Monday, October 19
- Students will take notes on Unit Two, discussions based on Industrial Revolution, labor unions, and railroads
- LO (learning objective) - note-taking skills, organization of ideas
- LG (learning goal) - origins of ideas about labor, unions, Ind. Revolution
- Do Now - students attempt to define new wall words
- Activities - students take notes as we discuss topics
- DOK (depth of knowledge) levels 1-3
Tuesday, October 20
- Students will complete bookwork assignment (green book) - involving William Jennings Bryan and populism
- LO - research and analysis, organization of ideas
- LG - students understanding of populism
- Do Now - students research definitions
- Activities - bookwork (pp. 180-210)
- DOK - levels 1-3
Wednesday, Oct. 21
- students watch and take notes = YouTube video on John D. Rockefeller and "Robber Barons"
- LO - understanding main idea(s) and paying attention to details in video
- LG - discovering information on new term "Robber Barons", and who that was referring to
- Do Now - students put wall words into sentences
- DOK - levels 1,2
Thursday, Oct. 22
- students watch clips from film "Far and Away"
- LO - students transfer information from screen to discussing ideas from Unit 2
- LG - students visualize information about immigration, early urban life, railroad
work, and westward expansion on film
- Do Now - students create a picture relating to one of the terms in action
- Activities - students watch film and will discuss Unit 2 ideas when we stop
- DOK - levels 1-3
Friday, Oct. 23
- students complete extra credit word-searches on terms already covered and terms coming up
- LO - students practice word recognition
- LG - students get to visualize upcoming terms, and reinforce those already covered
- Do Now - students discuss with partner wall word difficulties
- Activities - students complete extra credit activities by end of hour
- DOK - levels 1,2
Monday, Oct. 26
- students will finish clips from film "Far and Away"
- LO - students transfer information from screen to paper
- LG - students visualize immigration, early urban life, railroad work, and
westward expansion in film
- Do Now - students attempt to define new wall words
- Activities - discussion of Unit 2 ideas when clip(s) are over
- DOK - levels 1,2
Tuesday, Oct. 27
- students will take notes on Unit 2 and business principles
- LO - students learn note-taking skills and organization of ideas
- LG - students will learn concepts relating to marketing, dept. stores,
and early economic terms
- Do Now - students retrieve definitions for wall words
- Activities - students write notes down from Promethean Board
- DOK - levels 1-3
Wednesday, Oct. 28
- students complete short quiz on information covered so far in Unit 2, then complete work from text
- LO - presentation of knowledge; research and analysis, organization of ideas
- LG - students understand concepts relating to railroads and unions
- Do Now - students put wall words into sentences
- Activities - quiz, then research in texts
- DOK - levels 1-3
Thursday, Oct. 29
- students will finish work from Wednesday
- LO - research and analysis, organization of ideas
- LG - students understand concepts relating to unions and railroads
- Do Now - students draw a picture of one of the concepts in action
- Activities - text driven research
- DOK - levels 1-3
Friday, Oct.30
- Half Day for students = students will complete a current event assignment relating to items in the news - using
N.Y. Times' 'Upfront' magazines
- LO - discussion of news items and their relation to their lives and what we are covering
- LG - to understand the Ebola crisis, and other events effecting America
- Do Now - students discuss with a partner the most confusing wall word - and why
- Activities - students take facts/notes from Upfront magazines
- DOK - levels 1-3
- Students will take notes on Unit Two, discussions based on Industrial Revolution, labor unions, and railroads
- LO (learning objective) - note-taking skills, organization of ideas
- LG (learning goal) - origins of ideas about labor, unions, Ind. Revolution
- Do Now - students attempt to define new wall words
- Activities - students take notes as we discuss topics
- DOK (depth of knowledge) levels 1-3
Tuesday, October 20
- Students will complete bookwork assignment (green book) - involving William Jennings Bryan and populism
- LO - research and analysis, organization of ideas
- LG - students understanding of populism
- Do Now - students research definitions
- Activities - bookwork (pp. 180-210)
- DOK - levels 1-3
Wednesday, Oct. 21
- students watch and take notes = YouTube video on John D. Rockefeller and "Robber Barons"
- LO - understanding main idea(s) and paying attention to details in video
- LG - discovering information on new term "Robber Barons", and who that was referring to
- Do Now - students put wall words into sentences
- DOK - levels 1,2
Thursday, Oct. 22
- students watch clips from film "Far and Away"
- LO - students transfer information from screen to discussing ideas from Unit 2
- LG - students visualize information about immigration, early urban life, railroad
work, and westward expansion on film
- Do Now - students create a picture relating to one of the terms in action
- Activities - students watch film and will discuss Unit 2 ideas when we stop
- DOK - levels 1-3
Friday, Oct. 23
- students complete extra credit word-searches on terms already covered and terms coming up
- LO - students practice word recognition
- LG - students get to visualize upcoming terms, and reinforce those already covered
- Do Now - students discuss with partner wall word difficulties
- Activities - students complete extra credit activities by end of hour
- DOK - levels 1,2
Monday, Oct. 26
- students will finish clips from film "Far and Away"
- LO - students transfer information from screen to paper
- LG - students visualize immigration, early urban life, railroad work, and
westward expansion in film
- Do Now - students attempt to define new wall words
- Activities - discussion of Unit 2 ideas when clip(s) are over
- DOK - levels 1,2
Tuesday, Oct. 27
- students will take notes on Unit 2 and business principles
- LO - students learn note-taking skills and organization of ideas
- LG - students will learn concepts relating to marketing, dept. stores,
and early economic terms
- Do Now - students retrieve definitions for wall words
- Activities - students write notes down from Promethean Board
- DOK - levels 1-3
Wednesday, Oct. 28
- students complete short quiz on information covered so far in Unit 2, then complete work from text
- LO - presentation of knowledge; research and analysis, organization of ideas
- LG - students understand concepts relating to railroads and unions
- Do Now - students put wall words into sentences
- Activities - quiz, then research in texts
- DOK - levels 1-3
Thursday, Oct. 29
- students will finish work from Wednesday
- LO - research and analysis, organization of ideas
- LG - students understand concepts relating to unions and railroads
- Do Now - students draw a picture of one of the concepts in action
- Activities - text driven research
- DOK - levels 1-3
Friday, Oct.30
- Half Day for students = students will complete a current event assignment relating to items in the news - using
N.Y. Times' 'Upfront' magazines
- LO - discussion of news items and their relation to their lives and what we are covering
- LG - to understand the Ebola crisis, and other events effecting America
- Do Now - students discuss with a partner the most confusing wall word - and why
- Activities - students take facts/notes from Upfront magazines
- DOK - levels 1-3