Day 39 - December 19, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did WWI Key Terms and PPT (17-27); and
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - Shell Shock' (20:30 - 38:55).

Day 38 - December 17, 2014

Today we:
(1) Reviewed the WWI discussion from last time;
(2) Went over the 'Dot' worksheet;
(3) Covered WWI Notes and PPT (9-16); and
(4) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - Shell Shock' (0 - 20:30).

Day 37 - December 15, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did an introduction to World War I;
(2) Did a discussion on the Archduke Franz Ferdinand;
(3) Saw the shell from World War I;
(4) Did World War I key terms and PPT (1-8); and
(5) Got the 'Dot' worksheet.

Day 36 - December 11, 2014

Today we:
(1) Went over the Ch. 19 PPT on Progressivism;
(2) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Boom' (0 - 17:00); and
(3) Went through the Heart Walk in the Tech Atrium.

Day 35 - December 9, 2014

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

Day 34 - December 5, 2014

Today we:
(1) Viewed the Newsies PPT; and
(2) Started watching the movie 'Newsies.'

Day 33 - December 3, 2014

Today we:
(1) Took the Ch. 18 Quiz; and
(2) Presented the Ancestor reports.

Day 32 - December 1, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did Ch. 18 Lecture and PPT - students could take notes on their own, and if they did, use them on the Ch. 18 Quiz next time.

Day 31 - November 24, 2014

Today we:
(1) Talked about the history of Thanksgiving;
(2) Finished 'America: The Story of Us - Cities' and video ?s;
(3) Did a reading about Ellis Island;
(4) Did a reading about Angel Island; and
(5) Wrote down important information about both places on the back of the Ellis Island sheet.

Day 30 - November 20, 2014

Today we:
(1) Completed Question #3 on the Immigration notes;
(2) Completed the Immigration Periods on the Immigration notes;
(3) Viewed and discussed the Immigration PPT; and
(4) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Cites'.

Day 29 - November 18, 2014

Today we:
(1) Reviewed the Push/Pull Factors of Immigration;
(2) Got into groups and did Immigrant readings and shared them with the class;
(3) Watched 'The Immigrant Experience' and discussed it; and
(4) Did question #2 on the Immigration notes.

Day 28 - November 14, 2014

Today we:
(1) Received the Immigration Ancestor assignment (due December 3);
(2) Went over the Immigration Push and Pull Factors (notes); and
(3) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Cities' (0 - 13:00) and did video ?s.

Day 27 - November 12, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished the presentation that didn't get done last time;
(2) Did the Division of Labor simulation;
(3) Finished Ch. 14 Notes and PPT (24 - 26); and
(4) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Heartland' (15:00 - end).

Day 26 - November 10, 2014

Today we:
(1) Presented the Group Projects on the Business/Invention topic;
(2) Covered Ch. 14 Notes and PPT (17-23); and
(3) Discussed the Robber Barons/Captains of Industry idea.

Day 25 - November 6, 2014

Today we:
(1) Worked on our 'So You Want To Own A Business?' group project. We'll present next time.

Day 24 - November 4, 2014

Today we:
(1) Reviewed Ch. 14, Terms 1-7;
(2) Covered Ch. 14 Notes and PPT (8-16); and
(3) Started 'So You Want To Own A Business?' Group Project.

Day 23 - October 30, 2014

Today we:
(1) Covered Ch. 14 Key Terms and PPT (1-7);
(2) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Heartland (0 - 15:00);
(3) Saw the Railroad spike artifact; and
(4) Did the Logo sheet and discussed it.

Day 22 - October 28, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished the book work for Ch. 13 Reconstruction and questions.

Day 21 - October 24, 2014

Today we:
(1) Worked out of Ch. 13 in the book and answered questions from the chapter about Reconstruction.

Day 20 - October 22, 2014

Today we:
(1) Covered Civil War Section 4 PPT;
(2) Did a reading about the Lincoln Assassination; and
(3) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Civil War.'

Day 19 - October 20, 2014

Today we:
(1) Covered Civil War Sections 2 & 3 PPTs; and
(2) Did the reading about Johnny Clem and the Civil War.

Day 18 - October 14, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished watching the movie 'Glory' and finished the movie questions; and
(2) Discussed the movie and the questions.

Day 17 - October 10, 2014

Today we:
(1) Talked about the first part of the Civil War; and
(2) Started watching 'Glory' (0 - 40:00).

Day 16 - October 7, 2014

Today we:
(1) Discussed events leading to the Civil War and viewed the Ch. 11 PPT; and
(2) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Division' and did video ?s.

Day 15 - October 3, 2014

Today we:
(1) Divided into groups and each group took a few terms from Ch. 10 (#s 22 - 40). The group defined their terms, and then presented them to the class; and
(2) Watched America: The Story of Us - Westward (31:40 - 37:10).

Day 14 - October 1, 2014

Today we:
(1) Had a class discussion;
(2) Completed Ch. 10 Key Terms and PPT (9-21);
(3) Watched 'The West - Disk 2, Episode 2 - Tejas' (15:47 - 27:57); and
(4) Watched 'The West - Disk 2, Episode 2 - In The Midst of Savage Darkness' (35:50-42:00).

Day 13 - September 29, 2014

Today we:
(1) Worked on Ch. 10 Key Terms (1-4);
(2) Watched the Buffalo Hunt scene from 'Dances with Wolves';
(3) Watched 'The West - Disk 2, Episode 2 - The Heart of Everything;
(4) Worked and Ch. 10 Key Terms (5-8); and
(5) Watched 'Kings Highway: El Camino Real - Ch. 4 (Mission Life) - (7:41) from Safari Montage.

Day 12 - September 25, 2014

Today we:
(1) Briefly discussed the Missouri Compromise;
(2) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Westward' (12:00 - 29:00);
(3) Completed Ch. 8 Key Terms;
(4) Read about Lucy Larcom and Harriet Hanson; and
(5) Viewed and discussed the cotton artifact.

Day 11 - September 23, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished Ch. 6 Key Terms and PPT;
(2) Read and discussed the Star-Spangled Banner;
(3) Watched the Presidents video on James Madison; and
(4) Heard a story.

Day 10 - September 19, 2014

Today we:
(1) Watched the Lewis and Clark video and did video ?s.

Day 9 - September 16, 2014

Today we:
(1) Watched the Presidents video about George Washington;
(2) Did Ch. 6 Key Terms and PPT (1 - 7); and
(3) Did the 'Map' activity - students create a map from their house to the school, or from their house to a friend's house (playing on the idea that Lewis and Clark made maps of the landscape on their expedition).

Day 8 - September 12, 2014

Today we:
(1) Had a short lecture on the Constitutional Convention and the Constitution; and
(2) Did a Constitution Crossword for our assignment.

Day 7 - September 10, 2014

Today we:
(1) Read about Christopher Seider and Samuel Maverick - Martyrs of the Revolution; and
(2) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Revolution' and did video ?s.

Day 6 - September 8, 2014

Today we:
(1) Reviewed the French and Indian War to the Declaration of Independence;
(2) Read an account of the fate of some of the signers of the Declaration of Independence;
(3) Passed around replicas of Colonial and Revolutionary-era money;
(4) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Rebels' (20:00 - 45:00); and
(5) Finished Ch. 4 Key Terms and PPT (#s 20 - 30).

Day 5 - September 4, 2014

Today we:
(1) Quickly reviewed the Colonial lecture we had last time;
(2) Watched You Tube 'French and Indian War to Lexington eleven minutes';
(3) Covered Ch. 4 Key Terms and PPT (11-19); and
(4) Heard a story.

Day 4 - September 2, 2014

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

Day 3 - August 28, 2014

Today we:
(1) Completed Ch. 2 Notes and PPT;
(2) Did the Mayflower depiction on the board; and
(3) Did the Salem Witch Trials reading.

Day 2 - August 26, 2014

Today we:
(1) Turned in the Disclosures and 1 page bios;
(2) Viewed a class overview PPT;
(3) Were introduced to Mr. Schaber's blog and website;
(4) Did our introduction 'quiz'; and
(5) Completed Ch.1 Notes and PPT.

Day 1 - August 25, 2014

Today we:
*Were introduced to Mr. Schaber;
*Got our Disclosure (homework); and
*Were assigned a 1 page bio (homework).

Day 88 - June 2, 2014

Today we:
(1) Heard Schaber's stories.

Day 87 - May 29, 2014

Today we:
(1) Heard stories.

Day 86 - May 27, 2014

Today we:
(1) Viewed and discussed the 2000s Decades PPT;
(2) Viewed and discussed the 2010s Decades PPT; and
(3) Watched America: The Story of Us - Millennium and did video ?s.

Day 85 - May 22, 2014

Today we:

(1) Viewed and discussed the 1990s Decade PPT; and 

(2) Finished 1980s Music.

Day 84 - May 20, 2014

Today we:
(1) Viewed and discussed the 1970s Decade PPT;
(2) Viewed and discussed the 1980s Decade PPT; and
(3) Worked on 1980s Music.

Day 83 - May 16, 2014

Today we:

(1) Finished notes and PPT for Ch. 31 - Vietnam; and

(2) Worked on 1980s Music.

Day 82 - May 14, 2014

Today we:
(1) Covered a few terms from Ch.31 Vietnam notes and PPT; and
(2) Covered some 1980s Music.

Day 81 - May 12, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did 2000s Decades Presentations;
(2) Worked more on Ch. 31 Vietnam notes and PPT; and
(3) Did 1980s Music.

Day 80 - May 8, 2014

Today we:
(1) Started Ch. 31 (Vietnam War) and PPT; and
(2) Worked on 1980s Music and PPT.

Day 79 - May 6, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did 1990s Decades Presentations;
(2) Did the Civil Rights discussion and PPT; and
(3) Started 1980s Music.

Day 78 - May 2, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished 1970s Music.

Day 77 - April 30, 2014

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

Day 76 - April 28, 2014

Today we:
(1) Had our second group present the 1970s Decade Project; and
(2) We started the 1970s Music unit.

Day 75 - April 24, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished 1960s Music;
(2) Did 1970s Decades Presentations;
(3) Finished Ch. 28 Key Terms and PPT; and
(4) Had the Counselors come in to talk about registration for next year.

Day 74 - April 22, 2014

Today we:
(1) Presented 1960s Decades Projects;
(2) Went over Ch. 28 Key Terms and PPT (1-13); and
(3) Worked on 1960s Rock and Roll.

Day 73 - April 15, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did Decades Presentations; and
(2) Continued with 1960s Rock and Roll History.

Day 72 - April 11, 2014

Today we:
(1) Worked on 1960s Rock and Roll Unit.

Day 71 - April 9, 2014

Today we:
(1) Went to the SBO Panel discussions; and
(2) Worked on 1960s Music.

Day 70 - April 7, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did Ch. 26 Cold War Key Terms and PPT (30-39);
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - Happy Days - 1953-1960' - watched everything but 13:20-14:30 and Civil Rights section (we'll come back to that later); and
(3) Started 1960s Rock and Roll Unit.

Day 69 - April 3, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did Cold War notes and PPT (27-28);
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - 1946-1952 - Best Years ((Ch.4 (4:00-end), Ch. 5, and Ch. 6); and
(3) Finished 1950s Rock and Roll Unit.

Day 68 - April 1, 2014

Today we:
(1) Reviewed our Cold War discussion from last time;
(2) Covered Cold War Ch. 28 Notes and PPT (16-27); and
(3) Started 1950s Rock and Roll Unit.

Day 67 - March 27, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did an intro into the Cold War;
(2) Covered the Cold War (Ch. 28) Key Terms and PPT 1-15; and
(3) Watched 'The Century: America's Time' - Best Years - 1946-1952 (Chapters 1-3).

Day 66 - March 25, 2014

Today we:
(1) Further explained the Group Decades Project, got into groups, got our topics, and started researching. The project is due April 15.

Day 65 - March 21, 2014

Today we:
(1) Took our World War II Test;
(2) Turned in our World War II Notes; and
(3) Were briefly introduced to the Decades Projects (to be done in small groups).

Day 64 - March 19, 2014

Today we:

(1) Finished watching the movie 'Price for Peace' and did the video questions;

(2) Finished WWII Key Terms and PPT (about the Holocaust); and 

(3) Viewed the Holocaust artifacts.

Day 63 - March 17, 2014

Today we:
(1) Started the video 'Price for Peace'; and
(2) Did video questions.

Day 62 - March 13, 2014

Today we:
(1) Covered WWII Key Terms and PPT (about the Pacific Theatre and Atomic Bomb)

Day 61 - March 11, 2014

Today we:
(1) Worked on WWII Key Terms and PPT; and
(2) Watched select clips from 'Utah WII Stories - Europe.'

Day 60 - March 7, 2014

Today we:
(1) Worked on WWII Key Terms and PPT (19-38); and
(2) Watched the Seinfeld SNL clip about WWII.

Day 59 - March 4, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished watching 'The Century: America's Time - Over the Edge' (38:00 - end); and
(2) Finished the video questions and turned them in.

Today was ACT day for juniors.

Day 58 - February 28, 2014

Today we:
(1) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - World War II.'

Day 57 - February 26, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did WWII Notes and PPT (10-18); and
(2) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - Over The Edge (0 - 38:00) and did the question sheet.

Day 56 - February 24, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did the ACT Test Prep (ahead of the test next Tuesday).

Day 55 - February 20, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did on overview of World War II;
(2) Read 'Beginnings of World War II' sheet and did the Questions sheet that goes along with it; and
(3) Covered WWII Key Terms (1-9) and PPT.

Day 54 - February 18, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished watching 'The Century: America's Time - Stormy Weather' (25:00-end); and
(2) Finished taking notes on the worksheet 'Causes/Effects of the Great Depression' (#9-end).

Day 53 - February 13, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished the Daily Life in the 1930s sheet and PPT (#7-end); and
(2) Started watching The Century: America's Time - Stormy Weather (0-25:00).

Day 52 - February 11, 2014

Today we:
(1) Started the Daily Life in the 1930s sheet and PPT (#1-6); and
(2) Were assigned the 1920s OR 1930s Advertisement assignment (due next time).

Day 51 - February 7, 2014

Today we:
(1) Worked on Causes/Effects of the Great Depression (#s 4-8); and
(2) Finished watching America: The Story of Us - Bust (14:00-end).

Day 50 - February 5, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished watching 'The Century: America's Time - Boom to Bust' (40:00-end);
(2) Started the Causes/Effects of the Great Depression worksheet (#s 1-3) and discussion; and
(3) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Bust' (0-14:00).

Day 49 - February 3, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did the 1920s Stock Market Game.

Day 48 - January 30, 2014

Today we:
(1) Turned in our 1920s Heroes Comic Strip;
(2) Turned in the 'Daily Life in the 1920s' notes;
(3) Took a quiz on our notes; and
(4) Watched 'The Century: America's Time - 1920-1929 - Boom to Bust.

Day 47 - January 28, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished the worksheet 'Daily Life in the 1920s' and the PPT (quiz next time);
(2) Heard a story;
(3) Watched Abbott and Costello - Who's On First?;
(4) Viewed the 1920s Heroes/Personalities PPT; and
(5) Got the assignment to pick one of the personalities and do a 5-slide cartoon strip about them.

Day 46 - January 23, 2014

Today we:
(1) Turned in our slang letters;
(2) Got extra credit if we shared our slang letters with the class;
(3) Worked on Daily Life in the 1920s sheet and PPT (6-12); and
(4) Watched 'America: The Story of Us - Boom' (17:15 - end).

Day 45 - January 21, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did an introductory discussion of the 1920s;
(2) Did Daily Life in the 1920s sheet and PPT (1-5); and
(3) Received the Jazz Age Glossary of slang terms and were assigned to write a letter or story using at least 30 of the slang terms from the paper.

Day 44 - January 16, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did our WWI Test.

Day 43 - January 14, 2014

Today we:
(1) Finished WWI Key Terms and PPT (34 - end);
(2) Finished 'The Century - America's Time - Shell Shock' (41:20 - end);
(3) Looked at examples of WWI propaganda posters (from Schaber's CD-ROM); and
(4) Got the assignment to make our own WWI propaganda poster (due next time).

Day 42 - January 10, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did WWI Key Terms and PPT (21 - 33); and
(2) Watched 'The Century - America's Time - Shell Shock' (18:30 - 41:20).

Day 41 - January 8, 2014

Today we:
(1) Reviewed the WWI discussion we had last time;
(2) Went over the 'Dot' worksheet;
(3) Covered WWI Key Terms and PPT (9-20); and
(4) Watched 'The Century - America's Time - Shell Shock' (0-18:30).

Day 40 - January 6, 2014

Today we:
(1) Did an intro into WWI with a discussion on the Archduke and his assassination;
(2) Did WWI Key Terms and PPT (1-8); and
(3) Got the 'Dot' sheet.