SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT,
MATERIALS AND VARIABLES DUE ON THURSDAY, please remember to get packet signed before Thursday! Vocabulary Test this Friday Imperialism, Rough Riders, USS Maine, and Yellow Journalism, 18th Amendment, 19th Amendment, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, prohibition , Gilded Age, Buffalo Soldiers, Settlers, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Monday- complete-Lollipop Lab Standard 5.05 Examine the contributions, and impact of inventors on American society, including Alexander Bell, George W. Carver and Thomas Edison.
Tuesday Standard 5.07 Analyze the causes , course, and consequences of the Spanish-American War, including Imperialism, Rough Riders, USS Maine, and Yellow Journalism.
Wednesday-- Standard 5.09 Analyze the major goals, struggles, and achievements of the Progressive Era, including Prohibition (18 Amendment) women’s suffrage (19 Amendment and the lack of child labor laws. )
Thursday-- Standard 5.08 Describe the challenges of the journey and process of successful entry into the U.S. through Ellis Island and Angel Island, and examine the roles of immigrants in the development of the U.S.
Students will be tested on unit vocabulary. Students will review for TCAP by completing practice test questions
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Student will complete a on open book test covering standards 5.41-5.46 Guiding Question: How did US emerge from Civil War?, Begin Gilded Age Unit 1 Chapter 1, US 1-US 17 Read and discuss lesson 1 View Discovery videos on Gilded Age Wednesday 5.01 Students will explain the need to the South’s move toward industrialization after the Civil War. GQ: How did the changes of Industrialization promote the development of a New America?
Thursday 5.02 The Student will examine the appeal and challenges of settling the Great Plains from various cultural perspectives, including, settlers, Immigrants, Buffalo Soldiers, and Am. Indians. GQ—Why did westward expansion appeal to Americans and Immigrants?
Students will participate in the Lollipop Lab. Students will use the Scientific Process to measure, calculate, identify variables, create and rea graphs and charts as well as make observations as they find the answer to ; Does the size (circumference) of a lollipop affect how fast it dissolves when licked? Monday
Standard 5.42- Describe the significance of the following Civil War events and battles on Tennessee · TN Chapter 10 pg. TN 112-113 · Stu. will create a model of important TN Battles of the Civil War. · Worksheet pg. 187 · Main Battles-Fort Donelson, Stones River, Franklin, Nashville Tuesday Standard 5.42- Describe the significance of the following Civil War events and battles on Tennessee · TN Chapter 10 pg. TN 114-115 · Stu. will create a model of important TN Battles of the Civil War. · Worksheet pl. 187 · Main Battles-Fort Donelson, Stones River, Franklin, Nashville Create a flip book with battle facts. Wednesday Standard 5.43, 5.44, 5.45, 5.46 Reconstruction in TN Students will explain the impact of the TN Constitutional Convention of 1870 Including (poll tax, segregation, Freedmen’s Bureau, Fisk University, KKK, black codes, Jim Crow laws) Students will explain how the end of Reconstruction impacted TN African American elected officials. · TN Chp. 11, pg TN 122 Continue with flip book Thursday Standard 5.43, 5.44, 5.45, 5.46 Reconstruction in TN Students will explain the impact of the TN Constitutional Convention of 1870 Including (poll tax, segregation, Freedmen’s Bureau, Fisk University, KKK, black codes, Jim Crow laws) Students will explain how the end of Reconstruction impacted TN African American elected officials. · TN Chp. 11, pg TN 122 Concept Map-wkTN122 Friday ½ Day Begin research on famous person- Biography or Event from the 1850-1890 HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope all of you had a wonderful, restful winter break. We are ready to dive back into our work!
*Report cards will be sent home on Wednesday, January 8th *Science Fair will be March 10th We are back to Social Studies for the first half of the 3rd quarter. We will look at the Civil War (briefly) and reconstruction in the US for the next 4-5 weeks. Monday- Using our old textbook -ch 3. Beginning of the Civil War. Students will discuss the war, its causes, and some important battles. They will write vocabulary words and definitions in their SS notebooks as well as answer review questions after our lesson. VOCAB WORDS/TERMS (10): border states, casualties, draft, emancipation, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, secession, and Anaconda Plan Tuesday- Old text ch 4. The States at War. We will discuss the Anaconda Plan, how the states could use the border states to their advantage. We will discuss the importance of the Battle of Antietam. Wednesday- Continue in ch 4. We will continue the discussion of the Battle of Antietam, as well as Battles of Bull Run, Vicksburg and Gettyburg. Students will begin working on a Battle Map from the Civil War. Thursday- Review of Ch 4 and the vocabulary terms associated with the Civil War Era Friday- Vocabulary Quiz on 10 words/terms listed on Monday's lesson Finish Battle Maps |
Hello, I'm Katherine Reed. This is my 31st year of teaching and my 25th year at Richland. I am a graduate of the University of Mississippi where I received my undergraduate degree and masters degree in Elementary Education.
I am married to an amazing man, David, and have two wonderful boys, Garrett age 22, who is studying Business Analytics at UT Knoxville and Cooper age 20, who is a s0phmore at UTK . I also have a dog named Archives
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