Thursday, October 11, 2018


Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: October 29, 2018

Week: 12

 

M
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 21, 22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dXreztyGSQ&index=21&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe
1. Notes on differences between liberals/conservatives and Democrats/Republicans
2. “How Liberal or Conservative Are You" personal survey
Objective: -- comprehend & determine my political viewpoints
 
T
 
1. Election vocabulary handout… Discuss
2. voting and elections power point
3. Registering to vote... use laptops to register/go through the process
Indianavoters.in.gov
4. Notes on electoral College & voting trends (who votes for whom)
Objective: -- debate issues & analyze voting trends
 
W
 
1.  Election quiz
2. Begin Industrial Revolution note game
Objective: explain background, causes & effects of the Industrial Revolution
 
Th
 
1. Continue note game
Objective: explain background, causes & effects of the Industrial Revolution
 
F
 
1. Continue Industrial Revolution note game
Objective: identify inventors & inventions of the Industrial Revolution
 

Wednesday, October 10, 2018


Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: October 8, 2018
Week: 11

Description
M

*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 19,20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNQB-EvS3ik&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe&index=19
1. Show map of Indian reservations today:
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/512indre.pdf
2. “Indian event clues’’ activity in my documents (handout, clues, photo)
3. Battle of Little Big Horn lesson (Read Like Historian)
Objective -- determine the cause of Little Big Horn

T

1. Finish Battle of Little Big Horn lesson, if needed
2. Collect study guides after going over broken promises question
3. Geronimo video clips (medicine man, minors & stagecoach, the end)
Objective -- analyze Geronimo’s & the US military’s actions

W

1. Close Reading activity: Andrew Jackson's first State of the Union address... December 8, 1830 (vocabulary & paragraph analysis)
2. "Jackson warns the Seminoles" reading -- answer 3 questions
Objective -- make a value judgment on Jackson’s policies

Th

1. Pass back/Q & A study guide
2. Finish/discuss "Jackson Warns the Seminoles"
3. 30 Days “life on the reservation”
Objective -- recognize current Native American life on the reservation

F

1. Native American weekly quiz (probably not this year though)
2. 30 Days – finish & discuss
3. If time, Journal response on “What should be done with Native Americans’ plight today?”
Objective -- recognize current Native American life on the reservation



Thursday, October 4, 2018


Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: October 1, 2018

Week: 10

 
 
M
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 17,18
1. Pass around Kayleigh's letter & Special Report mag.
2. KKK in Indiana notes & video clip (start at 3:30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZWqAkTtS38
3. Read "Blood at the Root" article out loud (in file cabinet)
4. study guide for the midterm exam
Objective: see the KKK today & review the Civil War & Reconstruction
 
T
 
1. Midterm head to head combat review or Kahoot review game
2. If time, work on study guide
Objective: identify and explain the Revolution, Civil War, and Reconstruction
W
 
1. Slavery/Civil War/Reconstruction midterm Test
2. Begin working on Native American study guide
Objective: identify and explain the Civil War and Reconstruction
 
Th
 
1. Video clip on Trail of tears:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOBpy3XQDoM
2. Show map on Trail of Tears:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Trails_of_Tears_en.png
3. Read Blankets for the Dead in Us & Them using Savings & Loan strategy... or read Samuel's Memory instead (in file folder)
4. Continue working on study guide... due Friday
Objective: empathize with the plight of Native Americans
 
F
 
*Collect study guide
1. Go over midterms/tally final battle points
2. Watch how Native Americans used the Buffalo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aKqjrgz92w
3. Watch Dances with Wolves buffalo clip (1:22 from DVD start)
4. Show "number of American bison" sheet in My Documents
5. See Colonel Chivington's quotation in My Documents
Objective: describe & empathize with Native American life
 

Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: September 24, 2018

Week: 9

 

M
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 15,16
1. Share guest speaker notes
2. Show Glory menial work, 1st battle...1:00-02;1:04-24; 1:27-30
3. questionnaire # 1, 3, 5, 6, & 7
Objective: give examples of why the Civil War was fought
 
T
 
*tally questionnaire points
1. Glory final battle clip... read electronic excerpt of a letter from Col. Shaw/discuss 1:36-1:56
2. Battle quiz over Glory... tally
3. Actual photo of Col. Shaw:
Objective: apply lessons of the Civil War to us today
-- -- at some point share "Trivia -- Civil War" in my documents
 
W
 
1. Notes/discuss how Civil War affects us (plus why France and Britain did not ally with the South)
2. Lincoln's death: show start of National Treasure: Book of Secrets (DVD)
Objective: summarize the events of Lincoln's assassination
 
Th
 
1.  Lincoln's death: Mr. Neylon will...
*show Ford's Theater PowerPoint/pass around 3 laminated photos
*show the following photographs from the gallows & analyze:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYa0WC6NBjs five building
*read similarity sheet of Lincoln & JFK (see History Mystery e-mail)
2. worksheet page 108
Objective: visualize the Lincoln conspirators’ effects
 
F
 
1. Finish/Grade worksheet
2. Notes on KKK & methods used to deny votes to blacks
3. KKK terrorism video (10 minutes) or the following clips:
Objective: analyze the effects of the KKK on civil rights
 
Publish

Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: September 17, 2018

week: 8

 
Description
M
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 11,12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRIVtBPUL-Y&index=11&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe
1. Read " Growing up during the Civil War" & graph handout
2. Watch first 10 minutes of Dances with Wolves and do three levels of questioning (data, inferences, questions)
3. Finish working on study guide
Objective: empathize from historical reenactments
 
T
 
1. Check Civil War study guide... Tally battle points
2. Pass around Civil War bullets
3. Show North/South map:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_Map_1864_including_Civil_War_Divisions.png
4. Explain Grant, Stonewall, and Burnside's names (my documents… Generals' names)
5. Homework: worksheet page 115 "The Civil War Begins"
Objective: appreciate accomplishments of Civil War heroes
 
W
 
1. Grade page 115 worksheet
2. Read Gettysburg Address on screen (my documents)/watch Histeria clip
3. Read Lincoln Didn't Quit to class
4. Class Procedures battle quiz
Objective: analyze & appreciate a great American speech
 
Th
 
1. Andersonville prison lesson: show pictures and diary (short version)
2. Share 1863 letter to parents (from Bailey Cook)
Objective: analyze and make inferences on Civil War POW treatment
 
F
 
1. Begin showing Glory enlistment, basic training ... 0:14-0:24
2. Show my Arlington National Cemetery PowerPoint
3. Glory basic training ... 0:24-0:34; 0:38-0:56 (pay scene)
Objective: explain the treatment of black soldiers during the Civil War
 
 

Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: September 17, 2018

week: 8

 
Description
M
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 11,12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRIVtBPUL-Y&index=11&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe
1. Read " Growing up during the Civil War" & graph handout
2. Watch first 10 minutes of Dances with Wolves and do three levels of questioning (data, inferences, questions)
3. Finish working on study guide
Objective: empathize from historical reenactments
 
T
 
1. Check Civil War study guide... Tally battle points
2. Pass around Civil War bullets
3. Show North/South map:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_Map_1864_including_Civil_War_Divisions.png
4. Explain Grant, Stonewall, and Burnside's names (my documents… Generals' names)
5. Homework: worksheet page 115 "The Civil War Begins"
Objective: appreciate accomplishments of Civil War heroes
 
W
 
1. Grade page 115 worksheet
2. Read Gettysburg Address on screen (my documents)/watch Histeria clip
3. Read Lincoln Didn't Quit to class
4. Class Procedures battle quiz
Objective: analyze & appreciate a great American speech
 
Th
 
1. Andersonville prison lesson: show pictures and diary (short version)
2. Share 1863 letter to parents (from Bailey Cook)
Objective: analyze and make inferences on Civil War POW treatment
 
F
 
1. Begin showing Glory enlistment, basic training ... 0:14-0:24
2. Show my Arlington National Cemetery PowerPoint
3. Glory basic training ... 0:24-0:34; 0:38-0:56 (pay scene)
Objective: explain the treatment of black soldiers during the Civil War
 
 
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Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: October 1, 2018

Week: 10

 
 
M
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 17,18
1. Pass around Kayleigh's letter & Special Report mag.
2. KKK in Indiana notes & video clip (start at 3:30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZWqAkTtS38
3. Read "Blood at the Root" article out loud (in file cabinet)
4. study guide for the midterm exam
Objective: see the KKK today & review the Civil War & Reconstruction
 
T
 
1. Midterm head to head combat review or Kahoot review game
2. If time, work on study guide
Objective: identify and explain the Revolution, Civil War, and Reconstruction
W
 
1. Slavery/Civil War/Reconstruction midterm Test
2. Begin working on Native American study guide
Objective: identify and explain the Civil War and Reconstruction
 
Th
 
1. Video clip on Trail of tears:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOBpy3XQDoM
2. Show map on Trail of Tears:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Trails_of_Tears_en.png
3. Read Blankets for the Dead in Us & Them using Savings & Loan strategy... or read Samuel's Memory instead (in file folder)
4. Continue working on study guide... due Friday
Objective: empathize with the plight of Native Americans
 
F
 
*Collect study guide
1. Go over midterms/tally final battle points
2. Watch how Native Americans used the Buffalo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aKqjrgz92w
3. Watch Dances with Wolves buffalo clip (1:22 from DVD start)
4. Show "number of American bison" sheet in My Documents
5. See Colonel Chivington's quotation in My Documents
Objective: describe & empathize with Native American life