40) December 18, 2018

1. Welcome
2. Create a new blog post.
1. Name it--40) December 18, 2018
3. Indictments
4. Groups?
5. Resources
6. How much is left in the semester?
1. Tuesday, Dec. 18--Trial/Presentation
7. FINISH--Daily Write--Prosecute or Defend?
1. Would you like to prosecute or defend Andrew Jackson in your indictment?  Why?
8. Trial
1. Presentation
2. Procedure
1. Prosecution/Convict
1. 2 Minutes
2. 3 Arguments
3. All Resources
2. Defense/Acquit
1. 2 Minutes
2. 3 Arguments
3. All Resources
3. Prosecute/Convict Rebuttal/Closing
1. 1 Minute
2. Directly refer to the arguments made by the other side
4. Defend/Acquit Rebuttal/Closing
1. 1 Minute
2. Directly refer to the arguments made by the other side
9. Trial of Andrew Jackson Notes From
1. Make a copy of the above form
2. Name it Jackson Trial Notes Tables
3. Share it with me so I can edit it.
4. Link it to today's blog.
5. Fill it out with "one word" in each box.
10. Voting Forms
1. Spoils System
2. Tariff/Nullification
3. Bank of the United States
4. Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears
5. Slavery
6. War Crimes/Indian Wars
7. Honor Crimes/Dueling
11. Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture
12. Question Your Answers
1. How do you know what you know?
13. Daily Closing
1. What did you learn?
2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
3. How does it or will it affect you?
4. How can you use it?
14. Pro Points--George HW Bush (only if you have all your other work done!)
1. After watching this VIDEO, who was George HW Bush and why was he important and how do people want to remember him?
1. OR
2. After checking this WEBSITE, how did Bush's life before the presidency affect how acted during his presidency?  Please use examples of both to illustrate your answer.
3. How did the events of September 2, 1944 change Bush's life?  Why was he a different person after that day?

39) December 17, 2018

1. Welcome
2. Create a new blog post.
1. Name it--39) December 17, 2018
3. Indictments
4. Groups?
5. Resources
6. How much is left in the semester?
1. Monday, Dec, 17--Indictments/Prepare for Trial/Presentation
2. Tuesday, Dec. 18--Trial/Presentation
7. Daily Write--Prosecute or Defend?
1. Would you like to prosecute or defend Andrew Jackson in your indictment?  Why?
8. Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture
9. Question Your Answers
1. How do you know what you know?
10. Daily Closing
1. What did you learn?
2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
3. How does it or will it affect you?
4. How can you use it?
11. Pro Points--George HW Bush (only if you have all your other work done!)
1. After watching this VIDEO, who was George HW Bush and why was he important and how do people want to remember him?
1. OR
2. After checking this WEBSITE, how did Bush's life before the presidency affect how acted during his presidency?  Please use examples of both to illustrate your answer.
3. How did the events of September 2, 1944 change Bush's life?  Why was he a different person after that day?

38) December 13, 2018

1. Welcome
2. Create a new blog post.
1. Name it--38) December 13, 2018
3. Groups?
4. Resources
5. How much is left in the semester?
1. Thursday, Dec. 13--Work, Crimes, Evidence
2. Monday, Dec, 17--Prepare for Trial/Presentation
3. Tuesday, Dec. 18--Trial/Presentation
6. Daily Write--Link
1. You will be graded on your effort for today.
7. Daily Write--What do you have to do?
1. By the end of Monday/start of Tuesday, what do YOU have to have done?
2. By the end of Monday/start of Tuesday, what does your group have to have done?
8. Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture
9. Question Your Answers
1. How do you know what you know?
10. Daily Closing
1. What did you learn?
2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
3. How does it or will it affect you?
4. How can you use it?
11. Pro Points--George HW Bush (only if you have all your other work done!)
1. After watching this VIDEO, who was George HW Bush and why was he important and how do people want to remember him?
1. OR
2. After checking this WEBSITE, how did Bush's life before the presidency affect how acted during his presidency?  Please use examples of both to illustrate your answer.
3. How did the events of September 2, 1944 change Bush's life?  Why was he a different person after that day?

37) December 11, 2018

1. Welcome
2. Create a new blog post.
1. Name it--37) December 11, 2018
3. Groups?
4. Resources
5. How much is left in the semester?
1. Tuesday, Dec. 11--Groups, Work, Crimes, Evidence
2. Thursday, Dec. 13--Work, Crimes, Evidence
3. Monday, Dec, 17--Prepare for Trial/Presentation
4. Tuesday, Dec. 18--Trial/Presentation
6. Daily Write--Groups and Roles
1. Who are your group members and what are their roles?
2. What is your role and what do you need to do?
7. Daily Write--Link
1. Please link your work for your group's crime.
2. You will be graded on your effort for today.
8. Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture
9. Question Your Answers
1. How do you know what you know?
10. Daily Closing
1. What did you learn?
2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
3. How does it or will it affect you?
4. How can you use it?
11. Pro Points--George HW Bush (only if you have all your other work done!)
1. After watching this VIDEO, who was George HW Bush and why was he important and how do people want to remember him?
1. OR
2. After checking this WEBSITE, how did Bush's life before the presidency affect how acted during his presidency?  Please use examples of both to illustrate your answer.
3. How did the events of September 2, 1944 change Bush's life?  Why was he a different person after that day?

36) December 6, 2018

1. Welcome
2. Create a new blog post.
1. Name it--36) December 6, 2018
3. What happened 77 years ago tomorrow?
4. How much is left in the semester?
1. Today--Issues, Crimes, Groups, Organize
2. Tuesday, Dec. 11--Work, Crimes, Evidence
3. Thursday, Dec. 13--Work, Crimes, Evidence
4. Monday, Dec, 17--Prepare for Trial/Presentation
5. Tuesday, Dec. 18--Trial/Presentation
5. Daily Write--Jackson's Time versus Today
1. From what you have seen and what we have talked about, what are some issues that were accepted back in the day, but would not be tolerated today?
2. Why were those issues accepted then and not today?
3. Rank five issues you would like to judge Jackson on:
1. Issue
2. Issue
3. Issue
4. Issue
5. Issue
6. Jackson Padlet?
1. On which issue do you want to accuse or defend President Jackson?
1. Post your answer and why on the Padlet
7. Crimes?
8. Groups?
9. Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture
10. Question Your Answers
1. How do you know what you know?
11. Daily Closing
1. What did you learn?
2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
3. How does it or will it affect you?
4. How can you use it?
12. Pro Points--George HW Bush (only if you have all your other work done!)
1. After watching this VIDEO, who was George HW Bush and why was he important and how do people want to remember him?
1. OR
2. After checking this WEBSITE, how did Bush's life before the presidency affect how acted during his presidency?  Please use examples of both to illustrate your answer.
3. How did the events of September 2, 1944 change Bush's life?  Why was he a different person after that day?

35) December 4, 2018

1. Welcome
2. Create a new blog post.
1. Name it--35) December 4, 2018
3. George HW Bush
4. Daily Write--The Bill of Rights and the Constitution
1. Why was reform needed to fix the Articles of Confederation?
2. How did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention compromise to gain support for their ideas at reform?
3. What is ratification and how did Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay argue for ratification?
4. Who were some of the Americans afraid of the powers of the new Constitution and why were they afraid of it?
5. Why were the Federalists against explicit listing of rights?
6. How did Hamilton, Madison, and Jay realize they needed to compromise on a bill of rights?
7. How did Madison make good on the Federalist compromise?
5. Starbursts
1. Open Powerschool
6. Daily Write--Andrew Jackson
1. Resources
1. Introduction
2. Trial
3. Overview
1. What are the issues from the previous Daily Writes that would be good to use to judge Jackson?  Why would they be good? 
2. Which other issues and positions that were not mentioned in the video could you use to prosecute or defend Jackson?  Which would be most helpful to the prosecution and which would be most helpful to the defense?
3. From what you have seen and we have discussed, how are today's values different from those of the 1820's and 1830's and how would that affect how we could judge Jackson?
4. What is the major issue regarding Jackson that you would like to use to judge him?
7. Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture
8. Question Your Answers
1. How do you know what you know?
9. Daily Closing
1. What did you learn?
2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
3. How does it or will it affect you?
4. How can you use it?
10. Pro Points--George HW Bush (only if you have all your other work done!)
1. After watching this VIDEO, who was George HW Bush and why was he important and how do people want to remember him?
1. OR
2. After checking this WEBSITE, how did Bush's life before the presidency affect how acted during his presidency?  Please use examples of both to illustrate your answer.
3. How did the events of September 2, 1944 change Bush's life?  Why was he a different person after that day?

34) December 3, 2018

1. Welcome
2. Create a new blog post.
1. Name it--34) December 3, 2018
3. Daily Write--The Trial of Andrew Jackson?
1. Why did Jackson introduce the spoils system? What did he call it, how did he describe it, and why was it important to him and his Democratic Republicans?
2. How did Jackson's institution of the spoils system democratize and Americanize the executive branch?
3. When the spoils system came into being under Jackson's administration, how did he and his supporters defend it? Would you have defended it at the time? If so, why? If not, why not?
4. Did the destruction of Second Bank of the United States create the Panic of 1837? If so, how? If not, why not?
5. How did Jackson and his supporters defend the starving of the Bank of the United States? What did his critics claim were his motives? How would you have sided at the time? If you would have supported Jackson, why would you have supported his position? If you had defended the bank, why would you have taken that position?
6. What was Jackson's argument for removing the Native Tribes beyond the Mississippi River? Why did the Supreme Court support the Cherokee position and why did Jackson disagree?
7. How did gold and the need for new cotton-growing land play a role in the removal of the Native Tribes?
8. How do you think Jackson's long running history with many different Native Tribes played a role in his position toward Indian Removal?
9. Which other issues and positions that were not mentioned in the video could you use to prosecute or defend Jackson? Which would be most helpful to the prosecution and which would be most helpful to the defense and why?
10. What is the major issue regarding Jackson that you would like to judge him on???
4. Ethnicity, Nationality, Culture
5. Question Your Answers
1. How do you know what you know?
6. Daily Closing
1. What did you learn?
2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
3. How does it or will it affect you?
4. How can you use it?