Research Project Planning + Decade-by-Decade, cont'd + Galveston. . .Storm Discussion

Today our students:

• Discussed and finalized plans for the Research Project
• Explored online sites (Wix, Weebly, etc.) for possible Project Presentations
• Augmented their Decade-by-Decade timelines with information from the appropriate textbook chapters
• Were asked to be considering the following for each of their decades:
• What were the 2 or 3 most important events during each decad?
• How did Texas change during the decade?: 
• How was it at the beginning of the decade?
• How was it at the end of the decade?
• What happened to cause the change(s)?
• Held a possibly concluding discussion of Galveston's Summer of the Storm - Discussion notes here.

Assignments

For Tuesday - Finish Steps 8 & 9 of the Research Project

For Wednesday - Quiz over Ch. 24-25-26 Summaries

For Thursday

1. You will write your 45-minute Research Project Essay in class.
2. If you choose, you will do your Research Project Presentation after the Essay.

For Wednesday, 5/28 - If you prefer to do your Presentation on this day, you may.

Chapel + Quiz over Ch. 22/23 Summaries + Silent Reading

Students today:

• Attended Wednesday Chapel
• Took the Quiz over the Ch. 22 & 23 Summaries (Great Depression, New Deal, & World War II)
• Began silently reading Chapters 22 & 23 in the textbook

Assignments

For Thursday

1. Finish reading Ch. 22 & 23 in your textbook
2. Finish reading Galveston's Summer of the Storm & come prepared to discuss it.
3. Be thinking how we might do a decade-by-decade study of "Modern Texas" (1950-Present)

For Friday

1. Research Notes for Steps 6 & 7 are due.
2. 1-Pager from Fehrenbach's Lone Star should be posted on your blog.

For Thursday, 5/21/15 -

1. You will write your 45-minute, in-class essay summarizing what you learned about Research Project topic. 
2. If you want to do your presentation on Thursday, you can present after the Essay.

For Wednesday, 5/27/15 - If you don't do your presentation on Thursday, 5/21, you will do the presentation for your Research Project in class on Wednesday.

Discussion of GSotS Ch. 8 + Brief Research Project Reports + Business Cycle 1914-1945

Today students:

• Participated in the Intruder Drill
• Discussed Ch. 8 of Galveston's Summer of the Storm
• Gave brief oral reports on their research so far
• Looked at but didn't have time to get started on a Graph of the Business Cycle 1914-1945

Assignments

For Wednesday

1. Quiz over Ch. 22 & 23 Summaries
2. Fill out your column of the Graph of the Business Cycle - Progressive Era-World War II
3. Read and come prepared to discuss Ch. 9 of GSotS.

For Friday

1. 1-Pager - Post on your blog.
2. Research Project Notes on Steps 6 & 7

Research Project + Ch. 22/23 Summaries + Oil Map Analysis + Galveston's Summer of the Storm

Today our students:

• Worked on the next step of their Research Project
• Read, discussed, and analyzed the Chapter 22 & 23 Summaries (Great Depression, New Deal, & World War II) - Quiz next week
• Analyzed maps of Texas Petroleum Discoveries, 1901-1929
• Discussed (or read) Ch. 7 of Galveston's Summer of the Storm (Students who had not done the reading prior to class did it during class.)

Assignments

For Monday: Read Ch. 8 of GSotS & come prepared to discuss it.

For Tuesday Wednesday: Quiz over Ch. 22 & 23 Summaries (Date changed.)

Finished Quiz + Read Ch. 21 + Research Project + Discussed Ch. 5 of GSotS + Petroleum in Texas 1902-29

Today our students:

• Finished yesterday's Quiz over Ch. 20/21 Summaries
• Read Ch. 21 on WW I & the Roaring 20s
• Worked on their Research Project
• Discussed Ch. 5 of Galveston's Summer of the Storm
• Analyzed a Map of Major Petroleum Discoveries in Texas, 1901-1929
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Assignments - for Friday

1. Finish reading Ch. 21 in your textbook.
2. Be ready to have your Research Project notes graded through Step 5.
3. Write your weekly 1-Pager from Fehrenbach and post it to your blog.
4. Read Ch. 6 of Galveston's Summer of the Storm and be prepared to discuss it.

Research Project - Galveston's Summer of the Storm

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Our students today:

• Worked on their Research Project
• Tried to get caught up on any missing assignments
• Discussed Chapter 3 of Galveston's Summer of the Storm (GSotS)

Assignments for Wednesday

1. Quiz-Ch. 20 & 21 Summaries: Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring 20s
2. Read and come prepared to discuss Ch. 4 GSotS

Assignment for Friday: Complete Steps 4 & 5 of the Research Project.

Research Project + Pre-Reading for Galveston's Summer of the Storm + Galveston Hurricane of 1900 + Crash Course Vid on Progressive Era

Students today:

• Worked on their Research Project on a 20th/21st-Century topic of their choice
• Wrote ideas and stories about storms and hurricanes in anticipation of reading Julie Lake's Galveston's Summer of the Storm; click here to see the GooDoc of what we came up with
• Read a HOTO article on the Galveston Hurricane of 1900
• Viewed most of a Crash Course video on The Progressive Era

Assignments

For Friday

1. Read Chapter 1 of Galveston's Summer of the Storm; come prepared to discuss it and apply what we learned from HOTO about the 1900 hurricane
2. Finish Steps 1-4 on the Step-by-Step Research Procedure for your 20th-Century Research Project.
3. Read and write your 1-Pager from Fehrenbach's Lone Star and post it at your blog.

For Tuesday: Quiz over Ch. 20 & 21 Chapter Summaries