| 5/21-5/26 | You have a test Wednesday. Go over your reformers/reform movements and events leading up to the civil war.
5/21 Finish the packet we started in class.
5/22 Study for your test tomorrow, you have had the test review for two weeks
5/23 Your Test. It is password protected, so you will not be able to access it until I give you the word(s). The essay portion is homework. Game for fun
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5/14- 5/18
| 5/14 Review Study Guide and go to this website to interact with
5/15 Science MCAS- History Channel Clip 5/16 Test Review, game day 5/17 Science MCAS- If we have class, we are going to be comparing resources (Supplies, people, artillery, navy, etc.) in the North and South. We will be using this website, worksheet will be handed out in class. 5/18 After student presentations, we are going to do a little review: Video 1 Reforms, Video 2 events leading up to the Civil War, Video 3 John Brown and Harper's Ferry. Extension: Lincoln- Douglas Debate
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| 5/7-5/11 | 5/11 Today in class you will read Events Leading Up to the Civil War use this document to answer the Study Guide questions, you will need to answer the questions on your own paper. Work diligently in class because 1-66 is due on Monday.
If you finish early, study with a table group member, or you may work on your research project (Just gather information about your person/event, I will explain everything further on Monday)
-Work on your Wiki Reform project in Open classroom
-Finish coloring your Free/ Slave State flip book 1789-1861
Extra! Extra! Here are some study aids.
-Here is a timeline to help you visualize events leading up to the civil war
- TEST next Wednesday
Events Leading up to the civil war/ Reform movements you will need to be familiar with 26-31
Pink Monkey Notes "Rise of the Reform Movements"
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| 4/30-5/4 | 4/30 Finish your Study Guide for Wednesday's test!!!
Answer the wrap up Question from the Grrrreat Awakening!!!
5/1 Study for Wednesday's test, make sure you watched last weeks video clips.
5/2 Test
5/3 Review Test
5/4 Watch these short video clips and start on the Abolitionist DBQ
Fredrick Douglass- Fourth of July Speech
Sojourner Truth- Ain't I a Woman
Background on Truth
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4/23-4/28
| Homework: You will be given Main Idea Activities to work on, if you use your time efficiently you should be able to complete these worksheets in your cluster groups and through my interactive lectures. If you do not finish they will roll over into homework.
DBQ PART A due Friday
Industrial Revolution Power Point (Help, not homework)
The Inventors (use with Friday's class handout)--- timeline of the Industrial Revolution.
Monday: 13.1-
The Industrial Revolution
and America
video 1
video 2
Questions of the day:
1. What was produced at the first American factory?
2. How did Eli Whitney's inventions change America?
Here is a good example of what I was looking for:
1. Yarn. It was produced at Samuel
Slater's Mill, founded in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1790. Workers at the
spinning machines lived in company housing and worked for wages paid in credit
at the company store. Cloth itself was not produced at the mill: The yarn was
woven into cloth by independent hand weavers working out of their homes.
2. Eli Whitney was
the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. By
April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that
automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber, a job
that previously had to be done by hand. In 1798, Eli Whitney invented a way to
manufacture muskets by machine so that the parts were interchangeable. Interchangeable parts was a revolutionary
idea developed by Eli Whitney that
meant that for a product, say a gun,
was made from parts that were developed in factories and were exactly the same,
thus INTERCHANGEABLE. That meant that if you broke a piece of it, you wouldn't
have to buy a whole gun, you could just replace the piece. This was an element
of mass production, and a huge part of the Industrial Revolution that
completely changed how things, (guns, wagons, etc) were made. Suddenly, things
that took a long time for a skilled man to make were being produced by the
hundreds or even thousands.
Tuesday: 13.2-
Changes in Working Life
video 3
video 4
Question of the day:
Why did the North and South develop differently?
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the Native Americans?
Wednesday: 13.3-
The Transportation
Revolution
video 5
video 6
Question of the day: What were the two major ethnic groups employed in the building of the first transcontinental railroad?
Thursday: 13.4-
More Technological Advances
video 7
video 8
Question of the day: What made the Colt revolver different from previous handguns?
Extension: Yale University "Industrial Revolution"
Binary Code: Logic Gates watch the full series to help you understand binary code and the different gates that run your computer.
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| 4/9- 4/13 | Homework
12.1 (An Extension to help you with Keynesian Economics Boom and Bust Cycles to help you understand the economic crisis of 1819 and the recent economic crisis)
12.2
12.3
12.4
Your Expansion Project is due on Wednesday the 11th
Extra Extra Read All About it:
REALLY REALLY fun Westward Expansion games.
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| 4/2-4/5 | Homework: This all needs to be done by Thursday, No Homework Thursday night.
Read pg 360-365
Pg 358 Identifying people and Ideas 1-10 and Understanding main ideas 1-7
Work on Expansion Research project: due April 11th
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| 3 /26-3/30 | Homework:
3/26 Jefferson DBQ (Due Wednesday)
3/27 MCAS
3/28 11.3 Main Idea Activity
3/29 11.4 Main Idea Activity
3/30 YOU WILL BE HAVING AN OPEN NOTE ISN TEST. THIS WILL COUNT AS YOUR ISN GRADE.
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| 3-21-12 | Homework: You should not have any homework as I have given you time in class to finish your weekly assignments. I hope you used your time wisely. Go to bed early, eat a good breakfast, and do well on MCAS!!!!
Today in Class: We will be learning about the Duel between Hamilton and Burr. "I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!!! YOU FOOL, YOU FOOL" Packet. We will watch a short clip about the duel and have a discussion about conflict resolution:-D
 Jefferson's Presidency
USI22D D. the Louisiana Purchase
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| 3-20-12 | USI22C The Alien and Sedition Acts |
| 3-19-12 | Homework for this week.
Open classroom forum: Why did the Federalists pass the Alien and Sedition Acts? (You need two posts, one original idea, one peer response. Due by Wednesday)
Monday: Adam's Reading and Questions (3 pages)
Tuesday: 10.5 and 11.1 (Main Idea Activities)
Wednesday: 11.2 (Notes and Main Idea Activity)
Thursday: No Homework MCAS testing (Good LUCK!!!)
UPDATE your ISN
Today in class:
We will be starting on Jon Adams' presidency. We will focus on the XYZ affair and the Alien and Sedition Acts.
USI22C XYZ affair
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| 3-16-12 | Quiz over Chapter 10. Go over notes, your DBQ, definitions, and the Main Idea activities.
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| 3-15-12 | Homework 10.5
Review for Chapter 10 Quiz on Friday
Part B of your DBQ is due today on Open Classroom
Today in class:
We are finishing up with Washington's Presidency and moving into Adam's Presidency. We are also looking at "THE RISE OF POLITICAL PARTIES"
USI.22 B The conflicting ideas of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
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| 3-14-12 | Homework: 10.4
Today in Class:
Get out your DBQ outline.
We will have the computers for you to pre write your DBQ. You will have an opportunity to ask me questions. (These are due tomorrow)
Clarification on Washington's First and Second Term
Then we will go over 10.3
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| 3-13-12 | Homework: 10.3, Your outline is due.
Today in Class:
- Vocabulary presentations
- with your vocabulary group work on a classroom definition
- DBQ outline work (You need to have quotes from the documents as evidence, but make sure you analyze what is being said) Use PEAL format.
- 10.3 Main Idea Activity
USI.22 A The origins of the Federalist and Deomocratic-Republican parties in the 1790s
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| 3-12-12 | Homework: ISN Page 86L "Define, Explain, Draw"
Today in class:
- We will be finishing up the scaffolding DBQ project.
- You will then explain and collaborate with your groups on the document you were in charge of. Share your information, explain to your table groups what you learned from the document and any outside information you already knew.
- You will then be given the "Define, Explain, Draw" activity. You will be presenting this tomorrow.
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| 3-6-12 | After you have finished your test go over the President Washington powerpoint and take notes.
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| 3-5-12 | Here is a link for the Quizlet review. Please review, take practice tests, etc. However; you also need to go over your ISN pages 70 - now. This test is difficult, please study!!! There are 31 multiple choice questions, but you will need to read every question VERY carefully. There are no re-takes on this test.
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| 3-1-12 | Click Here for the quiz after you are finished:
1) quietly study your flashcards
2) fill out ALL of your test review (it is mandatory for class tomorrow/ is also your homework)
3)
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| 2-29-12 | Homework: Post your government letter to open classroom |
| 2-28-12 | Homework: Yellow worksheet (Local Government) |
| 2-27-12 | Homework:
-Work on your letter to a government official, due Wednesday.
-Study for your Test Thursday
Today:
- Town Government Reading
- Town Vs City game
- Whose role is it anyway: Federal, State, or Local
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| 2-17-12 | 1) Quiz Review: Understanding Federal and State Courts
2) Take Quiz here, password will be given in class
3) Work on your letter, test review, or play these games
- Amendments Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 (you will have to know them so you might as well play with them)
- George Washington Rags to Riches
- Famous Court Cases (Difficult, but you can do it:-)
-Rise of Democratic ideas (old material, but still good to review)
4) Enjoy your break!!!
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| 2-16-12 | Oh, how writing a letter seems to be a lost art in the age of, cell phones, email and text messaging. Well my wonderful artists you will be writing a letter to a government official. -You will be researching your topics and starting the writing process today. 
Rubric and Civics Study Guide
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2-15-12
| Homework: If you did not finish 1-5 in class, it is homework.
Today in Class:
Check list procedure. Please work on these activities and move on to the next when finished.
1) Finish Marbury V Madison Judicial DBQ Packet that we started on yesterday (Pink)
2) Use the Computers to study until you ace this quiz.
3)Read The New York Times U.S. Supreme Court.
4) Review Blue Packet, Federal and State Judicial Courts (Quiz your partner)
5) Organize your ISN.
6) EXTENTION: Do you know your Supreme Court Judges? If that one did not work try this one
 QUIZ over the Judicial Branch Friday
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| 2-9-12 | Homework: Study your quiz review
Take this practice quiz, you will thank me after your quiz on Friday. The secret word is: Thompson
 
Today in class: We will be reviewing Citizenship, Voting, and the Legislative Branch for your quiz Friday.
Something New/ I'm testing out: Here are some BASIC "notes" to help you study for your quiz. How a Bill Becomes a Law Legislative Branch
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| 2-8-12 | Please Click Here to hear my instructions for the day. Your quiz review is here. If you do not finish your quiz review in class today, it is homework. Please study and quiz yourself with a partner.
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| 2-7-12 | Homework: Notes for 9.3
Heads Up: You will have a quiz over the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government here is your quiz review.
Who are these men??
 
Today in Class: We will learn about our U.S. Senators and House Representatives. You will go on a Web Quest by finding QR codes throughout the room. These codes will lead you to answers for your worksheet. From your findings you will do a short public service announcement. Click here for the worksheet. Click here for the QR codes.
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2-6-12
| Homework: Notes for 9.2
Today in Class:
-We are going to listen to a Planet Money pod cast on lobbying. You will have guided notes to go along with the podcast.
- You will finish the vocabulary sheet on your "How a Bill Becomes a Law" packet
-as an exit ticket you will have to define the term lobbyist. |
| 2/5/12 | GO PATS! Enjoy the game:-)
Sunday's inspirational quote:
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
~Albert Einstein 
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| 2/4/12 | Saturday's Inspirational quote: Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.
~Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 
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| 2/3/12 | Homework: Write down your favorite Superbowl Commercial and write a paragraph on what makes someone a Patriot (interpret how you will, but I want a solid paragraph) HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, and GO PATS!!!
Today in Class:
WE ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL IN HISTORY CLASS
You will be broken into teams for the Civics Bowl
(Red Patriots, Blue Patriots). Teams will be asked questions based on
our Civic unit.
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| 2/2/12 | Homework: Make questions for CIVICS BOWL from 9.1 and 9.2
Today in Class:
You will learn how a Bill becomes a Law. You will be given a pre-test and a collaborative post-test then a test on your own. These will help me to track your progress, but they will also help you to know what you should study for your actual Civic test.
You should be able to say: " I am able to describe the purpose and functions of the federal government, specifically how bills becomes laws in the Legislative branch."
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| 1/31/12 | Homework: Section 9.1 in the book. Pg 260-265
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| 1/24/12 | REVISED assignment due Friday 1/27/12: Write one paragraph contrasting Communism and Capitalism or one paragraph contrasting and Oligarchy and a Republic. Submit in Open Classroom |
1/24/12
| Homework: Work on your amendment project (Due Friday)
EXTRA CREDIT!!! Play State of the Union Bingo tonight @ 9pm. Have your parents sign the bingo card that you have watched. Here is the Bingo card. Print the card out:-D
You should be able to say: " I am able to describe the purpose and functions of the federal government's Executive Branch."
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1/23/12
| I am not assigning homework for tonight. Happy Chinese New Year.
Year of the Water Dragon!
However, if you need to finish your contrasting paragraph, please do so.
In Class Today:
-Three Branches, One Government. Group Game.
-Checks and balances game
- Branches of Government game
You should be able to say: " I am able to describe the purpose and functions of the federal government's Executive Branch."
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| 1/20/12 CONTINUED | Homework: IT IS PROJECT TIME
Creatively illustrate and display these amendments in a creative graphic organizer due Friday 1/27/12 (we will be working on this in class on Tuesday and Wednesday)
Today in class:
-You will be watching a guided video Democracy vs. Republic. You will learn that we are a Federal Republic or Constitutional Republic that has strong democratic traditions. .
-We will play the game $25,000 pyramid in partners
-You will receive your test back and we will go over answers if there is time
USI.13 Explain why the United States government is classified as a democratic government. (H, C)
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1/20/12
| WHY WHAT YOU LEARN IN THIS CLASS MATTERS: On Wednesday 1-18-12 many websites shared their concerns about SOPA and PIPA. Wikipedia (your favorite website) even "shut down" for the day in protest. Google sported the slogan "Stop Censorship" on its websites and even blacked out its name on the webpage.
We are starting to learn about Bills and how our government works. Take a look at these two bills and post your feelings on Open Classroom Forum named SOPA/PIPA. I want educated arguments not just I agree or disagree.
 "Imagine a World without Free Knowledge"
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| 1/19/12 | Homework: WE DID NOT GET TO THIS TODAY BECAUSE OF MATH COUNTS IT WILL BE DUE Monday 1/22/12 CONGRATULATIONS ROSHAN, RICHARD, SEAN, AND ZACH In class today you learned about different forms of government. In English you are Reading Animal Farm and learning about Communism. Your homework is to write one paragraphs. Write one paragraph contrasting Communism and Capitalism or one paragraph contrasting and Oligarchy and a Republic.
The United States government (Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition)
*Federal Republic- A form of government made up of a federal state with a constitution and self-governing subunits. Example: The United States of America is a federal republic on the continent of North America.
If you need assistance on forms of government please go to the CIA World Fact book.
In Class Today:
Government Scavenger Hunt.
Use the iPad Scan App to locate QR codes around the room. When you scan the QR code you will be taken to a video or web page teaching you about a specific type of government. Using the information you find fill out the worksheet with your definition of what each government is.
USI.12 Explain and provide examples of different forms of government, including democracy, monarchy, oligarchy, theocracy, and autocracy. |
1/18/12
| Homework:
Your ISN is due tomorrow. Please see Rubric and ask me questions if you have any.
In Class Today:
1) Video on the Founding Fathers
2) Go over the graded tests from yesterday
USI.7 Explain the roles of various founders at the Constitutional Convention
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| 1/10/12 | Homework:
Work on and study your Test REVIEW, read through your notes on 8.4
In Class Today:
1) 8.4 Check in
2) Federalists vs. Anti Federalists
3) Group Activity
4) Work on Test Review |
| 1/9/12 | You will have a test on 1-17-12 here is your TEST REVIEW
In Class Today:
-We will continue our notes on compromise
- Anti-Federalists vs Federalists
Homework: read and take notes on 8.4. Come to class ready for a reading check
USI.8 Describe the debate over the ratification of the Constitution between Federalist and Anti-Federalists and explain the key ideas contained in the Federalist Papers
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| 1/6/12 | In Class:
- Class Venn Diagram on the Virginia and New Jersey plans
- Class discussion. What is Compromise?
- The Great Connecticut Compromise
Further explanation
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Do you feel reaching an agreement on the Constitution was worth the compromise on slavery? Defend your answer. Write on Ning as your delegate and we will have a class discussion you your personal thoughts.
Homework: Have a safe and fun weekend. You do not "technically" have homework, but if you need to work on your ning that is what you should do:-D
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| 1/5/12 | In Class:
-You will take a pre-quiz with a partner on Open Classroom. You can research the answers (hint: you will see these questions again, please make sure you commit them to memory).
- Using Ning you will identify the strengths and weaknesses of the New Jersey plan. Post what your delegate might be thinking (based on your research of your delegates stance)
- compare the Virginia plan vs. New Jersey plan using the graphic organizer provided in class, working in groups.
- when you finish you can now play on the site Congress for Kids
Homework: If you have not already done so, you need to post a Blog about your delegate on Ning.
If you did not finish in-class work that is now homework.
( Remember Ning is a test grade, you want to provide as much information and communication as possible. DO NOT just copy and paste information from the web, interact with your peers in this on line community)
 I will be closing the Virginia plan forum on Friday to grade your responses, please make sure you have adequately conveyed your delegates feelings about the Virginia plan
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| 1/4/12 | In Class Today: We worked on your Ning accounts updating delegate profiles. You learned about the Virginia Plan and researched how your delegate felt about the plan. Need Help? Click
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| 1/3/12 | HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope you all enjoyed your break and I am happy that school is starting up again. We have some fun activities in store.
In class today- you will use the iPads to set up your ning account and input your delegate (at the constitutional convention) information. You will interact with other delegates based on what your delegate would have thought (do not put own opinions into ning). I will be monitoring the conversations, via George Washington. The date you will start Ning on is May 14, 1787. Where were you (Delegate), what was your state going through. what were some struggles going on in your area? This is an interactive way to learn about our founding fathers. Get into character folks
Homework:
1.Finish your character development. thompsonhistory.ning.com
The date you will start Ning on is May 14, 1787. Where were you (Delegate)? What was your state going through in this time period? What are some personal things about you?Were you at the Annapolis Convention? Does your state like the Articles of Confederation? Did your delegate help write their states constitution? What does your delegates sate constitution state (do NOT copy paste, just paraphrase the highlights)? I know this looks like a lot, but you should have researched your delegate before the break.
2. You will need to go to Open Classroom and respond to comments made about your post. ("What are some factors that one must consider when making a government?) This is a time where you can put your personal feelings on government. (Remember research what you are saying, it is important that you do not go on assumptions )
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