By admin on Aug 31, 2009 in What's New, American History | 0 Comments
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 then spent some time taking notes over a PowerPoint […]
By admin on Aug 29, 2009 in What's New, American History | 0 Comments
Objectives:
Students will interpret writing prompts.
Students will discuss the Bill of Rights.
Students will review knowledge related to the U.S. beginnings.
Today, students were introduced to various writing prompts that they will continue to see over their high school and college years. These prompts were discusssed and elaborated on.
Students discussed their assignment about the Bill of Rights.
Any time […]
By admin on Aug 27, 2009 in What's New, American History | 0 Comments
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 took PowerPoint notes over the first United States government, the Articles of Confederation.
Students read about and discussed the Northwest Land Ordinance, the biggest benefit of the A.C.
Students got into groups of 2 […]
By admin on Aug 25, 2009 in What's New, American History | 0 Comments
Objectives:
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the Declaration of Independence.
Students will discuss our country’s beginnings.
Students will review the Revolutionary war.
Today students took a quiz over the details of the Declaration of Independence.
Students then finished up their citizenship test.
Students discussed their memories from the early history of the United States and took brief notes over a PowerPoint […]
By admin on Aug 21, 2009 in What's New, American History | 0 Comments
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: […]
By admin on Aug 19, 2009 in What's New, American History | 0 Comments
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 people- […]
By admin on Aug 17, 2009 in What's New, American History | 0 Comments
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 syllabus2009-ah-syllabus.doc and answered questions 090817firstdayquizah.docabout the syllabus.
Homework: Have parents look over syllabus and […]