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Day 14 - Thursday

Opening Activity: NONE, need time to read!!

1. Objectives QUIZ tomorrow 5A.2
    -Triangle Shirtwaist Company
    -Urbanization
    -Muckrakers
2. Reading: Eric Foner - The Progressive Era
    -Read Pages 675-681
    -Highlight main ideas
    -From what you highlighted, cut some out and write the rest in your notes
    -Create Main Idea Titles to the left of notes

Homework: Create a 4-5 sentence Summary solely from your notes
                      Compete the 5A.2 objectives

Day 13 - Wednesday

Opening Activity: Who is Eric Foner?

1. SCHOOLOGY GRADEBOOK
2. Why Studying History is Important
3. Setting up notes
4. Reading: Eric Foner - The Progressive Era
    -Read Pages 672-674
    -Highlight main ideas
    -From what you highlighted, cut some out and write the rest in your notes
    -Create Main Idea Titles to the left of notes

Homework: Create a 4-5 sentence Summary solely from your notes

Day 12 - Tuesday

Opening Activity: Describe one main goal of the Progressive era.

1. Mini Lecture - Progressive Era
    -Major Goals
2. Answer two Focus Questions at the end of the presentation
3. Video (5 min)

Day 11 - Monday

Opening Activity: What is one "progressive" idea/law/organization/or person in the United States today? Explain your answer...what makes it progressive?

1. Identifying Progressive Era
    -Groups will work to complete this task

Day 10 - Friday

Opening Activity:  Pick two famous Politicians and say if they are liberal or conservative.
(You cannot pick Trump, Clinton, or Sanders...we already covered them)

1. Complete the Political Spectrum Activity from Yesterday
    Your group must complete this and be ready to submit it by the end of class into Schoology

Day 9 - Thursday

YOU SHOULD BE MEETING US IN THE EAGLES WING TODAY!!!!

Junior Course Selection

Day 8 - Wednesday

WE WILL BE GOING TO THE AUDITORIUM TODAY

Tomorrow : Course Selection in the Eagles Wing!!!

Day 7 - Tuesday

Opening Activity: List some major issues in America that we can discuss and figure out how a liberal or a conservative would see those issues....(you just list the issues)

1. Quiz on Objectives 5A.1 (Political Spectrum Terms)
    -Schoology demonstration
2. Continue Political Spectrum Activity from Friday

Day 6 - Monday

NO SCHOOL

Day 5 - Friday

HAHAHA!! Bad luck for all of you!!!

Opening Activity: Is President Obama a Republican or Democrat?  Is he a Conservative or a Liberal? Is he Authoritarian or Libertarian?

1. Objective Sheet - Fill out sentences for Lib/Con terms
2. Practice - Political Spectrum Analysis

Homework: Quiz on Monday!! Study your notes concerning the Political Spectrum notes we wrote down. (Objective 5A.1)

Day 4 - Thursday

Opening Activity: What should the Government of Illinois' #1 priority/responsibility be?
                                What should the Federal Government's #1 priority/responsibility be?

1. Objectives Document (make a copy)
2. Presentation: A simple breakdown of the political spectrum
   -TASK:Write down these terms and definitions in your notebook

3. What is the difference between a liberal and a conservative?
    Liberal vs Conservative Situations
   -TASK: Complete the following in your notebook
   1. Summarize what the website says about Liberals and Conservatives
   2. Pick 2 of the issues listed and summarize both liberal and conservative beliefs.

Homework: Complete the summarizing tasks if not done in class

Day 3 - Wednesday

Opening Activity: What does it mean to "have a perspective"? Give an Example.

1. Talk about Schoology and the Course Rubric
2. Discuss spectrum
3. Political Spectrum Quiz- what are your political values?
    -Group ID = 35e585
4. 2008 Housing Crisis explained

Day 2 - Tuesday

Opening Activity: Which new Illinois law from yesterday was the most useful? Which was the least?

1. Student Survey on Role of Government
2. Hard Times Generation
    - video #2
3. The Housing Crisis 
    -The Banks and the Home Buyers

Day 1 - Monday

Welcome to U.S. History Semester 2. This blog is the place you check everyday when you need to know what we did in class.

Opening Activity: What does it mean to govern?

1. Attendance & Seating Chart
2. Syllabus Part 1 - Unit Topics
3. New laws for Illinois - Effective Jan. 1st 2017
    - With your table create some categories for these new laws on the whiteboard table