Agenda for 9/14

1. Maine Map Quiz

2. Current Events Article: First females graduate from elite Army Ranger School
After reading the article, write a one paragraph  response (at least 5 full sentences) to the following questions:

• Do you believe that American women soldiers should be able to work the same military jobs as men, including fighting as soldiers. Be sure to explain the reasons for your opinion.

3. Inequality for women in American Society: "the pay gap" 

• Why do you think women in most countries make less money than men? Do you think America should pass a law that requires women to be paid the same as men? 

Pass in your answers to the two questions above to eBackpack Assignment #3
 
4. Is the United States falling behind in women's rights? 

5. What about education?

HW - Assignment #3 - Answer the two questions below and submit to eBackpack:

1. Do you believe that American women soldiers should be able to work the same military jobs as men, including fighting as soldiers. Be sure to explain the reasons for your opinion. 

2. Why do you think women in most countries make less money than men? Do you think America should pass a law that requires women to be paid the same as men?

Agenda for 9/10

1. Current Events Article: First females graduate from elite Army Ranger School

After reading the article, write a one paragraph response to the following questions:

• Do you believe that women soldiers should be able to work the same military jobs as men, including fighting as soldiers. Be sure to explain the reasons for your opinion.

2. Inequality for women in American Society: "the pay gap" 

• Why do you think women in most countries make less money than men? Do you think America should pass a law that requires women to be paid the same as men? 

3. Pass in your answers to the two questions above to eBackpack Assignment #2

4. Geography 
Map of Maine

• Place the following places on your map of Maine:
• Portland (most people)
• Augusta (state capital)
• Saco
• Freeport
• Brunswick
• Bar Harbor
• Lewiston
• Orono
• Waterville
• Madawaska
• Mt. Katahdin

HW:

• Study for Maine Map Quiz NEXT CLASS (9/14)

Agenda for 9/8

1. NEWSELA Current Event Article (Assignment #1)

• create login (use same as TA email)
• sign-up code: UHTHBM
• Click here to read the article 
• Questions to answer after reading
• What major decision did the supreme court make this June?
• Why is this an important decision?
• How many states had laws against gay marriage?
• Do a majority of Americans agree or disagree with the court's decision?
• What did President Obama think about the court's decision? 

• Submit to eBackpack Assignment #1 

2. Geography 

Map of Maine

• Place the following places on your map of Maine:
• Portland (most people)
• Augusta (state capital)
• Saco
• Freeport (LL Bean)
• Brunswick (Bowdoin
  College)
• Bar Harbor
• Lewiston (Bates Coll.)
• Orono (Univ. of Maine)
• Waterville (Colby Coll.)
• Madawaska
• Mt. Katahdin

Map of New England

• Label the following states and cities:
• Maine
• Portland
• Augusta
• Massachusetts
• Boston
• Worcester
• Connecticut
•  Hartford
• New Haven
• New Hampshire
• Portsmouth
• Concord
• Vermont
• Burlington
• Montpelier
• Rhode Island
• Providence
• Newport

HW:

• Study for map quiz next class

Agenda for 9/2

1. Introduction to Mr. Parise

2. Introduction to you!

3. What do you know about US History?

4. What do you want to learn about US History?

5. Newsela Article

• create login (use same as TA email)
• sign-up code: UHTHBM
• Click here to read the article 
• What major decision did the supreme court make this June?
• Why is this an important decision?
• How many states had laws against gay marriage?
• Do a majority of Americans agree or disagree with the court's decision?
• What did President Obama think about the court's decision?

1. California struggles with high number of unvaccinated children

2. 3/2 - Writing Prompt

3. American City Travel Project

Agenda for 1/12

1. Article - Chinese-Americans recall a law that kept many from coming to the U.S.

2. 1-12 Writing Prompt (go to eBackpack)

3. Handing in Civil War projects

4. Learning the 50 States

• Label each state using the correct two-letter abbreviation
• Writing the states in alphabetical order
•  50 States Practice
•  50 States Game

5. Questions about the 50 States

• 1. What are the 10 most populous states?
• 2. What are the 10 least populous states?
• 3. What is the poorest state?
• 4. What is the richest state?
• 5. What is the newest state, and in which year did it become a state?
• 6. Which state is largest in land area?
• 7. Which state is the smallest in land area?
• 8. Which states has the most colleges/universities?
• 9. Which states border Canada?
• 10. Which states border Mexico?
• 11. Which states border the Atlantic Ocean?
• 12. Which states border the Pacific Ocean?
• 13. Which state only borders ONE other state?
• 14. Which states border NO other states?
• 15. Which two states both border 8 other states?

HW

• Finish "50 States Questions" assignment
• 50 States - Map Test

Agenda for 1/5

Welcome back!

1. CIA Torture? What is waterboarding?

2. 1/5 Writing Prompt (eBackpack)

3. Civil War Adobe Voice Project (test grade)

Here are the requirements for the project:

• The project must answer the questions below in complete sentences.
• Each question should be answered on a different slide.
• You need to write AND SPEAK each answer.
• You need to have at least one picture on each slide.
• You need to have a slide at the end of the project with links to any the websites you used to find your information.
• The project is due Monday 1/12 for a TEST grade.

Here are the questions your presentation must answer:

1. When did the Civil War begin and end?

2. Who was fighting in the Civil War (what were the two sides)?

3. Which states were part of the Union, and which states were part of the Confederacy.

4. What was the cause of the war? (why did Southern states want to leave the United States and form a new country?)

5. Who was the President of the United States during the war?

6. Which side won the war?

7. What happened to Lincoln after the war ended in 1865?

8. How many Americans died in the war (from both the North and South)?

9. What did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution do to slavery after the war ended in 1865?

10. Which constitutional amendment (passed in 1868) said that people born in the United States were equal citizens?

11. What did the 15th Amendment give black men the right to do?