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April 21, 2006
My last blog entry that I titled "Weekly assignments week of 5/1-5/5" is actually the assignment for next week - April 24-28. Sorry for the confusion. I tried to go back in and change it, and could not figure out what to do???!!! OOPS!!
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Mrs. Suggs
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Lesson Plans – week of 4/24 – 4/28 - If you are going on the trip to Washington, DC with the band, you will need to make up your chapter 14 test on Monday, 5/1.
Monday: 1. Warm-up – 2 warm up questions for Thursday and Friday of last week.
2. Finish outline pages 110-116 and go over.
3. Go over chart pages 207-210 from last week.
4. Answer Locating Main Ideas – pages: 210 (#2-4), 214 (#2-4), and 216 (#2-5) – 10 questions total.
Tuesday:
1. Warm-up: Why were some Southerners so opposed to African Americans being allowed to vote?
2. Check questions from yesterday
3. With a partner, have students complete “The Reconstruction Period” word search with clues sheet.
4. Watch Georgia Stories I – program 10 (The Rise of Modern Georgia, Part I) – the first two sections of the program only (the last one deals with music, and is not a “must see”)
4. Analyze cartoon of KKK – “Worse Than Slavery” – have students complete the cartoon analysis sheet on their own. Discuss as a class tomorrow.
Wednesday:
1. Warm-up: Why do you think a group such as the Klan was popular in the south to some of the returning Confederate soldiers?
2. Go over cartoon analysis of “Worse Than Slavery”
3. Have students work with a partner – using the 10 vocabulary words, create a summary of chapter 14. All ten words need to be used. Students may only use their notebooks – no textbooks.
4. Homework: Have students read pages 114-116 and answer questions on page 116 (#2-5 only)
Thursday:
1. Warm-up: Give examples of how the Klan operated outside the law. How do its activities demonstrate the need for rules and laws in society?
2. Go over questions on page 116.
3. Complete chapter review on page 117 – Reviewing Main Ideas #1-10, Give it Some Extra Thought #1-2, Sharpen Your Skills #1-2.
***Chapter 14 test tomorrow***
Friday:
1. Chapter 14 test – students may use the notes in their notebooks for the test – no textbooks
2. Illustrate either chapter 15 or 16. We will be judging these tomorrow.
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Lesson Plans – week of 4/24 – 4/28 - The students that are going on the band trip will need to make up the test on Monday. 5/1, when they return.
Monday: 1. Warm-up – 2 warm up questions for Thursday and Friday of last week.
2. Finish outline pages 110-116 and go over.
3. Go over chart pages 207-210 from last week.
4. Answer Locating Main Ideas – pages: 210 (#2-4), 214 (#2-4), and 216 (#2-5) – 10 questions total.
Tuesday:
1. Warm-up: Why were some Southerners so opposed to African Americans being allowed to vote?
2. Check questions from yesterday
3. With a partner, have students complete “The Reconstruction Period” word search with clues sheet.
4. Watch Georgia Stories I – program 10 (The Rise of Modern Georgia, Part I) – the first two sections of the program only (the last one deals with music, and is not a “must see”)
4. Analyze cartoon of KKK – “Worse Than Slavery” – have students complete the cartoon analysis sheet on their own. Discuss as a class tomorrow.
Wednesday:
1. Warm-up: Why do you think a group such as the Klan was popular in the south to some of the returning Confederate soldiers?
2. Go over cartoon analysis of “Worse Than Slavery”
3. Have students work with a partner – using the 10 vocabulary words, create a summary of chapter 14. All ten words need to be used. Students may only use their notebooks – no textbooks.
4. Homework: Have students read pages 114-116 and answer questions on page 116 (#2-5 only)
Thursday:
1. Warm-up: Give examples of how the Klan operated outside the law. How do its activities demonstrate the need for rules and laws in society?
2. Go over questions on page 116.
3. Complete chapter review on page 117 – Reviewing Main Ideas #1-10, Give it Some Extra Thought #1-2, Sharpen Your Skills #1-2.
***Chapter 14 test tomorrow***
Friday:
1. Chapter 14 test – students may use the notes in their notebooks for the test – no textbooks
2. Illustrate either chapter 15 or 16. We will be judging these tomorrow.
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Lesson Plans – week of 4/24 – 4/28 - The students that are going on the band trip will need to make up the test on Monday. 5/1, when they return.
Monday: 1. Warm-up – 2 warm up questions for Thursday and Friday of last week.
2. Finish outline pages 110-116 and go over.
3. Go over chart pages 207-210 from last week.
4. Answer Locating Main Ideas – pages: 210 (#2-4), 214 (#2-4), and 216 (#2-5) – 10 questions total.
Tuesday:
1. Warm-up: Why were some Southerners so opposed to African Americans being allowed to vote?
2. Check questions from yesterday
3. With a partner, have students complete “The Reconstruction Period” word search with clues sheet.
4. Watch Georgia Stories I – program 10 (The Rise of Modern Georgia, Part I) – the first two sections of the program only (the last one deals with music, and is not a “must see”)
4. Analyze cartoon of KKK – “Worse Than Slavery” – have students complete the cartoon analysis sheet on their own. Discuss as a class tomorrow.
Wednesday:
1. Warm-up: Why do you think a group such as the Klan was popular in the south to some of the returning Confederate soldiers?
2. Go over cartoon analysis of “Worse Than Slavery”
3. Have students work with a partner – using the 10 vocabulary words, create a summary of chapter 14. All ten words need to be used. Students may only use their notebooks – no textbooks.
4. Homework: Have students read pages 114-116 and answer questions on page 116 (#2-5 only)
Thursday:
1. Warm-up: Give examples of how the Klan operated outside the law. How do its activities demonstrate the need for rules and laws in society?
2. Go over questions on page 116.
3. Complete chapter review on page 117 – Reviewing Main Ideas #1-10, Give it Some Extra Thought #1-2, Sharpen Your Skills #1-2.
***Chapter 14 test tomorrow***
Friday:
1. Chapter 14 test – students may use the notes in their notebooks for the test – no textbooks
2. Illustrate either chapter 15 or 16. We will be judging these tomorrow.
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April 19, 2006
The three items I will be looking for are: Cause/Effect - North vs. South worksheet, Civil War terms quiz, and Bull Run worksheet:-)
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April 18, 2006
Lesson Plans – week of April 17th – short classes due to CRCT testing
Monday:
1. Warm-up – How do you think the end of the war will affect people from all regions and races?
2. Return test from Friday – and discuss
3. Discuss how the war destroyed the south – economically and socially. Look at the picture on pages 205 and 207 that show Sherman’s destruction of Atlanta.
4. Have students read pages 206-207.
5. Write the words land, labor, and capital on the overhead – define. Ask students to explain the problems or situations associated with each category after the Civil War and list their explanations on the overhead. Discuss how the interrelationship of all three resulted in a bankrupt economy for the South.
6. Homework: define the following words – amnesty, Black Codes, capital, carpetbaggers, Freedmen’s Bureau, impeach, intimidate, postbellum, Reconstruction, scalawag
***notebook check on Thursday***
Tuesday:
1. Check vocabulary for completion -10 points
2. Warm-up: How did you think the Confederate soldiers dealt with life at home after their loss in the war?
3. Read together pages 204-205 – discuss how the former slaves are going to deal with their life after being emancipated – discuss the Freedmen’s Bureau’s attempt to help out those in need, and Black Codes that went against helping the former slaves (or anyone of color).
4. Homework: Georgia Labor Contract worksheet with questions, and answer questions on page 207 (#2-4 only).
Wednesday:
1. Warm-up – Why do you think that white Georgians did not always appreciate the work of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
2. Discuss labor contract and questions from yesterday.
3. Have students read (on own) pages 207-210 and fill in chart (see page 170 of teacher’s edition – put on overhead and have students draw it on their own paper) and answer questions on page 210 (2-4 only).
Thursday:
1. Warm-up – How do you think Northerners felt about punishment to the South for the war? What types of different punishment do you think people wanted? And, what major event takes place just after the war – what could this have done to our country?
2. Students are to read and complete outline of Reconstruction by way of the President vs. Congress, the 14th amendment, and military occupation in several southern states - pages 210-214.
3. **While students are working, teacher will be completing a notebook check.
Friday:
1. Finish up activities from yesterday - outline and notebook check
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