PPT; and
(2) Watched The Century: America's Time - Shell Shock (33:00 - end).

Day 42 (January 10 & 11)

Today we:
(1) Reviewed our WWI discussion from last time;
(2) Went over the WWI Cemetery worksheet; and
(3) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - Shell Shock.'

Day 41 (January 8 & 9)

Today we:
(1) Did a Pre-WWI discussion;
(2) Told the story of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his assassination, and saw a historical artifact dealing with that incident; and
(3) Did some WWI Key Terms and PPT.

Day 40 (January 4 and 7)

Today we:
(1) Had a pre-WWI discussion; and
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - Seeds of Change.'

Day 39 (January 2 & 3)

Today we:
(1) Did a travel brochure using the 'Pages' App on the Laptops. Each partnership picked 1 (one) historical place in the U.S. from the list provided by Mr. Schaber and made a travel brochure for that location.