My History Homework

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 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 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 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
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Objectives:

Students will demonstrate knowledge of the Declaration of Independence.
Students will discuss the citizenship requirements of United States citizens.

Today, students took a pop quiz over the Declaration of Independence.
Students then answered more questions about the citizenship test they took the week previous.
Finally, students worked on a short writing assignment about their thoughts regarding citizenship in the […]

Objectives:

Students will analyze the textbook.
Students will discuss U.S. citizenship.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of U.S. citizenship.

Today, students took some time to work on a textbook scavenger hunt.
Students then discussed what it means to be a citizen in general, and in the United States.
Finally, students took a model U.S. citizenship test and discussed how well they did.
Homework: […]

Objectives:

Students will analyze important Americans.
Students will discuss important Americans.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the United States.

Today, any other housekeeping items were wrapped up and students turned in half-slips from parents.
Students then took some time to think of the top 5 Americans, in their opinions, from American History.  From there, students had to justify these […]

Welcome to American History!  I’m looking forward to having a great year and getting to know you all better.

Students will discuss expectations.

Today, students took some time to discuss expectations and class procedures for American History.
Students then were given a copy of the 2010syllabus.doc and answered questions firstdayquizah.docabout the syllabus.
Homework:  Have parents look over syllabus and […]

Objectives:

Students will discuss the Little Rock Nine.
Students will assess issues about Civil Rights.

Today, students watched about 30 minutes of the PBS series “Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back.”
The parts they watched dealt with the Little Rock Nine.
Finally, students continued working on the postcard projects they started last class.
Homework:  You will have 10 min. on Monday […]