My History Homework

Objectives:

Students will demonstrate knowledge of The Silence.
Students will discuss interpretations of the unit, “Who Shot William Robinson.”
Students will demonstrate knowledge of American History.

Today, students took a short five question quiz over the reading The Silence.
Students then discussed interpretations of the unit over Who Shot William Robinson and learned what historians came up with for alternate […]

Objectives:

Students will discuss the Bill of Rights.
Students will review knowledge related to the U.S. beginnings.

Students were given ~35 minutes to finalize their Bill of Rights activity.
Students discussed their assignment about the Bill of Rights.
Students were then given back their last quiz and discussed the format of next week’s test.
Homework: STUDY!!

Objectives:

Students will discuss documents related to William Robinson’s murder.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of this trial.

Today, students “taught” their document assigned to them last Thursday and Friday to other people and filled in the following document whathappenedaccordingtowhom.doc as they worked.
Students briefly discussed their documents as a large group.
Students then wrote essays about the following topic.  “Analyze […]

 
Objectives:

Students will discuss the work it took to write the Constitution.
Students will review pop quizzes.
Students will analyze the Bill of Rights.

Today, students finished taking notes  about the drafting and ratifying of the Constitution at the convention in Philadelphia.  The instructions were distributed constconvent.docand links were given on School Loop.  Textbooks were also appropriate for this […]

Objectives:

Students will discuss their group document.
Students will assess their document for OPVL.

Today, students took a little time to review their assigned document.
Students then got into groups and answered questions related to their particular document.
Finally, students were shown their homework assignment for the end of the week, emailed to them last Friday.
Homework:  Read “The Silence” loopmailed […]

Objectives:

Students will discuss Shays’ Rebellion and its importance.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the beginnings of America.
Students will discuss the details of the Constitution.

Today, students discussed Shays’ Rebellion and explained why this event was so important in our country’s history.
Students took a quiz over our country’s beginnings.
Students bookmarked a few links on their laptops for future […]

Objectives:

Students will assess eyewitness testimony.
Students will discuss the origin, purpose, value, and limitation of documents.
Students will determine the facts of a court case.

Today, students discussed and watched a few video clips related to eyewitness testimony and where to look up historical documents.
Students then discussed what it means to assess a document for its origin, purpose, […]

Objectives:

Students will discuss the positives and minuses of the first U.S. government.
Students will interpret the Northwest Land Ordinance.
Students will analyze Shays’ Rebellion.

Today, students began reviewing the Revolutionary War by playing a game and answering questions about it.
Students then took PowerPoint notes over the first United States government, the Articles of Confederation.
Students read about and discussed […]

Objectives:

Students will discuss our country’s beginnings.
Students will review the Revolutionary war.

Today, students got back their quizzes and went over them at the start of class.
Students then wrapped up our discussion of naturalization requirements.
Students discussed their memories from the early history of the United States and took brief notes over a PowerPoint presentation.
Homework:  Read Chapter 5.1
Windows […]

Objectives:

Students will analyze what happens to new, relevant information.
Students will discuss the role inferences play in making decisions related to history.
Students will examine what historians would determine about them.

Today, students took time to talk about what they believe happens to relevant historical information when discovered.
Students then took some brief notes and engaged in discussion related […]