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?

1. U.S. and China hope to slow climate change by big cuts in pollution

2. Writing Prompt 12-8

3. Seven Years to Civil War Quiz

4. Work on Civil War reading assignments and questions

Agenda for 12/1

1. Read this article about the problems in Ferguson, MO.

2. Black Friday video

3. 12/1 Writing Prompt - go to eBackpack to complete the writing prompt.

4. The Civil War

Agenda for 11/10

1. Tomorrow's holiday is: Veterans day!

• What is a VETERAN? 
• Thanking veterans for their service, U.S. holds parades and ceremonies
• Using your iPad, come up with a list of all wars fought in by the United States since 1900.

 2. 11/10 - Writing Prompt (go to eBackpack to complete the writing prompt)

• In the United States, most Americans believe that war is sometime necessary to solve problems with other countries, and some think it is not ok. What about your home country? Do most people think that war is sometimes ok? What about you? Do you think that it is sometimes ok for two countries to go to war against each other?

3. Mapping the Civil War

• Color and key the Union States
• Color and key to Confederacy states
• Color and key the border states
• List the Union states
• List the Confederacy states
• List the border states

4. Read the article "Seven Years to Civil War"

5. Complete the reading guide for "Seven Years to Civil War"

Agenda for 11/3

1. Current Event Article: A bear of a problem for Maine hunters

• Answer the questions about the article on the eBackpack assignment "Bear Hunting - Article Questions."

 2. Writing Prompt for 11/3

• open "11/3 - Writing Prompt" on eBackpack and answer the question on the document.

3. Finish - 12 Years a Slave

HW - Quiz on Civil War Paper