10-30-18 Leadership

http://listening2leaders.com/shape-quiz-learn-colleagues/

US History 10-30-18

Examine events and leadership under "Era of Good Feelings"

https://www.thoughtco.com/era-of-good-feelings-1773317

While America was undergoing an "era of good feeling" there were many problems lying under the surface. These social ills were attacked many social reformers. This reform movement was led by people who believed that America could do anything if she put her mind to it. One writer called America, "The Israel of our time."

Reformers of the Mid 1800s

Major reform movements existed in the following areas:

A. Women's Rights:

1. This movement led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott held a women's rights conference at the Seneca Fall Convention. At the convention they wrote a Declaration of Women's Rights.

B. Temperance

1. The temperance movement was an attempt to eliminate the evils of alcohol. Mostly the same women involved in the women's rights movement . Led by the American Christian Temperance Union they sought to save the American family by trying to get alcohol declared illegal.

2. They were successful in getting some states to adopt state constitutional amendments banning alcohol.

3. This movement continued until the passage of the 18th amendment in 1920.

C. Education

1. Led by Horace Mann, the great educational reformer, a movement was led to create mandatory public education in America. It was eventually successful.

D. Treatment of the insane

1. Reformers led by Dorothea Dix led the way to more modern treatment of the mentally ill.

10-29-18 Leadership

Essay due Today

Rubric for leadership essay:

Essay must me submitted by email

Total points:125

Grammar = 25
5 Characteristic of leadership Represented in essay = 50 points

2 full pages= 50 points

Late papers deduct- 25 points

US History 10-29-18

Students will complete the following activity using the US History command terms as well as the Expansion and reform study guide.

1. Define the Missouri Compromise.

2. Describe why the South believed that westward expansion was vital to the Souths economy.

3. Explain why Industrial factories of the north were of no economic interest to the south.

4. Justify the South's reasons for wanting Texas added to the union as a Slave state?

5.  Identify 3 reasons the South wanted to wage war with the north?

6. To what extent did the idea of manifest destiny motivate Americans to sell their homes in the East and expand to Oregon and other places out west.

7. Compare and Contrast the Souths economy with that of the north during the Antebellum period.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TTojPYbZC7S9IHMSP9QWNMhIPSn7jneyqVZPKeXdBOw/edit

10-24-18 Leadership

Students will begin working on a two page typed essay on " The type of leader you aspire to be"

Students must include at least 5 of the 10 characteristics of leaders, and give examples of that type using a person or persons that already personifies those traits.

Use no more than three people for your examples

• Honesty and Integrity. ...
• Inspire Others. ...
• Commitment and Passion. ...
• Good Communicator. ...
• Decision-Making Capabilities. ...
• Accountability. ...
• Delegation and Empowerment. ...
• Creativity and Innovation.

10-23-18 US HIstory

https://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812/war-of-1812

Analyze and Describe the events causes and impacts of the War of 1812.

How were the partisan politics of that time similar to those that are occurring today?

Who were the War Hawks, and what did most of them later become?

Which countries were fighting and Why?

Leadership Class 10-16-18

Follow the link below, and review the four creative thinking techniques.


https://lateralaction.com/creative-thinking/

Tomorrow's lesson will use the concepts explained in the link

Leadership Class 10-12-18

What Carter Lost

Story of the 1988 Dallas Carter High School Football team.

https://vimeo.com/229703442

10-10-18 US History

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html

Use the above link to complete the timeline.

Leadership Class Thursday October 11th 2018

5th Hour Leadership class
Students will complete the Color hunt reflection essay using the Discussion points as a guide

US History Thursday 10-11-18 1/2 Day

US History 2nd Hour and 6th Hour

Students should use the link below to complete the time lines that were given out in class yesterday. They will need their Chromebooks!

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html

10-8-19 US HIstory

Students should follow the link and complete the reading as well as questions afterwards

https://www.studentnewsdaily.com/daily-news-article/christopher-columbus-in-his-own-words-2/

Leadership 10-4-18

Student should make sure all group activities and reflection papers are in binders.

These are the Five activities completed.

High School Leadership Lessons Communication:

Fact or Fiction
Listening Skills
Personality Types
Promote It
Put it Together

US History 10-4-18

Compare and and Contrast the Maps of 1754 and the Map of early 1600's

Please describe in detail the similarities and differences of the physical and political features of the maps

Examine the effects of the proclamation line of 1763, and how it helped push the colonists into rebellion against the British Empire.

Leadership 10-2-18

Students will write a one page reflection on yesterdays activity dealing with personality types.
This is the last reflection for the unit on Communication

Please include the roles that you had as well as how it helped you to become a better communicator.

10-2-18 US History

Map Activity Colonial America

What were the names of the first settlements of the early colonists and where were they located? Briefly describe each settlement and its time period on a separate sheet of paper

Follow the link below to gather more info to enhance your map.

http://mrnussbaum.com/13int/

https://www.mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/jamestown/

https://www.mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/plymouth/

https://www.mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/newa/

https://www.mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/salem/

Which colonies are now apart of the United States of America?

Which Mountain range is closest to the 13 colonies?

What's the name of the ocean nearest the colonies?

Create a map legend that distinguishes the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies from each other, as well as symbols representing mountains and settlement locations, bodies of water.

Follow the links above to gather more info to enhance your map.

s Interactive." MrNussbaumcom 13 Colonies Interactive Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2017.