12/21- 12/22

This will be an easy holiday week. We will be watching "The Patriot" on both days. Enjoy your break!

Alan Schubert

12/14- 12/18

Mon: The Southern Campaign of the Revolution HW: RSG 10.3

Tuesday: Finish Revolution. No HW

Wednesday: Computer Lab Patriot WebQuest No HW

Thursday: Computer Lab Patriot WebQuest No HW

Friday: Begin The Patriot No HW

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Week’s Plan 10/7-10/11

Monday 10/7- EQ How did war and England's new colonial policy push North Carolinian's towards revolution?

Homework- Reading Study Guide 9.2

Terms for Identification Quiz on Friday(10 of the 17 terms will be quizzed): French and Indian War, Albany Plan of Union, guerrilla warfare, Proclamation of 1763, Pontiac's Rebellion, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Intolerable Act, Boston Massacre, Boycott, Loyalists, Patriots, Declaration of Independence, Halifax Resolves, Mecklenburg Resolves.

Keep up with index card for the quiz.

 

Tuesday 10/8- EQ How did war and England's new colonial policy push North Carolinian's toward revolution?

Homework- Reading Study Guide 9.3 Continue to work on ID's for the quiz

 

Wednesday 10/9- EQ How did the colonies of North America win their independence from Great Britain?

Homework- No homework, Continue to work on ID's for the quiz.

 

Thursday 10/10- EQ How did the colonies of North America win their independence from Great Britain?

Homework- No homework, Continue to work on ID's for the quiz tomorrow.

 

Friday 10/11- EQ How did the colonies of North America win their independence from Great Britain?

Quiz- Remember to bring the index card with ID's on it for the quiz.

Homework- No homework, have a good weekend

11/30- 12/4

Mon Class system in NC. HW 7.2

Tue: State politics hw 8.1, 8.2

Wed Review for test

Thurs: Test

Friday: test corrections

Week’s Plan 11/16- 11/20

This week will be in Ch 6 studying NC as a colony.

M: HW RSG 6.1

T: HW RSG 6.2

W: Field Trip

TR: HW 6.3

F: No HW

Week’s Plan 11/9- 11/13

Mon: We will be making Blue Star Flags to honor our veterans. We will also begin chapter 5. HW RSG 5.2, 5.3

Tue: We will do a map and create a triple Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the three Colonial regions. HW: RSG 5.4

Wed: No school Veteran's Day

Thurs: We will watch a movie on Blackbeard Students will HW: Pirate Flags

Fri: We will be studying triangle trade and the Middle Passage. We will be creating slave narratives. There will be plenty of time in class but in a few cases I may give individuals permission to work on it at home over the weekend.

Thank you,

Alan Schubert

Jamestown Simulation

The students really enjoy the activity we are doing today. We are doing a computer simulation for the Jamestown Colony. They go to the site http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/ and try to get as high a rating as possible. It might be fun to go there and see if you do as well as they do. This is what they did:

1. For each prompt:
   
   1. Summarize each recommendation (Colonist, Charter, Native)
      
   2. Make a decision and write down your decision
      
   3. Explain your decision. Tell me why you feel you have made a good decision
      
2. At the end you are given a screen "here is an evaluation of your decisions," Write down your food, health, wealth, and Morale rating (DO NOT PRINT)
   
3. Click on "Now We Know" and read the information.
   
4. Using what you have learned retake the simulation to try for a better score.
   
5. How did you change the second time around?
   
6. Write down your food, health, wealth, and Morale rating for the Second try.
   
7. When you are done you may try for an even better evaluation.
   

The second try is especially important to see if you learned anything from the first.

Good Luck,

Alan Schubert

11/2- 11-6

Mon and Tuesday we will be look at Primary Sources. Homework Tuesday Reading Study Guide 4.1

Wed: Why did England's first attempts to colonize fail? We will take a close look at the Ralph Lane and the lost colony. No Homework

Thursday: Why was Jamestown Successful? We will be doing a computer simulation of the Jamestown settlement. No Homework

Friday: Why did people want to settle in the New World. Students will be designing a poster to entice people to the New World. This is an in class assignment that cannot be taken home for homework.

Don't forget that daylight hours are running out, and the park will not be as enjoyable in the cold so if you want to do the extra credit sooner is better than later.

New Link For Extra Credit

Another link for the worksheets

Remember all extra credit for term 2 will be due the last day before Winter break.

Week’s Plan 10/27-10/30

10/27 Tues- Welcome to NC History No HW The first day of each week students will write the plan in their agendas. I check them and sign.

10/28 Wed- Proud to Cal NC Home No HW (I will rarely assign HW on Wed because so many students have sports and church groups.)

10/29 thurs: Exploration/ Columbian Exchange

10/30 Fri: Assign Textbooks. Students should bring these home and keep them there. I will have a copy available in class. That way there should be no "I forgot my book" excuses. No hw (I rarely assign HW on Fridays.

Week’s Plan 10/19- 10/24

This is my last week with "A" group until the beginning of the semester. All make up work needs to be done by Friday.

Mon: North Carolina as the "Rip Van Winkle" State. HW RSG 12.1, 12.2

Tues: Continue the decline and begin the Reform of NC HW 12.3

Wed: Reform in NC and the State Constitution of 1835 no HW

Thurs Slavery in NC HW RSG 13.1, 13.2

Fri (Half Day): Review of the term.

Extra Credit: I am happy that so many people have done the extra credit already. It seems like the students are really enjoying it. Don't forget all extra credit is due Friday NO EXCEPTIONS. The Battleground museum closes at 5 PM. The Park closes to cars at 5 as well. People are still allowed to walk the park until sunset. It may pay to do some internet research on some of the questions so that you can get through quicker.

Thank you,

Alan Schubert

New Links for Worksheets

Apparently the school's web is unreliable so I have reposted the worksheets. These are in a picture format so the best thing to do is to download them and then print them. I am sorry the last link failed.

http://picasaweb.google.com/SEMSsocialstudies/GuilfordCourthouse?feat=directlink

Let me know if you need any more help. Remember the "contact me" page sends to my personal email that I check at night and on weekends.

-Alan Schubert

Extra Credit Opportunity

Guilford Courthouse Battlefield visit

Requirements:

1 Print the 2 worksheets

Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2

2 Go to the park find the information and fill in the worksheets

3 Take a picture of yourself at the park near an Identifiable landmark. Pictures can be emailed, brought in on device, or printed.

4 Turn both in by 10/23. No exceptions can be made because this is the last day of the grading period.

Useful links

• National Park Website
  
• Directions
  

Week’s Plan 10/12- 10/16

Mon: How did the Colonists forma a new government? HW: Constitution Crossword

Tues: Same focus: Now HW

Wed: What was the Impact of the Louisiana Purchase? No HW

Thurs: What was the significance of the War of 1812? No HW

Friday: what were the key reforms of NC's Constitution of 1832?

I’m Back

This link wasn't working for awhile, but I think it is working again. Sorry if you have been checking for updates.

Thank you for all of the donations for Fall Festival. It was a huge success.

The Week's Plan:

Mon: Test corrections using the textbook

Tue: Mrs. Allison and Officer Dees will be in to talk to the class.

Wed- Fri: Watch "The Patriot" there is an activity that goes along with this that will be due the following Tuesday.

As always if you need anything let me know.

Alan Schubert

Plan 9/14-9/18

Mon Begin discussion about how NC specifically became a colony (ch 6). Homework P120 13-18

Tuesday: Continue discussing founding of NC. HW: Study for Quiz ch 6

Wednesday Quiz ch 6 no Homework

Thursday: Constitution day. We will look closely at the Bill of Rights

Friday: Begin Ch 7 No homework.

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Thanks,

Alan Schubert

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Create Your Badge

Pirate Flag

Today's assignment (Thursday 9/10) is to design your own pirate flag. Pirates used symbols to communicate who they were and to strike fear into the hearts of their opponents. Students should make up symbols of their own and design their own pirate's flag. They should make a key to explain what their symbols mean.

Week’s Plan 9/8- 9/11

I hope you all enjoyed your Labor Day weekend. I know I did. Here is the Week' Plan.

1. Tuesday: We will finish our introduction to Primary Sources. Homework: Key Ideas p 96 16-21 complete sentences.
   
2. Wednesday: We will be discussing the reasons why settlers came to the New World, and Where they settled. No Homework.
   
3. Thursday: We will be watching a movie on Blackbeard. HW: Students will design their own Pirate flag reflecting their personalities.
   
4. Friday: We will be looking at Triangle Trade and the Middle Passage. Students will be writing a narrative from the perspective of someone involved in the middle passage. If there is not enough time in class to finish, this will be homework.
   

 

As always please use the contact me link from my home page if you have any questions.

 

Thank you,

Alan Schubert

Small Switch

I am switching Thursday's and Friday's plans with each other. A computer lab became available Thursday so I am taking the opportunity to go to the lab. The original lesson planned for Friday will be even better when done in the lab Thursday.

We had a great time in the lab on Tuesday. Students did an online simulation of the Jamestown colony. Many of the students were able to receive 2 "excellents" in their score. Curious what we were doing? Check out http://historyglobe.com/jamestown/ and see how well you can do.

Thank you,

Alan Schubert

8/31- 9/4

I am looking forward to another Great week. I am sure the students will love this week for a number of reasons chief among them that there is no homework.

Mon: I will be assigning students books. This is a book that they take and keep at home. I will have a book available in the classroom for in class work, and they will have their book at home for homework. We will also be looking at NC 's Geography, and learning about the text.

Tue: We will be in the computer lab doing an historical simulation of the settlement of Jamestown, VA

Wed: We will focus on the Lost Colony

Thursday: Students will receive a primary source analysis booklet, and we will discuss the importance of Primary sources to historians.

Fri: Students will be doing an assessment activity from the perspective of a prospective colonist.

Thank you,

Alan Schubert

1st Week Success

Thank you for a great week! I am excited that I have so many great students supported by so many wonderful families. We learned a lot about each other this week, and began to delve into NC history. We even made it into the computer lab for a lesson on Old NC Mills.

Thank you,
Alan Schubert

Welcome

I am excited to be teaching North Carolina history this year.

If you have questions for me you can email me at Schubea@gcsnc.com

Even better... use the link on the left hand side of my homepage to contact me. That link will also send a message to my personal email.

Thank You,
Alan Schubert