Mr. Mr. Saindon's
United States History Class
Happy New Year! 2026
United States History / Mr. Saindon
Monday, January 12 to Friday, January 16
Do the Following:
#1 Complete the EdPuzzle video on the Bill of Rights. Show your work to Mr. Saindon and have him record the grade. Most students should only need Monday to finish this assignment.
#2 Complete the Interactive-Notebook - answering all the questions using the text book,
Lesson 10
#3 GimKit Game: complete the 31 questions. On a separate piece of paper write down each question and the answer
#4 Watch the video: “What’s Right With America” and write a reflective summary pointing out injustices that you saw in the government enact.
Lesson Objectives: The student will...
• Identify arguments for and against the need for a bill of rights in the U.S. Constitution
• Explain why the Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution
• Describe how the Bill of Rights addresses limited government
• Relate the arguments over the need for a bill of rights to the wording of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
• Compare and contrast the fears on both sides of the argument over the need for a bill of rights
Spooky Video about a world WITHOUT the Bill of Rights"What's Right with America"
PSA: What to Do...
This is Your Project:
With this project, you will analyze tactics used to combat racism to design and deliver effective PSA messages.
Take at least three days and explore what other kids and schools are doing to fight racism. Google and explore website-after-website and then take the time to read through them to see if any of the information is useful.
Then apply what you learn from numerous sources to create your own PSA storyboards.
By Using Powtunes or Google Slides, students will work in small groups to create a creative PSA that challenges your peers to examine their own prejudices and biases and to be on guard against it.
PSA Project
PSA Criteria Checklist
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Is the problem of racism explored by your team and evidence presented using facts and statistics?
2. Are some of these questions answered:
-What does racism do to a person?
-Why is racism bad?
-What effect does it have on a person?
-What effects does it have in society?
3. Are strategies and ideas explained to combat racism.
4. Did you present specific steps or actions we can use to stop racism?
5. Two powerful and meaningful quotes
6. Add one extra slide with:
One quote from Martin Luther King’s speech.
7. Add one extra slide with:
The Declaration of Independence quote: "we hold these truths to be self-evident......."
8. Strong meaningful and appropriate visuals
9. Use of vocabulary words, germane to these topics.
10. Technical additions and specialities (music)