Second American Industrial Revolution 🏭

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the factors that enabled the United States to become a major industrial power, including the organizational revolution, the economic policies of government and industrial leaders, the advantages of physical geography, the increase in labor through immigration and migration, and the growing importance of the automobile industry

⏰ What We Did

• Conducted a Close and Critical Read with an article on the Second American Industrial Revolution, highlighting text to fulfill prompted tasks

⚙️ Resources

• Text: The Second American Industrial Revolution (The Active USA Center)
• Close and Critical Reading Tasks

Lincoln (2013), Day 3 🎩

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine Abraham Lincoln's presidency with respect to his military and political leadership; the evolution of his emancipation policy (including the Emancipation Proclamation); the the role of his significant writings and speeches, including the Gettysburg Address and its relationship to the Declaration of Independence

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Lincoln (2013)

Lincoln (2013), Day 2 🎩

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine Abraham Lincoln's presidency with respect to his military and political leadership; the evolution of his emancipation policy (including the Emancipation Proclamation); the the role of his significant writings and speeches, including the Gettysburg Address and its relationship to the Declaration of Independence

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Lincoln (2013)

Lincoln (2013), Day 1 🎩

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine Abraham Lincoln's presidency with respect to his military and political leadership; the evolution of his emancipation policy (including the Emancipation Proclamation); the the role of his significant writings and speeches, including the Gettysburg Address and its relationship to the Declaration of Independence

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Lincoln (2013)

Eras 1 - 5 (F1) Review ♻️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the main concepts of Eras 1 - 5 in USHG

⏰ What We Did

• Prepared for the F1 Assessment by reviewing Eras 1 through 5

The Civil War Begins 🥊

Today is Columbus Day 🌎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Understand the causes, course, and character of the Civil War and its effects on people, as well as how various Reconstruction plans succeeded or failed

⏰ What We Did

• Read "What Caused the Beginning of the Civil War?" and, in pairs, finished a card sort of the events leading up to the conflict

⚙️ Resources

• Civil War Card Sort article

Class to Gymnasium 🏀

Today's class was led by a guest teacher 🏫

⏰ What We Did

• The class went to the CHS gymnasium with the guest teacher

The Road to Civil War 🛣

Half-Day Due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 🐲

🎯 Learning Targets

• Understand the causes, course, and character of the Civil War and its effects on people, as well as how various Reconstruction plans succeeded or failed

⏰ What We Did

• Read "What Caused the Beginning of the Civil War?" and, in pairs, began a card sort of the events leading up to the conflict

⚙️ Resources

• Civil War Card Sort article

Expansion and Reform ⬅️

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Investigated the territorial expansion of the United States between 1801-1861, how the Industrial Revolution, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the westward movement changed the lives of Americans and led toward regional tensions, and the sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements during the antebellum period

⏰ What We Did

• Previewed the time period of American history from 1815 to 1880 by answering five questions
• Justified changing the answer or supporting the original answer to each preview question with evidence from a text

⚙️ Resources

• Anticipatory Guide: Expansion and Reform
• Anticipatory Questions: Expansion and Reform
• Anticipatory Text: Expansion and Reform

The American Revolution 🦅

🎯 Learning Targets

• Investigated the causes of the American Revolution, the ideas and interests involved in forging the revolutionary movement, and the reasons for the American victory

⏰ What We Did

• Students answered eight teacher-developed questions derived from yesterday's reading

The American Revolution 😡

🎯 Learning Targets

• Investigated the causes of the American Revolution, the ideas and interests involved in forging the revolutionary movement, and the reasons for the American victory

⏰ What We Did

• Read "Overview of the American Revolution" aloud as a class
• Individually developed eight yes/no questions pertaining to the reading
• In pairs or threes, students shared their eight questions and edited as needed

⚙️ Resources

• Overview of the American Revolution (Digital History)

Professional Development Day 🟢

Clintondale High School is closed today for students, while teachers are engaging in professional development. Classes will resume at 7:35 A.M. on Monday, October 7, 2024.
 

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Day 4 🌎

Today is Mean Girls Day 💁🏼‍♀️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the demographic, environmental, and political consequences of European oceanic travel and conquest

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while finishing 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Day 3 🌎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the demographic, environmental, and political consequences of European oceanic travel and conquest

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Day 2 🌎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the demographic, environmental, and political consequences of European oceanic travel and conquest

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Day 1 🇪🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the demographic, environmental, and political consequences of European oceanic travel and conquest

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

Spanish Exploration and Conquest 🇪🇸

Today's class was led by a guest teacher (COVID-19) 🦠

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe Spanish exploration of the Americas, and the importance of these voyages to the developing Atlantic World
• Explain the importance of Spanish exploration of the Americas in the expansion of Spain’s empire and the development of Spanish Renaissance culture

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a LINK (List, Inquire, Notes, Know) on Spanish exploration and conquest in the Americas

⚙️ Resources

• Read pages 5 through 8 of the PDF — Spanish Exploration and Conquest (OpenStax U.S. History)

Portuguese Exploration 🇵🇹

Today's class was led by a guest teacher (COVID-19) 🦠

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe Portuguese exploration of the Atlantic and the importance of these voyages to the developing Atlantic World

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a LINK (List, Inquire, Notes, Know) on Portuguese exploration and settlement in the Americas

⚙️ Resources

• Read pages 2 through 4 of the PDF — Portuguese Exploration (OpenStax U.S. History)

Colonization and Settlement 🔗

Today's class was led by a guest teacher (COVID-19) 🦠
Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Identify the motives of Europeans to explore and settle in North America

⏰ What We Did

• Learned how to LINK articles: List, Inquire, Notes, Know
• Completed a LINK activity on the European colonization and settlement in North America

⚙️ Resources

• Step 1: Read this — Silent Sustained Reading and LINK
• Step 2: Watch this — LINK Tutorial
• Step 3: Read this article and LINK with a sheet of notebook paper — Settlement and Colonization of North America

Know the CDVs Like the Back of Your Hand 🖐

Today's class was led by a guest teacher (COVID-19) 🦠

🎯 Learning Targets

• Identify and define the ten Core Democratic Values (CDVs)

⏰ What We Did

• Finished yesterday's activity of assigning each "finger" a CDV and developing a definition and drawing an illustration

Know the CDVs Like the Back of Your Hand 🖐

🎯 Learning Targets

• Identify and define the ten Core Democratic Values (CDVs)

⏰ What We Did

• Assigned each "finger" a CDV and developed a definition and drew an illustration

⚙️ Resources

• Know the CDVs Like the Back of Your Hand
• Core Democratic Values Defined