After watching the video, "Having Our Say", reflect on the lives of the two women. What can we learn from them? What might you have to say to people if you lived to be over a hundred?
Assignment: Complete a 5 question interview of a person of your choice...famous or not. However, the person must be real. Questions must be open ended and answers should be a minimum of one paragraph. Respond as if you are the person. You are welcome to do an actual interview of a person that has led an interesting life. If you are not careful, you may learn something from them.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
People in US History
Honors class:
Question: Who is the most courageous person in US History?
You will be assigned a person of great courage. It will be your job to convince the class that your person is the most courageous. The format will be tournament style and the brackets are posted in the classroom. Rounds 1 and 2 will begin on Wednesday, May 28. The Championship Finals will be Exam day. Absences are a forfeit. Forfeits will affect your grade. Use strategy because arguments used in round one cannot be used in successive rounds.
People who were absent May 21...see me about your assigned person.
6th period: P.D. - Jackie Robinson
Q.P. - Abigail Adams
P.E. - Jimmy Doolittle
C.U. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember to look for "Courage"...not just bravery in action, but also in strength of character.
Regular US History:
You will be creating a "Fakebook" page on a person in US History. The template is online.
Click here for template
You must remember to save your page and remember the URL so it can be shared in class.
This how you will be graded. Be sure to stay historically accurate with posts and friends. Have fun and be creative.
If you were absent you may choose from the following people: Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, John Paul Jones, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass
Question: Who is the most courageous person in US History?
You will be assigned a person of great courage. It will be your job to convince the class that your person is the most courageous. The format will be tournament style and the brackets are posted in the classroom. Rounds 1 and 2 will begin on Wednesday, May 28. The Championship Finals will be Exam day. Absences are a forfeit. Forfeits will affect your grade. Use strategy because arguments used in round one cannot be used in successive rounds.
People who were absent May 21...see me about your assigned person.
6th period: P.D. - Jackie Robinson
Q.P. - Abigail Adams
P.E. - Jimmy Doolittle
C.U. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember to look for "Courage"...not just bravery in action, but also in strength of character.
Regular US History:
You will be creating a "Fakebook" page on a person in US History. The template is online.
Click here for template
You must remember to save your page and remember the URL so it can be shared in class.
This how you will be graded. Be sure to stay historically accurate with posts and friends. Have fun and be creative.
If you were absent you may choose from the following people: Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, John Paul Jones, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass
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Friends
The Fakebook includes completed ‘blocks’ on the
left-hand side (e.g. “friends”, “hobbies”, “family”). Award 1 mark for each
complete block, up to a maximum of 3.
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Cover Image
The Fakebook includes a cover image at the top of
the screen behind the main profile image. Award 2 marks only if it has an
obvious connection to the character.
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Profile
Information
The Fakebook includes profile information (birthday,
family members, place of birth, job, interests…)
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Posts
The Fakebook “Wall” includes a series of (dated)
posts which outline the key events taking place in the character’s life and
career
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Comments
Other historically accurate characters comment on
these posts offering their opinions on the events, achievements and failures
being described
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Video
The Fakebook embeds at least one YouTube video that
is relevant to the story, with a “Wall Post” from the character explaining
why it’s included.
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Overall
Judgement
Three further marks are available for the general
impression created by the Fakebook – does it sound realistic / written
clearly and so on?
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Thursday, May 15, 2014
Poetry Assignment....American "Hero"
What makes a person a "hero"? What kind of qualities does the person have?
View the movie "42" based on the story of Jackie Robinson. Mr. Robinson helped break the color barrier of Major League Baseball in the late 1940's. He endured discrimination and hatred on an unthinkable level. To many, what he survived and how he conducted himself made him a hero. To others, he was a "baseball" hero, regardless of color.
Think carefully about a character in US History that you would consider a hero...What did they do? How did they conduct themselves? What do you admire about them?
Examples could be (but are not limited to): Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass, Joe Lewis, FDR, Cesar Chavez, Jack Robinson, Sally Ride, pioneers, WWI soldiers, NYC firefighters, ...
Now, Choose one of the two poems below and create a tribute to the person you chose.
Purpose: To show understanding of the emotions and senses of a historical character, or in this case a historical “hero”. You may use your textbook or internet to study the person you are writing about. The poem should include pictures or symbols to enhance the meaning.
View the movie "42" based on the story of Jackie Robinson. Mr. Robinson helped break the color barrier of Major League Baseball in the late 1940's. He endured discrimination and hatred on an unthinkable level. To many, what he survived and how he conducted himself made him a hero. To others, he was a "baseball" hero, regardless of color.
Think carefully about a character in US History that you would consider a hero...What did they do? How did they conduct themselves? What do you admire about them?
Examples could be (but are not limited to): Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass, Joe Lewis, FDR, Cesar Chavez, Jack Robinson, Sally Ride, pioneers, WWI soldiers, NYC firefighters, ...
Now, Choose one of the two poems below and create a tribute to the person you chose.
Biographic-Poetry
Purpose: To show understanding of the emotions and senses of a historical character, or in this case a historical “hero”. You may use your textbook or internet to study the person you are writing about. The poem should include pictures or symbols to enhance the meaning.
Poem 1:
NAME:
FOUR TRAITS:
RELATED TO:
WHO CARES DEEPLY
ABOUT:
WHO FEELS:
WHO NEEDS:
WHO GIVES:
WHO FEARS:
WHO WOULD LIKE TO
SEE:
RESIDENT OF:
Or….Poem 2… “I am” poem:
Using the
template, complete the sentences. Look
at the various points of view of your subject.
I am…
I wonder…
I hear…
I see…
I am…
I pretend….
I feel….
I touch…
I worry…
I cry….
I am…
I understand…
I say…
I dream…
I try….
I hope…
I am…
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
History in Song..."We Didn't Start the Fire"
Using the song "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel each group will research their verse and explain the correlation between the words of the verse and time period in history.
Collect pictures for your era to be stored on flash drive.
Each group will then write a new verse (in the same fashion as the old verses) for the years 2000 to 2014. Collect pictures for your verse.
Video....We Didn't Start the Fire
Collect pictures for your era to be stored on flash drive.
Each group will then write a new verse (in the same fashion as the old verses) for the years 2000 to 2014. Collect pictures for your verse.
Video....We Didn't Start the Fire
SEABISCUIT ... Overcoming Hardships
What can be learned in US History about overcoming hardships?
What kind of examples can be found? How was the movie "Seabiscuit" an example of overcoming hardship?
Your writing assignment: Write about a time you or someone you know had to overcome a hardship? What person or event in US History could be used as an inspiration to your story? The assignment should be in narrative form and between 1 and 2 pages in length.
View the documentary on Seabiscuit for further inspiration.
Click here for documentary.
What kind of examples can be found? How was the movie "Seabiscuit" an example of overcoming hardship?
Your writing assignment: Write about a time you or someone you know had to overcome a hardship? What person or event in US History could be used as an inspiration to your story? The assignment should be in narrative form and between 1 and 2 pages in length.
View the documentary on Seabiscuit for further inspiration.
Click here for documentary.
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