There will not be a traditional final exam in US History this year!
Instead, you will be creating a Facebook page for a significant person from history. Beginning on Monday, you will be making a paper mock up of a page in social media for the person whose name you drew at the end of class today. The full list of names is linked up here. That list will be important to you later!
For the page, you need to have a number of items, so you should start to gather some information over the weekend. A sample of a Facebook page is linked up here and was shared with you. (Because, let's face it, Facebook is for your parents, so you might not be all that familiar with it...) For this project, however, you only need to have the first two pages for your person: The Wall, and Info. You do not need pictures other than the one bio picture to post on the Wall. The complete list of requirements for the page is linked up here, as is a description of the rest of the final.
We will be working on making these pages in class on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On the day of the exam, you will come into class and make friend requests based on who you believe your person would be friends with. You will then have to provide a written rationale for your choices. After you do that, you will need to decide which of the requests you got your person will accept, and then write a rationale for your choices. So you will need to look into those other people on the list to be sure you know who these people are so you can make good choices.
The class will then look at the patterns of acceptance and rejection to see what emerges.
And that will be your final!
Friday, June 12, 2015
Friday, May 15, 2015
Reconstruction Homework
For homework, take a look at this video: http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction,
And read the Overview on Reconstruction from DigitalHistory: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=8&smtID=1
Compare this information to your plan.
Write: What is similar to what your group thought should be done and what was actually done?
And read the Overview on Reconstruction from DigitalHistory: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=8&smtID=1
Compare this information to your plan.
Write: What is similar to what your group thought should be done and what was actually done?
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Tomorrow, May 6th
Tomorrow we are making a return to the digital!
So please be sure you have your iPad with you, charged up and ready to go!
We will be having a workshop on digital organization with Ms. Scheffer, so it is vital that you be able to participate in that!
So please be sure you have your iPad with you, charged up and ready to go!
We will be having a workshop on digital organization with Ms. Scheffer, so it is vital that you be able to participate in that!
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Test on Tuesday
You will have a test on the Civil War on Tuesday!
As we've been reviewing in class the last several days, you should continue to use the review guide you made by creating the categories web as a means to process the information. You should also take a look at your past two tests to see if there are types of questions that you need to focus your efforts on, or if there is a section of the test that you have struggled with in the past so you can direct your efforts in a better way!
The test format will be the same as the last two: 30 multiple choice questions, 7 of 10 Identifications (with significance) and 5 of 6 short answer questions.
As we've been reviewing in class the last several days, you should continue to use the review guide you made by creating the categories web as a means to process the information. You should also take a look at your past two tests to see if there are types of questions that you need to focus your efforts on, or if there is a section of the test that you have struggled with in the past so you can direct your efforts in a better way!
The test format will be the same as the last two: 30 multiple choice questions, 7 of 10 Identifications (with significance) and 5 of 6 short answer questions.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Homework over the weekend
This weekend you will be working with the Gettysburg Address, which we talked about in class today. Please choose one of the following three options:
1) Memorize the Address and recite it for the class on Monday;
2) Re-write the Gettysburg Address in your own words. It may not be longer than 272 words, it may not repeat phrases Lincoln used. It may be in text speak, or as a series of tweets if you like, or it may be a speech of your own that says the same things Lincoln said;
3) Translate the Gettysburg Address into a language you speak that is not English. If you like, you may try your language at school to do this, or if you have a second language, you may do that. You may not do a machine translation (i.e.: put it in Google Translate and click "Serbian." It must be a language you speak.) You need to provide a side-by-side translation, and we will ask you to read it aloud to the class on Monday;
A fresh copy of the address is linked up above!
Have a good weekend!
1) Memorize the Address and recite it for the class on Monday;
2) Re-write the Gettysburg Address in your own words. It may not be longer than 272 words, it may not repeat phrases Lincoln used. It may be in text speak, or as a series of tweets if you like, or it may be a speech of your own that says the same things Lincoln said;
3) Translate the Gettysburg Address into a language you speak that is not English. If you like, you may try your language at school to do this, or if you have a second language, you may do that. You may not do a machine translation (i.e.: put it in Google Translate and click "Serbian." It must be a language you speak.) You need to provide a side-by-side translation, and we will ask you to read it aloud to the class on Monday;
A fresh copy of the address is linked up above!
Have a good weekend!
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Homework for April 8
Tonight, write a reflection on the test you just got back. In that reflection, include the following:
1) How did you do relative to your last test? (what was the improvement? did you do better or worse on the different sections of the tests?)
2) Why do you think these results are different/the same?
3) What will you do the same/differently to prepare for the next test?
You may handwrite your reflection, or you may type it in a Google Doc and share it with both Mr. Whitten and Ms. DelLlano.
1) How did you do relative to your last test? (what was the improvement? did you do better or worse on the different sections of the tests?)
2) Why do you think these results are different/the same?
3) What will you do the same/differently to prepare for the next test?
You may handwrite your reflection, or you may type it in a Google Doc and share it with both Mr. Whitten and Ms. DelLlano.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Homework for the weekend of March 20th
For the weekend, finish the activity we started in class today. Cut up the pictures of the presidents on the page and then rank the presidents from this time period by re-organizing them on a new sheet of paper. Then write up your explanation of why you chose to rank them 1 (low) to 6 (high) to hand in on Monday. The President sheet is linked up here in case you lost it.
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