Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Monday, April 30, 2018

Friday, April 27, 2018

Day 161 - Friday

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1. PERIOD 8 LEQ Testing

NOTE: M/C and SAQ will be NEXT TUESDAY (Rooney on Monday)
  -Only day he is in town, thought youse guys' would like one more night to study too!

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Day 160 - Thursday

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1. PERIOD 8 DBQ Testing

NOTE: M/C and SAQ will be NEXT TUESDAY (Rooney on Monday)
  -Only day he is in town, thought youse guys' would like one more night to study too!

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Day 159 - Wednesday

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1. Two Perspectives: The Korean War
    -Reading (on paper too!)
    -Activity (make a group copy)

NOTE: M/C and SAQ will be NEXT TUESDAY (Rooney on Monday)
  -Only day he is in town, thought youse guys' would like one more night to study too!

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Day 158 - Tuesday

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1. Speed Defining Review
   -Table vs Table
2. YOU Decide Activity
    -When did the US truly become an interventionist nation?

Monday, April 23, 2018

Day 157 - Monday

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1. WRITING DAY WITH MR ROONEY

STUDY FOR PERIOD 8 EXAM
Thursday - DBQ
Friday - LEQ
Monday - M/C & SAQ

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Day 155 - Thursday

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1. Random Reading Quiz!!
2. Thesis Writing Tips
     -Formula and Practice
3. Making Connections!!
     -Period 8 Review

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Day 154 - Wednesday

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1. NO Reading Quiz
2.Activity: Supporting an Author's Arguments
    - Eric Foner: Great Society/New Deal

Congrats....if you stayed on task...YOU ARE DONE READING Period 8
YOU HAVE READ 854 pages of US History!!!

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Day 153 - Tuesday

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1. Reading Quiz #5
2. Civil Rights Thesis Practice
    LINK
3. Contextualize Period 8 Events
    LINK

Monday, April 16, 2018

Friday, April 13, 2018

Day 151 - Friday

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1. Terms Quiz Collection #1 (15 terms)
2. Terms Quiz #4 (New set)
3. Complete the Period 8 Document
    -Foreign Policy and Civil Rights

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Day 150 - Thursday

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1. Reading Quiz #4
2. Work on Period 8 Document
    Foreign Policy & Civil Rights



Monday, April 9, 2018

Friday, April 6, 2018

Day 146 - Friday

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1. Terms Quiz #3
    (next Friday will be all 15 terms, I pick two, You pick one)
2. Correct the Last 5 Reading Quizzes
3. Go over the Period 7 SAQ (#3 Great Depression)
4. Answer the Period 7 SAQ (#2 Foreign Policy)

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Day 145 - Thursday

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Remember - TERMS Quiz #3 Tomorrow
1. Reading Quiz #3
2. Finish Civil Rights Presentation (take notes)
3. Begin the Period 8 "Cold War-Civil Rights" document

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Day 144 - Wednesday

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1. Terms Quiz #2
2. Cold War Foreign & Domestic Policy & Civil Rights
    -Period 8 document
3. Begin Civil Rights Presentation (Let's make sense of all the events!!)
     -Take notes in your notebook!!

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Friday, March 23, 2018

Day 142 - Friday

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1. Reading Quiz #1
2. Review Terms Quiz #1
3. Period 7 Test Corrections!!

YOU BETTER KEEP UP WITH SPRING BREAK READINGS!!!
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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Day 141 - Thursday

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1. Reading Quiz #1
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings
3. VIDEO: Cold War Containment
4. Documenting: Containment
    -Kennan: The Long Telegram
    -Truman: On Greece and Turkey

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Day 140 - Wednesday

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1. Reading Quiz #2
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings
3. Urban Spatial Segregation Activity from yesterday
4. Go Over: Period 7 Exam - Multiple Choice 

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Day 139 - Tuesday

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1. Reading Quiz #1
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings
3. **NEW** Terms Review
    -Five Terms per week, Each Friday QUIZ on one term
     (Every three weeks it will be 15 terms and Quiz on three of them)
         A. Define the Term
         B. Explain why the term is significant within the time period
4. VIDEO: From World War to Cold War
5. Reading: Urban Spatial Segregation
    HTS: Cause and Effect, Compare/Contrast, CCOT

Monday, March 19, 2018

Friday, March 16, 2018

Day 137 - Friday

Period 7 Test

Multiple Choice & SAQ

BEGIN reading Period 8 This Weekend!!
Check the nightly reading schedule

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Day 134 - Tuesday


1. 3rd Lesson "Group Guidance" 
   Ms. Gupta & Ms. Ortega

TESTING THIS WEEK
A. Wed - LEQ
B. Thurs - DBQ
C. Fri - M/C & SAQ

Monday, March 12, 2018

Friday, March 9, 2018

Day 132 - Friday


1. Working on the "Historical Accounting" document
    -This is a great study tool for the Period 7 exam next week

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Day 131 - Thursday


1. Writing Day with Mr. Rooney

You  should be working on the Period 7 "Historical Accounting" document to reorganize your notes and major content from period 7 by Presidential Terms

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Monday, March 5, 2018

Day 128 - Monday

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No School

You have an 11 page reading today!!!

Friday, March 2, 2018

Day 127 - Friday

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1. Reading Quiz
2. Present "New Deal Key Concepts"
3. Go over Relief/Recovery/Reform programs
4. A message from "The Radio Priest" Father Coughlin
    -Radio broadcast
     What's his message?
5. Did FDR possibly prolong the Depression??
    -UCLA newsroom

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Day 126 - Thursday

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1. NO Reading Quiz
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings
3. New Deal - Quick Presentations LINK HERE
    -Groups yourselves based on the Key Concept
      Four slides
      A. Key Concept
      B. Context
      C. Outside Evidence
      D. Thesis
4. Relief-Recovery-Reform
    -organize New Deal programs 

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Day 125 - Wednesday

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1. NO reading quiz
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings
3. New Deal Key Concepts
    Choose ONE
        -Contextualize the Concept!!
        -Find Two pieces of evidence from the internet to support the Concept!!
4. Write a Thesis for this Prompt
        -The Key Concept is a statement.
        -Turn the key idea in that statement into your answer, add DDS and tell me why it's true.
        -Apply one or two of the historical thinking skills
          (CCOT, Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast)
   

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Day 124 - Tuesday

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1. Reading Quiz
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings
    (Too much to go over....READ this!!)
3. Go over M/C (1920's/Colonial)
4. Smash the NEW DEAL Key Concepts
    -We will be working on Contextualization, Evidence and Thesis Writing Tomorrow

Homework: Multiple Choice
    -New Deal (516-518) and Colonial Protest (79-81)

Monday, February 26, 2018

Friday, February 23, 2018

Day 122 - Friday

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1. Reading Quiz 
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings
3. Go over M/C from yesterday (1920's/Colonial Amer.)
4. SMASH the Key Concepts!!!

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Day 121 - Thursday

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1. Reading Quiz #
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings
3. Go over our answers from the Zinn reading on the 1920's
4. Multiple Choice Work
    - 1920's and Colonial America
5. Keep working on Key Concepts
    - Need to smash these!!

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Day 120 - Wednesday

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1. NO QUIZ
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings (save the link)
3. Go over WWI DBQ Activity
    -Talk about steps 5 & 6
4. Key Concept 7.2.1 and Sub Concepts (ABCD)
    -Pulling Evidence!!
5. The other side of the 1920's by Howard Zinn
    -What is Zinn's main argument?
    -How does his argument differ from your textbook?

AP EXAM INFO from Mr. Vazquez
On Tuesday February 20th AP exam fees will be posted to student accounts and they will receive their invoices. Can you please let students know their payment is due in full in the cashiers office from February 26 to March 2nd. If a student is experiencing financial hardships please encourage them to contact me; funds are set aside to cover the fees. 

The cost of each AP exam is $20. Students currently enrolled in an AP course are automatically registered for the AP exam since it is mandatory for them to take it. 

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Monday, February 19, 2018

Day 118 - Monday

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Maybe you should review your list of Presidents AND Contextualize their administrations

Friday, February 16, 2018

Day 117 - Friday

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1. Reading Quiz #9
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings (save the link)
3. Complete the DBQ Thinking Activity
    -From Yesterday, Wilson & WWI
4. Correct this weeks quizzes
5. Keep working on Key Concepts packet

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Day 116 - Thursday

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1. Reading Quiz #8 Women, Cars, Culture
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings (save the link)
3. DBQ Thinking Activity
    - Wilson and World War I
    - Documents on paper

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Day 115 - Wednesday

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1. NO QUIZ
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings (save the link)
3. Go over M/C answers (WWI/Period 1)
4. SAQ Practice (Write on the Tables!)
    -Answer the questions in ONE sentence...LINK
5. Keep working on Key Concepts 
    -pulling evidence from notes/brains

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Day 114 - Tuesday

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1. Reading Quiz #7
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings (save the link)
3. Complete Key Concept 7.3.1B (Anti Imperialist Reading)
    -Answer this Focus Question
4. Multiple Choice Work (World War I and Period 1??? Whaaaaaat)
5. Fill in other Key Concepts that we have hit so far

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Day 113 - Monday

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Writing Day with Mr. Rooney

Progress Reports are DUE at 3:25 TODAY
Some of you need to do test corrections

READ THIS TONIGHT - HIGHLIGHT MAIN IDEAS

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Day 112 - Friday

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Writing Day with Mr. Rooney

Your elearning assignment is the following

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE!! Fill out this FORM
2. Correct the quizzes I handed back to you on Thursday
3. Do the weekend readings!!
4. Google Hangout with Mr. Rooney
    - Times are 8:30 am, 10:30 am, or 12:30 pm
    - Pick a time and you NEED to email Mr. Rooney what time you will hangout
    - Rooney will then compile a lit and send each of you a hangout link for that time
       (YES I had tech open up google hangouts for all of you a while back)

Day 111 - Thursday

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1. Reading Quiz #7
IMPENDING ELEARNING DAY
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings (save the link)
3. Annexation of Philippines Presentations
4. Correcting the Quizzes this week!!

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Day 110 - Wednesday

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1. Reading Quiz #6
2. Teacher Notes from Nightly Readings (save the link)
3. FINISH Thinking Like a Historian: POV annexation of the Philippines
     -Document (make a group copy)
      (also when presentation is complete go back to this original link to turn in presentations)

WE will be presenting Tomorrow!!