4th Quarter, Week 5

Here is the schedule for this week:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. 1st-2nd: VIP reading activity on acquisition of Hawaii and Alaska
3. 3rd, 4th, and 6th: Read and Sketch on acquisition of Hawaii and Alaska

Tuesday:

1. Yellow Journalism: determining fact from fiction in the media

Wednesday:

1. Timeline of the Spanish American War

• Homework for 1st and 2nd hours only: Biography of Jose Martin and Martin Poetry analysis.

Thursday:

1. Notes on the Spanish American War

Friday:

1. Rough Riders

4th Quarter, Week 4

I apologize for the break in updates. AIMS testing is now over, and I have been busy with matters of a more personal nature, so now I am back on track with updates for you. We are really heading into the home stretch of the school year now! Hard to believe! Here is the schedule for the 4th week of the 4th quarter:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. 15 minutes to work on review sheet for Progressive Era
3. Jeopardy Review

• Homework: Review for quiz with handout from today

Tuesday

1. Reform Era Quiz with Clickers

Wednesday (1/2 Day):

1. Begin Imperialism Unit
2. Map of US Imperialist Colonies

Thursday:

1. Notes: 3 reasons for US Expansion Overseas

• Homework: Should the US be an imperialistic nation?  Why or why not?

Friday

1. Imperialism video