Martin Luther King, Jr/Civil Rights Day - No School
Objectives:
-- Describe new geography facts you learned from the bee -- Tell the meaning of foreign policy related vocabulary Activities: -- Go over Geography Bee questions -- Add vocabulary to US Foreign Policy packet (3rd column) Independent Learning: -- Weekly Weekend Work -- Check OG email and or Google Classroom -- Check Vue -- Do any missing work -- Organize/clean out backpack -- Restock supplies Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: Diplomacy: The practice of conducting international relations State: When talking about the world, an independent country Commercial: Having to do with buying and selling (business/economics) Annex: To add on or take over land Sphere of Influence: areas within one nation where another nation has economic or political control Yellow journalism: The use of sensational or exaggerated headlines and stories to sell newspapers Nationalism: Feelings of patriotism, pride, unity, commitment, and loyalty towards one's country ("Yay, us!") Objectives:
-- Select and justify an option to be used by the US in dealing with Hawai'i Activities: -- Continue group work from yesterday: Complete chart with pros and cons of each option for the US to use with Hawai'i. -- As a group, decide on best option. Provide reason. -- Share with class. -- Hear what actually happened with the results -- Receive and begin filling out a half sheet with individual point of view about this situation and the job of president. Independent Learning: -- Half sheet due Monday if not completed in class Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: Objectives:
-- Describe the various choices open to the US in regard to Hawai'i Activities: -- Read packet with introduction and background to the situation with Hawai'i in 1893. -- In groups, read each option available to President Cleveland. -- Fill out chart of pros and cons of each option. Independent Learning: -- None Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: Objectives:
-- Describe various US foreign policy strategies of the late 1800s and early 1900s Activities: -- Read from textbook about Samoa and Hawai'i (p. 683-684) -- Continue filling in notetaker Independent Learning: -- None Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: -- See Ms, Schaedler or another student in the class to get the notes you missed. Objectives:
-- Demonstrate knowledge of general geography Activities: -- Participate in preliminary competition of the Geography Bee Independent Learning: -- None Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: -- None |
AuthorCarol Schaedler has been with CFSD for 30 years. She loves teaching the kids in the middle. Archives
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