Early Presidents and Westward Expansion Unit 6

Friday 1/23 Achieve 3000. Now that Achieve 3000 has been purchased for our use, classes will do 45 minutes of Achieve 3000 every Friday, and will also complete Achieve 3000 readings during their enrichment times on Thursdays. Readings will be assigned and given a grade out of 8.

Monday, 1/26/15 Vocab Check day!!!! I have lost my voice so we need to be on our best behavior. Raise your hand and wait for me to come over so I can record our scores. Thank you! Log-in to Quizlet.com If you cannot log-on search C_Farley Unit 6- Early Presidents and Westward Expansion Unit 6- Key Figures If you finish early, log-on to Achieve 3000 and select a reading of your choice to complete. I want 4 readings completed by the end of Friday. This does not include last Friday’s readings. SWBAT: identify key terms and people from the 1800s.

Tuesday- Science Benchmark Students will complete the Science Benchmark for Miss Colburn. After your benchmark: Log-on to Achieve 3000 Complete “ The Presidents’ Club,” and “Saying Goodbye to a Pioneer.” HOMEWORK: Read 4 other achieve 3000 articles of your choosing and complete the activity section for them by Friday.

Wednesday and Thursday “The Presidents” documentary and movie guide. Students will gain knowledge of the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe in order to later explain how their presidencies still impact us today. SWBAT: Summarize the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe.

Friday, 1/30/15 Log-on to edmodo.com Do “Weekly 5: 1/30/15” When you are done, raise your hand. Ms. Farley will present you with the study guide for this unit which we will tackle as a class. On your own however, you will complete the section on “Washington’s Presidency.” If you get done before the rest of your classmates, continue to the next section. We will go over “Washington’s Presidency” 10 minutes before class ends.

Monday, 2.2.15 Come in and sit down quickly and quietly. Add to your table of contents: Page 70- Quizlet Vocab- Unit 6 (have received) Page 71- The Presidents- Part 1 Movie Guide (received) Page 72- The Presidents Packet (received Friday) Page 73- Andrew Jackson Page 74- Manifest Destiny (aka Westward Expansion) Page 75-Trail of Tears Page 76- Immigration and Industrialization Brainpop Page 77- “America the Story of US: Expansion” Movie Guide

Presidents of the US- Who were they? What did they do? We are going to divide and conquer in our quest for knowledge about the presidents. We will count off by 5. You will then meet with the person who has that same number and complete the page that is associated with that number. You need to become an expert on this page, because we will be having to teach another group about our page. You will have today to read and answer the questions on your page. Tomorrow we will get with our other group to hear about the other presidents.

Exit slip- Answer on a ½ slip of paper What did you learn today? What do you still want to know? Homework: “The Story of the States,” and “Words by Wire” Achieve 3000 articles due Thursday Incomplete class work. Progress Report signed- due Wednesday

Tuesday, 2/3/15 Come in and get out your Presidencies Packet. We will be having to share with another group the information that we became experts on. Homework: “The Story of the States,” and “Words by Wire” articles on Achieve 3000 due Thursday. Signed Progress Report Due tomorrow!!!

Check answers We will check our answers on “Challenges to the New Government (1),” “The Federalists in Charge (2),” “Jefferson Takes Office(3),” “The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration(4),” and “Problems with Foreign Powers.(5)” Tomorrow we will cover The War of 1812, Industry and Inventions, Plantations and Slavery, Nationalism and Sectionalism, and Politics of the People.

Wednesday, 2/4/15 Achieve Day! Homework: None Log-on to Achieve 3000 Complete “The Story of the States,” and “Words by Wire” articles. If you finish these complete the extra credit article, “Westward Expansion: Rush for Riches.” Homework: None

Thursday, 2/5/15 Turn in your signed Progress Report to the orange bin. Divide and Conquer again! Count off by 5. We will cover The War of 1812 (1), Industry and Inventions (2), Plantations and Slavery (3), Nationalism and Sectionalism (4), and Politics of the People (5). Today you need to complete your section’s reading and questions. Tomorrow you will share with the class. Homework: Any work not finished in class.

Friday, 2/6/15 Weekly 5:2/5 We will check our answers on “The War of 1812(1),” “Industry and Inventions (2),” “Plantations and Slavery(3),” “Nationalism and Sectionalism(4),” and “Politics of the People.(5)” Homework: Any work not finished in class.

Monday, 2/9/15 How would you describe a good leader? What do you want to see from a president? Homework: “US Won’t Recognize Tribe” on Achieve 3000 due Thursday. “Conflicts over States’ Rights” in Presidential Packet due tomorrow.

Andrew Jackson Students will watch a documentary on Jackson to determine if he is a presidential hero or villain. This will take two days. While watching the video, please remember to be a good audience member. In order to be a good audience member, we are: Quiet- Our mouths are closed, and our eyes and ears are open. Focused Writing down the answers Feet are on the floor and we are facing front

Tuesday, 2/10/15 Come in quickly and quietly. Pass back the movie guide. Write down your Homework: “US Won’t Recognize Tribe” on Achieve 3000 due Thursday. “Jackson’s Policy Toward Native Americans” in Presidential Packet due tomorrow.

Wednesday, 2/11/15 Answer the following questions on page 74: Why do people leave their homes? If you were to leave home, why would you leave? Write down your homework: “US Won’t Recognize Tribe” on Achieve 3000 due tomorrow.

Westward Expansion Brain-pop Today we will examine the reasons that people moved west during the 1840s and 1850s. Please log-on to brain pop and complete the following pages for our notes. Notes for today will be collected for a grade, and will be taped in on Page 74. Log-in: leecs brainpop

Thursday, 2/12/15 Please log-on to edmodo.com and complete your Weekly 5 for 2/12/15. You have a 15minute time-limit. When you are done, we will investigate how the Industrial Revolution impacted the US with a Read-works Article. I would like for us to trade an grade on this prior to us leaving today. Industrial Revolution Article tape onto page 75. Homework: Study Guide due Monday, and Incomplete/missing work

Friday, 2/13/15 Log-on to Achieve 3000. Read the following articles, and complete their activity. The Stories of Three Asian Americans On the Go Homework: Study Guide due Monday

Monday 2/16 Review Day; Test tomorrow

Tuesday 2/17 Test Day. Test on Edmodo.com