Friday, January 26, 2018


 

Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: January 29, 2018

Week: 24

M
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 47, 48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC32P7R-h9k&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe&index=47
1. Show "Unemployment & GDP" stats in my documents
2. New Deal video clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Pls1Xc3bw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsw4B1PWZLQ
3. Tax lesson (show my paycheck & analyze deductions; minimum wages; cost of education) -- income based upon education levels:
https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2014/data-on-display/education-still-pays.htm3. government revenue & expenditures
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/
-- Objective: comprehend taxes & government expenses of today
 
T
 
1. Go over national debt, how it affects us. Show debt clock:
http://www.usadebtclock.com/
2. Show what $1 trillion looks like:
http://usdebt.kleptocracy.us/
3. Show debt by president graph:
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/02/dueling-debt-deceptions/
4. Pass out chapter 14, 15 notes & discuss
-- Objective: comprehend details of the 1930s Great Depression
 
W
 
1. Cover Eleanor Roosevelt question from test; watch video clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCmMuV-euJg
2. Great Depression quiz (excluding the New Deal)
3. Watch clip of Cinderella Man
-- Objective: examine and interpret the Depression through a real-life example.
 
Th
 
1. Watch second clip of Cinderella Man
2. Journal entry #1: list Braddock's 3 biggest challenges & 1 ¶ on the biggest challenge and why
-- Objective: examine and interpret the Depression through a real-life example.
 
F
1. Discuss journal entry #1
2. Another clip of Cinderella Man
3. Journal entry #2: Why did Braddock return his relief money & how does this mirror the Depression?
-- Objective: examine and interpret the Depression through a real-life example.
 

Friday, January 19, 2018


Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: January 22, 2018

Week: 23

                                                Description

 

M
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 45, 46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXl8XKfZ-8&index=45&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe
1. Finish going over/watching clips of the rest of the disasters
2. Disasters quiz Tuesday
-- objective: explain disasters & analyze lessons learned.
 
T
 
1. Disasters quiz
2. Notes over Sacco and Vanzetti trial
3. -- show video clip of Vladimir Lenin's body:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT18WnYoxzY
4. Possibly begin Depression letter & picture activities
-- objective: explain many 20th-21st century disasters
 
W
 
1. Depression letter & picture activities (letter & picture analysis)... Chapter 22-24 file
-- objective: analyze primary sources to understand Great Depression effects
 
Th
 
1. "Anyone, Anyone" video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiCFdWeQfA
2. Finish Depression letter activity... put it on screen
*analyze photographs using projector (use Depression photographs
    PowerPoint) & share letters
- objective: analyze primary sources to understand Great Depression effects
 
F
 
1.  Handout of Great Depression Causes notes/discuss
*see the stock market crash graph in My Documents
*give time to look up terms at the bottom of the notes
2. Discussion of the FDIC, show 60 Minutes: "Your Bank Has Failed" -- 13 minutes long
-- Objective: explain how the FDIC works
 

Thursday, January 11, 2018


Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: January 16, 2018

Week: 22

 

 

 
Description
M
 
 
MLK Day... no school
T
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 43, 44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJ0H5laBm4&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe&index=43
1. Continue Disasters presentations
-- Students take notes on main points for quiz at conclusion. --
objective: examine disasters & explain lessons learned.
 
W
 
1. Continue Disasters presentations
-- Students take notes on main points for quiz at conclusion. --
2. 1920s quiz #16
 objective: examine disasters & explain lessons learned.
 
Th
 
1. Finish any Disasters presentations, if need be
2. 1920s-30s, etc. disaster clips/info.... Take notes
-- Students take notes on main points for quiz at conclusion. --
 objective: examine disasters & explain lessons learned.
 
F
 
1. Disasters quiz (open notes)
2. show video clip of Vladimir Lenin's body:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT18WnYoxzY
3. Begin Depression letter & picture activities (letter & picture analysis)... Chapter 22-24 file
-- objective: analyze primary sources to understand the Great Depression
 

 

Friday, January 5, 2018


 

Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: January 8, 2018

Week: 21

 

 
Description
M
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 41, 42
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqg9AHtA2e4&index=41&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe
1. Show example of slide (in my documents)
2. Laptop research on Disasters of the 20th Century, Roaring 20's
*Groups turn in subtopic lists
Objective: examine disasters and explain the lessons learned
 
T
 
Laptop research on Disasters of the 20th Century, 20s
-- Individuals show 2 completed slides. -- 5 points
-- Go over introductions & conclusions. --
Objective: examine disasters and explain the lessons learned
 
W
 
1.  Go over outlines, scoring rubrics, & presentation order
2.  Finish preparing for presentations
Objective: examine disasters and explain the lessons learned
 
Th
 
1. Begin Disasters presentations
-- Students take notes on main points for quiz at conclusion. --
Objective: examine disasters and explain the lessons learned
 
F
 
1. Continue Disasters presentations
-- Students take notes on main points for quiz at conclusion. --
2.  Worksheet 13... due Monday
Objective: examine disasters and explain the lessons learned
 

Wednesday, January 3, 2018


Weekly lesson plan

Date: January 3, 2018

Week: 20

 

 
Description
M
 
No student attendance
T
 
No student attendance
W
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 39, 40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3obXo9qLz8&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe&index=39
* New seating arrangement
1. Disasters intro clues (in My Documents)
2. Titanic: Breaking New Ground (20-25 minutes) my cassette or...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4f5lB19evU
* make a list of errors & lessons learned
objective: determine errors & formulate ideas to avoid them in the future
 
Th
 
1. Finish Titanic: Breaking New Ground
2. Read "Spirit of Sacrifice Reigned on Titanic" newspaper article & answer questions on back... grade when done
  * share & discuss lists of errors & lessons learned (see My Documents)
objective: determine errors & formulate ideas to avoid them in the future
 
F
 
1. Introduce Disasters unit: handout, form groups, pick topics, go over requirements for the PowerPoint presentations
2. look through textbooks, encyclopedias & go to library lab
*Advanced group does multiple Roaring 20s topics
Objective: examine disasters and explain the lessons learned