US History
Standards
SSUSH21
The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States 1945-1970.
Element: SSUSH21.a
Describe the baby boom and the impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.
Element: SSUSH21.b
Describe the impact television has had on American culture, including the Presidential Debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960), news coverage of the Civil Rights movement.
Element: SSUSH21.c
Analyze the impact of technology on American life including the development of the personal computer and the cellular telephone.
Element: SSUSH21.d
Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President Eisenhower's actions.
Tuesday, Feb 21
Warm Up: Review Test
Instructional Plan: The story of the three cows to describe the difference between economic theoriesLecture/Discussion on Standard 20Video on McCarthyism
Closing Summarizer: 3-2-1 exit ticket
Wednesday, Feb 22
Warm Up: Review Test
Instructional Plan: The story of the three cows to describe the difference between economic theoriesLecture/Discussion on Standard 20Video on McCarthyism
Closing Summarizer: 3-2-1 exit ticket
Thursday, Feb 23
Warm Up: America Story of Us video clip on the Cuban Missile Crisis (just watch)
Instructional Plan: The real story behind the Cuban Missile Crisis. Students will read a series of primary source documents to decide what they believe really happened during the crisis. It will be set up in a stations and students will fill out a graphic organizer as they move through.
Closing Summarizer: Mini Essay. What really happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis using evidence from the documents.
Friday, Feb 24
Warm Up: America Story of Us video clip on the Cuban Missile Crisis (just watch)
Instructional Plan: The real story behind the Cuban Missile Crisis. Students will read a series of primary source documents to decide what they believe really happened during the crisis. It will be set up in a stations and students will fill out a graphic organizer as they move through.
Closing Summarizer: Mini Essay. What really happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis using evidence from the documents.
World History
Tuesday, Feb 21
Warm Up: GHSGT Question of the Day
Instructional Plan: Story of Versailles and PicturesBrief depiction of the breakdown of the estates generalLecture/Discussion on French Revolution including brief Video
Closing Summarizer: Review crossword on Enlightenment, Absolutism, and French Revolution
Wednesday, Feb 22
Warm Up: GHSGT question of the day
Instructional Plan: Introduction to Slave TradeSlave Trade Simulation. I will read about the conditions on the slave ships as students sit under their desks.Video Clip of AmistadIntroduction to Haitian Revolution and ties to SlaveryVideo on Haitian Revolution
Closing Summarizer: Most Important thing
Thursday, Feb 23
Warm Up: GHSGT question of the day
Instructional Plan: Introduction to Slave TradeSlave Trade Simulation. I will read about the conditions on the slave ships as students sit under their desks.Video Clip of AmistadIntroduction to Haitian Revolution and ties to SlaveryVideo on Haitian Revolution
Closing Summarizer: Most Important thing
Friday, Feb 24
Warm Up:
Instructional Plan:Plan:GHSGT Question of the Day
Instructional Plan: 1) Revolutions Research Project - Students will be in small groups to research the causes and effects of the revolutions in England, United States, France, Haiti, and Latin America. 2. Students will be responsible for creating a presentation to share with the class using different sites on the Internet (no PowerPoint presentations).
Closing Summarizer: Exit ticket (to informally assess project progress)
World History
Standards
SSWH14
The student will analyze the Age of Revolutions and Rebellions.
Element: SSWH14.a
Examine absolutism through a comparison of the rules of Louix XIV, Tsar Peter the Great, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Element: SSWH14.b
Identify the causes and results of the revolutions in England (1689), United States (1776), France (1789), Haiti (1791), and Latin America (1808-1825).
Element: SSWH14.c
Explain Napoleon's rise to power, defeat, and consequences for Europe.
Element: SSWH14.d
Examine the interaction with westerners to include Opium War, the Taiping Rebellion, and Commodore Perry.
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