Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Primary Source Analysis & Discussion, Day 2

Class Agenda:
  • Review SOAPST reading organizer
  • On your Own (OYO) -- read "The Enfranchisement of Women" and fill out the graphic organizer.
  • Small Groups (SG) -- break out into small groups and tackle one of the "Declaration of Rights" articles.
  • Big Groups (BG) -- Share out notes.
  • HW: Read Wilson's article and fill out the final section.
Primary Sources: The Enfranchisement of Women (1846), The Seneca Falls Declaration on Women's Rights (1848), Declaration of Rights for Women (1876), Woodrow Wilson's Address to the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Convention (1916)

Monday, September 29, 2014

Primary Source Analysis

Class Agenda:

1. Finish group/class discussion following the Making Meaning Protocol
2. Reading Primary Sources: read and take notes on The Enfranchisement of Women (1846), The Seneca Falls Declaration on Women's Rights (1848), Declaration of Rights for Women (1876), Woodrow Wilson's Address to the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Convention (1916)

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Breaking Down "Iron Jawed Angels"

Agenda:

1. Watch Original Footage of Suffragists
2. Review Discussion Protocol & Expectations
3. Class Discussion

Monday, September 22, 2014

Iron Jawed Angels, Day 1

Class #4 Agenda:

1. Summer Reading Update: Just share it!
2. Review and discussion of Iron-Jawed Angels questions
3. View Iron-Jawed Angels


Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Why Vote?

Class #3 Agenda:

1. Summer Reading Assignment
2. Launch of Unit #1, "Why Vote? The Struggle for Suffrage in the United States"
3. Suffrage Movement KWL 

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Every Song Tells a Story...

Class #2 Agenda:

1. Finish establishing class norms
- tuning
- vote

2. Every Song Tells a Story
- introduction: personal significance to historical commentary
- review protocol for text-based discussion
- text-based discussion on "Little Boxes" and "The Times They Are a-Changin' " 

3. If there is time, we will set up student blogs - otherwise, we will handle it first thing tomorrow!

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Welcome to 10th Grade Humanities!

Class #1 Agenda:
  1. Review course descriptor * & The "Songs of Change" Project
  2. Establish class norms
  3. Set up student blogs: 
  • Go to your blogger dashboard
  • click on "new blog" (this will open a pop-up window)
  • fill in the title using the following template: "[your name]'s Humanities Blog"
  • fill in the address using the following template: baxteracademy-Hum10-yourname
  • select design template (we suggest "simple")
  • click "create blog"
  • click "view blog"
  • open an email and write "Blog url HUM [10B, 10C, or 10D]" in the subject field
  • copy & paste url into email to adam.gilman@baxter-academy.org

* Please Note: all hyperlinks in your daily agendas will be highlighted