Return Textbooks: America History of Our Nation must be returned the week of May 16-20. Students will be charged for books not returned. 4th Quarter Exam: during your exam period, May 23-26. A study guide will be provided the week before. Mon., 5/23: 1st period exam *Tues., 5/24: 2nd and 3rd *Wed., 5/25: 4th and 5th *Thurs., 5/26: 6th and 7th (last day of school) * Early release at 1:50pm, no backpacks allowed
Tuesday/Wednesday, May 17 & 18 1. Turn in textbooks. Make up test from yesterday. 2. Finish Choosing Sides map #36 3. Finish Civil War Video #34 America: The Story of Us, Episode 5 “Civil War” 1. Describe some of the inventions that affected the course of the Civil War? (if you found the weapon technology part of the video interesting, here is an article with more information.) 2. Who was Clara Barton, and why was she significant? 3. What is the Emancipation Proclamation, and how did it shape the Civil War? 4. Why is the Battle of Gettysburg remembered as a turning point in the Civil War? 5. What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy that led to Union victory? ***If you are absent, you can watch the video on Youtube. 4. Graphing Civil War Data #37 (start)
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Test: Causes of the Civil War, Monday, May 16. Study assignments #30, 31, 32, and the DBQ docs 4th Quarter Exam: during your exam period, May 23-26. A study guide will be provided the week before. Mon., 5/23: 1st period exam *Tues., 5/24: 2nd and 3rd *Wed., 5/25: 4th and 5th *Thurs., 5/26: 6th and 7th (last day of school) * Early release at 1:50pm
Monday, May 9 DBQ: What Caused the Civil War? * Document analysis, Independent practice for Docs 6-11 1st period: Read the DBQ Background Essay Thursday & Friday, May 5 & 6 Opener: review Algebra and Geometry EOC schedules. 1. DBQ: What Caused the Civil War? * Document analysis, Independent practice for Docs 6-11 1st period: Watch Glory (school rated version) No make up for this activity. (1st period is not doing the DBQ because all or part of the class has missed 8+ class meeting for FSA and EOC testing.) Tuesday & Wednesday, May 3 & 4 Opener: review Algebra and Geometry EOC schedules. 1. DBQ: What Caused the Civil War? * Document analysis, guided practice for Docs 1-5 1st period: Watch Glory (school rated version) No make up for this activity. (1st period is not doing the DBQ because all or part of the class has missed 8+ class meeting for FSA and EOC testing.) Monday, May 2, 2016 Opener: review Algebra and Geometry EOC schedules. 1. DBQ: What Caused the Civil War? * Document analysis, guided practice for Docs 1 & 2 1st period: Watch Glory (school rated version) No make up for this activity.
Friday, April 22 1. Finish Video: "Division" Questions (episode 4 of America: The Story of Us.) #31 2. 1st period only: "The Presidential Election of 1860" Scrambled notes #32 (1e, 2a, 3d, 4b, 5f, 6c)
Thursday, April 14 1. Test: North and South and Reform Movements 2. Work on The Nation Divided Timeline
Test: North & South and Reform Movements Thursday, April 14. The test study guide is attached. Tuesday, April 12 1. Reform Movements gallery walk. * Divide a paper into 4 sections: Social reforms, Education reforms, Abolition, Women's Rights * With your group, go to the a section of the room featuring a reform that you are not already an expert on. Examine the posters and take notes on the following: a. problems faced, b. goals of the reform movement c. process to achieve goals d. results e. key people involved * When done, switch to another reform movement and repeat the steps above. Do this 2 times. * Fill in the section for the reform movement that you are experts on last.
Tuesday-Friday April 5-8, 2016
Thursday/Friday, March 31 & April 1; Monday, April 4 Opener: Review the North and South scale and rate yourself on your current level of understanding. 1. Review the North #26 and the South #27 assignments. 2. North and South Matching Game
Tuesday/Wednesday, March 29 & 30 Opener: AHON Page 394. Examine the Irish Immigration Graph and read "The Great Hunger." Answer the Critical Thinking question in the left margin. 1. Finish The North #26 from yesterday. 2. The South #27 A. The King of Cotton Read the article and answer the questions on the separate paper. B. African Americans in the South Read pages 398-400 (AHON). Create a Venn diagram or T-chart that compares and contrasts the lives of free and enslaved African Americans in the South.
Monday, March 28, 2016 Opener: New Unit Scale: North and South. Create a tracking sheet and give yourself your initial rating. 1. The North #26 A. Read "The Industrial Revolution" pages 382-387. (AHON) 1. Define: a. Industrial revolution b. factory system c. mass production d. interchangeable parts 2. Describe the Lowell Mills and how this system impacted women. Give at least 2 examples. B. Read "The North Transformed" pages 390-395. 3. Define: a. Urbanization b. telegraph c. mechanical reaper d. Steamboat 4. How did urbanization and technology affect the lives of people in the North? Give at least 2 examples. Spring Break: Friday, March 18-Sunday, March 27, 2016 Wednesday/Thursday, March 16 & 17
If you were absent for Oregon Trail: Read Chapter 13.2 Trails to the West pages 448-453. Answer questions 1, 2, 4, 5 on page 453. |
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