1/7/08

Monday 1/7

Careers: Intro to Careers/ Guest Speaker Request/Where will you be in 15 years?
Soc. St.: Review Chapter 15-16-17-18 as well as behavior expectations


Tuesday 1/8

Careers: Theme 2 packet pages 26-30
Soc. St.: Begin 19-1 pages 557-561 Read and discuss

Wednesday 1/9

Careers: Finish page 30
Soc. St.: WS 19-1 & begin reading and discussing 562-567

Thursday 1/10

Careers: Self-Assessment page 33
Soc. St.: Video on how the West was lost

Friday 1/11

Careers: Human Capital pages 34-37
Soc. St.: worksheet 19-2 & Map ws for chapter 19

12/17/07

Monday: 12/17
Careers: Finish packet on how to get to work, begin collage
Soc. St.: Video on Reconstruction

Tuesday: 12/18

Careers: Finish Collages
Soc. St.: Finish Black Codes and Plessy vs. Ferguson

Wednesday: 12/19

Careers: Present Collages
Soc. St.: Eye witness accounts of major points in the Civil War

Thursday: 12/20

½ Day All write
Movie Elf

12/10/07

Monday:

Career: Computer lab (finish resumes)
Soc. St.: Final Reconstruction packet & begin study guide (due Wed.)

TUESDAY:

Career: Social Security Card packer
Soc. St.: Finish Reconstruction packet & finish study guide (DUE TOMORROW)

WEDNESDAY:

Career: Getting to work packet
Soc. St.: Get the answers for the study guide, write notes for the test tomorrow Chpt 18

THURSDAY:
Career: Finish getting to work packet
Soc. St.: TEST chapter 18

FRIDAY (all late or missing work is due today)
Career: Video Careers
Soc. St.: Reconstruction: Success or Failure?

12/3/07

Monday: 12/3
Careers: Guest Speaker
Soc. St.: read pages 540-544 discuss questions on 544 do worksheet 323 & complete questions 3 a& b on page 544

Tuesday: 12/4

Careers: Go over Homework from Friday (Comments that customers make to employees)
Soc. St.: Read pages 545-549 and discuss, complete Map worksheet for section 3

Wednesday: 12/5

All Write Day

Thursday: 12/6

Careers: Computer lab continue resume
Soc. St.: Reconstruction acts

Friday: 12/7 (Pearl Harbor Day)

Careers: Computer Lab (finish resume) begin job searches
Soc. St.: Finish Reconstruction Acts

11/26/07

11/26/07

Monday:
Careers: Skills you need in school that will transfer to your job.
Soc. St.: video Lincoln’s Assassination part 1

Tuesday:
Careers: Activity 3 Problem solving & activity 4 Showing Initiative
Soc. St.: STUDY HALL/MAKE UP work day

Wednesday
Careers: Activity 6 Investigating Nonverbal behavior
Soc. St.: Finish video Lincoln’s Assassination

Thursday
Careers: Activity 7 Knowing who pushes your buttons & Activity 8 Defusing red alerts
Soc. St.: Introduce Reconstruction Read and discuss 18-1

Friday
Careers: Finish packet on how to keep your job
Soc. St.: Finish reading 18-1 do page 537 questions 1-2-3, discuss page 538-539

11/19/07

Monday
Careers: Finish packet on how to get a job

Soc. St.: Begin packet of review on Civil War

Tuesday
Careers: How to Fill out an application, application for dream job is due tomorrow

Soc. St.: TEST OVER CIVIL WAR! OPEN BOOK OPEN NOTE. NO TALKING WHILE TESTS ARE OUT!!!

Wednesday:
Careers: Begin packet on how to keep a job once yout get it

Soc. St.: Finish up packet from Monday, must be turned in by end of hour regardless of completion.

Thursday & Friday
NO SCHOOL

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

11/12/07

Monday: 11/12

NO SCHOOL

Tuesday: 11/13

Careers: Activity 4 & 5 in Route to Getting that Job
Soc. St.: Work on Study guide for test on Civil War DUE THURSDAY (we will go over ALL the answers IF you have the study guide done)

Wednesday: 11/14

Careers: Activity 7
Soc. St.: Finish Study guide for Civil War Test (STUDY GUIDE MUST BE DONE IN ORDER TO GET THE CORRECT ANSWERS TOMORROW)

Thursday: 11/15

Careers: Video
Soc. St.: Review study guide answers, TEST IS 11/20 (TUESDAY)

Friday: 11/16

FIELD TRIP TO AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL, bring $$$ for lunch and goodies if you so wish.

11/5/07

Monday: 11/5

Careers: Career Search pages 46-53
Soc. St.: Read and discuss lesson 17-1 do questions on page 506 #3(a, b, & c) and #4

Tuesday: 11/6

Careers: What do People Earn (article)
Soc. St.: Read and discuss lesson 17-2 do questions on page 511 # 3(a, b, & c) # 4

Wednesday: 11/7

All Write Day Half day, dismissal at 12:20 for students
*****Students were also given the chance to get started on the study guide for Social Studies Civil War test over chapter 15-16-17*******

Thursday: 11/8

Careers: Activity 2 & 3
Soc. St.: Read and discuss lesson 17-3 do question 3 (a, b, & c)
Friday: 11/9

Careers: Activity 4 & 5
Soc. St.: Read and discuss lesson 17-4 do WORKSHEET Over Chapter 17

10/29/07

Monday: 10/29

Careers:
What’s wrong with this picture? Pages 38-40

Soc. St.:
Finish video on Civil War part 2

Tuesday: 10/30

Careers:
Business Etiquette

Soc. St.:
Brainstorm battles from Chapter 16 and write headlines

Wednesday: 10/31

Careers: Productivity pages 41-45

Soc. St.: Finish Headlines, begin review game for chapter 15 & 16

Thursday: 11/1

Careers: Finish Productivity

Soc. St.: Finish review game 15 & 16

Friday: 11/2

Careers: Quiz over Unit 2 packet (open book)

Soc. St.: Begin reading Chapter 17 lesson 1 BELL WORK PACKET FROM 10/22 DUE.

10/22/07

Monday: 10/22

Careers:
Finish page 30 (need calculators)

Soc. St.:
Complete Chart comparing North and South

Tuesday: 10/23

Careers:
Complete self-assessment page 33

Soc. St.:
Read chapter 16 lesson 2, do questions on page 491 1, 2, and 3

Wednesday: 10/24

Careers: Human Capital activity and read pages 34-37

Soc. St.: Read chapter 16 lesson 3 complete questions on page 497 1, 2, & 3

Thursday: 10/25

Careers: Video on Careers on TV

Soc. St.: News of War activity, students create headlines and articles on battles in the Civil War
Headlines are for the same battle but one is for the North and one is for the South

Friday: 10/26

Careers: What’s wrong with this picture pages 38-40, begin etiquette posters

Soc. St.: Video

10/15/07

Monday
Career: Intro to new quarter
Illustrate where you will be in 15 years

Soc. St.: Finish Flow Map on events that led to Civil War

Tuesday
Career: Determine what skills are necessary for your dream job and what other jobs are in the same field.

Soc. St.: Finish Chapter 15

Wednesday (Conferences 3:45-5:30 room 502)
Careers: FIELD TRIP TO IMAX DON"T FORGET YOUR MONEY FOR LUNCH
Soc. St.: FIELD TRIP TO IMAS AND ACTIVITY ON FOSSILS

Thursday (Early Release 12:20 CONFERENCES 1:45-4:30 & 5:30-7:30 room 502)
Careers: Begin Theme 2 packet read pages 26-30

Soc. St.: Begin reading chapter 16 lessn 1 & discuss

Friday (Early release 12:20)
Careers: Finish page 30 begin self-assessment

Soc. St.: Chapter 16 lesson 2 (read and discuss)

10/9/07

Monday:
No School

Tuesday:
Careers: Guest Speaker Darrow
Soc. St.: Review map skills, (re-explain New England states)
Hand back packets over chapter 15 for students to recheck and turn in Thursday.

Wednesday:
Careers: Guest Speaker Neal
Soc. St.: Finish reviewing Chpt. 15 discuss Compromise of 1850/Bleeding Kansas/Slave Trade

Thursday:
Careers: Finish Packet "Route to getting a job"
Soc. St.: Discuss Dred Scott decision and its implications, the formation of the Republican Party, and the 1860 election

Friday:
Careers: Resume reveiw
Soc. St.: Sequence the events that led to the Civil War by using a Flow Map

10/1/07

Monday
Career:
Guest speaker Mr. Pineda

Soc. St.:
Finish up work from last week

Tuesday Progress reports go home today & Conference notes
Career:
Guest Speaker Mr. Fike

Social Studies:
Lincoln's Election read and discuss 471-475

Wednesday
Career:
Applications

Soc. St.:
Map for Chpt. 14

Thursday
Careers:
Guest speaker Mrs. Roets

Soc. St.:
Video on the causes of the Civil War
Begin Civil War Packet


Friday
Careers:
Packet

Soc. St.:
Civil War Packet

9/24/07

Monday
Careers: Review what we have done and what we will be doing until the end of the quarter

Soc. St.: Test on Chpt. 14 (open book, open note, hope you did well)

Tuesday
Careers: Guest Speaker Mr. Sterne

Soc. St. : Women of the 1850's Packet (due Friday)

Wednesday
Careers: Video on careers in movies

Soc. St.: Chapter 15-1 (read), complete questions on page 461 (due tomorrow)

Thursday
Careers: How to fill out a job application

Soc. St.: Chapter 15-2(read), complete worksheet 16/17 (due tomorrow)

Friday
Careers: Routes to getting the job you want &

Soc. St.: Chapter 15-3 (read), work on packet over section 1, 2, & 3

9/17/07

Monday
Careers: Finish up production activity
Soc. St.: Finish Underground Railroad video, Finish Women's Rights Play

Tuesday MIDTERM PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME ALL MUST BE SIGNED AND RETURNED
Careers: Read and discuss Productivity
Soc. St.: Chapter 14 Review & Crossword

Wednesday
Careers: Computer lab
Soc. St.: Begin packet on Women who made a difference in the 1800's

Thursday
Careers: Quiz & Read and discuss "The Whole Story"
Soc. St.: Study Guide for chapter 14 Due tomorrow/ if time work on Women Packet

Friday
Careers: Read and Discuss lesson "Why Stay in School?"
Soc. St.: Review Study Guide (IF YOURS IS NOT DONE, YOU WILL NOT STAY FOR THE RIGHT ANSWERS) If time allows work on Women Packet.

TEST ON CHAPTER 14 IS MONDAY YOU MAY USE NOTES AND YOUR BOOK GOOD LUCK!

9/10/07

Monday:

Careers:
Phone etiquette (answer with a smile)
Soc. St.:
Finish worksheets from Friday (9/7)
Write a reform for modern education

Tuesday:

Careers:
Guest Speaker: Cuellar
Soc. St.:
Read Abolition and Women's rights, pages 440-447

Wednesday:
Half day, students are dismissed at 12:20, teachers stay until 4:00
Careers:
Guest Speaker: Riley
Soc. St.:
Worksheets 14-4
Begin reformer activity

Thursday:

Careers:
Production single man vs. assembly
Soc. St.:
Finish reformer activity

Friday:

Careers:
Guest Speaker: Osborn
Soc. St.:
Video

9/4/07

Monday 9/3 No School!

Tuesday
Progress reports go home today. Grades are not as pretty as we would like to see. Please remind students to turn in work on time, late work loses 1 point per day late up to 2 weeks past due date. Late credit is better than no credit. We will get the summer cobwebs shaken out of the minds! If your child has a D or F on their final grade please sign and return the progress report so we know you know what is going on. Thanks!
Career:
Brainstorm Health and Safety issues in the workplace.
Soc. St.:
Wksht 14-1
Read 14-2 American Literature and Art pages 429-432

Wednesday
Career:
Discuss the issues brought up on Tuesday
Soc. St.
Worksheet on interpreting a graph
Read Reforming America pages 433-437

Thursday
Career:
Phone etiquette in the workplace
How to answer the phone at your dream job.
Soc. St.
Discuss Reforms and literatur ein the 1850's

Friday
Career:
Guest Speaker Mrs. Wesson
Soc. St.
WKSHT 14-2/14-3
Begin writing Educational Reforms

Week of 8/27/07

Monday:
Careers- Guest Speaker Mr. Gadea
Soc. St.- Worksheet on the Gold Rush

Tuesday:
Careers- Video on Careers in the Arts
Soc. St.- Video on Gold Rush and Texas Independence/wksht to be answered during video
PROGRESS REPORTS SENT HOME- This is the first progress report you will have time to raise your grade, but you will need to focus.
Wednesday: HALF DAY For STUDENTS DAY ENDS AT 12:20/Teachers stay
Careers- Finish discussion on SCANS
Soc. St- Reforms in America and begin outline map for chapter 14 (WS 27/28)

Thursday:
Careers- What's wrong with this picture? Pages 38-40
Soc. St.- Hopes of Immigrants pages 423-428 WS 48/256/56

Friday:
Careers- Production Activity
Soc. St. - Finish Thursday's work American Literature and Art pages 429-432

August 20, 2007 Week 2

Monday
Career: Begin Career Packet pages 26-30
Soc. St: WS 13-1 and WS 23

Tuesday
Career: Finish WS 30 calculating changes in work demand
Soc. St: Read and discuss Texas Revolution pages 400-405

Wednesday
Career: Self-Assessment of interests pages 31-32
Soc. St: Read War with Mexico pages 406-411

Thursday
******* Curriculum Night 6-7 room 502******
Career: Finish up page 33
Soc. St: WS 241 & 25

Friday
Career: SCANS
Soc. St: California Gold Rush read pages 412-417

Guest Speaker forms are due Friday 8/24!

First Week! August 13, 2007

Careers:

Mon-Develop a list of careers
Tue-Where do you picture yourself at 27?
Wed-What skills will you need to have the job you want?
Thurs-What other jobs will use your same skills
Fri-Human Capital

Social Studies:
Mon- PTSA Packet
Tue- Assign book numbers and discuss norms
Wed- What would you pack to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast in the mid 1800's?
Thurs- Read pages 393-399 & complete Map Outline Activity
Friday- Worksheet 21 & 23

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