Time to Study! 8.30.12

What's a Body To Do? A Market Revolution 8.30.12

Each student will be assigned a group to put herself/himself in someone else's shoes in the 19th century.

Your group will have ONE of the following dilemmas to determine what you would do.

The Journeyman
The Mill Girl
The Squatter
The Slaveowner

You must read your dilemma and decide as a group what you would do.

Fully complete page 18 by the end of the hour. 
Answer the questions in your packet and ultimately decide what you would do and explain your answer. 

Due tomorrow - Unit 1a packet, Industrial Revolution Advertisement & Study for your Test!

Hamilton verses Jefferson, Who do you side with? 8.29.12

Hamilton verses Jefferson prezi

Packet due Friday
Test Friday

The First Industrial Revolution Advertisement 8.28.12

Today is a work day in class.  I suggest that you complete the following in this order:

1) Complete pages 9 - 14 in your packet.

2) See page 19 - The First Industrial Revolution Advertisement (20 pts.) - You are allowed to pick your own topic.  Using Microsoft Publisher design an advertisement touting on of the new innovations of the Industrial Revolution - the focus in from 1790s - 1850s.  You must include at least one picture, key characteristics of the innovation, how it will impact others and why it should be used.   You must be persuasive!   This is due on Friday!

For Homework - complete page 15 - Here is a helpful link to complete this. Laws of the American Revolution You are answering the question - Was the American Revolution caused by economic causes? Rate your answer on bottom of page from a 1 to a 10.  Support your answer by including 6 key terms and their definitions on the scales.  If you believe the Revolution was strongly caused by economic causes then choose 3 strong key terms for the economy and weaker ones that are not economic.  Be sure to choose and define 6 key terms.  --- this is due on Friday.

We have a test Friday so start studying!!

Don't forget our Amazing App of the Week, 8.24.12

One last shout out for an amazing app that you can download for free -EVERNOTE
You can save text, images, and media to view on any other device after you log in.
I take pictures of certain documents like my insurance card, library card, etc. so I can access without having to actually carry the document around.  Students can take a picture of notes or a document to look at later.

The American Revolution & the money behind it, 8.27.12

Yeah it's Monday!
We will continue watching clips from 1776 for the 1/2 half of class.

The second 1/2 of class we will be working in small groups of 3 to analyze the statistics of pages 10 -14 and then to complete a visual on mercantilism and define the navigation acts.

Homework - page 15 must be complete by 15.  Do this on your own.  A helpful website to consult is
Laws of the American Revolution

1776 8.24.12

Happy Friday!
Essential Question - What caused the French and Indian War?

Pages in the packet 5-8

Read aloud in class page 5

Essential Question - Why did England and the colonists relationship evolve after the French and Indian War?

prezi - the American Reovlution

movie clips from 1776

Work on page 15 in your packet

Welcome to Open House! 8.23.12

Welcome parents! 

1) Introduction

2) Two handouts - 

   Syllabus

   A guide for Parents

 

Here's the link for facebook U.S. history facebook page

The Break with England is coming... then a Break within! 8.23. 12

Essential Question - How was England able to establish a permanent colony in the Atlantic World while other countries were not?

Prezi on the Massachusetts verses Chesapeake - Essential Questions - How are the colonies unified and divided by 1700?

Pages 3 - 6

Homework due next Friday - page 15 and page 19

Facebook users?

Please find Mrs. Manson's US history and request to join our class page.

Exploring the colonies to the Civil War? 8.22.12

Yes that's right, you will see by the end of class tomorrow how EARLY in English history we can see the split economically between the North and the South.

Computers today - Here is your assignment for the day.

1) You must use the search engine Google Chrome
Go to the Lindbergh district webpage - www.lindberghschools.ws
Go to Students and then click on Lindbergh Cloud
Enter your username  14firstnamelastname  password state id
Search for Mrs. Manson U.S. History Class and join the class on moodle

2) You should already be assigned in a group of 5 - distribute the half sheets to all members
You will be working on finding information on one of the countries/areas on page 4 of your Unit 1a packet.

Complete your assigned country/area by the end of the hour.  If you have time today SHARE what you found with other group members.

How does our economy work? 8.21

We will begin our Unit 1a packets today!
How does a capitalistic economy work?
What causes an economy to go up?
What causes an economy to do down?
Due tomorrow - timeline at the beginning of class!!

Introduction to Business of America, 8.20.12

Essential Question
1. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? What role does money play in our lives and in our economy?
Does money rule the world?
2. Work on timeline - due at beginning of the hour on Wednesday.