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US History
What is going on in class?

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Welcome

Syllabus

Seating Chart

Knowledge Survey
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Correct Knowledge Survey

Introduce Themes of Class:
Struggle For Power
Civil Rights
Expansion/Migration
American Identity

HMWK:
Think about remaining themes and be prepared to define them in class tomorrow
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Wrap up discussion of themes

Homework: Read Chapter 1 Section 3 and take notes (keep in mind the following three questions
1. Why were the colonies created?
2. What were the differences between the NE, Middle and Southern colonies?
3. What racial impact may have been set up by the colonial practices?
1

Discussion of first two objectives from last night's reading.

Homework:
Read and take notes on Chapter 1 Section 4
2

Period 3: Class by Class Assembly

Periods 1 & 4:
Wrap up discussion of objectives from Chapter 1.3

What is the significance of the Enlightenment and The Great Awakening on American Thought?
August/September
6

Chapter 1 Quiz

Discussion of Moving Out

Homework:
Read Chapter 2.1 and fill in worksheet provided in class.
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Go over worksheet from last night.  Define each of the items.




Homework: Read 2.2
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Lecture: Up to the Declaration.

What does a good break up need?

Homework: Read intro to D of I
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Video on Declaration of Independence

Discussion of what the D of I means

Homework: None
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NO SCHOOL
13

NO SCHOOL
14 & 15 (Block Day)

Discussion of the evolution of American Government.

Bill of Rights.

Homework: Read 2.4 and answer Questions 1 &4
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Bill of Rights group activity

Homework: Study chapter 1 & 2 (test next week)
12

Lecture: The American Revolution

Discussion: What is next?

Homework: Read 2.3
20

Finish discussion of the meaning of the Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights Bingo


Homework:
Review 2.4
21 & 22 (Block Day)

Lecture: Launching the New Nation

Planning out the test

Homework:
Study for the test
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Chapter 2 Quiz (expect questions from Chapter 1)


Homework:
Read 3.1 create chart of presidential achievements
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Finish Bill of Rights posters and present

Homework:
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Lewis and Clark film

Homework: Read and take notes on 3.2
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Wrap up Lewis and Clark film

Finish discussion of Chart from the weekend. 

Lecture: Andrew Jackson


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Lecture: Andrew Jackson

Video on Jackson

Homework:  Read 3.3 Texan Independence and War with Mexico
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Discussion of Presidential Chart from Friday

Reading on Lewis & Clark

Homework:None
4

Jackson Check

Discussion of War Summary Chart

Homework: 3.5
5

Discussion of 3.5
Objectives:
1. What were the major social reform movements of the Pre-Civil War Era?
2. Who were the major players in each of these movements and what did they contribute?
3. What was happening culturally in the country to set the stage for these movements?
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How to write an Historical ID

Practice Historical ID writing.

Make a list of Historical IDs for the Quiz on Monday
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Period 4: Lecture on Andrew Jackson

Periods 1 & 3: Wrap up video on Jackson

War with Mexico

Homework: Fill in War Summary Chart for the Mexican American War
October
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Lecture: The Civil War Begins

Homework: Read 4.2
12/13

Civil War Illustrated IDs

Homework: Read 4.3
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Present Civil War Illustrated IDs

Homework: None
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Chapter 3 Quiz

Homework: Read and Note Chapter 4.1
PD 1 ID POOL
Election of 1824
Trail of Tears
Mexican American War
Frederick Douglass
Nullification Crisis
William Lloyd Garrison
Indian Removal Act
Seneca Falls
Bank War
Spoils System
Battle of the Petticoats
Marbury v. Madison
War of 1812
Louisiana Purchase
2nd Great Awakening

PD 3 ID POOL
Seneca Falls
Sojourner Truth
Missouri Compromise
Nat Turner
William Lloyd Garrison
Battle of the Petticoats
Indian Removal Act
The Bank War
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican American War
Lewis & Clark
Corrupt Bargain
2nd Great Awakening
Frederick Douglass
Andrew Jackson

PD 4 ID POOL
Sojourner Truth
Corrupt Bargain
American System
Frederick Douglass
War for Texan Independence
William Lloyd Garrison
Trail of Tears
Seneca Falls
Bank War
Spoils System
Battle of the Petticoats
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Indian Removal Act
Missouri Compromise

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BLOCK DAY
EVEN PERIODS

Jigsaw key events in the Reconstruction Era in order to answer the question "Who won the peace?"
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No Students
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Continue Discussion of "Who won the peace?"
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Read O' Captain My Captain

Discussion of the meaning of the Question: "Who won the peace?"

Homework: Read 4.4 with the question above in mind
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BLOCK DAY
ODD PERIODS

Jigsaw key events in the Reconstruction Era in order to answer the question "Who won the peace?"
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Review Game for Unit 1 Exam



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Unit 1 Exam

Collect O' Captain My Captain Poems
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Wrap up discussion of "Who won the peace?"
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Create study guides for Unit 1 Exam
2/3

Discussion: What are the farmers of the 1880s struggling with?

What is the Populist Party Platform?


4

Read and discuss the Cross of Gold Speech from William Jennings Bryan
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Motivations to move out west web.

Homework: Read 5.2
1

Video on American Economic Development in the 19th Century.

Homework: Read 5.3
November
9/10

Lecture: Labor Responds

Strikes of the 1800s worksheet

Homework: Study your states maps
11

NO SCHOOL
7

Discussion of Business Ethics

Homework: Read 6.2
8

Reading Check on 6.2

Lecture: The Rise of Big Business

Homework: 6.3
16/17

Lecture: Immigration in the Guilded Age

Problems of Urbanization Posters

Homework: Read 7.3
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Review Questions for chapters 5 & 6

Discuss the answers

Homework: 7.1
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Film on immigration

Homework: make a trifold depiction of the immigrant experience.
30/1

Wrap up discussion of Gilded Age

IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT: Questions about the Gilded Age

Homework: Fill in chart for Chapter 8 Section 1 & 2
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SCHOOL CLOSED
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Review Discussion:  How did Chapters 5-7 represent the challenges of the poor in the Gilded Age?

Lecture: The Rise of Political Machines

Homework: Review chapters 5-7
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Categorize the information from chapters 5-7 into: Motivations for Economic Growth, Facilitators of Growth, Consequences of Growth and Rections to those consequences.
Thanksgiving Holiday
7/8

Discuss the difference between DuBois and Washington. 

Lecture: Race Issues at the Turn of the Century

Read Primary Source from Ida B. Wells From the Red Record.

Homework: Answer Questions on the back of the Ida B. Wells document, read 8.3 and fill in the 8.3 chart.
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Discussion of Ida B. Wells

Homework: Read 8.4 and answer section review questions 1,3 & 4
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Periods 1 & 3 make up Questions about the Gilded Age

Homework: Fill in Chapter 8 Section 1 & 2 Worksheet


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Homework Check

Discussion of education reform at the turn of the century.

Homework: Read DuBois and Washington and compare the two.
December
14/15

Chapter 8 Quiz

Lecture on Progressivism



Homework: Read chapter 9 section 1 and complete all 4 section review questions.
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Wrap up lecture from yesterday

Read Exerpts from The Jungle

Homework: Read Chapter 9 Section 2 focus on how the women fought for suffrage.
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Discussion of Homework

Partners work on Crossword on the Dawn of Mass Culture




13

Correct Dawn of Mass Culture Crossword

Pictionary Review for Chapter 8 Quiz
21/22


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No School
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Political Cartoons of the women's movement.



20

Discussion of controversial commercials from today with parallels to the Progressive Era

Teddy Roosevelt Worksheet

Homework: Complete the worksheet
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Chapter 9 Assessment:  Which president from the progressive era do you think best embodies the spirit of Progressivism?  Why did you select that president?


Lecture: American Expansion

Homework: Read 10.1 and answer section review questions 1 - 5
13

Entrance Exam: list 4 motivators of imperialism

Discussion of Hawaii and Alaska as US acquisitions.

Homework: Read Chapter 10.2 and 10.3 up to pg 355
9

Reading Check on Population & Settlment Reading

Homework: Review the reading from the break and study your maps
10

Lecture: Taft to Wilson

Plan essay on which president was the most progressive

Homework: Finalize your essay plans for essay on block day
January
20

Historical ID selections (I will pick three per era and you will pick one per era to write about on the final)

See period by period breakdown below
16

NO SCHOOL

MLK Jr. Holiday
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Reading Check 10.2 & 10.3

Lecture: The Spanish-American War

Homework:  Read the remainder of 10.3 and all of 10.4
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Discussion of American Expansion at the turn of the century.


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Wrap up discussion from yesterday

Cut the Deck Review
Period 1

Historical ID Pools
Revolutionary Period
Shays' Rebellion
Declaration of Inep.
Bill of Rights
Saratoga
Proc. of 1763

American Expansion
Judicial Review
Louisiana Purchase
Corrupt Bargain
Monroe Doctrine
Lewis and Clark
Civil War and Reconstruction.
Gettysburg Address
Sharecropping
Emancipation Proc.
13th Amendment
Vicksburg

Gilded Age
Triangle Factory Fire
Homestead Act
Political Machines
Transcontinental RR
Sherman Antitrust Act

America Becomes a World Power
Spanish-American War
Manifest Destiny
USS Maine
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Period 3

Revolutionary Period
Declaration of Indep.
Stamp/Sugar Act
Enlightenment
Great Awakening
Guerilla Warfare

American Expansion
Indian Removal Act
Monroe Doctrine
Missouri Compromise
Lewis & Clark
Corrupt Bargain
Civil War and Reconstruction.
13th Amendment
Emancipation Proc.
Gettysburg
Underground RR
Lincoln's Assassination

Gilded Age
Triangle Factory Fire
Homestead Act
Political Machines
Transcontinental RR
Sherman Antitrust Act


America Becomes a World Power
Spanish-American War
Manifest Destiny
USS Maine
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Period 4

Revolutionary Period
Shays' Rebellion
Declaration of Inep.
Boston Massacre
Great Compromise
Boston Tea Party

American Expansion
Louisianna Purchase
Lewis & Clark
Monroe Doctrine
John C. Calhoun
Judicial Review
Civil War and Reconstruction.
Emancipation Proc.
Sherman's March
Gettysburg Address
KKK
Reconstruction Act

Gilded Age
Triangle Factory Fire
Populist Party
Homestead Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Plessey v. Ferguson


America Becomes a World Power
Annexation of Hawaii
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Corollary
Missionary Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
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Review for the final
FINALS WEEK:
PD 1 SEE YOU WEDNESDAY!
PDs. 3 & 4 SEE YOU THURSDAY!
NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY
EVEN BLOCKS ON TUESDAY ODD BLOCKS ON THURSDAY
1/31 or 2/2

Entrance Exam on United States v. Alvarez

Reading Check on 11.1

Lecture: World War Breaks Out in Europe

Homework: Review the second 1/2 of 11.1
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Discussion of Supreme Court Case United States v. Alvarez
in preperation for upcoming speaker

Homework: 11.1