Absent Log

First Term

CE 1700, American Civilizations

Dates / What we Did / What you Need to Do
Wednesday and Thursday, August 24 + 25 /
  1. Blue All About You Questionnaire
  2. Georgia Tech Clip + High Fives
  3. Bass Introductions with artifacts and create who, what, when, etc. questions for her
  4. String introductions of students
  5. Each student asks a question about the class
  6. 4th period talked about what they don’t like in history+ write ways that history can be used as a weapon and why we study it.
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  1. Get a blue All About You Questionnaire from Ms. Bass and complete + turn in
  2. Get a syllabus from Ms. Bass and ask her any questions that you have about the class.
  3. Get a “What you Know about European History” chart from Ms. Bass, complete, and turn in.

Friday and Monday, August 26 + 29 /
  1. Sign the green CE form and bring it back next time with your parent or guardian’s signature
  2. Make a poster advertisement for studying US History
  3. Korean War 4 corners review and how countries present history green paper
  4. Begin the Roam the Room exercise on what you know about US History (chart)
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  1. Get a green CE form from Ms. Bass
  2. Make a poster with visuals and written arguments for the study of US History
  3. Get the Korean War textbook handouts from Ms. Bass and watch this clip for background:
  4. Get the “What you Know about US History” chart and write as many things as you can
  5. Get the “Handicapped by History” article from Ms. Bass and read it for next time. Write three things you learn, two things you found interesting, and one conversation spark.

Tuesday and Wednesday, August 30 + 31 /
  1. Log #1 response to questions for the “Whitewashing History” article
Watch and discuss whether this is an appropriate approach for an historian:
  1. Team Gold COR on the Heroification article
  2. Two discussion circles addressing the sparks for the heroification article
  3. 4th period finished the “Roam the Room” and what you know about US History chart (keep for your portfolio)
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  1. Make up the log
  2. Watch the clip and tell Ms. Bass whether you thought it was an appropriate approach to US History
  3. Make up the gold Heroification quiz by Friday, September 2
  4. Turn in your 3-2-1 from the heroification article
  5. Turn in your green CE form
  6. If you are in 4th period, you need to finish the What You Know about US History chart

Thursday and Friday, September 1 + 2 /
  1. Log # 2 Write everything you know about Columbus
  2. Log #3 Hero and Villain notes from the trial clip on Columbus
  3. Truth and Fiction piles on Columbus
  4. Team color responses reading of Zinn’s article on Columbus
  5. Bass’s current event example and sign up for a current event presentation
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  1. Make up the logs
  2. Watch this link for Log #3
  3. See Bass about the Zinn reading
  4. Get the Current Event requirements from Ms. Bass and sign up for a presentation on the class calendar

Tuesday and Wednesday, September 6 + 7 /
  1. Log #4 See the power point slide for cartoon on Columbus
  2. Finish Zinn reactions, etc. team reading
  3. Current Event presentations
  4. Index Card note to Zinn on what you liked and didn’t about his approach to history
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  1. Get the log question from Ms. Bass
  2. Get the Zinn article and take notes in the format of your choice + write a letter to Zinn doing what it says next to number 4 in the middle column
  3. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate

Thursday, September 8 or Friday, September 9 /
  1. Point of View Images
  2. Columbus POV simulation
  3. Geography vid 3-2-1 team COL
  4. 10 Interesting facts about US Geography clip and moo-lah
  5. Current Events
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  1. See Ms. Bass about making up the simulation
  2. Watch this clip
  3. Make up the 3-2-1 on the history of US Geographic Expansion by Friday, September 16
  4. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate

Monday and Tuesday, September 12 + 13 /
  1. See the pink assignment sheet for The Summer of 1787 and ask any questions that you have.
  2. US Geography match activity + critical thinking (blue paper for portfolio)
  3. Label as many states as you can
  4. Mnemonic strategies for remembering the states
  5. Work with partners on the Bio Poem for the person you researched for today
  6. Current Events
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  1. Get the pink assignment sheet for The Summer of 1787. The first reading assignment is due on two and a half weeks.
  2. Get the blue Geography Factoids paper from Ms. Bass and complete.
  3. Get the white map packet from Ms. Bass and study the state locations for next time (there will be a quiz).
  4. Turn in your green chart for the hero research and see Ms. Bass about the Bio poem
  5. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate

Wednesday and Thursday, September 14 + 15 /
  1. Map COL on the 50 states
  2. Current Events
  3. Lab Research for Native Americans
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  1. Make up the map COL by Friday, September 16
  2. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  3. Get a blue lab research paper on Native Americans from Ms. Bass—the first page is homework and is due next time
  4. See Ms. Bass about the rest of the blue packet

Friday September 16 + Monday, September 19 /
  1. Bio Poems on “American History Heroes” and notes in Log #5
  2. Current Events
  3. Post it with contemporary hero nominations
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  1. See Ms. Bass about making up the bio poem
  2. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  3. Turn in the Indigenous Peoples of America assignment (first page in the blue packet).
  4. Get a “Red”reading packet from Ms. Bass and check the calendar for the reading assignment that is due next time.

Tuesday, September 20 /
  1. Bio Poems on “American History Heroes” and notes in Log #5
  2. Current Events
  3. Post it with contemporary hero nominations
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  1. See Ms. Bass about making up the bio poem
  2. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  3. Turn in the Indigenous Peoples of America assignment (first page in the blue packet).
  4. Get a “Red”reading packet from Ms. Bass and check the calendar for the reading assignment that is due next time.

Wednesday, September 21 and Thursday, September 22 /
  1. Stand and Guess who review of the American Heroes
  2. Line up (3rd didn’t do this) discussion on “Red Eyes”
  3. Stereotypes of Native Americans (white boards and clip about Hollywood) _ look at images from Montana’s capitol.
  4. Envelopes and chronology for Native American History
  5. Current Events
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  1. E-mail Ms. Bass for the link on the Native American stereotypes and what you need to do to make up that segment of the lesson.
  2. Arrange a time to go through the Native American envelope chronology with Ms. Bass
  3. If you are in third period, get a “red Eyes” packet from Ms. Bass and she will tell you what is due next time.
  4. If you are in 4, 7, or 8 period, get a yellow discussion paper on “Red Eyes” and complete it.
  5. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  6. Your first 10 chapters of The Summer of 1787 are due next week.

Friday, September 23 /
  1. Clip about Native American Stereotypes
  2. Discuss the stereotypes seen in images of Native Americans
  3. 8th did the chalk drawings for the Native American timeline
  4. Envelope NA timeline order
  5. Log # 6 reflections on the timeline for 7th period
  6. Current Events
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  1. E-mail Ms. Bass for the stereotype clip that you need to watch
  2. Ask Ms. Bass to e-mail the images for the NA stereotypes and write the stereotypes that you see in the paintings
  3. See Ms. Bass about the NA timeline assignment
  4. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  5. Your first 10 chapters of The Summer of 1787 are due next week.

Monday and Tuesday, September 26 + 27 /
  1. Current Events
  2. Lab to finish the blue Indigenous Peoples packet and to plan your wax museum presentation for the Native American you were assigned
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  1. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  2. See Ms. Bass about the wax museum exhibit
  3. Your first 10 chapters of The Summer of 1787 are due next time.
  4. 3rd period turned in their “Red Eyes” annotations

Wednesday and Thursday, September 28 + 29 /
  1. Yellow COL on the first ten chapters on The Summer of 1787
  2. Pink Team COL on the book
  3. Discussion of what we like and don’t like thus far
  4. Current Events
  5. Plan your tribal story
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  1. Make up both quizzes on the first ten chapters of The Summer of 1787 by Friday, September 30.
  2. See Ms. Bass about the tribal story
  3. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate

Friday, September 30 and Monday, October 3 /
  1. Pink Paper with MC questions about Native Americans today
  2. Race to the right answer for NA today
  3. Make your back drop for the NA wax museum
  4. Current Events
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  1. Get the Pink Paper talked about in #1 of the middle column
  2. See your partner for the wax museum project for things that you need to do to help complete the backdrop
  3. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate

Tuesday, October 4 and Tuesday, October 5 /
  1. Current Events
  2. Finish Backdrop for the Native American Wax Museum
  3. Lab Research and story writing on your tribe
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  1. Get a yellow Europe tour paper from Ms. Bass
  2. See Ms. Bass about finishing your wax museum backdrop
  3. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  4. See your team about what they need you to do for the tribal story that they worked on in the lab
  5. See the calendar for revised due dates on upcoming projects

Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7 /
  1. Yellow Cornell notes and guest speaker on the Cheyenne Tribe
  2. Lab Work on your tribal story
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  1. Interview 8 people from class—write their names and what they learned from the guest speaker and turn this in
  2. See Ms. Bass about the lab work that you missed.

Monday and Tuesday, October 10 + 11 /
  1. Wax Museum exhibits—walk and notes on green graphic organizer + guess who with the dress up segment
  2. Race at the white board exercise to review the individual Native Americans
  3. Current Events
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  1. See Ms. Bass about making up your wax museum presentation
  2. Get the green graphic organizer from Ms. Bass and the notes from a classmate.
  3. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  4. Your Native American tribal story is due next time
  5. The Summer of 1787 reading and critique are due next week

Wednesdya and Thursday, October 12 + 13 /
  1. The purple peer and andself evaluation form for the wax museum project.
  2. Pink COL on the Native Americans from the wax museum presentations
  3. Share team tribal stories
  4. Orange triple venn comparing three tribes
  5. Current Events
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  1. Get a purple peer evaluation form from Ms. Bass and complete
  2. Take the pink COL y Wednesday, October 19
  3. Research two tribes in addition to the tribe that you researched for your tribal story and complete the orange venn comparing those tribes with the one that you researched in your group (get the venn paper from Ms. Bass)
  4. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  5. The Summer of 1787 reading and critique are due next week

Friday, October 14 or Monday, October 15 /
  1. Purple peer evaluation for the tribal stories project
  2. Log #6 Notes from the Prezi on the Trail of Tears
  3. Video clip on the Trail of Tears
  4. Simulation on the Removal Act of 1830
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  1. Get a purple peer evaluation form from Ms. Bass and complete
  2. Get the notes in Log #6 from a classmate
  1. Watch this clip on the Trail of Tears:
  2. See Ms. Bass for ways to make up the Trail of Tears simulation
  3. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate

Tuesday, October 18 or Wednesday, October 19 /
  1. Green Andrew Jackson Speech “The Children of the Forest” and letter in response
  2. 3rd Finished the Indian Removal Act simulation
  3. 4th Period processed the simulation
  4. 4th period completed the letter exercises on Native Americans
  5. Took the purple COL on the second half of The Summer of 1787
  6. Current Events
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  1. Get the Andrew Jackson green handout from Ms. Bass and she will explain what to do
  2. Get a pink processing handout from the Trail of Tears simulation and answer three of the questions.
  3. Make up the purple COL by next Monday, October 24.
  4. Get a blue portfolio checklist from Ms. Bass—portfolios and current event notes are due next time (no late portfolios will be accepted)
  5. Turn in your moo-lah and your Summer of 1787 Critique

Monday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 25 /
  1. Log #1 (Term 2) write different examples of power in our society
  2. Clip about 10 things I bet you didn’t know about the Constitution
  3. Pass the Paper and marker prompts on The Summer of 1787
  4. Portfolio Check
  5. Pre K and the Constitution white boards
  6. Current Events
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  1. Make up the log
  2. Turn in your portfolio
  3. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate
  4. See Ms. Bass about the “Pass the Paper” exercise for The Summer of 1787
  5. Go to this link and write your answers to the 10 questions about the Constitution:
  6. Watch this clip and be familiar with its contents:

Wednesday, October 26 /
  1. Green cartoon and question on the Articles of Confederation
  2. Clip on the Articles of Confederation
  3. Orange ART graphic organizer and information reading for strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
  4. Triad Debates on the AOC
  5. Presentations on the Contributions to our Constitution—notes on the back of your green cartoon paper
  6. Current Events
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  1. Ge the green AOC cartoon from Ms. Bass and answer the ?
  2. Watch this clipand be familiar with its contents:
  3. Get the orange ART paper and reading packets from Ms. Bass and complete
  4. Get the notes on the contributions to the Constitution (see #5 in the middle column) from a classmate
  5. Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate

Thursday, October 27 /
  1. Halloween History Bingo (orange) and video clip
  2. Notes on the back of the Bingo paper from the presentations on “Influences on the US Constitution”
  3. Current Events
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  1. Get an orange Bingo page from Ms. Bass and complete
  2. Get the notes that you missed on the influences on the US Constitution from a classmate
  3. Turn in all of your Current Events notes.

Friday, October 28 /
  1. Halloween History video
  2. Halloween History Bingo
  3. Match the countries and the way they celebrate Halloween
  4. Pick Up info and index happenings (Halloween History)
  5. Find your match (random facts about Halloween)
  6. Pre and Post Assessment on Halloween History
  7. Jolly Ole Great Pumpkin song
  8. Scary Stories Circle
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  1. Research the history of Halloween and make a five slide power point with images containing information that you learned. E-mail it to Ms. Bass:
  2. Turn in all of your Current Events notes.