Weekly assignments for US and World History for week of Jan 10 - Jan 13

US History

Jan 10
EQ(s): What are the ten most important events in the first half of this class?

Warm Up: New Year's Resolutions. Students will write down three New Years Resolutions with at least one of them being education related. Students will revisit these resolutions later in the year.

Instructional Plan: Top Ten Events Timeline. Students will create a timeline that includes what they believe are the ten most important events that we talked about first semester. Timeline will include an event, a picture, brief description, and reasoning behind why they believe this event is important.

Closing Summarizer: Discussion- How is a book like a teenager? This will be the example to get us going.
Discussion- How is US History like a car?

Jan 11

EQ(s): What are the ten most important events in the first half of this class?

Warm Up: New Year's Resolutions. Students will write down three New Years Resolutions with at least one of them being education related. Students will revisit these resolutions later in the year.

Instructional Plan: Top Ten Events Timeline. Students will create a timeline that includes what they believe are the ten most important events that we talked about first semester. Timeline will include an event, a picture, brief description, and reasoning behind why they believe this event is important.

Closing Summarizer: Discussion- How is a book like a teenager? This will be the example to get us going.
Discussion- How is US History like a car?

Jan 12

EQ(s): What cause the United States to join WWI?

Warm Up: Brain Pop on World War I

Instructional Plan: Lecture/Discussion on beginnings of WWI and how it affected society.
20 questions on how poppies are related to WWI

Group reading and discussion questions of poem In Flanders Field

Closing Summarizer: Discussion. One thing you learned today. Each student will share one thing they learned without repeating.

Jan 13

Warm Up: Brain Pop on World War I

Instructional Plan: Lecture/Discussion on beginnings of WWI and how it affected society.
20 questions on how poppies are related to WWI

Group reading and discussion questions of poem In Flanders Field.

Closing Summarizer: Discussion. One thing you learned today. Each student will share one thing they learned without repeating.
Jan 10

World History

Jan 10

Starter / Warm Up: New Year's Resolutions. Students will write down three New Years Resolutions with at least one of them being education related. Students will revisit these resolutions later in the year.
Instructional Plan: 1. Top Ten Events Timeline. Students will create a timeline that includes what they believe are the ten most important events that we talked about first semester. 2. Timeline will include an event, a picture, brief description, and reasoning behind why they believe this event is important.
Closing Summarizer: Discussion- How is a book like a teenager? This will be the example to get us going.
Discussion- How is World History like a car?

Jan 11


Starter / Warm Up: New Year's Resolutions. Students will write down three New Years Resolutions with at least one of them being education related. Students will revisit these resolutions later in the year.
Instructional Plan: 1. Top Ten Events Timeline. Students will create a timeline that includes what they believe are the ten most important events that we talked about first semester. 2. Timeline will include an event, a picture, brief description, and reasoning behind why they believe this event is important.
Closing Summarizer: Discussion- How is a book like a teenager? This will be the example to get us going.
Discussion- How is World History like a car?

Jan 12

Warm Up: Video on the customs of the Ancient Native American Tribes
Instructional Plan: 1. Lecture/Discussion with graphic organizer on Olmec, Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas
2. Interesting Facts quiz on the Aztecs. Students will take a quiz on interesting facts about the Aztecs and I will discuss selected answers.
Closing Summarizer: One thing I learned today discussion. Each student will share one thing they learned without repeating anyone else.

Jan 13

Warm Up: Video on the customs of the Ancient Native American Tribes
Instructional Plan: 1. Lecture/Discussion with graphic organizer on Olmec, Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas
2. Interesting Facts quiz on the Aztecs. Students will take a quiz on interesting facts about the Aztecs and I will discuss selected answers.
Closing Summarizer: One thing I learned today discussion. Each student will share one thing they learned without repeating anyone else