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  • Home
  • Course Outlines
    • Modern U.S. History
    • U.S. History (1850-1945)
    • Geography Exploratory
    • Project Pages
    • U.S. History (1400-1865)
  • Curriculum Design Samples
  • Teaching Portfolio

4/1-4/5

3/31/2013

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Monday
  • Theme II: Gang Identity and Violence
  • Finish: Latin Kings: Friend or Enemy?
  • Begin: Gang Identity Project
  • Read Gang Identity Article as a class
  • Discuss Article
  • Students sign up for Gang Presentation
  • Assign:  Gang Identity Project Presentations (due: Fri. 4/5)

Tuesday
  • Students research for Gang Identity Project
  •  Gang Identity Project
  • Students make a Works Cited Page
  • Students save project for home

Wednesday
  • Students research for Gang Identity Project
  •  Gang Identity Project
  • Students make a Works Cited Page
  • Students save project for home

Thursday
  • Student finalize PowerPoint Presentation
  •  Gang Identity Project
  • Students make a Works Cited Page
  • Students save project for home

Friday
  • Due: Gang Identity Project Presentations
  • Begin Bloods and Crips Documentary
  • Students work on Documentary Video Guide.
  • Read and discuss as a class Documentary Article p.4-5
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3/25-3/29

3/24/2013

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Monday
  • Due: Educating Black Boys Video Guide
  • Due: Waiting for Superman Video Guide
  • Daily Goals
  • Theme I: Minimal Educational Opportunities
  • Assign: Theme I Essay (Due: Wed. 3/27, end of class)

Tuesday
  • Daily Goals
  • Students work on Theme I Essay 
  • Due: Theme I Essay Draft (end of class)
  • Mr. Kelly will provide feedback on drafts for Wednesday

Wednesday
  • Due: Theme I Essay (end of class)
  • Daily Goals
  • Students make changes to their essays based on Mr. Kelly's feedback
  • Students submit a quality final draft
  • Teacher will look over final product
  • Email it to Mr. Kelly

Thursday
  • Theme II: Gang Identity and Violence
  • Latin Kings: Friend or Enemy?

Friday
  • No School!
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3/18-3/22

3/17/2013

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Monday
  • Iowa Assessments

Tuesday

  • Finish: History of the American Inner City
  • Discuss: Kerner Commission Activity
  • Daily Goals
  • Theme I: Minimal Educational Opportunities
  • Comparing Two Documentaries
  • 1)Educating Black Boys
  • Assign: Educating Black Boys Video Guide (Due: Fri. 3/22)

Thursday
  • Daily Goals
  • Theme I: Minimal Educational Opportunities
  • Comparing Two Documentaries
  • 1)Educating Black Boys
  • Assign: Educating Black Boys Video Guide (Due: Fri. 3/22)
  • 2) Waiting for Superman
  • Assign: Waiting for Superman Video Guide (Due: Mon. 3/25)

Friday

  • Due: Educating Black Boys Video Guide
  • Daily Goals
  • Theme I: Minimal Educational Opportunities
  • Comparing Two Documentaries
  • 2) Waiting for Superman
  • Assign: Waiting for Superman Video Guide (Due: Mon. 3/25)


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3/11-3/18

3/10/2013

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Monday
  • Due: Unit 2 Study Guide
  • Due: Binder Check
  • 1) Bill of Rights Packet
  • 2) Gun Reform Bill Discussion Notes
  • Finish Unit 2 Test: Constitutional Issues
  •  Kerner Commission Activity

Tuesday
  • Check Tests
  • Inner City Themes 
  • Clip 1: http://vimeo.com/32725137
  • Clip 2: http://vimeo.com/32726568
  • Kerner Commission: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/03282008/watch.html
  • Kerner Commission Activity 

Wedneday
  • Due: Kerner Commission Activity (email to Mr. Kelly when finished)
  • History of the American Inner City
  • Theme I: Minimal Educational Opportunities
  • Comparing Two Documentaries
  • 1)Educating Black Boys
  • 2) Waiting for Superman
  •  Documentary Worksheet

Thursday
  • Due: Kerner Commission Activity (email to Mr. Kelly when finished)
  • History of the American Inner City
  • Theme I: Minimal Educational Opportunities
  • Comparing Two Documentaries
  • 1)Educating Black Boys
  • 2) Waiting for Superman
  •  Documentary Worksheet



Friday
  • No School!
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3/4-3/8

3/3/2013

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Monday
  • Due: Gun Reform Bill Draft
  • Gun Reform Bill Project
  • Congressional Committee Meeting: Gun Reform Bill Worksheets
  • 10 min: Students present bills to class
  • Students chose one gun rights provision and one gun control provision from each bill. It can be one with which they agree or disagree.
  • Class will discuss the merits of each bill using gambit cards to structure discussion
  • Then the class drafts a Gun reform bill to pass on to Congress

Tuesday
  • Introduce the 4th Amendment
  • 4th Amendment: Search and Seizure Activity
  • Supreme Court Simulation
  • Gambit Cards for last part of Supreme Court Simulation

Wedneday
  • Assign: Unit 2 Study Guide: Constitutional Issues (Due: Fri. 3/8)
  • 8th Amendment: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  • 8th Amendment Introduction
  • Watch Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald 
  • Complete Video & Discussion Guide
  • Pros and Cons of Death Penalty

Thursday

  • Assign: Binder Checkpoint
  •                 1) Bill of Rights Packet
  •                 2) Gun Reform Bill Worksheets
  • LIVEBINDER: Unit 2 Constitutional Issues
  • Students work on Unit 2 Study Guide: Constitutional Issues

Friday
  • Due: Unit 2 Study Guide: Constitutional Issues
  • Due: UNIT 2 TEST!
  • Due: Binder Checkpoint
  •                 1) Bill of Rights Packet
  •                 2) Gun Reform Bill Worksheets
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