Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Vocabulary Quizlet

Remember, there will be a quiz on all the vocab we learned at the end of the unit! Here is a link to a Quizlet to practice all the words we've learned so far.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

11/20/19: Finish ch 6

Today we:

  1. Submitted journal entries 1-6.
  2. Reviewed the speeches we read last class and connected them to Nisei Daughter. We finished page 3 of the handout. Make sure that in the right hand column, you explain a) how this shows the same thinking as the speech and b) how exactly it affected the family. Your writing should clearly demonstrate that you understand how the quote connects to the ideas in the speech and how the family is affected by this. Explain it.
  3. Reviewed political cartoons and completed an assignment about them. If you were absent, make sure that your observations are detailed. Make a bullet-pointed list.
Homework:
  1. Read ch 7 
  2. Complete a journal entry

Monday, November 18, 2019

Nisei Daughter Chapter 6 + speeches

We learned about TB and how it applies to the story.

Today we read two speeches that represent the thinking of the time.
"An Un-American Bill" by Robert H. Clancy
and
"Shut the Door" by Ellison DuRant Smith

Here is a link to all vocab so far.

Homework:

  1. Make sure pages 1-2 of this packet are done. Do not do page 3!
  2. Get your journal entries ready to submit. Review the rubric so that you are submitting top quality work! This packet of journal entries are worth a quiz grade.

Week of June 15, 2020

Please find this week at a glance here .  Please watch this video (the password is liberty--lowercase L) explaining what's happening...