Blog Archives - Mr. Kelly

5/27-5/31

5/27/2013

Monday:

Happy Memorial Day!
No School!

Tuesday:

Finals: Per. 1, 3, 5, 7, 8

Wednesday:

Finals: Per. 2, 4, 6
Early out!

Thursday:

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!

Friday:

Make some memories, they'll be history later...

5/20-5/24

5/19/2013

Monday:

Student Designed Mini-Unit (to be announced)
Brainstorming session
Last Activity of Tech Unit: DotCom Bubble

Tuesday:

Syrian Mini Unit
Syrian Conflict: What you need to know
How are other countries responding?
○     http ://www .youtube .com /watch ?v =aTVkw 53 DeII

○     http ://www .youtube .com /watch ?v =0 dQu _-rYPAk &feature =relmfu

○     http ://www .youtube .com /watch ?v =oCcy 3 KkB 2 Js & http ://www .youtube .com /watch ?v =oCcy 3 KkB 2 Js

Wednesday:

Syrian Mini Unit:
Questions to Consider:
Discussion of USA's policy options in Syria

Thursday:

Continue discussion of USA's policy options in Syria (hard copy)
Peace Negotiations between Syria and Israel (background)
Syria-Israeli Peace Draft (try to iron out the details)

Friday:

Peace Negotiations between Syria and Israel (background)
Syria-Israeli Peace Draft (try to iron out the details)
Final Activity: What Approach should the USA take to Syria?
Prepare for final activity

5/13-5/17

5/12/2013

Monday:

Students work on Capstone Project (Due: End of class, Tues. 5/14)
Suggested resources:
•NYT.com (use provided log in information)
•My suggested media resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/news.html
•My research resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/research.html

Tuesday:

Students work on Capstone Project (Due: End of class)
Suggested resources:
•NYT.com (use provided log in information)
•My suggested media resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/news.html
•My research resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/research.html

Wednesday:

Capstone Project Presentations
Google Form: Student feedback/questions
End of Semester Reflection

Thursday:

Following up on Capstone Projects:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/explorer/videos/inside-guantanamo/

Friday:

Following up on Capstone Projects:
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=1719827701

5/6-5/10

5/5/2013

Monday:

Assign: Capstone Project (Due: Tues. 5/14)
Assign: Project Bibliography (Due: Friday 5/10)
Topic proposal emailed to Mr. Kelly by end of class
Topic Ideas: http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Issues/

Tuesday:

Students work on Capstone Project (Due: Tues. 5/14)
Suggested resources:
•NYT.com (use provided log in information)
•My suggested media resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/news.html
•My research resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/research.html

Wednesday:

Students work on Capstone Project (Due: Tues. 5/14)
Suggested resources:
•NYT.com (use provided log in information)
•My suggested media resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/news.html
•My research resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/research.html

Thursday:

Students work on Capstone Project (Due: Tues. 5/14)
Suggested resources:
•NYT.com (use provided log in information)
•My suggested media resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/news.html
•My research resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/research.html

Friday:

Due: Project Bibliography
Students work on Capstone Project (Due: Tues. 5/14)
Suggested resources:
•NYT.com (use provided log in information)
•My suggested media resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/news.html
•My research resources:
•http://mrkellyshistory.weebly.com/research.html