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Term II, 2007-08

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No School 1:30 Dismissal 1:10 Dismissal
Noon dismissal Class Meetings First Friday/Liturgy
Grades Close Exams Regular Schedule

 

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Color-Coded Legend for Special Schedules:

No School 1:30 Dismissal 1:10 Dismissal
Noon dismissal Class Meetings First Friday/Liturgy
Grades Close Exams Regular Schedule
Holiday Hill    

 

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Date Class Topic Assignment

8/28/07

(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: New World Beginnings

 

Topics

  • Introductions and polices

  • Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans

  • North American Indians

Objectives:

  • Locate the Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs.
  • Identify the cultural features of the first inhabitants of North America.

In-class

  • Map location of Mayans, Incas and Aztecs

  • Notes on the 3 preceding civilizations.

  • Ancient Civilizations video and questions

  • Charting the culture of North American Indians.

Read and answer questions on the reading handout on Columbus.

8/30/07

(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: New World Beginnings

 

Topics

  • Columbus' voyages

  • Native cultures

Objectives:

  • Be able to name distinctive aspects of Mayan, Incan, and Aztec cultures.
  • Explain why Christopher Columbus is given credit for colonizing the Americas.
  • Understand the significance of Spanish colonization.

  • Analyze the framework for Spanish colonial government.

In-class

  • Read excerpt from Lies My Teacher Told Me.

  • Answer critical thinking questions in pairs.

  • Class discussion of answers.

Finish critical thinking questions.

9/4/07

(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: New World Beginnings

 

Topics

  • North American Indians

  • English Colonization

In-class

  • Notes on Native Americans.

  • Notes on English colonization.

 

Section 1 Review page 30 #’s 1, 3-6. You should use complete sentences for questions 3-6.

 

Date Class Topic Assignment

9/6/07

(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: New World Beginnings

 

Topics

  • Age of Exploration

  • Difficulties in settling in North America.

In-class

  • Watch "The New World Colonized"

  • Chart the explorers of different countries

  • Power point on exploration

No homework

 

9/10/07

(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: New World Beginnings

 

Topics

  • Settling North America

  • Spanish Colonization

  • Puritans and Pilgrims

In-class

  • Power point on Spanish colonization

  • Notes on Puritans and Pilgrims

  • Compare and contrast Puritans and Pilgrims

Section 3 Review, page 38, #’s 1 and 3-5.

 

Quiz on sections 1-3

9/12/07

(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: New World Beginnings

 

Topics

  • Colonies of the French, Dutch and Swedish

  • Comparing colonies in the Americas

In-class

Page 48 Sections 6 Review, #'s 1-3.

9/14/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: New World Beginnings

 

Topics

  • Understanding the organization, money and time it took to be successful in America.

In-class

  • Work on web quest.

Study for Test

9/18/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: New World Beginnings

 

Topics

  • Pennsylvania, Georgia, William Penn and Proprietary colonies

  • Review Sections 1-6

In-class

Study for Test

9/20/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: New World Beginnings

 

Topics

  • Chapter 2

  • Colonies founding dates and reasons.

  • Social life in the Americas

In-class

  • Test on Chapter 2

  • Presentations

No homework

9/24/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Colonies

 

Topics

  • Colonies founding

  • Black and whites living in the New World.

  • Social life in the Americas

In-class

Page 61, #'s 1-4

9/26/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Colonies

 

Topics

  • Colonial self-government.

  • Conflict between England and France.

In-class

Page 66, #'s 1-4

9/28/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Colonies

 

Topics

  • Dominion of New England

  • Deerfield massacre and Albany union

In-class

  • Notes on dominion of New England and William and Mary.

  • Notes on the Deerfield massacre, etc.

Page 70, #'s 3-5

Date Class Topic Assignment
10/2/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Colonies

 

Topics

  • French and Indian War

  • Review for Test.

In-class

Study for Test.

10/4/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Colonies/The Revolution

 

Topics

  • Test

  • Acts the British passed that angered the colonists.

In-class

  • Test.

  • Chart on the causes of the Revolutionary War.

No homework.

10/9/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Revolution

 

Topics

  • Major events leading to the Revolutionary War.

  • "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine

  • Declaration of Independence.

  • First Battles of the war

In-class

  • Watch "Events leading up to the War"

  • Read and excerpt from Common Sense.

  • Break down the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.

  • Power point on the 1st battles.

Page 84, #'s 1-3 and 5.

10/11/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Revolution

 

Topics

  • British and American sides of the revolution

  • Revolutionary War events

In-class

  • Debate between 2 teams, 1 representing the British and 1 representing the Americans.

  • Create a timeline of important events of the Revolutionary War.

Study for Quiz

10/15/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Revolution

 

Topics

  • American view of the revolution

  • British view of the revolution

In-class

  • Quiz

  • Debate between Patriots and British

Page 100, #'s 1,3 and 4

10/17/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Revolution

 

Topics

  • Warfare of the 1770's.

  • Chief campaigns of the Revolutionary War

  • George Washington's involvement

In-class

  • Finish debate

  • Watch "George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King"

Page 101, Focusing on Ideas #'s 1-4

10/19/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Revolution

 

Topics

  • George Washington's involvement

  • Review Chapter 4

In-class

Create a timeline of important revolutionary war events.

10/23/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Revolution

 

Topics

  • Review Chapter 4

  • Understand the roles that certain men had in the revolution.

In-class

  • Watch the "Revolutionary War: A Harvest of Victory"

  • Jeopardy review

  • Review worksheet

Study for Test

10/25/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: The Revolution

 

Topics

  • Test

  • Understand the roles that certain men had in the revolution.

In-class

  • Test

  • Chapter 5, Section 1, Questions 3,6 and 7

Page 108 #3 in at least a paragraph.

10/29/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: From Confederation to Nation

 

Topics

  • Articles of Confederation

  • Constitutional Convention.

  • Shay's Rebellion

In-class

  • Chart on Pros and Cons of the Articles of Confederation.

Page 115, #'s 1 and 5.

10/31/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: From Confederation to Nation

 

Topics

  • Shay's Rebellion

  • Constitutional Convention

  • Constitutional Compromises

  • Federalist Papers

In-class

  • Power point on Shay's Rebellion.

  • Reading on the Constitutional Convention and questions.

  • Power point on the 3/5ths Compromise and the Great Compromise.

  • Federalist Papers reading and questions

Page 121, #'s 1 and 4.

Date Class Topic Assignment
11/2/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: From Confederation to Nation

 

Topics

  • The Constitution and the Bill of Rights

  • The Ratification process

In-class

  • Power point on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

  • Debate between Federalists and Anti-federalists.

  • Chart on the states that ratified.

Page 124, #'s 1, 3 and 4.

 

Topic for Research Paper and tentative bibliography are due Tuesday

11/6/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: From Confederation to Nation

 

Topics

  • Review of Chapter 5

In-class

  • Jeopardy Review.

  • Page 125, #'s 1 and 4, Focusing on Ideas.

  • Taking a Critical Look Page 125, #'s 2 and 3.

Study for Test

11/8/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: From Confederation to Nation

 

Topics

  • Chapter 5

In-class

  • Test

  • Page 209, #'s 1,3, 4 and 5.

Finish Class work

11/13/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: From Confederation to Nation

 

Topics

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Monroe Doctrine

  • Industrial Revolution

In-class

Page 214 #'s 3 and 7

Page 265, #1, 3 and 4

11/15/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Industrial Revolution

  • Pre-civil War Immigration

In-class

  • Chart on inventions and inventors

  • Power point on Immigration

 

Note cards, tentative outline and thesis

statement due next class

11/19/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Slavery

In-class

  • Watch "Underground Railroad" & answer questions on active viewing guide. (100 min.)

 

Page 276 #'s 1 and 4

11/21/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Northern and Southern viewpoints on slavery.

  • Cities built in the west.

In-class

  • Finish "Underground Railroad".

 

Page 276 #'s 2 and 3

11/27/07
(B-D-F)

Junior Retreat

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11/29/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Northern and Southern viewpoints on slavery.

  • Cities built in the west.

In-class

  • Power point on northern and southern views on slavery.

  • Small group work.

 

Work on research paper

Date Class Topic Assignment
12/3/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Review Objectives from Chapter 8 and 10

In-class

 

Study for test

12/5/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Objectives from chapters 8 and 10.

  • Abolitionist  leaders.

In-class

  • Test

  • List the abolition leaders and describe their activities

First draft of

research paper due next class

 

Pg. 298 #3 and 4

12/7/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Abolitionist movement

  • Settlements in the West.

  • War with Mexico.

In-class

  • Power point on the reform age

Pg. 302, #'s 2-3

 

12/11/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • War with Mexico.

In-class

  • Small group activity.

  • Power point on the war with Mexico.

No homework

 

12/13/07
(B-D-F)

Snow Day

 

Final draft of

research paper due before Christmas break

12/17/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Manifest Destiny

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Lincoln's election

In-class

  • Power point on the Compromise of 1850.

  • Small group activity

  • Power point on Lincoln's election

Page 312, #1,2 and 3

Final draft of

research paper due before Christmas break

12/19/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Review of objectives

In-class

Study for Test

Final draft of

research paper due before Christmas break

12/21/07
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Westward expansion

Topics

  • Chapters 11 and 12

In-class

  • Test

No homework

Date Class Topic Assignment
1/4/08
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Midterm Review

Topics

  • Go over test

  • Midterm Review

In-class

Study for Midterm

1/8/08
(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit: Midterm Review

Topics

  • Midterm Review

In-class

Prepare for

Midterm Exam

1/14/08
(B-D-F)
  Exams B1, B2
1/15/08
(B-D-F)
  Exams B3, B4
Date Class Topic Assignment

1/18/08

(D)

Lesson Unit: Civil War

Topics

  • Women in the Civil War

  • Lincoln's Motivations

  • Major events of 1861

In-class

  • Power point: Everybody's War

  • Watch "The Civil War"

  • Power point: The First Year

Page 341 #5 and Page 349 # 3 and 4

1/23/08

(F;1:10)

Lesson Unit: Civil War

Topics

  • Major events in the last years of the Civil War

  • terms of surrender

In-class

Page 358 #3 and 4 and study for quiz

1/25/08

(B)

Lesson Unit: Civil War

Topics

  • Civil War

  • 14th amendment

  • Lincoln's assassination

  • Black codes & Freedmen's Bureau

In-class

  • Quiz

  • Reading and discussion of 14th amendment

  • Watch "Lincoln's Assassination"

  • Powerpoint: Black codes & Freedmen's Bureau

  •  

Page 364 # 1 and 2 and Page 369 # 2 and 3.

 

1/29/08

(D)

Lesson Unit: Civil War

Topics

  • Black Reconstruction

  • Johnson's Impeachment

In-class

  • Power point: Black Reconstruction

  • Watch "Reconstruction"

  • Power point: Johnson's Impeachment

Page 375 #1 (scalawags, carpetbaggers, Ku Klux Klan, Civil War amendments), #2, 3 and 5.

 

 

1/31/08

(F)

Lesson Unit: Civil War

Topics

  • Scandals and Economic Crisis

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

In-class

  • Power point: Scandals

  • Article on Plessy vs. Ferguson

  • Jeopardy Review

Study for Test

 

 
Date Class Topic Assignment

2/4/08

(B)

Lesson Unit: Civil War

Topics

  • Civil War and Reconstruction

In-class

  • Test

  • Page 468 #1,2,5 and 7

Complete Class work

 

 

2/6/08

(D; Paraliturgy)

Lesson Unit: America and the World

Topics

  • Annexing Hawaii

  • Sea power

  • Spanish-American War

In-class

  • Power point: Expanding on the Seas

  • Watch "America Becomes a World Power" and worksheets

  • Page 518 #'s 1,3,5, and 6

Yellow Journalism Wksht

 

 

2/8/08

(F)

Lesson Unit: America and the World

Topics

  • Spanish American War

  • Expansion

In-class

page 510 #'s 1, 4 and 5

 

 

2/12/08

(B; Class Mtg)

Lesson Unit: America and the World

Topics

  • Boxer Rebellion/China

  • Women's Suffrage

In-class

  • Page 518 #'s 1,3,5, and 6

  • Introduction to Women's Suffrage

  • Watch "Iron Jawed Angels"

Discussion worksheet

 

 

2/14/08

(D)

Lesson Unit: America and the World

Topics

  • Women's Suffrage

In-class

  • Watch "Iron Jawed Angels"

  • Class discussion

Complete question sheets

 

 
  WINTER BREAK (February 18-22)  

2/25/08

(F)

Lesson Unit: America and the World

Topics

  • Women's Suffrage

In-class

  • Active Viewing Guide questions

  • Big Idea Questions

Questions 6-10.

 

 

2/27/08

(B; Noon)

Lesson Unit: America and the World

Topics

  • William Howard Taft

  • Woodrow Wilson

In-class

  • Outline sections 3 and 4 of Chapter 20

  • Page 536 #'s 1-3

  • Page 540 #'s 1,3,5, and 6. 

Finish class work

 

 

2/29/08

(D)

Lesson Unit: America and the World

Topics

  • Theodore Roosevelt

  • 1912 election

In-class

  • Power point on 1912 election

  • Video on Theodore Roosevelt

  • Power point on Reformers

Page 527 #'s 1 and 2.

Page 531 #'s 2 and 3. 

 

 
Date Class Topic Assignment

3/4/08

(F)

Lesson Unit: America and the World

Topics

  • World Role of the U.S.

  • Review Previous objectives

In-class

Study for Test

 

(Recommended Page 545 Focusing on Ideas #3 and 4 & Taking a Critical look #1)

Power point on Spanish American War

Pwpt Expanding the seas

3/6/08

(B)

Lesson Unit: America and the World

Topics

  • Demonstrate and understanding previous objectives

In-class

  • Test

  • Page 556 # 1, 4 and 5.

Page 556 # 3 and 6

 

 

3/10/08

(D)

Lesson Unit: World War I

Topics

  • Assassination

  • Alliances

In-class

  • Power point: Spark Ignites Europe

  • Watch "World War I: The home front"

Page 560 # 1 and 2

 

 

3/12/08

(F)

Lesson Unit: World War I

Topics

  • Perspectives on World War I

In-class

No homework

 

 

3/14/08

(B)

Lesson Unit: World War I

Topics

  • War on the Western Front

  • Government taking away civil rights

In-class

  • Power point: Western Front

  • Notes on gov't

  • Page 567 #1

 Web quest due Tuesday (presentation and visuals)

 

 

3/18/08

(D)

Lesson Unit: World War I

Topics

  • World War I

  • U.S. involvement

In-class

  • Presentations

  • Power point: Losing the Peace

Page 570 # 1-3

 

 

3/20/08

(F; Noon)

Lesson Unit: World War I

Topics

  • World War I

  • Review

In-class

Study for Test

 

 

3/25/08

(B; Grades Close)

Lesson Unit: World War I

Topics

  • Test

  • fear and radicalism in postwar U.S.

In-class

  • Test

  • Page 582 #'s 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7

Finish class work

 

 

3/27/08

(D)

Lesson Unit: World War I

Topics

  • Immigration Act of 1924

  • Society in the 1920's

  • Influences on the elections of 1924 and 1928

In-class

  • Power point: Fear of Foreigners

  • Watch "The Roaring Twenties" and answer questions

Page 587 # 2 and Page 592 # 3-5

 

 

3/31/08

(F)

Lesson Unit: World War I

Topics

  • Influences on the elections of 1924 and 1928

  • Speculation and buying on the margin

  • Stock Market

In-class

  • Power point: Elections of 1924 and 1928

  • Watch "History in Focus"