Friday 2.25.11 Classwork

Today you will be looking for answers to your questions on your chart. Please use these websites in order to research your answers! Don't hesitate to ask Ms. Rowe for help with any of your work. There is an amazing amount of information in these sites, so I know that you are going to learn a lot. I cannot wait to hear what you found out on Monday! Good luck and have a great weekend!

Website A--Slave Life--this is an excellent website with huge amounts of details. If you get overwhelmed, switch to a different site. I like that this site has many direct quotations from slaves. You get to "hear" slaves' voices on this site.

Website B--Conditions of Antebellum Slavery--this is an excellent site with a TON of good information! I saw the answers to MANY questions here!

Website C--Antebellum Louisiana--be sure to scroll all the way through this site--there is a lot of information here! There are pictures too, which helps us visual learners understand material better!

Website D--South Carolina--The Price of a Human Being--this is an excellent site for any questions you have from the first category--"On the Auction Block"

Website E--South Carolina--Houses--this website will answer questions about slaves' homes, furniture, etc.

Website F--South Carolina--Slavery and Death--this site will answer questions relating to death, disease, and burials for slaves. Once you click on the link, there are 4 links to choose from. Don't be afraid to try any or all of these four choices to find your answers!

Website G--Slavery and the Making of America: Living Conditions--this website has many details, including information about work and meals. You don't need to worry about going back to the first page unless you have questions about slaves in cities.

Website H--Digital History--Slave Culture--This website includes a brief description of many aspects of African American culture during slavery.

Website I--Sweet Chariot--this is a wonderful website discussing the use of music by slaves for different purposes. Be sure to click on the links to explore the different reasons --codes, religious expression, etc--that slaves had for singing.

Website J--Slave Families--this is a very informative 2-page article about all aspects of family structure and life under slavery

This weekend's homework is CANCELED!!!

I have updated the weekly syllabus to reflect this. I am trying to give the students a bit of a break as we go into ISAT week. Please try to get sleep this weekend!

Dr. Swartzbaugh

This week--2.22.11--party on Friday!

This week we begin our investigation of the South. This is part of our continuing exploration of the ways that the North and the South grew more and more different in the decades leading up the the Civil War. There is once again homework that is assigned on Thursday, but not due until the following Monday. These assignments are a bit more challenging and also require a bit more responsibility in keeping track of your materials over several days. Remember, we are working towards 8th grade, and, eventually, high school!

The syllabus is HERE!

One VERY IMPORTANT activity this week is our class party. I promised each class that we would celebrate the end of the DBQ, but the party never happened thanks to the blizzard! So, we have rescheduled the party for this Friday. Please bring something delicious to share with about 15 other people. Thanks so much!


I hope you have a great week!

Dr. Swartzbaugh

Weekend Homework! Due Tuesday 2.22.11

Hi there! I have canceled homework for tonight, Thursday. There is NO homework due tomorrow, Friday.

However, there is an assignment for the weekend which I handed out today in class.

Here is the assigment:
1. Please finish reading the article we began in class today. You can find the article HERE.

2. Please answer the questions on the handout I gave you today. If you've lost the questions, you can find them HERE.

Please be sure to respond in complete sentences.

In addition! There is ALSO homework for those of you who did not finish your historybook work today (Friday). Please finish that work by Tuesday (2 questions using question stems, 3 responses of at least 4 sentences each; and updating your profile with a discussion of your nineteenth century reform movement.

I hope you all have a great three day weekend! See you Tuesday! Don't forget your homework!

Dr. Swartzbaugh

Industrialization Webquest

Today you will choose ONE of the following webquests. For ALL of these webquests, you will need your notebook and should answer all questions posed on the websites (with a couple of exceptions noted below). You will need the ENTIRE period to work on this. You will need your notes and responses for class Wed-Fri, so if you don't get your work done today because you lack focus or choose to mess around, then your work for the rest of the week will be impacted. I will be checking your work at the end of the period, and you will receive credit for work that is done carefully and consistently throughout the period.

1. http://www.uc.k12.in.us/New%20UCMS/Gutzwiller/webquest.htm
This webquest focuses more on technology, including the ways that the steam engine works. PLEASE NOTE: skip the steam ship link, it is NOT working.

2. http://www.scribd.com/doc/47882059/Industrialization-Webquest
This webquest focuses more on the impact of industrialization on women, specifically the women who worked in one of America's first "mill towns": Lowell, Massachussetts.PLEASE NOTE: only do the top portion of this webquest on the Lowell Mills. Do not do the bottom portion on the Cotton Gin. We will be doing this part soon, I promise!

3. http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/whole_cloth/u2ei/index.html
This is the challenge webquest. Please do choose this option if you consistently find the work in this class relatively easy, or if I've discussed doing challenge work with you and/or your parents. Otherwise, you should choose webquest 1 or 2, above.
Read the "scholarly article" and answer questions 1-7. Ask me to show you the teacher's notes, which will help you understand this challenging article.

This week--2/14/11

This week we are beginning our investigation of the differences between the North and the South that developed and expanded during the Antebellum era. Please ask your child what "antebellum" means--they should be able to answer!

The weekly syllabus is HERE.

Have a great week!

PLEASE be certain that you have turned in the BRIGHT GREEN permission slip relating to google app pilot program. Thank you to those who have turned it in!

Dr. Swartzbaugh

Little Book Instructions

Here are the details on the Little Book. Remember, this is a large homework grade, meaning it is worth 3x the normal amount of points. Please do your best work!

Cover Page--Laura's Little Book on Juvenile Justice Reform
4 Fast Facts!---just what it says
Picture It!--draw a picture that shows something about this reform movement
So What?--why should anyone care about this part of our history? Why is it important?
Question It?--write a specific question and the answer Q: and A: (this is another fact; don't repeat facts!)
3-2-1--6 total bullet points on this page! Write Very Small! 3 personal insights/or connections; 2 things you have learned (2 more facts--don't repeat facts!); 1 question you still have--you should not know the answer to this question.
Assumption Buster--write an assumption you had when you started Assumption: ; then write how it was "busted" i.e. proven untrue Busted:
Back cover--created by your name date period

In class work Tuesday 2/7/11--to see this week's syllabus click on "older posts" below this post

Here are the websites you may choose from in order to do today's work:

Digital History--has thorough, albeit somewhat dry, information on several different reform movements.


Juvenile Justice Reform

Abolitionism

Temperance (anti-alcohol movement)--click on "primary sources" and then be certain to read the background information and transcription on the left column

Women's Suffrage--scroll down and read. Be sure to look at images carefully!

Disability



Dorothea Dix

Juvenile Justice

This week!

NOTE: Weekly syllabus link was not working--thanks parents for letting me know! It is now fixed so click away!

I, for one, and hoping for a NORMAL week!

I am very excited about what we'll be learning this week. Some of it even relates to my dissertation--how cool is that? So, watch out, because Dr. Swartzbaugh is fired up about this week's learning materials!

For a sneak peak, and to know what your homework for the week is, check out the WEEKLY SYLLABUS
I hope we have a great week!

Dr Swartzbaugh

PS Once I have word on the parent teacher conference update from the district, I will let you know!
PPS Don't forget we are STILL involved in Chores for Change! It is the district's goal that each student will raise $10 through household chores in order to support the children's home in Haiti. Of course, many of our students have done far more! Julian has already raised over $1300 for the cause! Go Jayhawks!