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Well…3rd quarter interim reports come out this week. I hope this lights some fire underneath all those students who are not working up to their potential.
I’m still planning on an animoto.com project. Recently, the district integrated our computer system over to a Microsoft based log-in. Unfortunately, every student has a user name and password. This causes a major headache when you bring a class of 25 students to the computer lab and they have all forgotten their user name and password. The project might also hit some speed bumps since our district blocks every single usable website. I’ve got “my people” working on knocking that firewall down.
Here’s the schedule for the week:
Monday, February 25, 2008:
MIRP
CNN Student News
Review Quiz
Tuesday, February 26, 2008:
Vocabulary Discussion:
appeasement, demilitarized, conscription, Anschluss, Munich Pact, Rome-Berlin Axis, D-Day
People to Meet:
Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur
Place to Go:
Rhineland, Sudetenland, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Hiroshima
Wednesday, February 27, 2008:
Video – “The Road to War”
Thursday, February 28, 2008:
7-5.5 Notes – World War II – Turning Points of the War
Video Clips
Friday, February 29, 2008:
7-5.5 Notes – World War II – Aftermath of the War
Video Clip – “Aftermath of the War”
Be sure to keep your DO NOWs in order this week…hint hint…wink wink…
The kids have a short week this week. Unfortunately teachers have a full week ahead of them.
Monday: February 18, 2008
Teacher workshops and staff development
Tuesday: February 19, 2008
Vocabulary Discussion:
censorship, fascism, communism, Stalinism, authoritarian, purge
Enabling Act, Reichstag, Five-Year Plans, Politburo, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin
Homework: finish vocabulary log
Wednesday: February 20, 2008
7-5.4 – Notes on Totalitarian Regimes
Thursday: February 21, 2008
Finish Notes
myempire.com – 1st and 2nd blocks
Totalitarian Leaders – 3rd and 4th blocks
Friday: February 22, 2008
7-5.3 and 5.4 – Quiz
We’re just wrapping up our WWI Accordion foldable project. The students really put all of their effort into these projects.
Here is our schedule for the week.
Monday, February 11, 2008:
MIRP
CNN Student News
Finish WWI Accordion Foldable
Read pages 191-197: Answer Questions #1-4
Vocabulary:
armistice, reparation, mandate, Balfour Declaration
Tuesday, February 12, 2008:
7-5.2 – Notes – Effects of World War I
Wednesday, February 13, 2008:
7-5.3 – Vocabulary Discussion:
stock market crash, recession, depression, Great Depression, tariff, New Deal, Nazi Party, Nazism, totalitarian state
People to Meet:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler
Places to Go:
7-5.3 – Vocabulary Log – Depression – Economic Collapse
Thursday, February 14, 2008:
7-5.3 – Causes and Responses to the Depression
Friday, February 15, 2008:
Review Game: Taboo
Benchmark Quiz
We are continuing our WWI foldable this week. I’m hoping to squeeze a quiz in on Friday.
There will be 5 different phases for this foldable.
Phase I-WWI vocabulary
Phase II – Causes of the War
Phase III – Central Powers vs. Allied Powers
Phase IV – Timeline of events
Phase V – Effects/Results of the war
Some more picture updates:
See What They’re Saying…