Lesson Plans 10.24.14

Mini Research Project - continued from earlier this week

Ebola Research

Lesson Plans 10.23.14

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) - pilot testing

• This is an assessment of 11th grade skills
• This assessment will not be scored - we are just provided feedback to NTPS for future testing requirements

Lesson Plans 10.22.14

Continued from yesterday

Ebola Outbreak

Lesson Plans 10.21.14

Impromptu Mini Research Project

Ebola Outbreak

Lesson Plans 10.20.14

Substitute Teacher Today

Continue The Philippine Letters

Groups

1. Students will work individually or as a pair
2. Students will analyze 6 different letters regarding the annexation of the Philippines
3. Students will answer questions and then write a letter to President McKinley as to what to do with Aguinaldo and his army, economics of the islands, moral and/or constitutional issues, foreign competitors for the islands.

Lesson Plans 10.17.14

Substitute Teacher Today

Begin The Philippine Letters

Groups

1. Students will work individually or as a pair
2. Students will analyze 6 different letters regarding the annexation of the Philippines
3. Students will answer questions and then write a letter to President McKinley as to what to do with Aguinaldo and his army, economics of the islands, moral and/or constitutional issues, foreign competitors for the islands.

Lesson Plans 10.16.15

Continued from yesterday

Soldiers in the Philippines
Essential Question:

• What accounted for American atrocities during the Philippine-American War?

Introduction

• U.S. in the Philippines Timeline

Task

• Documents A-D
• Graphic Organizer

Discuss

• What evidence did you find for each of the hypotheses?
• Is some of the evidence more or less believable? Why?
• Based on the evidence, which hypothesis do you find most convincing for why some American soldiers brutalized Filipino insurgents?

Lesson Plans 10.15.14

Continued from yesterday

Soldiers in the Philippines
Essential Question:

• What accounted for American atrocities during the Philippine-American War?

Introduction

• U.S. in the Philippines Timeline

Task

• Documents A-D
• Graphic Organizer

Discuss

• What evidence did you find for each of the hypotheses?
• Is some of the evidence more or less believable? Why?
• Based on the evidence, which hypothesis do you find most convincing for why some American soldiers brutalized Filipino insurgents?

Lesson Plans 10.14.14

Soldiers in the Philippines
Essential Question:

• What accounted for American atrocities during the Philippine-American War?

Introduction

• U.S. in the Philippines Timeline

Task

• Documents A-D
• Graphic Organizer

Discuss

• What evidence did you find for each of the hypotheses?
• Is some of the evidence more or less believable? Why?
• Based on the evidence, which hypothesis do you find most convincing for why some American soldiers brutalized Filipino insurgents?

Lesson Plans 10.13.14

Students begin Imperialism Vocabulary
 ~ work in class today - due Wednesday 10.15.14

Lesson Plans 10.8.14

This lesson is continued from yesterday...

Analysis

1. Political Cartoons
2. Graphic Organizer

Lesson Plans 10.7.14

Timeline

1. The Philippines

Discuss

1. American Imperialism
1. Rudyard Kipling's 'White Man's Burden'

Analysis

1. Political Cartoons
2. Graphic Organizer

This lesson may continue into tomorrow...

Lesson Plans 10.6.14

Google Classroom 

1. Tutorial #1
2. Tutorial #2

Discuss

1. Why do you think the United States Invaded Cuba in 1898?

Read

1. Text: Pathways to the Present; The Spanish-American War; pages 359-361

Lesson Plans 10.2.14

Continued from yesterday...

Reading/Organizer

1. Read/Analyze the documents.  Answer study guide questions.
2. Complete the graphic organizer

Documents A & B with Study Guide Questions
Why Did the US Invade Canada (students will need to access the "Maine Explosion PPT" - to the right under 'Pages')