Transcript Early America- The Story of How America Grew

Covers Early Presidents and the Manifest Destiny
EARLY AMERICA- THE STORY OF HOW
AMERICA GREW
WED, 1/20
New Seats
 Achieve
 Intro to Project- Students will be teaching their
classmates about one of the 15 topics
available. Students will sign up based on topic,
and will not know if they have a partner or not
until after.
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THURSDAY, 1/21
Review where links are and what we are doing.
 Students work independently and silently until
the last 20 mins of class. At that time they can
meet with their partners to collaborate.
 Remind students this is a 96pt project so time
is of the essence. They will get all of Friday to
complete research too.
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FRIDAY, 1/22
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Students were to complete research, but we
had a snow day.
WEDNESDAY, 1/27
Write down your homework (see back board)
 Answer the following on your own paper:
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 What
does Manifest Destiny mean?
STEP 1 OF CLASS
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Introduce the discussion session by showing a
short video clip introduction: "Gone West Manifest Destiny".
Then play the atlas animation "Growth of a
Nation" Briefly review the map animation by
asking students to name the major events that
occurred during the period 1820 - 1860.
STEP 2
Ask students to imagine how they might have
felt if they were a white settler, a slave, an
abolitionist, a Native American, a Mexican.
Provide a couple of minutes of wait time to let
this "sink in.
 Have students share with their new elbow
buddy when asked by teacher to do so
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STEP 3
Remind students that today is the last day of
the research of the project.
 Remind them that they really want to focus on
why their event happened and how it affected
the nation politically, economically, and socially.
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THURSDAY, 1/28
Write down your homework (see back board)
 Warm-up:
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 What
people supported or believed in Manifest
Destiny?
 Who benefitted most from westward expansion?
 Who suffered the most as a result of westward
expansion?
 Think
about yesterdays warm-up and your research.
HOW TO USE PIKTOCHART
Before letting the kids loose to work with their
partners on the piktochart, you will pull it up on
the front board and show they how to use it.
Show examples from the past which are based
on Presidents FDR and Lincoln.
 http://piktochart.com/ will have students start
up for free.
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AS YOU ARE WORKING ON YOUR PIKTOCHART…
I will be coming around to check and make sure
that your project outline is completed. This
must be completed in order to move forward.
 Presentations begin Friday.
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FRIDAY, 1/29
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Warm-up: Log-on to Achieve 3000 and
complete the followingStory of the States
 Big Troubles Lead to Big Changes
 Missing Achieves or next week’s Achieves

Write down homework on the back board
 I will meet with students who have tested out of
Achieve to talk about the Conspiracy Theory
Paper.
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AFTER ACHIEVE TIME…
Students will work on their piktochart project .
 I will be walking around helping groups that
raise their hand and ask for help.
 While waiting for me to come over to help you,
see if you and your partner can figure it out
without me.
 Reminder- Presentations begin Friday; it’s
worth 96 pts
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MONDAY, 2/1
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Warm-up: Put the following events in order
Declaration of Independence
 Civil War
 Gold Rush
 John Quincey Adams’ Presidency
 American Revolution
 Andrew Jackson’s Presidency
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New Song Time!!!- Show they the Westward
Expansion parodies. This is to help all with
understanding how all the projects will fit with
each other.
 Write down homework (back Board)
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PIKTOCHART TIME!!!
Today we will continue with presentations.
Thank you to everyone who shared their project
with me. It has made it easier to grade the
product portion of the grade.
 Please get out 3 sheets of your own paper and
divide it into 8ths. The 1st column is for causes
and the 2nd column is for effects.
 Review audience expectations
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TUESDAY, 2/2
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Warm-up: Everyone who did not present, pull
up your project on one of the computers.
 Answer-
Which project have you liked the best?
 Share with elbow buddy what you learned.
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Write down homework (see back wall)
PIKTOCHART TIME!!!
Today we will continue with presentations.
Thank you to everyone who shared their project
with me. It has made it easier to grade the
product portion of the grade.
 Please get out 3 sheets of your own paper and
divide it into 8ths. The 1st column is for causes
and the 2nd column is for effects.
 Review audience expectations
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WEDNESDAY, 2/3
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Warm-up:
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How does this picture
embody the idea of
Manifest Destiny? How
do you know? List 3
examples/references to
the painting.
Write down your
homework:
 Achieves
 Take
home test
FINISH PRESENTATIONS
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Get out your notes sheets. These will be
collected tomorrow when you turn in your take
home test.
THURSDAY, 2/4
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Warm-up:
 What
events from the presentations will lead to the
Civil War?
Get out your take home test. No test? Show me
your agenda! You will be back at Silent Lunch.
 Homework: Achieves and Progress Reports due
Friday. Finish Vocabulary Notes.
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ACHIEVE TIME (40 MINS)
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We will work on the following articles:
New States, New Troubles
 Remembering Dred Scott
 Next Week’s Articles or Ones of your choice
afterwards
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Those of you doing the Conspiracy Theory
Paper, I will need a minimum of 4 source cards
by next Friday
UNIT 7- CIVIL WAR VOCAB ON QUIZLET
Go to quizlet.com
 Search Quizlet- Farley 2 this will be under the
classes tab
 Click on Unit 7- Sectionalism, Civil War, and
Reconstruction.
 Fill in the missing definitions
 Whatever you don’t finish in class is homework.
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FRIDAY, 2/5
Turn in Warm-up sheets.
 Get out vocab
 Log-on to Achieve 3000- we will be on Achieve
for 40 mins
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 If
you get done this week’s achieves, select ones
you want to do.
CLEAR YOUR DESK OF EVERYTHING BUT A
PEN/PENCIL
Review Audience Etiquette.
 Students will watch America The Story of Us:
Division to show how the Manifest Destiny does
impact and lead into the Civil War.
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REDO
There is no talking!!!
 Talking = a 4x4
 Stay on Task.
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MONDAY, 2/8 WARM- UP: THE CIVIL WAR
1.
2.
3.
Define Nationalism
Define Sectionalism
Use your textbook to assist you.
Homework: Achieve articles and Trans-Atlantic
Slave Trade Math
WARM- UP: THE CIVIL WAR
NUMBER YOU PAPER 1-6 AND ANSWER ALL
QUESTIONS.
1.
2.
Define Nationalism- loyalty to the nation
Define sectionalism – loyalty to a region
instead of the nation. Example: North or South
THIS WEEK WE WILL….
Review key vocabulary terms
 Reexamine slavery in the US
 Identify the major issues in society that were
reasons start of the Civil War
 Essential Questions for the week:
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 What
were the reasons that the North and South
entered this conflict?
 By 1860, why were the nation’s leaders unable to
keep the Union together?
GET OUT YOUR MOVIE GUIDE
We are going to finish the Division section of
America the Story of Us in order to make the
connection that the events we covered with our
Westward Expansion projects blend into the
causes of the Civil War.
 Turn in your movie guide afterwards so we can
get credit.
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TUESDAY, 2/9
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Warm-up:
 Turn
to pg 500 in the textbook. Answer questions a
and b under Map Masters: Election of 1860.
 Page 503, #2- What was the South’s reaction to
Lincoln’s election? How did Lincoln try to reassure
the South?
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Write down your homework: Achieves due
Friday, Brianpop if not completed in class.
GET OUT LAST NIGHT’S HOMEWORK
Do trade and Grade.
 No homework: Show me your agenda.
 If charts/answers are incorrect just mark an x.
leave it alone if it is correct.
 Total is out of 31 points
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SLAVERY AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
How did the slave trade change over from the
Colonial Era to the 1860s?
 When did the abolitionist movement begin?
 What is the Underground Railroad?
 All of these we will answer using brain-pop.
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Login and password are leecs
This is homework if it is not finished in class.
 Q2 Benchmark Review on Study Island if you get
done early
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WEDNESDAY, 2/10
Warm-up: Use your textbook to answer the
following.
1. Name the two sides that fought during the
Civil War.
2. Who was the general for the North?
3. Who was the general for the South?
4. Who was the President during the Civil War?
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WARM-UP ANSWERS
1.
2.
3.
4.
Name the two sides that fought during the
Civil War. North (Union) & South (Confederacy)
Who was the general for the North? U.S. Grant
Who was the general for the South? Robert E.
Lee
Who was the President during the Civil War?
President Lincoln
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
http://www.slideshare.net/msdean28/causesof-the-civil-war-sectionalism-states-rights
 We will be doing Cornell Notes on the Causes of
the Civil War.
 Essential Questions:
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 1.
What were the reasons that the North and South
entered this conflict?
 2. By 1860, why were the nation’s leaders unable
to keep the Union together?
THURSDAY, 2/11 AND FRIDAY, 2/12
Today is Benchmark day!
 Please write down benchmark for your warm-up
 Log-on to quia.com
 Test to take- (8th grade) Social Studies
Benchmark
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 Secret
word is rockets
Achieve 3000, or missing work when done. All
articles for the quarter are unlocked.
 Talking = a 4x4, and misadministration for the
entire class
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MONDAY,2/15- WARM-UPS
1. Transportation: ___________ as Slaves : South
2. Which
set of graphics correctly lists the political and
military leaders of the Civil War?
Union
President: Abraham Lincoln
Major General: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate
President: John C. Calhoun
Major General: Zachary Calhoun
Union
President: Abraham Lincoln
Major General: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate
President: Jefferson Davis
Major General: Robert E. Lee
Write down your homework: See back wall
SWITCH TO SUMMARY OF THE CIVIL WAR
I have a separate power-point on the Summary of
the Civil War which students will take Cornell
Notes from.
 Essential Questions:

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the
North and South during this conflict?
 What were its political, social, and economic
ramifications of the Civil War?
 What events led to a Union victory?
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TUESDAY, 2/16
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Warm-up:
 Name
any Civil War Battle you have ever heard of
and explain why that battle was important.
Homework: Create questions, highlight key
terms, and do summary section.
 Today we will finish our notes on the Civil War.
This time we will be focusing on the Battles of
the war.
 Switch to Summary of the Civil War pwpt.
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WEDNESDAY, 2/17
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Warm-up: Weekly 5 on quia. Timed at 10 mins
Weekly5: Civil War
 Review the Weekly 5 when all students have
completed the task.
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AFTER WE REVIEW THE WEEKLY 5
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Log-on to Achieve 3000.
Please open

Westward Expansion: A Ship that Changed History
What vocabulary do you think will be in this article?
 Predict what will the article be about.
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After we’ve review these questions,
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Finish the article on your own, then complete
Words by Wire
The Rush for Riches
Missing Achieves, Future Achieves, or Your Pick when done
Make sure to record your 1st try score, and to tell me
how the articles has related to past or present units
THE WAR ENDS

Show a video on the surrender
at Appomattox Court House.
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After the video, have the
students look at 2 pictures of
the surrender and have them
fill in speech bubbles for what
some of the people might be
saying.
Finally, show a video of
Lincoln’s assassination and
discuss how this might have
changed the course of history
and how this would affect the
US going forward.
THURSDAY, 2/18
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Warm-up:
1. What does the tree symbolize?
2. Who is the man in the tree?
3. How does this cartoon ….
Need to finish question with
Kasey’s help.
ACHIEVE 3000

Achieve 3000- 20 mins
 Westward
Expansion: A Ship that Changed History
 Words by Wire
 The Rush for Riches
 Missing Achieves, Future Achieves, or Your Pick
when done
 Make sure to record your 1st try score, and to tell
me how the articles has related to past or present
units.
AMERICA THE STORY OF US- CIVIL WAR
Review SLANT
 Preview movie guide.
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FRIDAY, 2/19/16
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Warm-up:
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Following the Civil War, Southern states passed laws
severely restricting the rights of African-Americans.
These laws varied from state to state and included
the prohibiting of interracial marriages and
restrictions on land ownership. These laws served as
a way for white Southerners to control the recently
freed African Americans. These laws were known as
_____.
 Hint
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this is a vocab term.
Finish Civil War episode of America the Story of
Us
MONDAY, 2/22/16
Warm-up:
 Begin Reconstruction test by Friday the 26th
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