End of the School Year 🐲

Clintondale High School is closed for Summer Break.

Have a great and restful vacation, Dragons!

Semester Assessment — Era 9 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Era 9 in United States History

⏰ What We Did

• Completed the Semester Assessment, covering Era 9

Era 9 Review Game 🚨

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 9 content — Impact of Globalization on the United States, Changes in America’s Role in the World, Policy Debates

⏰ What We Did

• Played a review game in preparation for the Era 9 portion of the U.S. History & Geography semester exam on Tuesday

Era 9 Study Sheet 💭

D-Day — Allied Invasion of Normany (1944) 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 9 content — Impact of Globalization on the United States, Changes in America’s Role in the World, Policy Debates

⏰ What We Did

• Continued gathering content covered in class throughout Era 9 and taking notes on a study sheet for next week's semester assessment

Era 9 Study Sheet 💭

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1985) 🚘

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 9 content — Impact of Globalization on the United States, Changes in America’s Role in the World, Policy Debates

⏰ What We Did

• Compiled content covered in class throughout Era 9 on a study sheet for next week's semester assessment

⚙️ Resources

• Era 9 Study Sheet

Catch-Up Day 🥫

⏰ What We Did

• Used today's class to catch-up on any missing or incomplete work from Era 9

Catch-Up Day 🥫

⏰ What We Did

• Used today's class to catch-up on any missing or incomplete work from Era 9

CJ Barrymore's Sophomore Class Trip 🎢

⏰ What We Did

• The Sophomore class was on a trip to C.J. Barrymore's today

Income Inequality, Day 3 💰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the role of the United States as a superpower in the post-Cold War world, including advantages, disadvantages, and new challenges

⏰ What We Did

• Used an infographic to interpret income inequality in the United States, examining the offshore job creation of U.S.-based multinational corporations

⚙️ Resources

• Income Inequality, Infographic 3

Income Inequality, Day 2 💰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the role of the United States as a superpower in the post-Cold War world, including advantages, disadvantages, and new challenges

⏰ What We Did

• Used an infographic to interpret income inequality in the United States, comparing salary ratios of CEOs and workers

⚙️ Resources

• Income Inequality, Infographic 2

Income Inequality, Day 1 💰

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the role of the United States as a superpower in the post-Cold War world, including advantages, disadvantages, and new challenges

⏰ What We Did

• Used an infographic to interpret income inequality in the United States, comparing CEO salaries with working-class wages

⚙️ Resources

• Income Inequality, Infographic 1

MCQs: Response to Terrorism ⚫️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine the shifting role of the United States on the world stage from 1980 to the present

⏰ What We Did

• Used the text from Friday's class to answer ten ACT-based questions

⚙️ Resources

• Response to Terrorism (MCQs)

Memorial Day — No School 🇺🇸

Clintondale High School is closed for Memorial Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

CCR: Response to Terrorism 📖

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine the shifting role of the United States on the world stage from 1980 to the present

⏰ What We Did

• Read a provided text on the response of the United States to terrorism following the 9/11 attacks
• Completed a Close and Critical Reading by highlighting information according to prompts

⚙️ Resources

• Response to Terrorism (CCR Text)
• Response to Terrorism (CCR Prompts)

Liberal vs. Conservative Issue Poster 🪧

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the transformation of American politics in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

⏰ What We Did

• Finished creating a poster illustrating the liberal and conservative perspectives on a selected contemporary issue

Liberal vs. Conservative Issue Poster ✂️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the transformation of American politics in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

⏰ What We Did

• Began creating a poster illustrating the liberal and conservative perspectives on a selected contemporary issue

⚙️ Resources

• Poster Rubric: Comparing Liberal and Conservative Beliefs
• Student Example of Poster (USHG posters may — and should — vary)

Alike But Different: Liberal vs. Conservative 🧐

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the transformation of American politics in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

⏰ What We Did

• Examined the views on government, society and culture, family, adulthood, and beliefs of the Left and the Right
• Compared and contrasted the liberal and conservative ideologies regarding contemporary political issues

⚙️ Resources

• The American Ideological Left and Right
• Alike But Different: Liberal and Conservative
• Issues: Liberal and Conservative

Political Ideological Inventory 🧠

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the transformation of American politics in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

⏰ What We Did

• Passed back and reviewed Friday's globalism wordsort
• Watched an introductory video on political ideology
• Completed a personal ideological inventory
• Emailed the inventory's certificate — with your name — to carpentc@clintondaleschools.net

⚙️ Resources

• Political Ideology (Crash Course)
• Ideology Quiz (Political Compass)

Wordsort: What is Globalism? 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the impact of globalization on the U.S. economy, politics, society, and role in the world

⏰ What We Did

• Sorted words from a wordbank of terms about globalism into a graphic organizer, based on information presented from Monday's text

⚙️ Resources

• Wordsort: What is Globalism? (Template)

T4: What is Globalism? 🗣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the impact of globalization on the U.S. economy, politics, society, and role in the world

⏰ What We Did

• Used Talk To The Text (T4) skills — and the T4 bookmark — to make connections with the provided text

⚙️ Resources

• Talking to the Text (T4) Bookmark

Analysis: What is Globalism? 📊

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the impact of globalization on the U.S. economy, politics, society, and role in the world

⏰ What We Did

• Created a bar graph from provided data to illustrate the levels of foreign investment during the onset of Era 9

⚙️ Resources

• Analysis: What is Globalization?