Tech Tips & Collage

Tech Tips - How can students be more successful using technology?
1) Google Drive
2) Evernote

Students will text in their response to Unit 2 packet to this link
We watched technology video - "21st Century Fluency Project" and Tech Talk with Ken Robinson

Students finished working on collages that answer the question, "What does the Promise of Equality mean to me?

Intro to the Promise of Equality, 10.22.12

Group activity today answer all 3 discussion questions

Work on your individual promise of equality collage.  (More time will be given to complete this in class on Wednesday.)

10.22.12

History Club tomorrow after school room 5! See you there! All 38 of you!

Modern presidents 10.15.12

What was the defining event during each president's term? We will examine the presidencies from Truman through Ford.
Tomorrow we will have video presentations through the 1970s.

Video uploads, 1950s due tomorrow, 10.11.12

If you are having a hard time saving your video on a flash drive please upload to our class you tube channell

username is   mansonushistory2014@gmail.com

password is ushistoryrocks

History Club - Everybody's Doing it...

I wanted to remind everyone that we will have our first History Club meeting tomorrow in room 5 immediately after school!

Agenda:

Introductions
Officers
New Business - History Club wear,  Father Dickson's Cemetery, Class Field Trip, Boonanza Booth, Veteran's Day, Other?

New Deal, 10.10.12

We talked about Hoover's response and began talking about Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression. We reviewed the government's role in the economy and answered the question: "To what extent should the government be involved in the economy?"

Video Tutorials

Here is a link to Scott Hilse's video tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj7rMmPgx0A

Happy Friday! 10.5.12

The test grades have been posted on SIS for our Unit 1B test. Please check your grade. There will be a retake available on moodle very soon if you would like to retake the test. Today in class 2nd & 3rd hours will be in the library researching Unit 1C modern economy topics. 1st, 5th, & 6th hours will be completing two activities on the Progressive Era: Political Machines - answer 14 questions and Progressive Reforms (trusts) - answer 4 questions Due at the end of the hour!!! We will be picking topics for our Unit 1C video project!! No homework Papers submitted online will be graded this weekend and all Unit 1C packets are due today!