1. Students watched Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 edition of CNN 10https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

2. Students Social Groups of N and S Chart

3. Some students shared out what the living conditions of various social groups was like.

4. Students and/or teacher read page 274

5. Students watched a short clip from the movie Roots.

Everybody Else:

1. Students watched Monday, Apr. 30th, 2018 edition of CNN 10 https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

2. Students finished their postcards.

3. Students made a chart with the following 4 columns: White Southerners, African Americans in the South, African Americans in the North, and Immigrants in the North. For full credit, students had to write down 3 full sentences, in each section, that describes what life was like for a particular social group.  The title of this assignment is Social Groups in N and S chart. Students needed to read pages 264 to 266.  For extra credit, students could write up to 5 things in each section if they'd like. (per. 2 was the only class that started this)

Independent Study Students:

1. Numbers 1 to 3 above.

Everybody Else:

1. CNN 10 Quiz #7

2. Students finished Cornell Notes #5

3. Students created a postcard where they were from the North or the South. They were asked to pretend as if they visited the an area that was the opposite of where they are from.  Postcards need to contain the following: a stamp, an image related to the area they visited, and 5-6 sentences. The 5-6 sentences must describe what life was like in the place that they visited.

Independent Study Students:

1. Watch Friday, April 27th, 2018 edition of CNN 10https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

2. Take the quiz found on #1

3. Complete #2 and #3 above

 

Everybody Else:

1. Students took a school climate survey by using the following link:

http://www.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/news/article/854254

2.Students watched 04-25-18 edition of CNN 10https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

3. Students worked on Cornell Notes #5. See 04-24-18 for instructions.

Independent Study Students:

1. Same as above.

Everybody Else and Independent Study Students:

1. Students watched 05-25-18 edition of CNN 10 https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

2. Students watched the economy section of the two videos given.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWBHBGMXvmE

3. Students started working on Cornell Notes #5. The E.Q. is What was the economy of the South based on?  5 Key words or ideas are needed to go with this question.  Then, you must summarize your findings in 5 to 6 sentences.  Independent Study Students do not need to do the Collab piece; everybody else has too.

Everybody Else:

1. Students watched Tuesday, 04-24-18, edition of CNN 10 and recorded the 5W notes on these topics.https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

2.Students finished and handed in compare and contrast paragraphs on the geography of the North and the South.

3. Students read pages 256 to 259. Stop at Transportation in the North section

Independent Study Students:

1. Do numbers 1 to 3 above.

Everybody Else:

1. Students watched Monday, 04-23-18, edition of CNN 10https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

Students reported, by writing down the 5W's on the stories on the positive athlete and the story involving the leader of North Korea.

2. Students read pages 254 to 255 in their textbook.

3. Students made a section in their Table of Contents section titled Venn Diagram on North and the South. Students had to write at least 3 items in each part of the Venn Diagram.

4. Students watched the first 2 minutes of a YouTube video on the geography of the Southhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWBHBGMXvmE

5. Students watched the first 2 minutes of a YouTube video on the geography of the Northhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDK7LFeoY80

6. Students started to do a compare and contrast paragraph on the geography of the North and the South.

Independent Study Students:

1. Please do numbers 1 to 6 above.

1. All students are CAASP testing.

1. All students are CAASP testing.

1. All students are CAASP testing.

Everybody Else:

1. State Testing

Independent Study Students:

1. Same as #1 above

Independent Study Students:

1. Watch the Friday, April 13th, 2018 edition of CNN 10https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

2. Take the ten question CNN 10 quiz.  This is found on #2 above.

Everybody Else:

1. Students watched 04-12-18 edition of CNN 10https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

2. Students summarized, in 5 to 6 sentences, a tall tale told by a mountain man by reading one on the following websitehttp://www.mman.us/wildtales.htm

3.Students needed to pretend they are a mountain person. In a 1/2 to 1 page, they need to write about one of their adventures. The more exaggerated, the better. This may be in free write format. Try to include elements of things that could actually happen as well.

Independent Study Students:

Same as above

Everybody Else:

1. Students watched Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 edition of CNN 10 https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

2. Students completed question #1 on page 86 of Document B.

3. Students saw the trailer from the movie Jeremiah Johnson.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFLwH-ZZ1MY

(per. 2)

4. Students read The Mountain Men section on pages 217 to 218. (per. 2)

Independent Study Students:

1. #1 above

2. Write a 6 to 8 sentence opinion paragraph on whether or not you would have wanted to be a mountain person.  Give reasons for your opinion.  This is not a freewrite.  It is a structured paragraph.

Everybody Else:

1. Students watched 04-10-18 edition of CNN 10https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

2. Some students finished their summary of Lewis and Clark expedition.

3. Students listened to a parody of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

4. Students began working on Document B on page 86. Students were responsible for telling me two ways that Catherine Sager Pringle was affected by pioneer life. Each way needed to be supported by evidence from the text. This is a total of 4 sentences.

Independent Study Students:

1. See #2 above.

2. Read page 220 to 222. Stop at The Mormons section. Make a top 5 list of things that were difficult for pioneer women.