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.

Quiz - Ch. 20/21 Summaries + Reading Ch. 20 & GSotS

Once again, our students knew so much about the chapters over which they were being quizzed that taking the Quiz was all most of them had time to complete.

Assignments

For Thursday
1. Read Ch. 6 of GSotS

• Come prepared to discuss. 
• Notice the important historical references in the chapter.

2. Read Ch. 20 in your textbook to learn more details about the Progressive Era.

• Mentally compare the account of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 with what we are learning in GSotS.
• Pay close attention to Spindletop and how this first huge owl gusher began the transformation of Texas and the United States.
• Notice the details about the Progressive Era reforms.and the  discriminatory treatment of African Americans and Mexican Americans

For Friday - Complete Steps 4 & 5 for the Research Project.

Research + Ch. 1 Discussion-Galveston + Progressivism + Crash Course Vid

Students:

• Continued gathering information on their Research Project topics
• Worked with the iSpeech App (due to the teacher's being almost unable to speak due to a bad cough)
• Discussed the main character as seen in Ch. 1 of GSotS (Galveston's Summer of the Storm)
• Wrote down what they understood by "progressivism" based on what we'd read and viewed so far
• Finished the Crash Course vid on The Progressive Era
• Began the Crash Course vid on the Progressive Presidents, but got stuck on TR (which was fine: Rough Rider who loved motto "Speak softly and carry a big stick" & is often depicted in his uniform and carrying a big stick)

Assignments

For Monday

1. Read Ch. 2 of GSotS & come prepared to ask questions and discuss.
2. Rewatch the Crash Course vid on The Progressive Era and finish filling out the GooDoc table we began.

For Tuesday - Quiz over Ch. 20 & 21 Summaries: Progressive Era, WW I, & Roaring 20s