"There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live..."

--John Adams

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Week of January 21--25

Hey Gang...We have a short week, but it's a good one!   There are a few small HW assignments this week, so please stay on top of it! 
Enjoy the historical hysteria below!

Day 1
NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King Jr, Day

Day 2
In Class:  Westward Expansion Podcast HW due!  Andrew Jackson's legacy and the presidencies of Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler...Oh my were they tough ones...The Presidents DVD
HW:  Inauguration Current Event due Monday 1/28 Watch An Expanding Empire Podcast (below) and take NOTES due Day 3 (Wed/Thurs) for HW grade!  Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren Presidential Projects due Friday, Jan. 25! 
Notes:  Test on Friday -- Election of 1824, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, and Abolitionism

This Podcast HW is due Day 3 of this week! 1/23-24


Day 3
In Class:  James K. Polk -- Manifest Destiny!  You can't control it, and neither can I!!!  Texa$, Oregon, Mexican-American War and Life in the West!
HW:  Inauguration Current Event due Monday 1/28..Andrew Jackson Presidential Project due Friday, Jan. 25!...Parent signature for Research Paper due Monday, January 28....Presidential Projects -- Van Buren and W. H . Harrison due Monday, January 28...Watch the following Video Podcast on Whigs vs. Democrats.  Create a diagram comparing and contrasting the Whigs and Democrats....Due Monday, January 28 (thought I accidentally said Feb. 4 in the podcast...whoops!)
Notes: Test on Friday -- Election of 1824, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, and Abolitionism

Day 4
In Class: TEST!!! -- More Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion...
HW:  Inauguration Current Event due Monday 1/28....Parent signature for Research Paper due Monday, January 28....Presidential Projects -- Van Buren and W. H . Harrison due Monday, January 28...Watch the following Video Podcast on Whigs vs. Democrats.  Create a diagram comparing and contrasting the Whigs and Democrats....Due Monday, January 28 (thought I accidentally said Feb. 4 in the podcast...whoops!)
Notes:  Please be sure you are working on the President Research Paper!  Note Cards due February 14