• 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

• Comparison chart on French, Dutch, Swedish and English colonies

• Web quest on "Settling in North America"

In-class

In-class

In-class

In-class

In-class

In-class

• Power point on the French and Indian War.

• Watch "French colonies and the French and Indian War"

• Create a timeline with a partner.

• Jeopardy Review.

In-class

• Test.

• Chart on the causes of the Revolutionary War.

In-class

• Chart of acts and events leading to the war.

• "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine

• Declaration of Independence.

• First Battles of the war

In-class

• Read and excerpt from Common Sense.

• Watch "Events leading up to the War"

• Break down the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.

• Power point on the 1st battles.

• 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.

• American view of the revolution

• British view of the revolution

In-class

• Quiz

• Debate between Patriots and British

• Warfare of the 1770's.

• Chief campaigns of the Revolutionary War

• George Washington's involvement

In-class

• Power point on warfare styles

• Timeline of the revolutionary War

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

• 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

• Test

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

In-class

• Test

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

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitutional Convention.

• Shay's Rebellion

In-class

• Chart on Pros and Cons of the Articles of Confederation

• Reading on the Constitutional Convention and questions.

• Power point on Shay's rebellion.

• 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

• 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.

• Review of Constitutional Principles

• Article 1 and 2 of the Constitution

In-class

• Review Federalist Papers.

• State Ratification chart.

• Video on Article 1 and 2.

• 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.

• Chapter 5

In-class

• Test

• Page 209, #'s 1,3, 4 and 5.

• Missouri Compromise

• Monroe Doctrine

• Industrial Revolution

In-class

• Power point on the war of 1812

• "American Under James Monroe and John Quincy Adams"

• Industrial Revolution

• Monroe Doctrine

• Missouri Compromise

In-class

• Chart on inventions and inventors

• Power point on Missouri Compromise and Monroe Doctrine.

• Chart of inventors and inventions.

• Immigration

• Slavery

In-class

• Power point on immigration

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

• Northern and Southern viewpoints on slavery.

• Cities built in the west.

In-class

• Watch "Underground Railroad"

• Northern and Southern viewpoints on slavery.

In-class

• Finish video on Underground Rail road.

• 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.

• Objectives from chapters 8 and 10.

• Abolitionist  leaders.

In-class

• Test

• Pg. 285, #'s 1-3

• Abolitionist movement

• Settlements in the West.

In-class

• Power point on the reform age.

• Chapter 11, Section 5

• Chapter 12, Sections 1-3.

In-class

• Small group activity outlining the sections.

• Chapter 12, Sections 1-3.

In-class

• Finish small group activity.

• Compromise of 1850

• Lincoln's election

In-class

• Notes on the Compromise

• Power point on Lincoln's election

• Lincoln's election

• Review

In-class

• Finish Power point on Lincoln's election

• Jeopardy Review

• Test

In-class

• Test

• Study Sheet for Midterm

• Women in the Civil War

• Lincoln's Motivations

• Major events of 1861

In-class

• Major events in the last years of the Civil War

• terms of surrender

In-class

• Civil War

• 14th amendment

• Lincoln's assassination

• Black codes & Freedmen's Bureau

In-class

• Black Reconstruction

• Johnson's Impeachment

In-class

• Scandals and Economic Crisis

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

In-class

• Civil War and Reconstruction

In-class

• Annexing Hawaii

• Sea power

• Spanish-American War

In-class

• Spanish American War

• Expansion

In-class

• Worksheet on America Becomes a World Power

• Discussion of video

• Power point: Spanish American War

• Boxer Rebellion/China

• Women's Suffrage

In-class

• Women's Suffrage

In-class

• Watch "Iron Jawed Angels"

• Women's Suffrage

• Child Labor

In-class

• Finish Iron Jawed Angels

• Theodore Roosevelt

• 1912 election

In-class

• Power point on Theodore Roosvelt

• Video: Theodore Roosevelt

• Power point :Middle Class Reformers

• 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. 

• U.S. and the world

In-class

• Power point on The United States and the World

• Demonstrate an understanding of previous objectives

In-class

• Jeopardy Review

• Demonstrate an understanding of previous objectives

In-class

• Test

• Page 556 #'s 1, 4 and 5

• Assassination

• Alliances

In-class

• Power point: Spark Ignites Europe

• Watch "World War I: The home front"

• Perspectives on World War I

In-class

• Webquest on World War I

• Presentations from Web quest Due March 19th

• War on the Western Front

• Government taking away civil rights

In-class

• Power point: Western Front

• Notes on gov't

• Page 567 #1

• World War I

• U.S. involvement

In-class

• Presentations