Miss C 20th Century Studies: October 2007

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Wednesday, October 31st

Happy Halloween!

1. Read Finn Reardon- continue working on character list. We are almost finished so make sure you've gotten anything you might have missed. There will be a test on it next week.
2. Industrial Revolution Test
3. Assignment: Read pages 290-296 and do the Target Reading Skill on pg. 290

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Monday, October 29th

Read Finn Reardon- keep working on character list
Analyzed Labor vs. Monopoly political cartoon- no assignment
Worked on study guide for Wednesday's test- you may use a 3x5 notecard on the test, everything must be handwritten on it and you need to turn it in when you take your test

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Tuesday, October 23rd

2nd Period:
Read Finn Reardon- continue working on character list
Discussed Chapter 6 Section 4
Listened to song "Drill Ye Tarriers" and discussed working conditions/unions
Activity: Timeline of Industrial Revolution

Needs to include events/items related to: major inventions/innovations, legislation, labor unions, and strikes.
Use Chapter 6 for information.
Must have at least 10 events/items on timeline.
For each event/item you must write 2-3 sentences identifying the item and it's significance.
Must include the date for each item.
Due Monday the 29th.

3rd and 4th Periods:
Same as 2nd except we finished the PPT from Friday and didn't listen to the song.

All Classes: Industrial Revolution test has been moved to October 31st.

Industrial Revolution Test Study Guide

Monday, October 22, 2007

Friday, October 19th

Read Finn Reardon- continue working on character list
Industrialization Quiz- see me to arrange a time to make it up
PPT- Labor and the Industrial Revolution
Homework: Read Chapter 6 Section 4 and do questions 1-6 on page 253

Announcement: Industrial Revolution Test on October 29th!!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Wednesday, October 17th

Read Finn Reardon- continued working on character list.
Discussed Gospel of Wealth homework, turned it in.
In-Class Activity: Analyzed Standard Oil Company political cartoon as a class.
Small Group Activity: Analyzed Robber Baron Cartoon and answered questions, turned it in.
Homework: Read Chapter 6 Section 3 and do questions 1-6 on page 246.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Monday, October 15th

Read Finn Reardon- Continued working on character list
Powerpoint presentation - Growth of Big Business
Homework:
Read Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth
Answer 12 questions

Parents:

Welcome to my blog for 20th Century Studies I. I update my blog after each class. My goals are to have students use this site to find out what they missed when absent and to let you know what we are doing in class.

1st Semester is over and all students have a fresh start. Please take the opportunity to discuss this with your student. I want to work on communicating better with you and having them be more successful. We just finished our third unit of the semester, The Great Depression. We our now beginning our last unit, World War II. C level tasks are due June 1st, the B level task is due June 5th, and the A level task is due June 9th. The unit test will be part of the final exam. Final exams begin on June 11th and the schedule is available on the Sprague Website.

All missing work for the 3rd six weeks is due by 3:00 p.m. on June 5th.

Starting with our unit on the Industrial Revolution I began using the Layered Learning style of curriculum. Students will be given a list of tasks and then will choose which tasks they wish to complete. There are 3 levels- C, B, and A. All "C" level tasks must be completed before moving onto the "B" level, which must be completed before moving onto the "A" level. Please read Layered Curriculum Basics for a more detailed explanation.

For those of you who use the In Touch system to track grades I'm trying to make it easier for you to see what has been turned in and what is missing. A '/' means that they have turned it in and a '*' means it is missing. There are no points possible for each individual task since I need to wait until the completion of the unit to compute the unit grade. If you have any questions please let me know.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. You can either email me at connolly_caryn@salkeiz.k12.or.us or call me at 399-3261.

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