Week 8: September 29-October 3

The first quarter of the year ends soon on October 10.   Progress Reports are going home today, please check in with your child and encourage them to do their best in the last 2 weeks of the quarter. 

Here is the schedule and homework for our 8th week of school.  We are studying and learning A LOT of information on slavery this week.

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups: Week 8
2. Chapter 11 Section 2 Notes

• Homework: Get parents to sign progress report (No matter what your grade is)
• Pre-AP: Read Slave Narrative

Tuesday:

1. 2nd half of notes from yesterday
2. Analyzing Slave Narratives and Slave Spirituals

• Homework for all classes: Respond in 1-3 Paragraphs: Discuss the role of spirituals in African-American slave culture. How were these spirituals much more than just songs?

Wednesday:

1. 3rd, 4th, and 6th hours: Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension on Chapter 14 section 4
2. 1st and 2nd hours: Slavery Document Based Question

• Pre-AP homework: Complete Slavery DBQ

Thursday:

1. Mapping the Underground Railroad

• Homework for all classes: Read Frederick Douglass: History Maker and answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.

Friday:

1. Review Games and Catch up day

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday October 16.  Please check back soon with details as to the format and procedures for scheduling your conference.

Week 7: September 22-26

Hi everybody, here is the schedule and homework assignments for our 7th week of school,   September 22-26!

Monday:

1. New Warm Up Sheet: Week 7
2. War With Mexico Notes and The California Gold Rush
3. Painting Analysis: “American Progress” (see last week’s schedule for link to handout please…catching up from last week)

Tuesday:

1. Do Study Guide Together
2. Video: The Alamo
3. Binder Checks

Wednesday:

1. Finish Video and Binder Checks
2. Quiz on Chapter 13 sections 2-4 (still catching up from last week)

Homework for Pre-AP Only: Read Slave Narrative of Walter Rimm and follow the directions attached.  

Parental Warning: Used in the context of slavery, the “N” word is presented several times.

Access the Narrative Here:

 

Thursday.

1. Begin unit on Slavery and Pre-Civil War America: King Cotton
2. 1st and 2nd hours:  Simulation and Discussion of North, South, and British Relationship
3. 3rd, 4th, and 6th hours: Notes on the history of slavery and Chapter 11 section 2: Plantations and Slavery Spread

Homework: Chart on North and South Differences

Friday:

1. Go over homework in class
2. 1st and 2nd Hours:  Reading Slave Narratives and Learning about oral histories
3. 3rd, 4th, and 6th hours: Read and Sketch Chapter 11 section 2

Students of the Unit: Manifest Destiny, Part I

Congratulations and Great Job…

to the following 5 students for exemplary work and showcase of “In Class Work”, “Homework”, and “Warm Ups” in their binders, positive contributions and behavior in class, and a job well done on the Jackson Era Quiz. 

1st Hour: Beth F.

2nd Hour: Lyric N.

3rd Hour: Alyssa N.

4th Hour: Desiree V.

6th Hour:  Matthew L.

Great Job to All and many others who also completed exemplary work on this unit!

Out Sick

Hello Everybody, Just wanted to let all the parents know that I was indeed out sick for about 2 1/2 days this week and as a result we will be doing a little bit of catch-up work next week.  All is well with me, now that I am on antibiotics for a bout of tonsillitis…guess I talk too much 🙂 

6th hour progress reports are finally going home today!  Because of my days out and distractions in catching up yesterday they have been put off until today.  So sorry for the delay, and thanks for your understanding. 

Have a good weekend!

Week 6: September 15-19

Here is the schedule and homework in Mrs. McCoy’s Social Studies Class for the 6th week of school, September 15-19, 2008

Monday:

1. New Warm Up Sheet:Week 6 Warm Ups
2. Signed progress reports are due
3. Notes: Texas Revolution Notes

• Boys Volleyball game at home Vs. Hillcrest
• Girls Volleyball game away at Hillcrest

Tuesday:

1. Finish and go over as a class the maps on chapters 13.1 and 13.3
2. Video clip on the growth of America
3. Notes: The War with Mexico

Homework due Thursday (all classes): Reading Study Guide: Chapter 13, sections 2 and 3

Wednesday:

1. Half day (dismissal at 11:35): Focus on Writing; go to 4th Hour class

Thursday:

1. Review Reading Study Guide Homework as a class
2. “American Progress: Painting Analysis”
3. Video: “the Alamo”
4. Binder Checks

Pre-AP Homework:  Write in 1-2 paragraphs how the expansion of the West contributed to the beginning of the Civil War.

• Boys Volleyball game at Desert Sky
• Girls Volleyball game home Vs. Desert Sky

Friday:

1. Revisit “Quick Images” presentation (Identify the “G” that each photo goes with).
2. Quiz: Chapter 13 section 2 and 3
3. Finish Binder Checks

Week 5: September 8-12: The Age of Jackson

Take a look below at the calendar and homework for the 5th week of school.  We will be reading, viewing, and discussing information on Andrew Jackson followed by a continued and deeper look at westward expansion.

Monday, Sept. 8:

1. New Warm Up Sheet: Week 5 Warm Ups
2. *Finish Andrew Jackson Notes…see them here: notes-aj 
3. Review previous Homework
4. *Pre-AP classes: “Take a Stand” Discussion/Debate: Did Andrew Jackson’s presidency have a more positive, or a more detrimental effect on the American Presidency?  View PPT here: debate-jacksons-legacy

Homework (Pre AP Only): 3 paragraph written response to the debate.

Tuesday, Sept. 9:

1. Pre-AP: Finish Debate
2. Placing Chapter 12 Events on the Theme/Time Line
3. Big Definitions: Manifest Destiny and Jacksonian Democracy
4. Chapter 12; Election of 1828 Map
5. General Ed: Review Game

Homework: Study Guide chapter-12-study-guide

Wednesday, Sept. 10:

1. Andrew Jackson A&E Biography Video
2. Binder Checks

Thursday, Sept. 11:

1. Study Guides Are Due
2. Quiz on Chapters 12.1 and 12.2
3. Map Work on Chapter 13.1 and 13.4 (“Trails West” and “The California Gold Rush”)
4. Homework for Pre-AP: Read Primary Source from Luzena Stanley Wilson, ’49er and answer the 3 questions.

Friday, Sept. 12:

1. Painting Analysis of “American Progress”  painting-analysis-american-progress
2. Discussion on political philosophies: What is a democrat? What is a republican?  democrats-and-republicans
3. Progress Reports Sent Home Today, All progress reports must be signed and returned on Monday, Sept. 15.

Homework: Sept. 3-5

Homework for the week of Sept 2-5:

Wednesday Night: Reading Study Guide 12.1 and 12.2

Thursday Night: (Pre-AP Only): Read story about Andrew Jackson and answer questions.

Friday/over the weekend: (Pre-AP only): 3 paragraph written response to class debate on Andrew Jackson’s legacy.

Manifest Destiny: My Awesome Slideshow :)

Today all US History classes watched this stunning visual and auditory display to kick off our unit on Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion.  Take a look…Students were to consider how much information we can digest and infer from these several photos as compared to a written explanation of Manifest Destiny.  Click on “Manifest Destiny” below to download the slideshow.

 

Manifest Destiny

Geography Unit Complete; Students of the Unit Selected

After 3 weeks of school we have completed our unit on Geography and I have selected 2 students of the unit per class, one boy and one girl each.  Congratulations to:

1st hour: Kaili and Anthony

2nd hour: John and Stephanie

3rd hour: Marco and Hali

4th hour: McKenzy and Basel

6th hour: Patrick and Anna

Great job guys, you are all off to a fantastic start!