time for a revolution what is a revolution? what makes something revolutionary? bell ringer
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Housekeeping: New Semester!Grade book starts over!
Clean out your binder. Keep the following items: Syllabus Binder Organizers hand out
If you are missing any of the above items DOWNLOAD them from the school website.
FIRST BINDER CHECK IS FRIDAY!
Grade weights and distribution (REVIEW) Projects, Presentations, and Essays: 30% Classwork, Homework, Assessments: 20%
Daily points: Classwork (50pt), Homework (25pts) and Assessments (100pts)
GRADE WEIGHTS AND CLARIFICATION
Grading Policies: Formative Assessments (20%): Classwork, bell
ringers, discussions, homework, portfolio (binder), Cornel notes, exit slips
Class Participation (20%): Binder/note checks, lecture notes, in-class participation,
Quizzes (10%) weekly content quizzes Summative Assessments (20%): End-of-unit
tests, 5 and 10 week exams, mid-terms, finals Projects & Presentations (30%): Performance
tasks, , essays/critiques/analysis writing
Q3 ThemesArea of Interaction:
Environments
Essential Questions: How do our choices impact environments? How can human responsibilities and capabilities
help or harm the environment?
US History Q3 Topics• Reconstruction
• Industrialization
• Immigration and Urbanization
• The Progressive Era
US Q3 Performance TaskLobby the Chicago Government to:
Present a solution to a contemporary environmental issue that the city is facing.
Analyze how this issue and your solution impact the city on a social, economic or technological level.
Revolutiona forcible overthrow of a government or social
order in favor of a new system
Revolutionarya involving or causing a complete or dramatic change.
a person who works for or engages in political revolution.
Things that could cause a Revolution?Bad government decisions- unpopular, unfair…
Unequal treatment- abuse, abuse of power, tyranny
Gentrification
Wealth distribution
1. What potential problems could develop when the gap between the rich and poor is too big? 2. What kind of social environment does this large gap create?
Exit TicketReflect on the following in your journal: You will
free write for four minutes straight. Put your pens down when I say stop.
How do our choices impact environments? How can human responsibilities and capabilities
help or harm the environment?
Wealth and RevolutionHow could a large gap between the rich and
poor cause or lead to a revolution?
How would this “gap” impact the environments of both the wealthy and the poor?
Bell Ringer
Take out your journal and writing utensil.
On the next slide you will read the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and write a brief reflection about it.
Thirteenth Amendment Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Reflection Questions:
1. Observation: What freedoms are granted in the 13th Amendment?
2. Inference: What problems might occur with the enactment of the 13th Amendment?
ObjectiveToday I will be able to…
Make observations about various primary sources and analyze them deeper by making inferences.
Homework: Quiz tomorrow on today’s Reconstruction reading.
Don’t Forget: Binder check tomorrow! Clean out your binder of all materials from 1st
semester.
ReconstructionVery turbulent time in American History
For all Americans, Reconstruction was a time of fundamental social, economic, and political change.
Many questions and issues present: How should the nation be reunited? What system of labor should replace slavery? What would be the status of the former slaves?
New Amendments14th Amendment:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the country.
Basis for later Civil Rights Act
15th Amendment No one can be kept from voting because of race,
color, or previous condition of servitude.
Reconstruction and TodayEvents still relevant today
Role of Federal Government in protecting people’s rights
Racial Inequality
ClassworkTake Cornell Notes or Outline Notes on the following sections and
pages:
Presidential Reconstruction comes to a standstill (p. 378)Why did Congress refuse newly elected Southern
legislatorsFreedmen’s Bureau
Civil Rights Act of 1866 (p. 379)Black Codes – what was itHow did it restore restrictions of slavery?Why did Johnson veto Freedmen’s Bureau and the
Civil Rights Act?
You will have a quiz on this material tomorrow!!!
ClassworkTake Cornell Notes or Outline Notes on the following sections and
pages:
Former Slaves Face Many Challenges (pages 387-389) New-Won Freedoms Education Laws Against Segregation
40 Acres and a Mule (p. 390) Who earned it? Why did the land get reclaimed?
Opposition to Reconstruction (pages 393-395) KKK- what, why Shifts in Political Power
You will have a quiz on this material tomorrow!!!
Bell Ringer Chicago is notorious for being one
of the most segregated cities in the United States. Although this segregation is not enforced by law, it commonly happens among different ethnic communities.
Is segregation natural?
Why do you think people naturally segregate?
Do you think this natural segregation is a good or bad thing?
Booker T. Washington Southerner
One of the most famous black men in America between 1895 and 1915.
Considered the most influential black educator of the late 19th and early 20th century
Publically accepted disfranchisement and social segregation as long as whites would allow black economic progress, educational opportunity, and justice in courts. To avoid “White Backlash”
Reading GroupsOnly way to improve reading scores is by reading….
Student are placed into reading groups according to their reading score from their last EPAS test.
All students will be assigned the same assignment within these reading groups but each group will have specified questions targeted at growing their individual reading score.
Students are eligible to move out of their current reading groups by improving their reading score on in class or school wide administered tests.
Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 10 Grade 9 Grade 8 Grade 7
1050-1300 1050-1300 1025-1250 1000-1200 900-1150 850-1100
A P P P B B
Advanced Proficient (1050-1300) Basic (800-1050)
Sexile 6 Sexile 5 Sexile 4 Sexile 3 Sexile 2 Sexile 1
22-36 20-21 18-19 16-17 14-15 7-13
Reading Groups Period 71 2 3
Chyanne FranklinRaquell MasonTyra Anderson
Daja WilliamsCharlesa DerbignyMariah McKinney
Joshua WilliamsKendall MylesBrianna WatersDaijah Hall
4 5 6
Yasmine HollandJennifer LechugaSimone Merritt
Deshay MculloughMakayla MooreBrian Murray
Willie BrownTauhaun MasonDrenell Willis
7 8
Brianna McLaurinKrystian StuckeyAariona Sutton
Kionte FergusonTierra LemonDajhane MoffettQahir Muhammad