US Constitution Lesson 1 March 31 & April 1 2014

Introduction & Overview
Background & Revolution

Declaration of Independence

• Read Ch 6, Section 1 and complete worksheet
• Study for Ch 6/Sec 1 Quiz 

Online Review & Practice Activities

Declaration of Independence fill-in Declaration of Independence http://www.quia.com/cz/468043.html https://www.constitutionfacts.com/?page=declarationQuiz.cfm   CSM Quiz And For Fun Tough Quiz The American Revolution Battleship American Revolution Review Questions (Challenge Board) http://www.quia.com/cb/835309.html  Also, in the next week create an iCivics student account.   Read and watch more at History.com 9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence

History Fair 2014 Phase II

1) Fill out the Historian's Apprentice review worksheet (white). 

And freshen up on your primary and secondary sources by retaking the quiz.  Didn't get a good score?  Take it again.
Primary vs. Secondary Sources Quiz http://www.quia.com/quiz/4327394.html

2) Fill out the Phase II worksheet (green).  Still need topic ideas?  Click here. Need help with your thesis?  Try the Thesis Generator.  (Slow on chrome for some reason)

3) Find your sources and make you bibliography.  See below and the classroom presentation for ideas.

Doing Research/Finding Sources  

There's a great place to start (hosted by the high school)

Primary Sources – What are they?  How do you find them?  What do you do with them? http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm
Library of Congress – Digital Collectionhttp://www.loc.gov/index.html#
National Archives (the building in DC where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and millions of other records are stored) http://www.archives.gov/research/
University of Chicago – Special Collectionshttp://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/
The Encyclopedia of Chicago – Electronic Version(includes primary sources from the Chicago History Museum Collection) http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

Help with Annotated Bibliographies (like a Works Cited page)

Once you've found your sources and are ready for your bibliography, use this site:  http://www.bibme.org.

Use MLA format:

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Examples here (use the left for navigation). 

Then annotate the sources with a brief one-sentence summary.  Examples are here.

Submitting Your Topic and Annotated Bibliography

You can submit hard copies or share them with me on google docs.  When turning these in,  don't forget to include your full name and block in the document title.

Here's the bibliography template.

Use the example on the back of the gold rubric or green thesis sheet as your example.

March On Washington, 1963

We will be reenacting the 1963 March on Washington.  Every group will be assigned a part of the march.  Before we can choose parts, you will need to read more about the march online and choose two or three parts of the march that you'd like to reenact with your group.  (See links below)

We’ll divide up the parts and each group will create a short video (between 6 and 16 seconds!) of their segment.  These are serous reenactments and must be respectful to the participants. Videos should have no student names or laughing. 

You may use a camera I have in class or you can film after school with your Smartphone.  You can use apps like Vine or Instagram, the native video app on your phone, or a camera that can shoot video.  You can always use apps to edit like these (choose the free ones), but it's not necessary.  

These are not to be posted online by you but rather emailed to me at school.  Emails with the videos as attachments must have your block and a topic!

• History Channel's March on Washington site
• Wikipedia's site
• Or simply Google March on Washington

A Time for Justice video

We are watching the excellent documentary A Time for Justice about the Civil Rights Movement.  If you need to watch it because you were absent or making up work, click below.


Time For Justice from Chadron State College on Vimeo.

Containment During the Cold War DBQ Essay

It's time for our third quarter DBQ essay.  This time we'll be giving three examples of containment during the Cold War.  
Remember that essays must be in your own words and you can only use the documents given out in class for sources.
You must turn in a hard copy--please do not share the essays with me via Google docs.
See me in class, during advisory, or after school for help.  
Essays are due by the end of class Thursday or Friday.
  

50s & 60s Day 2014

It was a great time and a great learning experience for all.

Chapter 26 The Civil Rights Era Enhancement Activities

Chapter 26 Practice Quizzes and Test are here.

• Section 1
• Section 2
• Section 3
• Section 4
• Chapter Test 

 
 
Websites and Videos

• History Channel's March on Washington site.
• Great site on Kids Protests in Birmingham, AL in 1963
• The Crash Course Video on Civil Rights and the 1950s (you can watch the next one on the 1960s too)

 
Civil Rights goes to the movies (and TV) youtube playlist
The Presidents (overview, from the history channel)

And some Games on Quia
Civil Rights Battleship Game

Civil Rights Era Jeopardy

Famed former child actress Shirley Temple dies

We learn about her this year and although she lived a full life, she touched many and it was sad to hear of her passing. 
You can read/watch more here.

Chapter 25 Cold War Enhancement Activities

Quizzes, Flashcards & Games

There's a lot of great resources online for you to use, and these are just a few.

Quizlet  Search under 1950s and Cold War and you'll find plenty of quiz sets.

Quia  You can try my review games from last year and search for new ones.  

Cold War Jeopardy

Cold War Millionaire

The Cold War

Textbook Resources and Practice Quizzes
Your textbook has some online resources too.
Click here, then:
Click on Interactive Flashcards, Progress Monitoring Tests (quizzes really), and Just 4 Fun.
There are also some good flashcards and a crossword here.  
50s Rock and roll?  Read a bit here.  Rock and roll quiz?  Yes! 
And there are some Know it? Show it! games here.


Videos
There's a youtube video playlists here.  

• The Cold War playlist
• Roots of Rock and Roll playlist 
• 50s & 60s Fads playlist

Some of these we may be watching in class.  The videos include Crash Course, PSA from the 50s, and a list of Cold War Video Games.  
Got any more to add?


Games
Speaking of games, here's one that looks like it was created during the Cold War.  There are some games you can pay for (but please don't) like Us And Them.  There is also COD: Black Ops II, which has some kind of Cold War plot but I haven't played it.  

Cool Websites 
History.com has videos and more info.  There's also plans to build a Cold War Museum.  Finally, there's the BBC site. There also this site with sound clips that highlights African American contributions to popular music. 

Know any more?  Comment and let me know or see me in class.

More to come?

Feed My Starving Children

We were able to assemble food packs for many people in need around the world on Wednesday.  Great job!