Research Presentations + Governors of Texas & the Solid South

Today our students:

• Completed their Research Presentations
• Examined & discussed a list of Governors of Texas, noting how after Reconstruction until the late 1970s, every governor of Texas was a Democrat. Since 1995, every governor has been a Republican.
• Compared the Texas governorships with lists of governors of other southern states, including Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida.

Assignments: None

Research Essay + Research Presentation

How was your experience different?

Students:

• Wrote their Research Project Essays
• Made or listened to a Research Project Presentation

Assignments
For Friday - My Decades Presentations

• Walk us through Texas during your two decades.
• Use whatever presentation media you have chosen: website you created, PowerPoint, online app(s), trifold, etc.
• Be sure to show us how Texas changed during the decade:
• How Texas was at the beginning of each decade
• How Texas was at the end of each decade
• The major events & developments that brought about the various changes during each decade

For Tuesday, 5/26 - Research Presentation if you did not to do it on Thursday, 5/21

Quiz over Ch. 24-26 Summaries + Research Essay Planning

The post title pretty much says it all: students took the quiz and spent the rest of the period planning out their Research Essay, to be written in class tomorrow.

Assignments

For Thursday
1. Research Essay - Come prepared to write your 45-minute Research Essay in class.

• You can write it from memory for a possible grade of 110.
• Or you may use a 20-word prompt and still make a grade of 100.
• On a student's suggestion, you may use a 10-word prompt for a possible grade of 105.

2. Research Presentation - if you choose to do it on Thursday

For Friday - My Decades Presentations

• Walk us through Texas during your two decades.
• Use whatever presentation media you have chosen: website you created, PowerPoint, online app(s), trifold, etc.
• Be sure to show us how Texas changed during the decade:
• How Texas was at the beginning of each decade
• How Texas was at the end of each decade
• The major events & developments that brought about the various changes during each decade

For Wednesday, 5/27 - Research Presentation should you decide not to do it on Thursday, 5/21

Research Project + Decades Assignment + Quiz Prep

Today students:

• Continued working on their Research Project
• Worked on Steps 10 & 11
• Organized their notes
• Began planning their Research Essay
• Worked on the Decades Assignment
• Studied for the Quiz over Ch. 24-26 Summaries

Assignments

For Wednesday -
1. Quiz over Ch. 24-25-26 Summaries - The Quiz will take no more than 20 minutes.
2. Research Notes Due - Steps 10 & 11 -

• You will be given time in class on Tuesday to work on the Research Notes for Steps 10 & 11. You will then finish taking the notes at home.
• By Tuesday night, if you don't have enough information to write a 45-minute Research Essay, do a Google search for (My Topic) in Texas (or something like that) and then take more notes from appropriate sources. 
• Be sure you gather and organize enough information to write a thorough, 45-minute essay in class on Thursday.

3. You will be given time in class on Wednesday to organize and plan your essay.

• Read over and organize your notes before you arrive in class. 
• This will help you plan your essay.

For Thursday

1. Research Essay - Come prepared to write your 45-minute Research Essay in class.
2. Research Presentation - if you choose to do it on Thursday

For Friday - My Decades Presentations

• Walk us through Texas during your two decades.
• Use whatever presentation media you have chosen: website you created, PowerPoint, online app(s), trifold, etc.
• Be sure to show us how Texas changed during the decade:
• How Texas was at the beginning of each decade
• How Texas was at the end of each decade
• The major events & developments that brought about the various changes during each decade

Review Modern Texas + Research Project + Decades Assignment

Today our students:

• Reviewed the Modern Texas column of the Chart: Time Periods of Texas History
• Worked on Steps 8 & 9 of the Research Project
• Worked on the Modern Texas: My Decades assignment

Assignments

For Tuesday - Research Notes Due-Steps 8 & 9

For Wednesday -
1. Quiz over Ch. 24-25-26 Summaries - The Quiz will take no more than 20 minutes.
2. Research Notes Due - Steps 10 & 11 -

• You will be given time in class on Tuesday to work on the Research Notes for Steps 10 & 11. You will then finish taking the notes at home.
• By Tuesday night, if you don't have enough information to write a 45-minute Research Essay, do a Google search for (My Topic) in Texas (or something like that) and then take more notes from appropriate sources. 
• Be sure you gather and organize enough information to write a thorough, 45-minute essay in class on Thursday.

3. You will be given time in class on Wednesday to organize and plan your essay.

• Read over and organize your notes before you arrive in class. 
• This will help you plan your essay.

For Thursday

1. Research Essay - Come prepared to write your 45-minute Research Essay in class.
2. Research Presentation - if you choose to do it on Thursday

For Friday - My Decades Presentations

• Walk us through Texas during your two decades.
• Use whatever presentation media you have chosen: website you created, PowerPoint, online app(s), trifold, etc.
• Be sure to show us how Texas changed during the decade:
• How Texas was at the beginning of each decade
• How Texas was at the end of each decade
• The major events & developments that brought about the various changes during each decade

Decade-by-Decade + Online Timelines + Unit 8 Summaries

Today our students:

• Began their study of "Modern" Texas 1950-The Present
• Chose two decades between 1950 & the present to focus on
• Tried various online timeline sites and made a timeline of their two decades
• Read two of the Unit 8 Chapter Summaries

Assignments for Friday

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

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.

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.

Progressive Era Presidents + Ch. 21 Summary + GalHurr Discussion #2

Today we:

• Viewed and discussed the Crash Course video on the Progressive Presidents

• Read & discussed the Ch. 21 Summary on World War I & the Roaring 20s in Texas
• Discussed Ch. 2 of Galveston's Summer of the Storm and made a list of historical references we have encountered thus far

Assignment for Tuesday

1. Rewatch the Crash Course video on the Progressive Presidents
2. Quiz over Ch. 20 & 21 Summaries: Progressive Era, World War I, & Roaring 20s
3. Read and come prepared to discuss Ch. 3 in GSofS

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

Flags + Chapel + Research Project + Unit 7 Chapter Summaries + Timeline of 20th/21st Centuries

Students today:

• Held our daily flag ceremony
• Attended chapel
• Announced their Research Project topics
• Displayed the pictures they had collected on their topics
• Took research notes from the first couple of sources on the Step-by-Step Procedure GooDoc
• Began our study of the years 1900-1950
• Examined the handout of the Unit 7 Chapter Summaries and read the one for Chapter 20: A New Century (Progressive Era 1900-1920)
• Examined a simple Timeline of the 20th & 21st Centuries

Assignments
For Friday

1. Complete the first 4 steps of the Step-by-Step Procedure
2. Be sure to SHARE your Step-by-Step GooDoc with me. 
3. Please give me permission to edit it so I can write suggestions on it.

For Tuesday: Quiz over Ch. 20 & 21 Summaries - Many thanks to dear old young 12345 for already making a Quizlet!

Research Project + Twain's Jumping Frog

Today students:

• Received preliminary instructions for a Research Project over Texas History, 1900-2015
• Paged through Chapters 20-27 in the textbook to get an overview look at Texas history from 1900-2003 and to examine pictures and topics that might interest them for the research project
• Examined "A Step-by-Step Procedure for Research in Texas History"
• It was pointed out that they will begin their research with a source containing visual representations of their topic. 
• They will then go to a source with a small amount of information on their topic and then proceed to sources with increasingly detailed information.
• Discussed (finally!) Mark Twain's short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Notes on some of what was said can be found here.

Assignments for Wednesday:

1. Finish paging through Ch. 20-27 in your textbook.
2. Choose your topic.
3. Begin Step 1 of "A Step-by-Step Procedure" by collecting pictures, maps, and diagrams of your topic.