Map: Europe in 1914

You have to label and color a map.  You can use Google Images to find a map of Europe in 1814.  Label the information required and then correctly shade the countries with one of three colors.  If you need help, ask!  You will have to use this map to answer questions about your Europe in 1918 map.

Yellow Alert

We were on Yellow Alert today.  Do not panic.

Homework Due Thurs (Corrected Friday):  After Slavery & The US Continues to Grow
In Class Today:
     The Industrial Revolution (Write 3 original questions)
     Some Results (Answer the questions)
To be done (when we get to a lab): Immigration Chart and Bar Graph

The American Civil War

Raed the handout.  You need the Map from pp 46-47. Answer the questions on the back AND find soace in your notebook to answer the three questions on the bottom of Page 46.  Can you also show how far Minneapolis is from Bull Run near Washington, D.C.?

If/When you finish, please complete "Putting the Nation Back Together" which is due Wednesday.

Civil War Journal, Day 2

Please take out your notebook and use it to work on your Civil War Journal.
If you need notes we did in class, you can download them from the Moodle too.
Try it and see what happens when you click on the powerpoint or Notebook or PDF links.

Please have pictures and words.  This is telling me how much you KNOW. 
The MORE you KNOW, the better your grade.

Civil War Journal

READ EVERYTHING HERE FIRST!!!

Open two new tabs for (right-click or hold the CONTROL button when you click on the mouse):
Go to Moodle.
Go to Google. 

Go to Google Images.


Sign up for my course in the Moodle.
Click on ALL COURSES on the left side.
Scroll down and click on COURSES UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
Scroll down and enter ROMO in the search window.

Click on the first assignment in the CIVIL WAR Folder.
It is also called "Civil War."
 
Click on the Google Images Tab and search for images that you can copy&paste
When you find a picture you like and can use, place it in your Civil War Journal.
     ASK FOR HELP if you do NOT KNOW HOW!!!
Make sure you add notes for your picture(s).
Also add notes about things you remember from class lessons.
If you want or need more information, use your Google tab and search for something.

Obama vs. GOP

Wow - this is amazing stuff.  President Obama attended a House Republican lunch on Friday and the Q&A was televised.  It's a little over 1 hour long, but worth it if you are a government and/or political junkie.  It almost approaches British Parliament levels of arguing.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Thursday

Turn in your Notebooks (NEATLY stacked on on front table) and pick up the vocabulary sheet.

As a class, you will fill in the vocabulary.  Each of you will use the computer and look up the word, copy the definition and paste it into the document.  You will answer the T/F questions on the other side tomorrow.

Qtr3, Day 1

Pick up BOTH handouts and a pair of scissors.

Bring Textbook to Class              
    You may turn them in to the Media Center          
              
Notebook  (Romo will pass one out to you)         
    You will cut & paste, staple, take notes, do EVERYTHING in the notebook.
      Watch Romo for example and instructions.

Definition Drawing of Slavery                 
        the state of being a slave      
        the practice of slaveholding      
              
 Definition of Slave:

1. a person who is owned by another person and can be sold at the owner's will
2. a person who has lost self-control and is controlled by something or someone else        

Imagine you are a slave.  What are you willing to do to become free? (MINIMUM of 5 Lines)                  
HOMEWORK!!!
Definition Drawing of Freedom

1. the state of being free : LIBERTY, INDEPENDENCE
2. ability to move or act freely
3. the state of being released from something unpleasant
4. the quality of being frank or open
5. use without restriction
6. a political right        

Typing Test

You will need to take THIS TEST.  When you are finished, call me over to see your result.  To get your score, you must subtract your errors from your words per minute.  Good luck!  You will have as many chances as you need within the class period.

Type Away!

You have to learn and PRACTICE your your typing!  It will NOT be easy at first.  Take your time to learn the right way to type.  Read how your hands should rest and which finger is assigned to which letter(s) start here.  When you have finished reading, fill in the keys with the right letter on your handout and come BACK to this page to start your typing practice.

On Thursday, you will take a key test, filling in what each key is.

You will get a handout that must be colored OUTSIDE of class!

A blank version I used for the handout is here.

The color key is here.

Practice here.

If you finish all of those training steps, go here.

If you want to take some speed tests, go here. (Pick Shorty, Naduk, or frequent words)

We are here every day this week, and it is NOT time for email, photo booth, or other sites.

Practice your typing and get better.

Ikran better have the biggest improvement!

Texas

Read about Independence for Texas.  When you are finished, answer he 14 questions on the back.  When you have finished answering the questions, mark your reading with the answers (RR!-RR6, and TA1-TA8).  Then read the letter from William Barret Travis.  Answer the 6 questions on a separate sheet of paper.  USE YOUR OWN WORDS!!!.  When you have finished, turn everything in to me!  We are in the Media Center EVERY DAY next week for your typing practice.  You can pick one of two different program to follow - I will explain on Monday.

Typing Practice!

First, go here and take the typing test. Leave a comment below with your score.

I need you to sign in to this site.  Once you have done so, read and follow the directions...and practice!

If/When you finished every step, go here and practice some more.

Gradebook & Typing

You will check your grade today and see what is missing.   I do not want you to whine (cry) and complain.  You have everything, but maybe did not turn it in to me.  I will take it today with no questions asked.  ANYTHING in the gradebook now MUST be turned in today for full credit or Monday January 4 for late credit.

I am also going to have you learn how to type using an online typing tutor (helper).  There will be a TYPING TEST on Tues Jan 26!  You will have the entire week from Jan 11-15 in the Media Center to learn and practice.  But I also ask that you practice over winter break!

Things to do today:

1. Turn in your news story & summary.
2. Go to the portal and check your grade.
3. Pay attention while I pass back work.
4. Find any missing assignments.
1. Turn in anything completed.
2. Sort and find things you need to finish during Winter Break.
   
5. Begin the typing practice (below).
   

When I am done passing back work, I want you to learn how to type - if not correctly, at least more quickly (faster).  To start, you can see the picture below showing you how your hands and fingers should be placed.

You can read some beginning directions here and get started practicing here.
Once you have the idea, you can start with more practice here, or play some typing games (just hit HOME from that page to find more games).

Over break, I'd like you to practice typing on a keyboard (loose, connected to a computer, or even a typewriter).

US Expansion

Complete your US Expansion Map and State Chart.  If you need to copy an image, use this one.  PLease do not forget about your news story tomorrow!

Join Google!

To start, go here.

Enter your email address (use any email you will remember...and check!)
choose a good password
re-enter your password
uncheck the "stay signed in" box
enter the weird word in the box next to the wheelchair
accept and create your account

Check your email to verify your account

go to my blog (romohistory.blogspot.com or romoglobe.blogspot.com)

Sign in (top-right corner)

Enter your name in the DISPLAY NAME box.

Accept the terms of service

Click Continue.

SKIP this and create a blog later

Go back to my blog

Trail of Tears

Read about Native Americans using this interactive map.  Start the links on the left, specifically Assmiliation, Relocation, and Genocide.  Then click the link above titled NATIVE CALIFORNIANS and move across checking each link until you finish with TODAY.  In the Comments section below, share what you learned.

American Indians in the United States

Complete the vocabulary matching.
Read each paragraph and break it down to its basic (main) points.
Rewrite your main points into one sentence.
Wen you are done, you should have 7 sentences.
Here is the example we did in class (the first paragrapgh):

The First Americans
     Thousands of years before Europeans came to America, Native Americans, or American Indians lived here.  There were many different tribes, or groups, of American Indians.  Some Indians lived in the forests, some lived on the plains and some lived in the desert.

Main Points (2)
 - Been here many years
 - Live in many different areas

Combined Sentence
Native Americans have been here for many years and have lived in many different places.

Do that for the remaining six (6) paragraphs

News and This

You presented news stories today...and learned how to set up a Google Account.

Moodle Me This

So you spent the day setting up your Moodle account and posting your first response to the forum.  Congrats!