3rd Quarter Week 4

This is the last week of the Reconstruction era so we will move onto immigration and industrialization next week…I’m looking forward to it! 🙂

Monday:

1. I will have a sub as I am in meetings today
2. Students will watch the movie “The Day Lincoln Was Shot”

Tuesday:

1. Finish movie and discuss the implications and consequences of Lincoln’s death regarding the fate of America

• Get Progress Report Signed
• Pre-AP only: Written response to value of historical film

 

Wednesday:

1. Review the stations we worked on last week

• Homework: Written response to question about President Grant and the KKK

Thursday

1. Review Reconstruction

Friday

1. Quiz on Reconstruction

3rd Quarter, Week 3

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day everybody.  We are having a good time learning about many of the details and aspects of the Civil War by watching it come to life in “Glory” right now.  We started it last week and will finish it this week.  Made 20 years ago it is still a powerful, moving, and inspirational movie, which Denzel Washington won the Oscar for best actor in a supporting role. 

Students had homework last friday to answer 5 questions about what we had seen in “Glory” so far and it is due Tuesday.

Here is what is happening this week:

Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, have a good day off

Tuesday:

1. New Warm Ups
2.  “Glory”

• Homework: Written Response to Glory

Wednesday: Begin Reconstruction:

1. 1st and 2nd Hour: VIP (Very Important Point Readding Exercise).
2. 3-6th: Notes 
3. Lego Model

Thursday:

1. History Challenge:  Reconstruction

Friday:

1. Review Stations
2. Vocabulary Game

And We Have A Winner!

The 2nd Annual Deer Valley Middle School Geogrpahy Bee was held on January 15, 2009.  We had 14 competitors and went through all 7 preliminary rounds to get down to 2 finalists.  Our two finalists were Dejan U. and Nicky B.  In the Final Round the score was tied after two questions and Nicky became our school winner on the third Final Round Question.   Congratulations Nicky!  All of our competitors put a lot of time and effort into preparing and I commend them for all of their hard work!

3rd Quarter, Week 2

Hi Everybody, here is the schedule for this week below:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. Chapter 17 Vocab and Review Questions

Tuesday:

1. Complete Conflict and War Chart
2. Compare and Contrast Generals Lee and Grant

Wednesday (Half Day)

1. Organize binders
2. Quiz retake for all students

Thursday:

1. Begin Glory

Friday:

1. Continue Glory

• Homework: 3 Questions about Glory

Happy New Year! Let’s Get Back To Work!

Welcome back after what to me felt like a really long break!  I’m excited to start a new semester and get rolling with some new material once we finish the Civil War!  But that won’t be for a couple of more weeks : )  So here is the schedule for this week:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups: 3rd Quarter Week 1
2. Class Goals for the New Semester
3. Notes:  Chapter 17 Section 1

Tuesday:

1. Reading Comprehension on Chapter 17 section 3 “The North Wins” (Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman’s March to the Sea and Lee’s Surrender).
2. 1st and 2nd Hours: Discussion of and example of a good DBQ response to our latest Document Based Question

• Homework: Handout
• Pre-AP: Finish DBQ Final Draft

Wednesday:

1. Working in small groups to create a unique and attractive timeline of the war

Thursday:

1. Finish Timelines and present them
2. Finish Conflict and War Chart as a class

• Homework: Chapter 17 review

Friday:

1. Review Games
2. Quiz