"16 Tons" song Newspaper photo, looking up at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company building during the fire
Bangladesh 2013 garment factory collapse
Begin work on Labor Movement notes. Read pages 47-51 in textbook in order to gather information for this worksheet:
Return immigration tests
Discuss remediation options
Check Medicaid in Maine questions for formative credit ASSIGNMENT: Role of Government in the News Today
U.S. History Quarter 2, Class materials and assignmentsJanuary 12
Period 7 exam on Friday at 7:30
I will be available to work with people on the study guide during the make-up exam blocks next week as well as during the Period 1 and 2 exam times
January 10
TR video cartoon analysis:
Mid-Term Study Guide:
January 9
Teddy Roosevelt video (History Channel: "The Presidents")
January 8
January 5
January 2
December 20
December 19
Begin Labor Movement project:
December 18
December 15
Labor movement song:
Extra Credit - read article and answer questions:
December 12
December 11
"16 Tons" song
Newspaper photo, looking up at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company building during the fire
Bangladesh 2013 garment factory collapse
Begin work on Labor Movement notes. Read pages 47-51 in textbook in order to gather information for this worksheet:
December 8
Review question: How did the "Robber Barons" of the Gilded Age gain so much wealth?
Continue work "Living and Working in the Gilded Age" lesson
December 6
Begin "Living and Working in the Gilded Age" lesson
Worksheet:
Station 1: Images of the Gilded Age
Station 2: Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire reading
Station 3: Excerpts from The Jungle
December 5
"Growth of Industry" textbook reading and questions:
December 4
PDF version of slide show:
December 1
Another view on economic inequality in America:
VERY Current News Story: How might the Republican tax reform proposal affect the role of government in peoples' lives?
Article: How the Senate tax bill affects the rich and poor, in three charts
Video: NY Times Fact Check on the Tax Proposal
November
28
The U.S. Economy Today lesson:
Wealth Distribution video:
November 27
November 21
Discuss remediation options
Check Medicaid in Maine questions for formative credit
ASSIGNMENT: Role of Government in the News Today
November 20
Local issue: Medicaid expansion
November
17
November
15
Introduction to unit question and topic:
Should we help them?
November
14
Turn in Population Density Lesson if you want the bonus points on the test
November
13
TEST MOVED TO TUESDAY
Today, finish study guide (if not already done)
New assignment: Immigration and Population Density:
IF COMPLETED FOR TUESDAY BEFORE TEST, UP TO 5 BONUS POINTS ON TEST SCORE
November 7
GoogleDoc version of study guide here
November 6
Article 1 on the RAISE Act: Overview
Article 2 on the RAISE Act: Would you qualify for legal immigration to the U.S.?
STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST NEXT MONDAY:
GoogleDoc version of study guide here