Our class textbook is titled, The American Journey: Discovering Our Past to
World War I. This textbook, and additional support materials, are available
online at http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693861/.
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February 15, 2012
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Reminders:
Ch. 8-5 Quiz this Friday
Homework:
None
Agenda:
1. "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant Reading & Discussion
February 14, 2012
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Reminders:
Ch. 8-5 Quiz this Friday
Homework:
None
Agenda:
1. 8-5 Notes
2. 20-word summary
3. Interpreting Political Cartoon 8
February 13, 2012
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Reminders:
Ch. 8-5 Quiz this Friday
Homework:
1. Guided Reading 8-5: The Women's Movement
2. Ch. 10 Grade Sheet Now Due!
Agenda:
1. Finish iUtopia Group Poster
February 10, 2012
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Reminders:
iUtopia Activity Resumes Monday
Homework:
Ch. 10 Grade Sheet Now Due!
Agenda:
1. CNN Student News
2. Finish Mock Stocks
3. Ch. 8.2-3-4 Quiz
February 9, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz on Ch. 8-2, 8-3, 8-4 on Friday; Use HW & Class Work as Study Guides
Homework:
Ch. 10 Grade Sheet Now Due!
Agenda:
1. iUtopia Group Activity
2. Mock Stocks
February 8, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz on Ch. 8-2, 8-3, 8-4 on Friday; Use HW & Class Work as Study Guides
Homework:
Ch. 10 Grade Sheet Now Due!
Agenda:
1. 8-4 Notes/ Lecture
2. Mock Stocks
February 7, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz on Ch. 8-2, 8-3, 8-4 on Friday; Use HW & Class Work as Study Guides
Homework:
1. Ch. 10 Grade Sheet Now Due!
Agenda:
1. Ch. 10 Grade Sheet
2. Mock Stocks
3. Film: Rise of Industry and Westward Movement
February 6, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz on Ch. 8-2, 8-3, 8-4 on Friday; Use HW & Class Work as Study Guides
Homework:
1. Finish Inventions Activity
Agenda:
1. 8-2 Class Review
2. 8-3 Notes & Lecture
3. Mock Stocks
February 3, 2012
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Reminders:
Grade Sheet for Ch. 10 Due Next Tuesday
Homework:
1. Finish Inventions Activity
Agenda:
1. 8-1 Quiz
2. Inventions Internet Research Activity
February 2, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz tomorrow on 8-1
Homework:
1. Use your classwork/ homework as study guides for Ch. 8-1
Agenda:
1. Read short play: Life in the Factory: The Story of the Lowell Mill Girls
2. Audio Read 8-2; Go over HW
February 1, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz this Friday on topics covered during the week
Homework:
1. Complete Guided Reading 8-2
2.Use your classwork/ homework as study guides for Ch. 8-1 & 8-2
Agenda:
1. Go over HW
2. Finish Film: Life During the American Industrial Revolution
January 31, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz this Friday on topics covered during the week
Homework:
1. Complete Guided Reading 8-1
2.Use your classwork/ homework as study guides for Ch. 8-1 & 8-2
Agenda:
1. 8-1 Lecture & Notes
2. Film: Life During the American Industrial Revolution
January 27, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz this Friday on topics covered during the week
Homework:
Use your classwork/ homework as study guides
Agenda:
10-2
January 27, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz this Friday on topics covered during the week
Homework:
Use your classwork/ homework as study guides
Agenda:
10-2
January 26, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz this Friday on topics covered during the week
Homework:
Use your classwork/ homework as study guides
Agenda:
In-Text Map Activity 10
January 25, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz this Friday on topics covered during the week
Homework:
Guided Reading 10-2
Agenda:
Lecture Notes 10-2
January 24, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz this Friday on topics covered during the week
Homework:
Use your classwork/ homework as study guides
Agenda:
Survey, Question, Read, Answer, Record, Review 10-2
January 23, 2012
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Reminders:
Quiz this Friday on topics covered during the week
Homework:
None
Agenda:
Audio Read 10-2
January 20, 2012
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Homework:
Ch. 7 Grade Sheets Now Due
Agenda:
1. CNN Student News
2. Grade Sheets
3. Ch. 10-1 Quiz & Ch. 10-2 Pre Test
January 20, 2012
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Homework:
Ch. 7 Grade Sheets Now Due
Agenda:
1. CNN Student News
2. Grade Sheets
3. Ch. 10-1 Quiz & Ch. 10-2 Pre Test
January 19, 2012
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Homework:
1. Review 10-1 class notes & self-made study guide
2. Bring all assignments from Ch. 7 tomorrow for grade sheet submissions
Reminders:
Ch. 10-1 quiz tomorrow
Agenda:
1. Additional 10-1 Notes
2. Video Bios: J.Q. Adams & A. Jackson
3. Correct/ Take 10-1 Practice Quiz
January 18, 2012
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Homework:
Review Notes
Reminders:
Ch. 10-1 Quiz on Friday
Agenda:
1. Finish Survey, Question, Read, Answer, Record, and Review activity for 10-1
2. Practice Quiz
January 17, 2012
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Homework:
Guided Reading 10-1
Reminders:
Ch. 10-1 Quiz on Friday
Agenda:
1. Survey, Question, Read, Answer, Record, and Review activity for 10-1
January 13, 2012
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Homework:
Review 7-3
Reminders:
Ch. 7-3 Quiz on Friday
Agenda:
1. 7-3 Quiz
January 12, 2012
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Homework:
Review 7-3
Reminders:
Ch. 7-3 Quiz on Friday
Agenda:
1. 7-3 Review
January 11, 2012
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Homework:
Review 7-3
Reminders:
Ch. 7-3 Quiz on Friday
Agenda:
1. Lecture
January 10, 2012
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Homework:
Review 7-3
Reminders:
Ch. 7-3 Quiz on Friday
Agenda:
1. Go over Guided Reading 7-3
2. Fortunately/ Unfortunately Activity
January 9, 2012
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Homework:
Review 7-3
Reminders:
Ch. 7-3 Quiz on Friday
Agenda:
1. Ch. 6 Grade Sheet
Guided Reading 6-1
Guided Reading 6-2
Guided Reading 6-3
Cornell Notes 6-1
Cornell Notes 6-3
Lewis and Clark Film Questions
= 30 points
2. Slide Show
3. 7-3 Notes
January 6, 2012
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Homework:
None
Agenda:
1. CNN Student News
2. &-1 & 7-2 Quiz
January 5, 2012
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Homework:
Review 7-1 & 7-2 for tomorrow’s quiz
Agenda:
Group work review questions
January 4, 2012
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Homework:
Complete Guided Reading 7-2
Reminders:
Quiz Friday on Ch. 7 topics covered this week
Agenda:
1. Finish 7-1 Notes
2. Go over Guided Reading 7-1
3. Political Cartoon
4. Audio Read 7-2 while completing GR 7-2
January 3, 2012
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Homework:
Complete Guided Reading 7-1
Reminders:
Quiz Friday on Ch. 7 topics covered this week
Agenda:
1. CNN Student News
2. Ch. 6 Review
3. 7-1 Cornell Notes
December 15, 2011
Ch. 6-2 & 6-3 Test Tomorrow.
Ch. 6 Study Questions
1. What country sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.?
2. In what ways did the U.S. benefit from the Louisiana Purchase?
3. What were the goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
4. How did the Second Great Awakening transform American society?
5. Who were Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, and George Caleb Bingham?
6. In what ways was the North different from the South economically?
7. What attracted people to move West?
8. What challenges did these settlers face?
December 13, 2011
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Homework:
Begin studying for Ch. 6 Test on Friday
Reminders:
History Theme Park Poster Due Friday
Agenda:
Begin History Theme Park Poster
December 12, 2011
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Homework:
Guided Reading 6-3
Reminders:
Ch. 6 Assessment on Friday
Agenda:
1. Cornell Notes 6-3
2. 6-3 Slideshow
3. Begin Guided Reading 6-3
Ch. 6 Study Questions
Why did Jefferson purchase the Louisiana Territory?
Why was the Mississippi River vital to western farmers?
What country sold the Louisiana Territory?
What was the “Northern Confederacy”?
What were the benefits of acquiring the Louisiana Territory?
What party opposed the Louisiana Purchase because they believed it would
reduce their power?
What part of the United States did Pike’s Expedition explore?
What was the western extent of U.S. territory in 1800?
What city was an important center of trade on the Mississippi River?
December 6, 2011
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Homework:
Submit Ch. 5 Grade Sheet
Reminders:
Ch. 6 Quiz this Friday
Agenda:
Group work- Define the terms that you need to know for Ch. 6.
December 5, 2011
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Homework:
1. Submit Ch. 5 Grade Sheet
2. Complete Guided Reading 6-1
Reminders:
Ch. 6-1 & 6-2 Quiz this Friday
Agenda:
1. Correct Ch. 5 Test
2. Cornell Notes 6-1
3. Grade Sheet
4. Begin Guided Reading 6-1
December 1, 2011
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Homework:
None
Reminders:
Field Trip Tomorrow
Agenda:
1. Test
2. CNN Student News
November 30, 2011
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Homework:
Study for Ch. 5 Test
Reminders:
Ch. 4 Homework Packet Now Overdue!
Agenda:
1. Ch. 5 Practice Test
2. Review Bingo or Deal or No Deal
November 29, 2011
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Homework:
Ch. 5 Assessment p. 300-301 #s 1-4, 6-7, 9, 10 (short answer) 11-13, 20-23;
Restate
question in your answer. You can use this on the test!
Reminders:
Ch. 5 Test on Thursday
Agenda:
1. Password
2. Reviewing Washington and Adams (additional
notes)
3. Extra Credit Ch. 5 Cryptogram
4. Begin HW
November 28, 2011
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Homework:
Study Notes for Thursday’s Ch. 5 Test
Reminders:
Ch. 5 Test on Thursday
Agenda:
1. Write 10 facts you learned about George Washington in Ch. 5. Write each
fact in the form of a question that can be answered with the name, “Washington”.
2. Cause and Effect 5; Focus on specific and implied powers of Congress.
3. Hamilton and Burr Duel
4. Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
Chapter 5 Study Questions
5-1
1. What challenges did Washington face as the nation’s first president?
2. What role did Hamilton have in Washington’s cabinet?
3. What role did Jefferson have in Washington’s cabinet?
4. Why did Hamilton want national taxes?
5. What was the importance of the Judiciary Act of 1789?
6. Name one thing that Hamilton wanted to do to create a stable economic
system and strengthen the economy?
7. What compromise led to acceptance of Hamilton’s plan for reducing the
national debt?
5-2
8. What caused the Whiskey Rebellion?
9. What message was Washington sending to the American people when he used
force to stop the Whiskey Rebellion?
10. What precedents (traditions) did Washington set for future presidents?
11. What would the United States gain by staying neutral in foreign affairs?
12. What did President Washington say in his farewell address about political
parties and foreign policy?
5-3
13. Who was elected president in 1796 and who became vice president?
14. What actions by France led to an undeclared war with the United States?
15. What does “sedition” refer to in the Alien and Sedition Acts?
16. How were the Federalists different from the Republicans?
November 21, 2011
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Homework:
1. Guided Reading 5-3 due tomorrow
2. Grade sheet packet now due:
Guided Reading 4-1
Guided Reading 4-2
Guided Reading 4-3
Step Into American History 4
= 20 points
Reminders:
Fieldtrip to Children’s Musical Theater Dec. 2nd
Agenda:
1. Correct Quizzes
2. The First President: Conclusion
3. Cornel Notes 5-3
November 18, 2011
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Homework:
Grade sheet packet now due:
1. Guided Reading 4-1
2. Guided Reading 4-2
3. Guided Reading 4-3
4. Step Into American History 4
5. In-Text Map Activity 4
= 25 points
Reminders:
None
Agenda:
1. Grade Sheet
2. The First President
3. Quiz
4. CNN Student News (if time permits)
November 17, 2011
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Homework:
Study for tomorrow’s quiz.
Reminders:
None
Agenda:
1. Go over Guided Reading 5-1 & 5-2
2. Finish 5-1 Cornell Notes
3. Finish questions on Alexander Hamilton:
Read p. 283 on Alexander Hamilton and answer the following questions on a
separate sheet of paper. Restate the questions in your answers.
1. Briefly describe Washington and Hamilton’s relationship.
2. What executive department did Hamilton head under President Washington?
3. What industries did Hamilton believe would make the nation wealthy and
powerful?
4. What political party did Hamilton start?
5. What party was created in opposition to Hamilton’s party, and who led this
party?
6. Who killed Hamilton and why?
November 16, 2011
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Homework:
Study for Friday's quiz.
Reminder:
Return parent surveys to your homeroom teacher
Agenda:
1. Alexander Hamilton
2. George Washington Slideshow
November 15, 2011
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Homework:
1. Guided Reading 5-1 due the next day
2. Study for Friday's quiz
Reminder:
This Friday's quiz will be on Ch. 5-1 & 5-2 and will focus on Washington's
role as the nation's first president and how he dealt with the emergence of
political parties, the war between Britain and France, and the Whiskey Rebellion.
Agenda:
1. Animated George Washington Movie & Guided Viewing Questions
November 14, 2011
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Homework:
None
Reminder:
Field Trip December 2
Agenda:
1. Correct Quizzes
2. What do you know about George Washington?
3. Audio Reading of 5-1 in Textbook & Cornell Notes
4. 5-1 Oral Review
November 10, 2011
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Homework:
None
Reminder:
No need to bring a lunch on the field trip
Agenda:
1. Ch. 4 Review Worksheet
2. Ch. 4 Review Transparency
3. Schoolhouse Rock Video: Only a Bill
4. Quiz
5. Graffiti Brick
6. CNN Student News
November 9, 2011
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Homework:
1. Finish Ch. 4 Review Worksheet
2. Submit field trip money and permission slips together by Thursday.
Reminder:
Quiz on rights, duties, and responsibilities of a citizen this Thursday
Agenda:
Mock congress focusing on how a bill becomes law
November 8, 2011
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Homework:
1. Finish Ch. 4 Review Worksheet
2. Submit field trip money and permission slips together by Thursday.
Reminder:
Quiz on rights, duties, and responsibilities of a citizen this Thursday
Agenda:
1. Citizens’ Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities
2. Studying A Political Cartoon
3. Voting Systems: Rank Choice Voting
November 7, 2011
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Homework:
Submit field trip money and permission slips together by Thursday.
Reminder:
Quiz on rights, duties, and responsibilities of a citizen this Thursday
Agenda:
Class Forum Debate/ Discuss Current Issues
November 3, 2011
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Homework:
Submit field trip money and permission slips together by Friday.
Reminder:
Quiz on Bill of Rights tomorrow (See additional notes below)
Agenda:
Mock Jury
___________________________________________________________________________
The Bill of Rights (Easy to Understand Version):
1. Congress can't make any law about your religion, or stop you from
practicing your religion, or keep you from saying whatever you want, or
publishing whatever you want (like in a newspaper or a book). And Congress
can't stop you from meeting peacefully for a demonstration to ask the
government to change something.
2. Congress can't stop people from having and carrying weapons, because we
need to be able to defend ourselves.
3. You don't have to let soldiers live in your house, except if there is a
war, and even then only if Congress has passed a law about it.
4. Nobody can search your body, or your house, or your papers and things,
unless they can prove to a judge that they have a good reason to think you
have committed a crime.
5. You can't be tried for any serious crime without a Grand Jury meeting first
to decide whether there's enough evidence for a trial. And if the jury decides
you are innocent, the government can't try again with another jury. You don't
have to say anything at your trial. You can't be killed, or put in jail, or
fined, unless you were convicted of a crime by a jury. And the government
can't take your house or your farm or anything that is yours, unless the
government pays for it.
6. If you're arrested, you have a right to have your trial pretty soon, and
the government can't keep you in jail without trying you. The trial has to be
public, so everyone knows what is happening. The case has to be decided by a
jury of ordinary people from your area. You have the right to know what you
are accused of, to see and hear the people who are witnesses against you, to
have the government help you get witnesses on your side, and you have the
right to a lawyer to help you.
7. You also have the right to a jury when it is a civil case (a law case
between two people rather than between you and the government).
8. The government can't make you pay more than is reasonable in bail or in
fines, and the government can't order you to have cruel or unusual punishments
(like torture) even if you are convicted of a crime.
9. Just because these rights are listed in the Constitution doesn't mean that
you don't have other rights too.
10. Anything that the Constitution doesn't say that Congress can do should be
left up to the states, or to the people.
_____________________________________________________________________________
November 2, 2011
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Homework:
Submit field trip money and permission slips together by Friday.
Reminder:
Quiz on Bill of Rights this Friday
Agenda:
Mock Jury
November 1, 2011
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Homework:
Submit field trip money and permission slips together by Friday.
Reminder:
Quiz on Bill of Rights this Friday
Agenda:
1. Warm-up Civics Questions
2. Continue watching “12 Angry Men”
October 31, 2011
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Homework:
1. Submit Grade Sheets Noe Overdue
2. Review Bill of Rights & bring 3 current articles from the news that relate
to 3 of the Amendments due tomorrow.
3. Submit field trip money and permission slips together by Friday.
Reminder:
1. Field Trip Dec. 2nd to San Jose’s Musical Theater production of “Tarzan”
Agenda:
1. Go over HW
2. Continue watching “12 Angry Men”
October 27, 2011
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Homework:
1. Organize & Submit Grade Sheets by Week’s End.
2. Review Bill of Rights & bring 3 current articles from the news that relate
to any 3 of the 10 Amendments. Prepare to share with the class next Tuesday.
Reminder:
1. Quiz tomorrow on Checks and Balances and the 3 Branches of the Federal
Government.
2. Field Trip Dec. 2nd to San Jose’s Musical Theater production of “Tarzan”
Agenda:
1. Checks & Balances
2. Go over HW
3. Film: “12 Angry Men” The experience of what it means to serve on a jury.
October 26, 2011
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Homework:
1. Organize & Submit Grade Sheets by Week’s End.
2. Complete Guided Reading 4-3 by Tomorrow
Reminder:
Quiz on major topics covered this week on Friday.
Agenda:
1. Warm-Up
2. Correct Preamble Quiz
3. Finish Bill of Rights Notes
4. Checks & Balances
October 25, 2011
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Homework:
Organize & Submit Grade Sheets
Reminder:
Quiz on major topics covered this week on Friday.
Agenda:
1. Warm-Up:
2. Preamble Quiz
3. Go over Guided Reading 4-1 & 4-2
4. 4-1 & 2 Graphic Organizers
5. Bill of Rights Notes & Lecture
October 24, 2011
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Homework:
1. Preamble Quiz Tomorrow
2. Organize & Submit Grade Sheets
Reminder:
Quiz on major topics covered this week on Friday.
Agenda:
1. Warm-Up: Review Responsibilities of 3
Branches of Fed. Gov.
2. Go Over Guided Reading 4-1 & 4-2
3. 4-1 & 2 Graphic Organizers
4. Bill of Rights Notes & Lecture
October 21, 2011
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Homework:
Memorize the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Quiz next Tuesday.
Reminder:
Grade sheets submissions moved to Monday
Agenda:
1. Go over Guided Reading 4-2
2. Go over Film Questions
3. Computer Lab: Ch. 1-3 Review & Fed. Govt.
Pre-Assessment
October 20, 2011
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Homework:
1. Chapters 1-3 Review Assessment tomorrow; review study guide
2. Guided Reading 4-2 due tomorrow
3. Memorize the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Quiz next Tuesday.
Reminder:
Grade sheet submission tomorrow
Agenda:
1. Go over The Preamble & Guided Reading 4-1
2. Film: “The Legislative Branch”
October 19, 2011
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Homework:
1. Guided Reading 4-1 due tomorrow
2. Guided Reading 4-2 due Friday
3. Begin memorizing Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Quiz next Tuesday.
Reminder:
20-Question Ch. 1, 2 & 3 review assessment this Friday; Review study guide
Agenda:
1. The Preamble
2. Guided Reading 4-1 & 4-2
Chapters 1-3 Study Guide Notes for Friday Assessment
The House of Burgesses in Virginia set an example for representative government.
Declaration of Independence drew on the ideas found in the Magna Carta and the
English Bill of Rights.
Which of the following describes the extent of citizen participation in
colonial government? Only white men who owned property had the right to vote.
The Mayflower Compact was important to the development of democratic
government in America.
John Locke influenced Thomas Jefferson in forming the ideas in the Declaration
of Independence
Common Sense was important in that it convinced many Americans to declare
independence from Britain.
The first constitution of the United States of America was the Articles of
Confederation.
James Madison is called the Father of the Constitution.
The Constitution created a federal system of government, in which power is
divided between the national and state governments.
Under the Constitution, concurrent powers are shared by the state and federal
governments.
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution (Bill of Rights) protects people’s
basic rights and freedoms.
The Great Compromise resolved the problem of state representation in Congress.
The Three-Fifths Compromise addressed the problem of how to include enslaved
people in population counts.
In order to prevent any single group in government from gaining too much
power, the Framers of the Constitution divided the federal government into
three branches (executive, legislative, & judicial).
The Northwest Ordinance was a set of laws passed by Congress under the
Articles of Confederation that established a way for surveying western lands.
Shays’s Rebellion reflected the discontent of farmers towards the
Confederation government.
October 18, 2011
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Homework:
Begin memorizing Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Quiz next Tuesday.
Reminder:
20-Question Ch. 1, 2 & 3 review assessment this Friday; study guide given
tomorrow.
Agenda:
1. Survey
2. Ch. 3 Review
3. Political Cartoon
4. The Preamble
October 14, 2011
Ch. 3 Assessment in Lab
October 13, 2011
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Homework:
Write notes on 2.5 x 1.5 cheat sheet for tomorrow’s Ch. 3 assessment. Reread
chapter, review study guide and homework, class work, as well as Cornell notes.
Reminder:
1. Return survey permission slip ASAP.
2. Review Ch. 3 study guide (See list below)
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Finish Ch. 3 Group Work; Go Over Answers
3. Ch. Review Game
October 12, 2011
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Homework:
Study for Ch. 3 Assessment
Reminder:
Review terms on study guide (See list below)
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Ch. 3 Group Work
Ch. 3 Study Guide
Depression
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Enlightenment
Three-Fifths Compromise
Daniel Shays
Articles of Confederation
Federalists
Bill of Rights
Madison
Checks and Balances
George Washington
Branches of the Federal Government
Bicameral
Shays’ Rebellion
Antifederalists & Federalists
Montesquieu
October 11, 2011
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Homework:
1. Guided Reading 3-3 due tomorrow
2. Review Cornell notes from previous day
Reminder:
Ch. 3 assessment this Friday; review study questions below
Agenda:
1. The Almost Painless Guide to the U.S. Constitution + pre-quiz & guided
viewing questions
Ch. 3 Study Questions
Who had the right to vote in colonial government?
Why is “Common Sense” important to the American Revolution?
What was the first constitution or plan of government of the United States?
Who is the Father of the U.S. Constitution?
What sort of central government did the U.S. Constitution create?
What are the first 10 amendments (additions) to the Constitution called and
what do they guarantee?
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
How do we limit the government’s power?
What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?
What is a bicameral legislature?
What was Shays’s rebellion over?
What is federalism?
Who were the Federalists?
Who were the Antifederalists?
What Enlightenment thinker believed in the idea of natural rights?
What are natural rights?
Other than declare our independence from Great Britain, what did the
Declaration of Independence explain?
What was the reason for the Boston Tea Party?
Be able to place the following events in sequential order: The U.S.
Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation.
How are the U.S. Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and the
Articles of Confederation different from one another?
What are the three branches (departments) of the federal (national) government
and their functions?
October 10, 2011
Take out you student agenda and copy down today’s homework and reminders.
Homework:
Review Articles of Confederation notes and Ch.3 vocabulary definitions (Use
memory joggers!)
Reminder:
1. Ch. 3 assessment this Friday
2. Give school survey letter to parents to sign and return tomorrow
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Ch. 3-2 Cornell Notes
3. Go over Guided Readings 3-1 & 3-2
October 7, 2011
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Homework:
Guided Reading 3-2 due Monday
Reminder:
Give PIV access letter to parents.
Agenda:
1. CNN Student News
2. Vocabulary Quiz
October 6, 2011
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Homework:
Guided Reading 3-2 due Monday
Reminder:
Vocabulary quiz tomorrow; study words and definitions on pre-quiz sheet
Agenda:
1. Ch. 3 vocabulary pre-quiz
2. Go over HW
3. Memory joggers for Ch. 3 vocabulary terms
4. The Articles of Confederation notes/lecture
October 5, 2011
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Homework:
1. Complete Guided Reading 3-1 due tomorrow
2. Complete Guided Reading 3-2 due Monday
Reminder:
Vocabulary quiz this Friday (Definitions on teacher website)
Agenda:
Go over HW
October 4, 2011
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Homework:
1. Complete Content Vocabulary 3 by tomorrow
2. Complete Guided Reading 3-1 by Thursday
3. Complete Guided Reading 3-2 by Monday
Reminder:
Vocabulary quiz this Friday (See words and definitions below)
Agenda:
1. Review Ben Franklin
2. Franklin’s Invention: The Glass Armonica
3. School House Rock: Shot Heard 'Round the World
4. Review Ch.2 Review- The Linking Game
5. Begin Content Vocabulary 3
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
1. Popular sovereignty- government by the consent (approval) of the governed
and equal justice under the law.
2. Bicameral- divided into two parts or two houses
3. Confederation- a voluntary association of independent states
4. Sovereignty- supreme power
5. Ratify- to approve
6. Ordinance- law
7. Northwest Territory – lands north of the OH R. and east of the MS R.
8. Right of deposit- permission to put goods ashore for transfer to ocean
going ships
9. Depression- a period marked by slow economic activity and high unemployment
10. Manumission- the freeing of individual enslaved persons
11. Proportional – corresponding in size to the population of each state
12. Compromise- an agreement between two or more sides in which each side
gives up some of what it wants
13. Enlightenment – movement of the 170ss that promoted knowledge, reason, and
science as a way to improve society
14. Federalism- sharing of power between the federal (national) and state
governments
15. Articles- sections in a document
16. Legislative branch- lawmaking department of the government
17. Executive branch- law enforcing department of government
18. Judicial branch- court system
19. Checks and balances-each department has certain powers that limit the
other departments’ powers
20. Federalists- supporters of the new Constitution
21. Antifederalists – people who opposed the new Constitution
October 3, 2011
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Homework:
None
Reminder:
None
Agenda:
1. Take out a pen/ pencil and binder paper
2. Today we will learn about Benjamin Franklin
September 30, 2011
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Homework:
None
Reminder:
None
Agenda:
Ch. 2 Assessment
September 28, 2011
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Homework:
1. Write notes on 3x5 card for tomorrow’s test
2. Finish Road Map of the American Revolution by tomorrow
Reminder:
Study guide questions for Ch. 2 test on teacher’s website
Agenda:
Test Review Bingo
September 27, 2011
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Homework:
1. Grade Sheet Packet Now Due
2. Finish Road Map of the American Revolution by Thursday before the Ch. 2 test.
Reminder:
Ch. 2 test this Friday (See study guide questions below)
Agenda:
1. Correct Quizzes
2. The Tale of the Tape: British vs. Patriots
3. Cause & Effect 2
4. Go over guided viewing questions
5. America, The Story of Us: Revolution
Study Guide
Explain the reasons why the colonies sought independence from Great Britain.
Explain causes of the Boston Tea Party.
Explain how the British government responded the Boston Tea Party.
Where did the American Revolution begin and where did it end?
What battle was a major turning point in the war?
What treaty officially ended the American Revolution in 1783?
What incident in Boston led to the shooting deaths of 5 colonists and what was
its importance?
What important role did the American militia play in the Battle of Lexington
and Concord in MA?
In what way did the colonists try to peacefully resolve issues with their
government?
What costly war prompted the British government to tax the colonists?
Explain the Coercive (A.K.A. Intolerable) Acts
What was the purpose behind the Declaration of Independence?
What convinced many colonists to support independence from Great Britain?
Declaration of Independence (1776)
In 1776, soon after the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, the
leaders of the war got together to write a letter to the King of England. They
wanted to explain why they were fighting to be their own country, independent
of England. This is what they had to say (but in easier words):
Sometimes one group of people decide to split off from another group, and to
become an independent country, as the laws of Nature and of God say that they
can. But when this happens, if they want other people to respect them, they
should explain why they are splitting off.
We think these things are obviously true:
That all men are created equal
That all men have some rights given to them by God
That among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
So whenever any government is getting in the way of these rights, people have
the right to change it or get rid of it, and to make a new government, in
whatever way seems most likely to make them safe and happy.
People should not change their government without a good reason, so people
usually suffer as long as they can under the government they have, rather than
change it. But when there have been a lot of problems for a long time, it is
their right and their duty to throw off that government, and to set up a
better government.
We here in America have suffered for a very long time, and now we should
change our government. The king of England has done many bad things to us -
here is a list:
He won't let us pass laws we need for everybody's good.
Even when we do pass laws, he won't sign them so they can go into effect.
He tried to force men to give up their right to make laws.
He calls men together to make laws in the most inconvenient times and
places, so that they won't be able to go discuss the new laws.
He won't let new settlers come to America, and he won't let the settlers
take over new land from the Native Americans.
He won't let us choose our own judges, and instead he chooses them all
himself, so they're all on his side.
He sends lots of new government officials that we don't want, and he
makes us pay for them.
He sends lots of English soldiers here when there isn't even a war, and
makes us let them live in our own houses.
He tells us these soldiers can do whatever they want and don't have to
obey the law.
He won't let us buy and sell things from wherever we want. We can only
buy things from England.
He makes us pay all kinds of taxes without asking us about it.
He won't let us have a jury for our trials, only a judge.
He sends people accused of crimes far away to England for their trials.
He tries to get people to revolt and tries to get the "Indian Savages" to
attack us.
When we ask him to stop, he just keeps on doing more bad things. We have tried
to talk to the other people who live in England. We asked them to stop these
crimes against us, but they have acted as though they were deaf. So we have to
separate from England, and they will be our enemies during the war, though we
hope they'll be our friends when there is peace.
So we think that God will see that we are doing the right thing when we
declare that the United States are now completely independent of the King of
England. We have no more political connection to England at all. And as
independent states, we say that each state has the right to make war, to make
peace, to make alliances with other countries, trade with other countries, and
do everything else that countries do. And we promise that we will fight for
our independence with the help of God - we promise by our lives, our property,
and our sacred honor.
Among the men who signed this declaration of independence were Benjamin
Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. This Declaration of Independence was an
exciting letter to write - it laid out a lot of new ideas about the rights
that all people should have. On the other hand, all of the people involved in
writing the Declaration were rich white men. Even though they thought they
themselves should have these rights, they were pretty vague about whether the
same rights should apply to poor people, women, black people, or Native
Americans - most of the people living in the United States at this time.
Representatives of all these groups asked to be included, but in 1776, only
rich white Christian men signed the Declaration of Independence. But even
though the Declaration of Independence only applied to some people, it was a
very important statement of the idea that everybody has rights.
September 26, 2011
Take out your student agenda and copy down today’s homework and reminders.
Homework:
Finish Road Map of the American Revolution by Thursday before the Ch. 2 test.
Reminder:
1. Ch. 2 test this Friday
2. Bring own dry erase marker for white board
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Make-up Quizzes
3. Grade Sheet Submissions
4. America: The Story of Us
5. CNN Student News
September 23, 2011
Take out your student agenda and copy down today’s homework and reminders.
Homework:
Finish Road Map of the American Revolution by next Thursday before the Ch. 2
test.
Reminder:
Bring own dry erase marker for white board
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Go Over Guided Reading 2-4
3. Grade Sheet Submissions
4. Quiz
5. CNN Student News
September 22, 2011
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Homework:
1. Study for 2.2-2.3 quiz
2. Work on Road Map to the American
Revolution (Due before Ch. 2 test next week.)
Reminder:
1. Bring own dry erase marker for white board
2. HW packet submissions tomorrow
Study Guide for Tomorrow’s Quiz
Natural rights
John Locke
Know features of 3 colonial regions
Cash crop
Subsistence farming
Effects of Great Awakening
French & Indian War
Causes of American Revolution
Coercive Acts
Way colonists resisted heavy taxation
Where Am. Rev. started
September 21, 2011
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Homework:
Complete Guided Reading 2.4
Agenda:
Ch. 2 Review Questions (Group Work)
September 20, 2011
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Homework:
1. Complete summary and memory joggers for
all Cornell notes done in class
2. Guided Reading 2.4 due Thursday
3. Bring own dry erase marker for white board
4. HW Packet Submissions this Friday. Here are the assignments that you should
have completed-and that we corrected as a class-the last couple of weeks:
1. In-Text Map Activity 2 = 5 pts.
2. Ch. 2 Word Search = 5 pts.
3. Guided Reading 2.1 = 5 pts.
4. Guided Reading 2.2 = 5 pts.
5. Guided Reading 2.3 = 5 pts.
6. Guided Reading 2.4 = 5 pts.
7. Cornell Notes 2.1 = 5 pts.
8. Cornell Notes 2.2 = 5 pts.
= 40 HW pts.
Reminder:
2.3 & 2.4 Quiz this Friday. Ch. 2 Test next week.
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Correct Quizzes
3. Finish Cornell Notes 2.2
3. Pair-Share Review Question
4. Go over Guided Reading 2-3
5. Vocabulary Charades
September 19, 2011
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Homework:
1. Guided Reading 2.3 due tomorrow
2 Complete summary and memory joggers for all Cornell notes done in class
3. Guided Reading 2.4 due Thursday
4. Bring own dry erase marker for white board
Reminder:
2.3 & 2.4 Quiz this Friday. Ch. 2 Test next week.
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Quiz 2.1 Make-ups
3. Cornell Notes Sample
4. Cornell Notes 2.2
5. Today’s Review Questions
September 15, 2011
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Homework:
2.1 Quiz tomorrow (See study guide below.)
Ch. 2 vocabulary and abbreviations and regions of 13 Colonies quiz this
Friday.
Agenda:
1. Do Now Warm-Up Questions
2. This Day in History
3. Continue 2.1 Cornell Notes
4. Go over Guided Reading 2.2
2.1 Study Guide
Know the abbreviated names of original 13 English Colonies
Know the three geographic regions of the 13 English Colonies
Importance of Mayflower Compact
Importance of the VA House of Burgesses
Know the 3 major European powers that claimed most of North America
September 14, 2011
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Homework:
Read Ch. 2 Section 2 and complete Guided Reading 2.2 due tomorrow.
Reminder:
Ch. 2 vocabulary and abbreviations and regions of 13 Colonies quiz this
Friday.
Agenda:
1. Do Now Ch. 2.1 Group Review
2. This Day in History
3. Then and Now (?)
September 13, 2011
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Homework:
Read Ch. 2 Section 2 and complete Guided Reading 2.2 by Thursday.
Reminder:
Ch. 2 vocabulary and abbreviations and regions of 13 Colonies quiz this
Friday.
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Then and Now
3. Cornell Notes
September 12, 2011
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Homework:
1. Read Ch. 2 Section 1 and complete Guided Reading 2.1 by tomorrow.
2. Read Ch. 2 Section 2 and complete Guided Reading 2.2 by Thursday.
Reminder:
Ch. 2 vocabulary and abbreviations and regions of 13 Colonies this Friday.
September 9, 2011
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Homework:
1. Finish Ch. 2 Vocabulary Word Search
2. Memorize names of 13 Colonies, their abbreviations, and geographic
locations (See map on p.122).
Reminder:
Be responsible, be respectful, be your best-and you WILL succeed!
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Go over In-Text Map Activity 2
3. Go over Ch. 2 vocabulary (play wheel of fortune game)
4. CNN Student News-Remembering 9/11
September 8, 2011
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Homework:
1. Finish Ch. 2 Vocabulary Word Search
2. Memorize names of 13 Colonies, their abbreviations, and geographic
locations (See map on p.122).
Reminder:
Be responsible, be respectful, be your best-and you WILL succeed!
Agenda:
1. This Day in History
2. Last-minute review for quiz
3. In-Text Map Activity
4. Ch. 2 Word Search
Ch. 2 Terms-To-Know
1. repeal
2. neutral
3. petition
4. boycott
5. cash crop
6. patriots
7. overseer
8. preamble
9. dissenter
10. minute men
11. loyalists
12. smuggling
13. persecute
14. Mayflower Compact
15. Triangular Trade
16. constitution
17. subsistence farming
18. resolution
19. guerrilla warfare
20. indentured servant
September 7, 2011
Homework: Study for Ch. 1.3 Quiz
Here are more practice test questions. Ask questions in class if you have any.
True or False. If false you must write the correct answer.
1. The 10 Commandments, found in the Hebrew Bible, helped shape the moral laws
of many nations, including the United States.
2. John Locke argued that absolute monarchy was the best form of government.
3. Montesquieu argued that all power in a government should be held by one or
a few people.
4. Natural rights are the rights that are given to the people by their
government or ruler.
5. John Locke believed that governments gave themselves their own powers.
September 6, 2011
Homework:
Review Ch. 1 Section 3.
Reminder:
Quiz on Ch. 1-Section 3 this Thursday
Study Guide
1. What is democracy?
2. What is the “rule of law”?
3. How were the 10 Commandments important to our nation’s justice system?
4. Who was Hobbes? What was his view of human nature in relation to the
purpose of government?
5. Who was Locke? What was his view regarding natural rights and the purpose
of government?
6. What was Montesquieu's idea of government?
7. Enlightened Thinkers believed that truth can be found by using this?
8. What is the idea of “social contract”?
9. How did the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and representative
government influence our own form of government?
August 29 - September 2, 2011
1. Please bring home your class syllabus and read it over with your
parents/guardians.
2. Read Ch. 1-3 in your textbook. There will be class discussions on how past
civilizations contributed to our scientific, religious, and political thinking
today.
August 26, 2011
Due Monday-Using newspapers, magazines, or the internet, collect 5
images of events, people, and/or places from United States history and bring
them to class for 5 points. Cut the borders of your images before you bring
them to class.
You will take turns doing a “show and tell” about the images you have. Provide
some fascinating facts about one, two, or all of your images.
Next, you will be asked to glue your images on a piece of poster paper to
create a class collage that will be displayed around the classroom.
