City of Immigrants Simulation: Part 4, Part 5, & Epilogue 🎮

Today is Halloween 🎃

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and consequences of urbanization, including the location and expansion of major urban centers and their link to industry and trade; internal migration, including the Great Migration; the development of cities divided by race, ethnicity, and class, as well as the resulting tensions among and within groups; different perspectives about the immigrant experience

⏰ What We Did

• Completed Parts 4 and 5 and the Epilogue of the City of Immigrants mission

⚙️ Resources

• City of Immigrants website
• Reflection: Part 4, Part 5, and Epilogue

City of Immigrants: Document Analysis, Part II 🔎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and consequences of urbanization, including the location and expansion of major urban centers and their link to industry and trade; internal migration, including the Great Migration; the development of cities divided by race, ethnicity, and class, as well as the resulting tensions among and within groups; different perspectives about the immigrant experience

⏰ What We Did

• Examined and deciphered aspects of a photograph from a garment factory where Lena Brodsky would have most likely worked

⚙️ Resources

• City of Immigrants Document Analysis, Part II

City of Immigrants Simulation: Part 2 & Part 3 ❓

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and consequences of urbanization, including the location and expansion of major urban centers and their link to industry and trade; internal migration, including the Great Migration; the development of cities divided by race, ethnicity, and class, as well as the resulting tensions among and within groups; different perspectives about the immigrant experience

⏰ What We Did

• Completed Parts 2 and 3 of the City of Immigrants mission, completing the decision tracker through both sessions and reflecting on the decisions made during both sessions

⚙️ Resources

• City of Immigrants website
• Decision Tracker & Reflection: Part 2 and Part 3

City of Immigrants Simulation: Part 2 & Part 3 ❓

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and consequences of urbanization, including the location and expansion of major urban centers and their link to industry and trade; internal migration, including the Great Migration; the development of cities divided by race, ethnicity, and class, as well as the resulting tensions among and within groups; different perspectives about the immigrant experience

⏰ What We Did

• Completed Parts 2 and 3 of the City of Immigrants mission, completing the decision tracker through both sessions and reflecting on the decisions made during both sessions

⚙️ Resources

• City of Immigrants website
• Decision Tracker & Reflection: Part 2 and Part 3

City of Immigrants: Document Analysis 🔎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and consequences of urbanization, including the location and expansion of major urban centers and their link to industry and trade; internal migration, including the Great Migration; the development of cities divided by race, ethnicity, and class, as well as the resulting tensions among and within groups; different perspectives about the immigrant experience

⏰ What We Did

• Interpreted an editorial cartoon from the time period of City of Immigrants related to immigration

⚙️ Resources

• City of Immigrants Document Analysis
• "The High Tide of Immigration — A National Menace" (HD Version)

City of Immigrants: Prologue & Part 1 🗽

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and consequences of urbanization, including the location and expansion of major urban centers and their link to industry and trade; internal migration, including the Great Migration; the development of cities divided by race, ethnicity, and class, as well as the resulting tensions among and within groups; different perspectives about the immigrant experience

⏰ What We Did

• Began the City of Immigrants simulation by playing the Prologue and Part 1
• While engaged with the Prologue and Part 1 of the simulation, recorded the most consequential decisions made
• After having completed the Prologue and Part 1, completed a reflection on the simulation so far

⚙️ Resources

• City of Immigrants website
• Decision Tracker & Reflection: Prologue and Part 1

City of Immigrants: Meet the Characters 🗽

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and consequences of urbanization, including the location and expansion of major urban centers and their link to industry and trade; internal migration, including the Great Migration; the development of cities divided by race, ethnicity, and class, as well as the resulting tensions among and within groups; different perspectives about the immigrant experience

⏰ What We Did

• Given teacher-made usernames for logging into the MissionUS website (the case-sensitive password for everyone is 1stHourUSHG)
• Became familiarized with the characters that will be introduced in the City of Immigrants simulation by completing 20 questions under "Meet the Characters"

⚙️ Resources

• City of Immigrants (Log in with your provided username in the upper-right of the webpage)

Labor's Response to the Second American Industrial Revolution ✊

🎯 Learning Targets

• Evaluate the different responses of labor to industrial change, including the development of organized labor and the growth of populism and the populist movement

⏰ What We Did

• Chronologically order events related to labor's response to the Second American Industrial Revolution, given the title and subtitles

⚙️ Resources

• Card Sort Article: How Successful Were Efforts to Organize a National Labor Movement in America?
• Digital Card Sort: Labor's Response to the Second American Revolution (Make a copy in Google Drive before starting your sort)
• Card Sort Template (This is what your finished card sort should look like)

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)