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Pre-AP Social Studies
Melanie Murphy
HOUSTON JR HIGH
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Week of                      May 4-May 8, 2009

Class Name

Monday

Objective

(Student will…)

Preparations for Cinco de Mayo

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

Students will finalize student projects that will be presented Wednesday and help set up for Cinco de Mayo.

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Tuesday

Objective

(Student will…)

Cinco de Mayo Celebration

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

 

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Wednesday

Objective

(Student will…)

Review of Unit 1

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

Students will present multimedia presentations of Unit one for year end projects.

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Thursday/

Objective

(Student will…)

Review of Unit 2

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

Students will present multimedia presentations of Unit two for year end projects.

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Friday/

Objective

(Student will…)

Review of Unit 3

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

Students will present multimedia presentations of Unit 3 for year end projects.

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

 

 

 

Week of                      April 20-24

Class Name

Monday

Objective

(Student will…)

Describe how the debate over slavery was related to the admission of new states.

Understand what the Compromise of 1850 accomplished.

Teacher Activities

Review/Discuss Ch 15.1.  Introduce 15.2

Present Intro. Video “ Secrets of the Underground Railroad.”

Student Activities

Bellwork:  Copy the Read to Learn p 436.

Read Ch 15.2 and do one of the following:

*Cornell Notes OR

*Reading Strategy, Reading Checks and Assessment #1-5

Assessment/Evaluation

Reading Quiz on Tuesday

Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)

Popular Sovereignty, border ruffians, Civil War

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Tuesday

Objective

(Student will…)

Explain how the fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act further divided the North and the South

Describe how popular sovereignty led to violence.

Teacher Activities

1.  Review Discuss Ch 15.2.  Introduce 15.3 Yesterday you read how Western states were added to the Union with Compromise from the North and the South.  This section focuses on how the issue of slavery further divided the North and South.

Student Activities

Bellwork:  Copy the Read to Learn p. 441

Reading Quiz 15.1/15.2

Read Ch 15.3

Take Cornell Notes

Assessment/Evaluation

Reading Quiz on Wednesday

Academic Vocabulary

Arsenal, Martyr

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Wednesday

Objective

(Student will…)

Describe why the Republican Party was formed.

Describe how the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and John Brown’s raid affected Americans.

Teacher Activities

Review/Discuss Ch 15.3/Introduce 15.4 

Student Activities

Bellwork:  Copy the Read to Learn P. 445

Reading Quiz 15.3

Read 15.4

15.4 Cornell Notes

Assessment/Evaluation

Reading Quiz on Thursday

Academic Vocabulary

Secession, states’ rights

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Thursday/

Objective

(Student will…)

Explain how the 1860 election led to the breakup of the Union.

Describe why secession led to the Civil War.

Teacher Activities

Jeapardy Review

Student Activities

Bellwork:  Copy the Read to Learn p.449

Jeopardy Review of Ch 15

 

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Friday/

Objective

(Student will…)

 

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

Ch 15 Test

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

 

 

 

Week of                      April 13-17, 2009

Class Name

Monday

Objective

(Student will…)

Year-end Recap

Teacher Activities

Introduce Semester Projects/Year end-Recap

Student Activities

Critique Prior Presentations for Chapter Content

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Tuesday

Objective

(Student will…)

Describe how religious and philosophical ideas inspired various reform movements.

explain why educational reformers thought all citizens should attend schhol.

Teacher Activities

American Republic Video-Recap-10 minutes

Activate Prior Knowledge

Discuss the reformers who wored for social and cultural change during the early to mid 1800

Student Activities

Finish Reading chapter 14..  Make a colorful foldable of all the Bold/Black Items.

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Wednesday

Objective

(Student will…)

Describe the ways some Americans worked to eliminate slavery.  Explore the reasons why many Americans feared the end of slavery.

Examine how the antislavery and the women’s rights movements were related.  Evaluate what progress women made during the 1800s. 

Teacher Activities

Jeopary Review for Test

Student Activities

 

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Thursday/

Objective

(Student will…)

Chapter 14 Test

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

After the test, begin the video “Whispers of Angels”  A story of the Underground Railroad.

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Friday/

Objective

(Student will…)

 

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

Video/Notes “Whispers of Angels.  A Story of the Underground Railroad.”

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

 

 

Week of                      April 6-10, 2009                     

Class Name

Monday

Objective

(Student will…)

Determine why the economy of the south relied on Agriculture.

Describe what life was like on Southern Plantations.

Understand how enslaved workers maintained strong family and cultural ties. 

Teacher Activities

Discuss Ch 13 written review

Student Activities

Review for Open notes test.

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Tuesday

Objective

(Student will…)

 Determine why the economy of the south relied on Agriculture.

 Describe what life was like on Southern Plantations.

Understand how enslaved workers maintained strong family and cultural ties. 

 

Teacher Activities

Discuss Ch 13 Written Review

Student Activities

Review for Open Notes Test

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Wednesday

Objective

(Student will…)

 Determine why the economy of the south relied on Agriculture.

 Describe what life was like on Southern Plantations.

Understand how enslaved workers maintained strong family and cultural ties. 

 

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

Ch 13 Open notes test/Begin reward video

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Thursday/

Objective

(Student will…)

Reward Day

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

Reward Video

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Friday/

Objective

(Student will…)

 

Teacher Activities

 

Student Activities

 

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

 

 

Week of          March 16-20, 2009

Class Name

Monday

Objective

(Student will…)

Develop multi-media and oral presentation skills based on Pre-AP Contract.

Analyze and Synthesize knowledge and skills by researching historical data.

Teacher Activities

Discussion

Student Activities

Student Presentations of Historical Research

Assessment/Evaluation

Rubric for Presentations

Academic Vocabulary (optional by dept.)

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Tuesday

Objective

(Student will…)

1.  Develop multi-media and oral presentation skills based on Pre-AP Contract.

2.  Analyze and Synthesize knowledge and skills by researching historical data.

Teacher Activities

Discussion

Student Activities

Student Presentations of Historical Research

Assessment/Evaluation

Rubric for Presentations

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Wednesday

Objective

(Student will…)

1.  Develop multi-media and oral presentation skills based on Pre-AP Contract.

2.  Analyze and Synthesize knowledge and skills by researching historical data.

Teacher Activities

Discussion

Student Activities

Student Presentations of Historical Research

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Thursday/

Objective

(Student will…)

Describe why Americans began to settle in the Southwest.

Describe how the U.S. acquired New Mexico and California.

Teacher Activities

Wrap up Chapter 12

Student Activities

Chapter 12 Review

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

Class Name

Friday/

Objective

(Student will…)

 

Teacher Activities

Wrap up Chapter 12

Student Activities

Chapter 12 Test

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Academic Vocabulary

 

Additional Resources

 

 

 

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