Students!!
Remember to study for your Chapter 27 test this weekend! Our test will be given MONDAY, April 26th on The Cold War Era (Chapter 27, all sections). Bring your completed study guide with you to class so you can look over it right before the test! (And I may give those who bring it extra credit!!)
See you in the morning!
MONDAY
April 19th
Continued reading of Chapter 27, Section 3 – “The Korean War”
define vocabulary for this section; identify and plot specific locations on map of North and South Korea
~~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
none
TUESDAY
April 20th
Review of timeline of events in Korea (student sheet); student recreation of advances & retreats of United Nations/USA troops as well as Communist troops on map; identify battles in chronological sequence
~~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
begin reviewing for Chapter 27 test this Friday!!
WEDNESDAY
April 21st
Chapter 27, Section 4 – “The Red Scare”
cooperative groups to complete Guided Reading 27-4; vocabulary for entire Chapter 27
~~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
begin reviewing for Chapter 27 test this Friday!!
THURSDAY
April 22nd
Readers’ Theatre – “Were they Guilty?”
student-driven skit about Cold War Era & McCarthyism; short review of study guide
~~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
study for Chapter 27 test tomorrow!
FRIDAY
April 23rd
Chapter 27 test – The Cold War Era
World of Water Activity following test
~~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
none
Have a super weekend!!
******STUDENTS******
Your Current Events Project is due in class tomorrow! Remember to cut out the actual article you read from the newspaper and staple it to the back of your current events project sheet!
I am looking forward to hearing about what current events you investigated!
So glad to back to a regular schedule!! Testing for the 6th grade is complete and now we can move on to more units of study!
MONDAY
April 5th
Students will preview the Cold War Era, Chapter 27
Identification of “The Big Three” at Yalta; class review & discussion of political cartoons; division of Germany and Berlin post-WWII
Classwork: define vocab words from Ch. 27, Section 1 (pg. 788)
~~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
none
TUESDAY
April 6th
Class discussion of Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift; Guided Reading 27-1, only questions 1-10;
~~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
none
WEDNESDAY
April 7th
Video, “The Wall and the Berlin Airlift”; class discussion of logistics behind the airlift as well as implications to post-war Europe; quiz on video
~~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
none
THURSDAY
April 8th
Sequencing activity, “Cause & Effects” of post-war events in Europe; completion of Guided Reading 27-1, questions 11-17.
~~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
none
FRIDAY
April 9th
Quiz on Chapter 27, Section 1
Current Events activity is due today; each class will have 10 current event presentations
~~~~~HOMEWORK~~~~~~
none
Have a super weekend!!