Monday
(Feb 23)
Amendments of the Constitution
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Activities
CNN Student News
Students
will review the Chapter 6 Test.
Students
will understand key terms/events for Chapter 7
|
Homework:
No homework
|
Tuesday
(Feb 24)
Our Enduring Constitution
|
Activities
*
CNN Student News
*Chapter 7 Section 1 Power Point with Video Clips and Notes
|
Homework:
No homework
|
Wednesday
(Feb 25)
Struggle for Equality and Suffrage
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Activities
*Students will watch The Children’s March to understand events surrounding the struggle for equality in America |
Homework:
No homework
|
Thursday
(Feb 26)
Struggle for Equality and Suffrage
|
Activities
*
CNN Student News
*Chapter
7 Section 2 Power Point with Video Clips and Notes
Iron
Jawed Angel Clips
|
Homework:
No homework
Chapter 7 Test Tuesday, March 3
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Friday
(Feb 27)
Struggle for Equality and Suffrage |
Activities
*
CNN Student News
*Chapter
7 Section 2 Interactive Reading Guide
|
Homework:
*Finish Reading Guide
*Chapter 7 Test will be next Tuesday
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Monday
(March 2)
Enduring Constitution Review
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Activities
*
CNN Student News
Students will review Chapter 7
|
Homework:
Students will have a test tomorrow!
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Tuesday
(March 3)
Enduring Constitution Assessment
|
Activities
Chapter 7 Test
|
Homework:
No homework
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Lesson Plans for Week of February 23 - March 3
Friday, February 13, 2015
Lesson Plans for Week of February 16-February 20
Monday
Students will understand some of the difficulties
that a refugee must face.
|
Activities
* Students
will read refugee stories from Bosnia and other countries around the world
then share their story with the class.
|
Homework:
Test Thursday this week. |
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Tuesday
Field Trip to Madison! |
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Wednesday
Review Day!
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Activities
*CNN Student News
Students will play the review game to prepare for
their test over Chapter 6
|
Homework:
Study for Test tomorrow!
|
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Thursday
Summative Assessment over the Bill of Rights |
Activities
Chapter 6 Test
|
Homework:
No homework |
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Friday
Amendments of the Constitution |
Activities
CNN Student News
Chapter
7 Section 1 Reading Guide/Power Notes
|
Homework:
Finish Reading Guide
|
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Monday
Amendments of the Constitution
|
Activities
CNN Student News
Students
will review the Chapter 6 Test.
Students
will review key terms/events for Chapter 7
|
Homework:
No homework
|
Monday, February 9, 2015
Lesson Plans the week of February 6 - February 13
Monday
Court Cases involving the Bill of Rights
|
Activities
*CNN News
*Review worksheet from Friday
*Discuss Tinker Case and Socialist Party v Village
of Skokie
|
Homework:
No homework |
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Tuesday
Court Cases involving the Bill of Rights continued. |
Activities
*CNN News
*Discuss Court Cases involving the Bill of Rights
|
Homework:
No homework |
|
Wednesday
& Thursday
Students will learn about Bosnia’s struggle for
independence and how lit led to the Bosnian War and Ethnic Cleansing.
|
Activities
*CNN Student News
*In Preparation for our trip to the Overture and
the play we will see, students will watch a power point with video links and
pictures to understand the Bosnian War.
|
Homework:
No homework
|
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Friday
Students will understand some of the difficulties that
a refugee must endure.
|
Activities
*CNN
News
*Students
will read refugee stories from Bosnia and other countries around the world.
|
Homework:
No homework
|
Monday, February 2, 2015
Lesson Plans Week of February 2 - February 6 2015
Monday
Chapter 5 REVIEW
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Activities
*CNN News
*Vocabulary
*Review for Test
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Homework:
Study for test tomorrow |
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Tuesday
Chapter 5 Test - The Constitution |
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Wednesday
Students will understand the lives the Founding
Fathers had and how they came to be rebels against the existing government.
|
Activities
Chapter 5 – Culminating Video
Founding Father’s Rebel With A Cause Students will have a video guide. |
Homework:
No homework
|
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Thursday
Chapter
6 – Introduction to The Bill of Rights
|
Activities
*CNN
News
*Review
Chapter 5 Test
|
Homework:
No homework
|
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Friday
Landmark Court Cases involving
the Bill of Rights |
Activities
*CNN
News
|
Homework:
No homework
|
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Monday
How to interpret the Bill of Rights
|
Activities
*CNN News
|
Homework:
No homework |
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