IT IS SPRING BREAK TIME!

ON FRIDAY WE FINISHED THE MOVIE...AND NO...WE DID NOT BLOW UP THE WORLD!

WE COLLECTED COLD WAR NB'S AND "PSA" SHEET FROM THE MOVIE.  PERIODS 5 AND 6 REVEALED THE DOTS...PEOPLE GOT EXTRA CREDIT POINTS FOR SURE!

I AM CORRECTING METAPHORS AND FRIDAY MATERIALS AS FAST AS I CAN...GRADES ARE FINAL...END OF 3RD QUARTER!

4TH QUARTER...BIC POINTS (50) START OVER!...YOU WALK INTO THE CLASS ROOM ON MONDAY...WE START CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT!

BE SAFE, HAVE FUN... AND WILL SEE YOU IN A WEEK! GET READY FOR A "HISTORIFIC FINISH!'

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

"Average number of bathing suits sold in America every second: 4"

FINISH 13 DAYS...

Discuss if time!

Periods 5 &6...Dots will be revealed

Turn in NB's and PCA's...Last grades of 3rd Qts.

Musical Metaphors???

HAVE A FUN AND SAFE SPRING BREAK

THUSDAY, MARCH 26

"In 1992, 55,142 people were injured by jewelry!?"

WATCHING 13 DAYS...you are working on your 3 PCA's while watching. We will finish tomorrow!

NOTEBOOKS DUE TOMORROW:  Cold War Stuff:
                50 POINTS - INTERACTIVE...CUT/PASTED...ORGANIZED AND COMPLETE

A. Iron Curtain, Berlin Blockade...Ch. 15, sect. 1 notes
B. Class lecture notes Policies and Events... Who started it?  Cold War Terms (SNOWBALL)
C. VIDEO NOTES: "Best Years", "Happy Days", and "Poisoned Dreams: Part 1"
D. Cuban Missile Crisis...Ch. 17, sect 1 notes (Pop-up missile thing)

If you are leaving early for Spring Break...turn them in before you leave.

I will collect your "Situation Response Analysis" sheet when the movie concludes.

PERIODS 5 & 6:  We will reveal the DOTS at the end of the period (there should be time!)  Hope you are here!!!!!

TUESDAY, MARCH 25

"The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year!"

13 Days...Cuban Missile Crisis...for the rest of the week!

What are your 3 "Possible Course of Actions"...PSA?????

Cuban Missile Crisis...Interactive NB entry...Ch. 17, sect. 1 take notes...and then cut-out and label...color the "pop-up" Missile thing...

NB's DUE WED...End of Quarter

Today in class we watched and took Interactive Notes from the ABC video: "Happy Days" covering the 1950's.  If you were gone...use the link on the blog...watch it at home, and take notes.

Ch. 17, Section 1: JFK...AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...TAKE NOTES FROM THE TEXTBOOK FOR BACK GROUND.

Tomorrow:  Finish Happy Days...roll into JFK and set up for Cuban Missile Crisis Group Activity.

Start "13 Days by end of the hour!@"

TUES-THURSDAY - "13 Days" ...movie depicting intensity during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

DOT ACTIVITY...for periods 5 and 6...if everyone is present!!

FRIDAY:

Cold War Test...study all notes, faces, timelines and terms
INTERACTIVE NB's due Friday:  Cold War = 50 Points

MONDAY, MARCH 23

"Canada has the longest coastline than any other nation on Earth!"

I am back!  Metaphors were collected and due on Friday...no late work accepted.  On Friday you watched 
ABC video: "The Best Years"...and have pages in your notebook from Friday.

NOTEBOOKS OPEN:

America's Time: Happy Days: The Nifty Fifties

This week we will focus on The Cuban Missile Crisis...check blog for assigned page numbers from the textbook for an interactive NB assignment.

TUES-FRIDAY - 13 Days...
THURSDAY...DOTS???
FRIDAY:
Cold War Test
Notebooks due: Cold War - 50 Points 

SPRING BREAK...END OF 3rd QUARTER

LOOKS/SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE GOOD LITTLE KITTENS!  TODAY WE COLLECTED METAPHORS... AND YOU WATCHED "THE BEST YEARS"... America's Time...ABC...

If you were absent...use the link on this blog...watch it at home...check yesterday's instructions...it will be a NB entry...I am collecting NB's for the end of the Quarter.

Monday...discussing Space Race Events?  Watching "Happy Days"...Homework...a reading packet and Study Guide for the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Tuesday: 13 Days..

Wednesday: Solve The Crisis Activity

Thursday: Finish Movie?

Friday: Take Cold War Test...hand in textbooks for end of the Quarter

Have a safe and fun Prom!

TURN IN METAPHORS AT THE VERY START OF THE HOUR...

OPEN YOUR NOTEBOOKS...MAKE A COLORFUL TITLE AT THE TOP

                                      "THE BEST YEARS"..1945-1950

TAKE THOROUGH NOTES...5 PTS. PER PAGE...BONUS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL...

THIS WILL PREP US FOR 13 DAYS...

PERIODS 5 & 6...BETTER BE VERY AFRAID...PERFECT BEHAVIOR IS EXPECTED

REPORT FROM THE SUB FOR TODAY WAS NOT GOOD... 5TH AND 6TH HOURS TOO LOUD...TOO OFTEN! 2ND HOUR ARE THE ANGELS!!! GOOD JOB!

2ND HOUR - TURN IN METAPHORS AT START OF THE HOUR...THEN WORK ON FINISHING YOUR SPACE RACE NEWSPAPER.  WHEN YOU FINISH YOU CAN START THE READING ASSIGNMENT AND STUDY GUIDE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. 

5TH AND 6TH PERIODS:

METAPHORS ARE DUE AT THE START OF THE PERIOD...IMMEDIATELY.  YOU WILL NOT WORK IN TEAMS ON THE SPACE RACE NEWSPAPER. 

YOU WILL BE GIVEN A READING PACKET SETTING YOU UP FOR THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.  YOU WILL HAVE A 'STUDY GUIDE' TO WORK ON FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD. IT IS DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.

YOU WILL READ THE ENTIRE PACKET AND COMPLETE THE STUDY GUIDE. IF THERE IS ONE PEEP...NO DOT ACTIVITY AND YOU WILL TAKE THE COLD WAR TEST ON MONDAY.

YOU DIDN'T SEEM TO RESPECT MY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS/EXPECTATIONS PRESCRIBED ON WEDNESDAY!

I ASKED THAT YOU REALLY WORK HARD WHILE I WAS GONE...OH WELL!

THURSDAY I AM GONE...ALL CLASSES ARE WORKING ON THEIR COLD WAR TIMELINES AND THEIR ASSIGNED COLD WAR SPACE RACE NEWSPAPER HEADLINE.  WORK HARD DURING CLASS ON THURSDAY...100 % COOPERATION AND EFFORT!

IF THERE IS A POOR REPORT FROM THE SUB...IN THE SLIGHTEST MANNER...PERIODS 5 AND 6 WILL LOOSE THEIR DOT ACTIVITY...2ND HOUR WILL HAVE A SURPRISE!!!

HOMEWORK IS TO ROCK WITH THE METAPHOR...DUE FRIDAY!

BE COOL!

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18

"15% of Americans secretly bite their toenails!"

EARLY RELEASE TODAY!!

TEAMS...Finish Cold War Fever Charts

Working next on assigned "Cold War Space Event"...Newspaper Headlines...presentations!

METAPHORS DUE FRIDAY

TUESDAY, MARCH 17

"Why are all the roads crooked in St. Paul, MN??  Irish road crews!!!"

Cold War Fever Chart...Group Work

(Never know if there is dot working right next to you!)

"11 TEAMS"

 Get out "The Cold War" handout..."An Outline of Events"

A. Glue the "Cold War Events and Policies" chart in your NB's.

B. Work with partner using the fact sheet to create your timeline...not "terms"

Turn in fact sheet to me...

C. Pick up HUGE "Cold War Fever Chart" and label the people, and place events on the time line marking a certain "temperature level"

 
 WHEN YOU FINISH...ARMSTRONG WILL ASSIGN YOU A "SPACE RACE EVENT"...

ALL THIS WILL HELP YOU WITH THE BOTTOM PART OF METAPHORs

METAPHORS DUE FRIDAY

MONDAY, MARCH 16

"Which country borders 16 other countries???? CHINA!"

METAPHOR PROJECTS...DUE FRIDAY!...

MONDAY: COLD WAR VISUAL LITERACY...WHO'S WHO
TUESDAY: EVENTS/TIMELINE/COLD WAR FEVER CHART...PARTNER ACTIVITY
WEDNESDAY: SPACE RACE COMPETITION
THURSDAY-FRIDAY: Armstrong is gone...watch ABC..."Best Years" and The Fifties

METAPHORS COLLECTED BY FRIDAY...IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE GONE...TURN THEM IN BEFORE YOU LEAVE...NOT LATE WORK ACCEPTED!

WE WILL EXPOSE THE DOTS NEXT WEEK...EXCEPT 2nd HOUR...OUTTA THE GAME DUE TO APATHY AND IRRESPONSIBILITY!

TODAY...FRIDAY...

1. WE TOOK A QUIZ ON CH. 15, SECTION 1 AND THE COLD WAR (SNOWBALL) TERMS...20 POINTS...CLOSED NOTE. Those that missed will take it on Monday first thing!

2. WE PRACTICED SOME "DUCK AND COVER" DRILLS...AND WATCHED DR. SEUSS'S 'THE BUTTER BATTER BOOK"...HOPE YOU FIGURED OUT HOW IT RELATES TO THE COLD WAR?

3. CHECK OUT EARLIER POST...I HAVE PUT SOME SPECIFIC DETAILS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE METAPHOR...WHICH IS DUE WED.  Better be working on it over the weekend!

THOSE DOTS IN 2ND HOUR...YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A 2ND CHANCE...GOTTA CONFIRM BEFORE CLASS STARTS ON MONDAY!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

FRIDAY, MARCH 13

"The U.S. has more bagpipes than Scotland does!"

COLD WAR QUIZZAM...NOWZA!

Finish Slide Lecture

Watch...Butter Battle Book..."Debrief" 

METAPHORS DUE WEDNESDAY

2ND PERIOD DOTS...I WILL GIVE YOU UNTIL MONDAY START OF THE PERIOD TO CONFIRM!

HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY NIGHT:

STUDY CH. 15 SECT. 1 NOTES...AND YOUR COLD WAR VOCAB TERMS WITH THE SNOW BALL...AND ALL OTHER NOTES!

QUIZ TOMORROW FIRST THING!

I WILL GIVE 2ND HOUR A SECOND CHANCE...THOSE DOTS WHO HAVE NOT CONFIRMED MAY STILL DO SO!!! GOTTA GET 'ER DONE BY TOMORROW THOUGH!!!! HOPE YOU CARE ENOUGH...THE REST OF THE CLASS IS DEPENDING ON YOU!

AFTER QUIZ...WATCH "BUTTER BATTLE BOOK"...23 MINUTES OF PURE COLD WAR FUN!

COLD WAR METAPHOR PROJECT... DUE WED., MARCH 18 AT START OF CLASS

50 POINTS

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. SELECT A METAPHOR...AND FIND AN IMAGE ON GOOGLE IMAGES THAT WILL SERVE AS YOUR EXAMPLE OF CONFLICT.

2. USE AT LEAST 10 VOCAB WORDS, TERMS, EVENTS, PEOPLE, PLACES FROM OUR COLD WAR UNIT, AND LABEL THEM TO EXPLAIN YOUR METAPHOR...IT IS BEST TO IDENTIFY THE ITEM, AND THEN GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.

3. PROVIDE 3 SPECIFIC EXPLANATIONS HOW/WHY YOUR METAPHOR WAS LIKE THE COLD WAR.  BECAUSE... 1.)   2.)   3.)  BE THOROUGH AND FULLY EXPLAIN YOURSELF.

4. PROVIDE THOROUGH EXPLANATIONS OF THE U.S. EFFORTS IN THE DECADES OF THE COLD WAR.  LOOK THROUGH YOUR NOTES...USE YOUR TEXTBOOK..AND ESPECIALLY THE COLD WAR HANDOUT GIVEN TO YOU FOR A RESOURCE.  THIS WILL BE THE TOUGHEST...YOU CAN DO IT.

THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE TYPED...CUT AND PASTED...COLORFUL...AND NEAT IN APPEARANCE!  NO COWBELL = VERY FEW POINTS!!!

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

"Harry S. Truman was the last president with no college degree!

Looks like 2nd Hour is "out" of the contest...not all dots confirmed!!!  Bummer...Great Job 5th and 6th!

SLIDE LECTURE COLD WAR EVENTS/POLICIES

IF TIME:  Dr. Seuss's "Butter Battle Book"

QUIZ TOMORROW...Ch. 15, section 1...Cold War Vocab Terms

METAPHORS DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY...

ATTENTIONS TO ALL DOTS OUT THERE...YOU HAVE UNTIL TOMORROW...THE START OF YOUR CLASS PERIOD TO GIVE ME CONFIRMATION....

2ND  AND 5TH HOURS ... NOT ALL CONFIRMATIONS ARE IN!

6TH HOUR...YOU EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS...ALL DOTS HAVE CONFIRMED!

MAKE CERTAIN ALL MAPS, AND NOTES ARE COMPLETE...STUDY FOR TOMORROW

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

"Poll results: 12% of Americans say they think Joan of Arc was Noah's wife!"

"DOTS"...you have until the start of class tomorrow to "confirm via email" with Mr. Armstrong!

BERLIN BLOCKADE/AIRLIFT...

Hand in Wiggle Wing worksheet...notebooks open...

Discuss the "defining moment" of the Cold War...

Slide Lecture Cold War Policies and Events

Today we passed back WWII tests...grades are pretty close to being updated!  We worked on Interactive Notebook maps...A. Iron Curtain and B. The Berlin Airlift...all Ch. 15, Section 1 notes, Cold War Vocab terms must be glued...organized...and complete...STUDY NOTES/MAPS.

"Uncle Wiggle Wings, The Candy Bomber" reading and questions due tomorrow...can be used to complete Berlin Airlift Interactive NB thing! Turn this in tomorrow.


We assigned Cold War Metaphor...50 Points, Due Next Wed., March 18

YOU A VERY SLOW WITH YOUR CONFIRMATIONS...DOTS...I AM DEPENDING ON YOU TO HAVE EMAILED ME WHO YOU ARE NO LATER THAN THURSDAY!!!

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

"The first meal eaten on the moon: 4 bacon squares, 3 sugar cookies"

There are "dots" in the room!

Assign Cold War Metaphor Project

Reading Packet

COLD WAR: BERLIN AIRLIFT: The Defining Moment

A. "Uncle Wiggle Wings,The Candy Bomber"

B. Interactive Map

Today we handed out very important Cold War Terms.  You were told to glue them in your notebooks and study them.  You might be pop-quizzed tomorrow...and the next day...and the next day after that!

WE STARTED THE DOT ACTIVITY...

IF YOU HAD A "RED DOT" ON YOUR LITTLE ITSY-BITSY PIECE OF PAPER TODAY ...YOU ARE A COMMUNIST AND MUST LET ME KNOW VIA EMAIL WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS...OR...THE GAME IS OFF!

Ch. 15 Section 1 Notes must be 100% done by tomorrow.

Bring textbooks...you will be working with partners on your interactive notes.

MONDAY, MARCH 9

"It takes a drop of ocean water more than 1,000 years to circulate around the world!"

ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR...CH. 15, SECT. 1

WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED ON FRIDAY?

"DOT ACTIVITY"

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

"Are you one of the 33% of the population who can't snap their fingers?"

COLD WAR LECTURE STARTS TODAY...

CH. 15 SECTION ONE STUFF...What is the Cold War? and Who started it?...Who wins it?

FRIDAY...ACADEMIC CATCH UP

YOU MUST HAVE A TEXTBOOK AND NOTEBOOK IN YOUR HANDS...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

"The state sport of Maryland is jousting"

Those of you who need to...taking WWII exam.
Hand back "Notecards" with Project grades... and video notes...grades are posted!
Watch any remaining WWII videos class has not seen yet???

Start Cold War Unit:

THERE ARE "DOTS" IN THE ROOM!!!

Notebooks Open...

"Adam Bomb" decision....Atomic Cafe scene...
Cold War Terms...glue in Notebooks...
 
Ch. 15 Interactive Notebook = 50 Points...same as last unit.

Ch. 15, Section 1...Origins of Cold War...Take thorough notes for this section...you will have some funky items to glue in your notebook for this section...OVERKILL on the NOTE DEPT>!

WE TOOK THE WWII OPEN NOTE EXAM TODAY...ALL PERIODS. 

IF YOU WERE GONE TODAY...YOU WILL TAKE IT WEDNESDAY DURING CLASS

TOMORROW: TUESDAY...ALL JUNIORS ARE GONE ...TO FVCC

WEDNESDAY:  HANDBACK (HOPEFULLY) ALL WWII STUFF...AND START COLD WAR UNIT

THURSDAY: COLD WAR LECTURE

FRIDAY: ACADEMIC CATCH UP...BRING TEXTBOOK...WORK FOR ONE FULL PERIOD=3%

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR PROJECTS...IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THESE PROJECTS (MULTIMEDIA ISSUES) BY WED.

MONDAY, MARCH 2

"A shark finds a fish because it can hear its heart beating!"

OPEN NOTE WWII...CH. 14 EXAM