Check out this video put out by the History Channel called:
America the Story of Us: Declaration of Independence
Take out a seperate piece of paper to write notes down on. As you watch the video, write down as many as you can good facts about the Declaration of Independence, and what it did for America.
You may want to watch the video once the whole way through, then re-watch as you write down your facts.
The purpose of this warm up, is to be able to extract good (and shorter) notes from a longer presentation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7MI8NQLoo
Enjoy
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
HW - Thursday, 4/28 - Finish your Short Story
Tonight, you should be finishing your anarchy short story. The goal of the story is to be at least 2 pages double spaced. You should also have a clear ending to your story, don't forget to check for spelling and grammer errors!
Good luck and I can't wait to read them!
Good luck and I can't wait to read them!
Warm Up Thursday 4/28 - 4 Purposes of the Declaration of Independence
http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/purpose-of-declaration-of-independence.html
Head over to this website, and read about the 4 main purposes the Declaration of Independence served. For each of the 4:
Head over to this website, and read about the 4 main purposes the Declaration of Independence served. For each of the 4:
- give a brief summary of the purpose
- 2 interesting facts about that aspect of the Dec. of Ind.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
HW - Wednesday, 4/27 - Finish your Vocab for Chapter 1
We went over the words you need to do for chapter 1 today in class. You want to finish that assignment completely tonight.
To see the further directions, see ysterdays HW blog.
Good Luck!
To see the further directions, see ysterdays HW blog.
Good Luck!
Warm Up - Wednesday, 4/27 - The Declaration of Independence
So, I'm sure you've heard of it before. Well lets learn a little bit about it.
So the Declaration of Independence is essentially broken up in to three sections: an introduction, a list of complaints to the King, and some closing remarks. All the famous phrases you will recognize are in the beginning, so here is what I want you to do:
Complete these activities on a seperate sheet of paper, and title it Declaration of Independence
1) "Phrases" -- pick out three phrases in the first two paragraphs that are either familiar, or interesting to you personally. Write down what you think it means for each one
2) "Objections" -- what follows, are a whole bunch of small paragraphs, where each one is a separate complaint about the King. Pick out what you think are the 5 most important objections they had. Feel free to look some words up, or ask me or a neighbor if they know the meanings.
http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/document/index.htm
Once you finish, let me know and add this to the warm up section.
If you finish early, take a shot at reading the ending paragraph, can you make out what they are saying to the King of England?
So the Declaration of Independence is essentially broken up in to three sections: an introduction, a list of complaints to the King, and some closing remarks. All the famous phrases you will recognize are in the beginning, so here is what I want you to do:
Complete these activities on a seperate sheet of paper, and title it Declaration of Independence
1) "Phrases" -- pick out three phrases in the first two paragraphs that are either familiar, or interesting to you personally. Write down what you think it means for each one
2) "Objections" -- what follows, are a whole bunch of small paragraphs, where each one is a separate complaint about the King. Pick out what you think are the 5 most important objections they had. Feel free to look some words up, or ask me or a neighbor if they know the meanings.
http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/document/index.htm
Once you finish, let me know and add this to the warm up section.
If you finish early, take a shot at reading the ending paragraph, can you make out what they are saying to the King of England?
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
HW - Tuesday, April 26 - Chapter 1 Vocab
Finish reading handout #1. There are 18 bolded vocab words in that chapter. For 15 of them you need to do the following:
-write a basic definition, in your own words
-write one complete sentence using that vocab word.
Remember, either be writing your work very neatly, or typed. Be sure to put a title, name and date on the top of all work in this class. Good luck!
-write a basic definition, in your own words
-write one complete sentence using that vocab word.
Remember, either be writing your work very neatly, or typed. Be sure to put a title, name and date on the top of all work in this class. Good luck!
Warm Up - Tuesday, 4/26 - Create your Notebook
This morning, you are going to put your notebook together yourselves, using materials we have here in class today. Read through this whole post so you get a good idea of what needs to go in to your notebook. I am putting the materials out on the desk as you read this.
1) Cover Sheet - You will get a cover sheet, and put your name in the appropriate box. You may use color pencils or pens to write your name, but it should be clear. Put the cover sheet in outside plastic sleeve.
2) Dividers. - I have dividers and divider labels up out for you. You will need to label your own dividers and put them in your notebook. You will need dividers for: Warm-Ups, Classwork, Assignments, Handouts, and a last one that is blank (for your spare paper) in that order. If you like, I also have heavy construction paper that you can use as dividers, it adds some color.
3) Handout/Assignment Index - This will go in the front of the sections (by the way, your dividers are in FRONT of the section). You should make your first I am going to make this next part bold, italic and seperate so you are all sure to read it.
Your index's should ALWAYS read EXACTLY like it is written on the class sheet on the wall. Verbatim!
Now that we have that out of the way....
4) Put your work in the folder - put your warm up from yesterday as the first in the warm up section. Update BOTH your assignment index, and your handout index (see bold note above), and put those items behind their respective index's...
Once you have completed setting up your notebook, you can continue working on your short story we started in class yesterday.
1) Cover Sheet - You will get a cover sheet, and put your name in the appropriate box. You may use color pencils or pens to write your name, but it should be clear. Put the cover sheet in outside plastic sleeve.
2) Dividers. - I have dividers and divider labels up out for you. You will need to label your own dividers and put them in your notebook. You will need dividers for: Warm-Ups, Classwork, Assignments, Handouts, and a last one that is blank (for your spare paper) in that order. If you like, I also have heavy construction paper that you can use as dividers, it adds some color.
3) Handout/Assignment Index - This will go in the front of the sections (by the way, your dividers are in FRONT of the section). You should make your first I am going to make this next part bold, italic and seperate so you are all sure to read it.
Your index's should ALWAYS read EXACTLY like it is written on the class sheet on the wall. Verbatim!
Now that we have that out of the way....
4) Put your work in the folder - put your warm up from yesterday as the first in the warm up section. Update BOTH your assignment index, and your handout index (see bold note above), and put those items behind their respective index's...
Once you have completed setting up your notebook, you can continue working on your short story we started in class yesterday.
Monday, April 25, 2011
HW - Monday, 4/25
Today in class you received the first handout, "Chapter 1: What is Law?"
For your homework tonight, I want you to read the first HALF of that packet, pages 4-10. As you read, you need to underline/highlight important information, especially key words you come across.
Answer Problems 1.1 (on page 5) and 1.4 (on page 10). Your homework should be typed, or neatly written, and should be in complete sentences wherever possible.
Good luck!
For your homework tonight, I want you to read the first HALF of that packet, pages 4-10. As you read, you need to underline/highlight important information, especially key words you come across.
Answer Problems 1.1 (on page 5) and 1.4 (on page 10). Your homework should be typed, or neatly written, and should be in complete sentences wherever possible.
Good luck!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Warm Up - Monday, 4/25
Welcome to the first day of Street Law. You have already started participating in the warm up today, and you didn't even know it!
For the first 10 minutes of class today, you got to experience what life might be like if we didn't have any government. At some point we started to go over some basic rules for the class. Think about what the classroom would be like if I hadn't intervened, and continued to allow the students to do what they wanted.
Answer the following questions, either typed, or on a separate sheet of paper. All of your answers should be in complete sentences.
1) What would happen in the classroom if there were no rules or laws?
2) What if we had rules and laws in class, but no one really made sure that people followed them?
3) How was the classroom different, once we established some of the rules (or our laws)?
4) Come up with a list of the 5 most important rules we will need for our class.
Once you have finished, double check with me before you print anything. Then you can return to your seat, and share some of your ideas for important rules with others in the class.
For the first 10 minutes of class today, you got to experience what life might be like if we didn't have any government. At some point we started to go over some basic rules for the class. Think about what the classroom would be like if I hadn't intervened, and continued to allow the students to do what they wanted.
Answer the following questions, either typed, or on a separate sheet of paper. All of your answers should be in complete sentences.
1) What would happen in the classroom if there were no rules or laws?
2) What if we had rules and laws in class, but no one really made sure that people followed them?
3) How was the classroom different, once we established some of the rules (or our laws)?
4) Come up with a list of the 5 most important rules we will need for our class.
Once you have finished, double check with me before you print anything. Then you can return to your seat, and share some of your ideas for important rules with others in the class.
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