Today...Friday, Jan. 30... we had our WWII "sing-along"...and for the remainder of the period watched  WWII From Space....We will finish it on Monday.

BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS!!!

Your Notebooks should be orgainized:

Map of the World
"We Did It Before" lyrics
The 5th Pig...puzzle...folded...glued in notebook!

See you Monday, Feb. 2...

FRIDAY, JAN. 30

"Dragonflies can travel up to 60 mph!"

Notebooks open:

"We Did It Before...And...We Will Do It Again"...sing-a-long

Do you have the "5th Pig puzzle" done...AND...glued in your NB's????

Maps open...WWII from Space...take notes as you watch!

Ch. 14 on Monday...BRING TEXTBOOKS!

THURSDAY, JAN. 29

"The original Godzilla costume weighed 220 lbs. It was made of urethane and bamboo!"

FDR's ...War Messages
U.S. Options...Dec. 1941?
Sing A Long
WWII From Space
Ch. 14 Stuff

Bottom Line #7:
        Don't lose to that other team: Crosstown

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28

"Ants don't sleep!"

Finish "Tora, Tora,Tora!" ...Why did they do it?

FDR's War Messages

WWII SING-A-LONG!

Maps:
What is our "situation" as a country in Dec. 1941?

TUESDAY. JAN. 27

"The most men ever to rid on one motorcycle: 47 (Army Corps of Brasilia team, 1995)

WATCHING: WWII FROM SPACE

GLUE WORLD MAP IN NOTEBOOK AND PINPOINT PLACES...EVENTS...WITH DATES...AS IT GOES.

"TORA...TORA...TORA!!!

Review through Ch. 13 materials

Use your textbook and identify...outline the extent of Axis Power aggression and control in Europe/North Africa and Asia/Pacific.  Pearl Harbor should be right in the middle.

Monday, January 26

"If your bed is 'typical', there are 6 million dust mites living there!

 

GET YOUR NOTEBOOKS

PASS BACK...DISCUSS FINALS

 

NOTEBOOKS NEW TITLE PAGE:

Bold and Beautiful

 

2nd SEMESTER STARTS NOW:

*Re-supply...new spiral?...glue sticks?

 

NEW POLICIES:

*B.I.C.= Body In Chair... 50 Points per quarter

-5 for every Tardy and Absence (School Sponsored do not count)

-50 for Cell Phone violation

 

*MAKE-UP DAY- Show up with assigned materials...work on unit material we are covering that day...for entire period... 3% will be awarded.  YOU MUST EARN IT!

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMS ARE DONE!

I HAVE CORRECTED ALL NOTEBOOKS...CH. 13 = 50 POINTS IS THE LAST GRADE FOR 2ND QUARTER.

175 POINT - SEMESTER ASSESSMENTS - BREAK DOWN

50 POINTS - Assignment Portfolios
50 POINTS - Semester Timeline & F Ideals
75 POINTS - Exam...25 Points="All or Nothing"...ID = 50 Points

A PRETTY SOLID FINISH...HOWEVER, THOSE WHO DID NOT DO EITHER OF THE NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENTS...LOST  100 POINTS...SEMESTER GRADES AND CREDIT ARE IN SERIOUS RISK.  STAY TUNED AS I GET EXAMS CORRECTED AND GRADES ENTERED.

ON MONDAY...WE START A FRESH...YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A NEW SPIRAL NB AND RESUPPLY!!!!

"THANK YOU, MR. ARMSTRONG!"

TUESDAY...1/20

 

PREPARE...STUDY FOR EXAM!

Today...Friday, Jan. 16...we handed back Assignment Portfolios...and distributed the "worksheet" for the "All or Nothing" section of the exam.

In class today we watched and discussed "Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream" speech...in honor of MLK Day Monday.

HOMEWORK OVER THE WEEKEND AND MONDAY:

1. Make certain all of Ch. 13 is complete and in your notebook.
2. Work on Semester One Timeline...in your notebook...
3. NOTEBOOKS COLLECTED ON YOUR EXAM DAY
3. Start organizing...reviewing...studying...prepping for Exam...ID's. See handout or blog for details.

TUESDAY:  Review...prepare for exam
WEDNESDAY: Periods 1-4
THURSDAY:  Periods 5-7

THURSDAY, Jan. 15
Today you turned in Assignment Portfolio

Friday - I will give you the "All or nothing" sheet and then rant some more about Blitzkrieg and Bonzai!!!

We are playing "fetch"...I throw a stick...you bring back a rock...work to exceed expectations at the end of this semester

Great Job today!!!

 

BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS - YOU ARE WORKING ON CH. 13 INTERACTIVE NB SECTIONS IN CLASS...CH 13 SECTIONS 1-4...AND THE DOCUMENT EXERCISE ON PEARL HARBOR, PAGE 431 ARE DUE FRIDAY...IN NOTEBOOKS...50 POINTS!!!



HERE ARE THE SEMESTER ASSESSMENT ITEMS ( I will give this as a handout in class tomorrow):

Armstrong’s 1^st Semester Assessment/Exam                                                   20^th Century U.S. History

1.       Assignment Portfolio – 10 assignments/quizzams/handouts …5 pts. Each = 50 Points

D-Day: Thursday, Jan. 16

2.       1^st Semester Illustrated Timeline- 50  Points – DUE THE DAY OF YOR EXAM AND IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS!

Directions: - You will create an illustrated timeline of 10 Specific Events we covered

This semester in class. You must find a picture/image for each. You will also gather evidence (cowbell) briefly identifying the event, date, write a headline or caption for each.

Beneath your timeline (like a footer) rate five of the events according to how much they helped advance the FIVE IDEALS. Award each of those events a rating of 1 (the highest) to 5 the lowest.

In a CEAL paragraph provide/explain the reasons you chose these five on the “last page of your first semester notebook.”

DIRECTIONS:  AFTER YOUR CH. 13/PEARL HARBOR NOTES…OPEN YOUR NOTEBOOKS UP AND YOU WILL USE TWO PAGES FOR YOUR INTERACTIVE TIMELINE! This should be neat and organized, colorful, and worthy of an effort from a high school teenager who loves American History and what it represents. 

 

3.       THE EXAM:  Part A – THE INFAMOUS TEENAGE ALL OR NOTHING ALL AMERICAN CHALLENGE

                                     All –or-Nothing  (25 Points)

        Part B - THE COWBELL SECTION – ID Time!!! From the list below we will pick a 

                       Number out of the hat…the number we pick…that is the ID you will do.

                       2 Paragraphs…Facts….The Significance is… Rubric on Back of this paper.

                       (50 Points)

                             

ID’s – Start organizing now.  Go through your class notes, your textbook, any videos or movies, and or any handouts we have used in class this year.  For each ID…get out a separate sheet of paper and put the “cowbell”…the historical facts…Who, what, when, where, why…the events, the people, the diagrams, lists we used!!!  For “the significance…” think how the event was important THEN…and then how it changed, helped the course of history.  “WHEN I GOT A FEVER…THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS…MORE COWBELL.  DO NOT ASSUME I KNOW A SINGLE THING ABOUT THE EVENT.  I WILL BE LOOKING MOST FOR CLASS NOTES AND THINGS WE DID IN CLASS. 

 

1.       9/11/2001

2.       WORLD WAR 1

3.       THE 19^TH AMENDMENT AND THE WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

4.       THE ROARING TWENTIES

5.       THE GREAT STOCK MARKET CRASH AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION

6.       FDR’S NEW DEAL

7.       MONTANA AND THE NEW DEAL

8.       THE ROAD TO WWII

9.       PEARL HARBOR

10.   YOU PICK ONE OF THE ABOVE

MONDAY, JAN. 12

"NOTHING BEATS FUN...FOR HAVING A GOOD TIME!

ACADEMIC CATCH-UP

I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK TO BRING YOUR TEXT BOOK!

HERE IS THE "EXCERPT" FROM THE PRINCIPAL TO PARENTS:

"Background

We are working with a new attendance policy that has an Academic Catch Up day built into each quarter.  Our highly successful quarter 1 Academic Catch Up day was Oct. 10.  The objective of the Academic Catch Up day is to give students the opportunity to improve their grades by getting caught up on their academic work.  This work includes, but is not limited to, completing missing assignments, retaking quizzes, finishing essays, reading course material, completing enrichment activities, working on deficient skills, extending science lab time, receiving tutoring etc."

TODAY: YOU WILL WORK FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD ON CH. 13 INTERACTIVE NB STUFF. INDEPENDENTLY AND SILENTLY!

IF YOU DO SO...AND ARE PRODUCTIVE ...YOU WILL EARN A 3% BONUS ON YOUR QUARTER GRADE!

CH. 13 "ROAD TO PEARL HARBOR" STUFF WILL BE DUE THURSDAY.

YOU ALSO HAVE FIRST SEMESTER ASSESSMENTS TO WORK ON AS WELL...YOU ARE "GETTING AHEAD AND CATCHING UP!"

FRIDAY, JAN 9

"The Pentagon spends $8,612 per second; $271.6 billion a year!

POWER LECTURE ON ROAD TO WWII:

4 Causes...and Germany!!!!

ACADEMIC CATCH-UP - MONDAY...BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK AND ALL U.S. HISTORY MATERIALS...YOU WILL WORK ON A. CH. 13 STUFF, OR PREPARE FOR FINAL EXAM

CH. 13 SECTION 1...TUESDAY...BUT I WILL GIVE YOU ALL SECTION Q'S TODAY...YOU CAN START BOOGIEING!!!

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

READ CH. 13 SECTION ONE...GLUE Q'S IN NB...ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN YOUR NB'S. 

CAN YOU SAY, "TOTALITARIANISM'?

THURSDAY, JAN. 8

"Historians say Thomas Jefferson invented the coat hanger!"

 

Ch. 25 - Section One: The Rise of Dictators, assessment due...glued and in your NB's...DUE TOMORROW!

 

Finish "act-it-outs"

Glue 8 WWII terms in NB...

Start POWER LECTURE!!!

 

CAUSES OF WWII...and the Road to Pearl Harbor

WE ARE BACK!!!

Make certain to check updated grades.

Start organizing First Semester Materials for 50 Point Assignment Portfolio. I will ask for 10 assignments, tests, handouts from the Semester...roughly 5 per Quarter...each worth 5 points. If you have it..cha-ching...if you don't "no points for you." This will help prepare for Semester Exam. I will give you specifics on that this Friday.

Today we introduced 8 WWII terms in "act-it-outs"...is some way these relate to WWII.

Ch. 25, sect 1 was assigned, and the Section 1 assessment was to be glued in NB...read the section tonight and start answering questions...DUE FRIDAY...in your NB's...colorful...INTERACTIVE...AND WITH COWBELL!

Tomorrow:  We finish act-it-outs...and get rolling in an Armstrong Power-Lecture!

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7

 

"A healthy pig should be able to run a mile in 7.5 minutes!"

WELCOME BACK!!!!!! NOW THAT WAS A BREAK!!!!

TO DO LIST BEFORE WE START "Road To WWII Unit!"

1. Hand back NEW DEAL/MT Quizzam
2. Check Grades...updated!!!
3. Catch-up Day????
4. Semester Assessment: Assignment Portfolio...50 Points...start organizing
5. Semester Exam - 20% ...specifics will be provided this Friday!...Better start now!

NOTEBOOKS OPEN & GLUE STICKS OUT

WWII - Introduction!!!
Ch. 13...Section 1: The Rise of Dictators...read and do/glue section 1 assessment in your NB
DUE THURSDAY

POWER-LECTURE!!!!