Week of May 21 -15, 2012
Monday 5/21 - students will take a Chapter 18 test on the Reconstruction Era of US History. No Homework
Tuesday & Wednesday 5/22-23 Students will use Tuesday and Wednesday to review in class for an End of Course Final Exam to be conducted Thursday and Friday. Students will receive a review in class and will fill out from a teacher led PowerPoint slides. No Homework. Study for Exam.
Thursday - Friday 5/24-25 Students will take an End of Course Final Exam consisting of 80 multiple choice questions. No Homework
Week of May 14 - 18, 2012
Monday 5/14 - Students will take a test on Chapter 17, the Civil War.
Tuesday 5/15 - Students will begin studying the Reconstruction period of US history. Students will complete a classwork activity handout, Freedmen's Bureau-Interview with the Director. Students are to read the interview and then create a two-column chart. The left hand column should be labeled GOOD and the right had column should be labeled BAD. Students should record under the GOOD column those the things the Freedmen's Bureau did well and record under the BAD column those items they did not do well. If not finished in class, finish for homework.
Wednesday 5/16 - Students will continue the Reconstruction unit. No homework
Thursday 5/17 - Students will continue on the Reconstruction unit with sections 3 & 4 of chapter 18. Homework = students will write a paragraph answering the question, Was Reconstruction a success or a failure?
Friday 5/18 - Students will complete a review guide in preparation for the Monday Ch 18 test on Reconstruction.
Week of May 7 - 11, 2012
Monday 5/7 - FAIR Testing, state mandatory reading assessment scheduled for this day. No homework
Tuesday 5/8 -Career Exploration using CHOICES website. Students will explore various careers that may match their interests. This will be a good preview prior to students registering for high school classes at venice and North Port.
Wednesday 5/9 - Last of FAIR Testing
Thursday 5/10 - Students will get back onto the civil War unit with an acitivity that explores How Lincoln Tried to save the Union. No homework.
Friday 5/11 - Students will have an in class review session in preparation for the Monday Ch 17 test on the Civil War
Week of April 30 - May 4, 2012
Washington DC Trip
Week of April 23 - 27, 2012
Monday 4/23 - Students will study the first battles of the Civil War and how evident it becomes that this was not going to be a quick war. Homework - read and answer the question found on the Biography of Stonewall Jackson handout. This is due on Wednesday 4/25.
Tuesday 4/24 - FCAT Science. No US History class
Wednesday 4/25 - We will resume the Civil War unit by studying Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and what it meant to the war effort. Students will have an class partner activity interpreting parts of the Emancipation Proclamation. Homework - handout consisting of a Map Mystery, African Americans Join the War and Mary Chesnut and the Blockade.
Thursday 4/26 - Students will study the various hardships experienced by both soldiers and civilians during the Civil War. Homework is to write a reflective paragraph (minimumo f 5 sentences) comparing the Civil War to other American wars. Try to reflect on the casualties and the hardships learned in today's lesson.
Friday 4/27 - Students will explore how the war ended, its impact on the South, and how the war represents a turning point in American History. No homework.
Week of April 16 - 20, 2012
Monday - Wednesday 4/16-18. No U/S. History classes due to FCAT testing. Students will stay with their assigned FCAT room and do a history related project that is based on the Billy Joel song, "We Didn't Start the Fire." Completed project is due by the end of class on Wednesday 4/18.
Thursday 4/19 - Students will resume regular academic classes. This day we will start our Civil War Unit. Students will first conduct a review of the events that divided the country.Homework: Students will complete a handout, Choosing sides consisting of a map and questions. Due Friday 4/20.
Friday 4/20 - Students will continue the Civil War unit by completing a chart that will compare various categories for the north and south prior to the first battles of the war. Students will use the text book in class to complete the chart. No homework.
Week of April 9 - 13, 2012
Washington DC written reports are due from all students on Monday April 9th. Tuesday - Friday, all students will provide a 5 minute oral presentation with visuals (PowerPoint, poster, picture book, model) to the class providing historically important details, facts, and other items about their assigned Washington DC monument, museum, or building. Students in the audience will take notes of each presentation. On Friday, students will take an open-note quiz about the various projects they have learned about throughout this week. There is no homework during this week.
Week of April 2 - 6, 2012
Monday 4/2 - We will continue to study the events that divided the country during the 1850s. Today we will study the emergence of the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln coming into favor with the Republicans, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates in Illinois and the John Brown Raid. No Homework.
Tuesday 4/3 - Students will study the presidential election of 1860, Lincoln's election as president, southern states secession, and the eventual first shots fired on Fort Sumter, which starts the Civil War. No homework.
Wednesday 4/4 - In class review session in preparation for the Thursday test. Homework - study for the test.
Thursday 4/5 - Chapter 16 test. No homework.
Friday, 4/6 - Mini-Break, no classes.
Week of March 26 - 30, 2012
Monday 3/26 - students will use the class session to complete the project, Differneces between the North and South.The project is due at the end of class. No Homework.
Tuesday 3/27 - students will begin studying how the nation's differences begin to divide it as well as the various attempts to keep the nation together. This day we will study the Missouri Compromise of 1820. No homework.
Wednesday 3/28 - Students will study the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act. No homework.
Thursday 3/29 - Students will study the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott Supreme Court case. No Homework.
Friday 3/30 -Professional Day. No classes
Week of March 19-23, 2012
Monday 3/19 - Students will receive information about a Washington DC project that will be due April 9th. This project is an at home project - students will have three weeks to complete this project using time outside of class. No class time will be provided for this project. Students will be assigned an important Washington DC building, monument, or museum and will be required to create a two page double-spaced report using a minimum of 2 sources (books, internet, etc). Student's report will correctly cite the sources used following MLA format as found on examples provided to students and reviewed in class. Students will also be required to create a visual such as a PowerPoint, Poster, Picture Book, etc that represents their assigned project. The final element of this project is to provide a 5 minute presentation to their class highlighting the important facts and details of their project. Presentations will occur during the week of April 9-13.
Tuesday - Wednesday 3/20 - 3/23 - Students will receive information and begin working on an in-class project titled the Differences between the North and the South. Students will work with a partner to address 14 key items about the differences between the North and the South. Students will have class time Tuesday - Friday 3/20-23 and Monday 3/26. Projects are due by the end of class Monday 3/26. There will be no additional assigned homework, although students may opt to work on this North South project at home if they need additional time.
Week of March 5 - 9, 2012
Monday 3/5 - Students will conclude the Chapter 15 unit by studying the great American Art and Literature that came out of this 1800 reform effort. No homework.
Tuesday 3/6 - students will have an in-class review session to prepare for the Wednesday test. A review quide will be distributed in class and students will be expected to complete the quide. Homework - study for test.
Wednesday 3/7 - TEST, CHAPTER 15, SECTIONS 1-4.
Thursday 3/8 - We will spring a head and leave standard curriculum in order to study World War 2, a most pivotal time in American history.
Friday 3/9 - We will conclude the mini unit on World War 2. Have a good Spring Break.
Week of February 27 - March 2, 2012
Monday 2/27 - We will start chapter 15, Reform and a New American Culture. Today we will discover the political and religious roots of the reform movement. No homework.
Tuesday 2/28 - FCAT Writes
Wednesday 2/29 - Continuing our reform studies, we will study the various efforts to oppose slavery including the Underground Railroad. Homework-students will receive a 2-sided handout with Map Mystery, the Underground Railroad on one side and Connecting History with Literature: Harriet Tubman on the other side. Read and answer questions.
Thursday 3/1- We will continue with the section on opposing slavery. Homework tonight is to create a journal entry of a minimum of 5 sentences, from the perspective of a conductor or escaped slave on the Underground Railroad. Students must include 5 items learned in class about opposing slavery.
Friday 3/2 - Continuing the Reform unit, we will study the struggle for Women's Rights. Students will have a handout to complete in class consisting of notes on the front side and Making Decisions: Women's Rights on the back side. No additional homework.
Week of February 21-24, 2012
Tuesday - Friday, 2/21-2/24. This entire week, students will create a writen portfolio showing what they have learned about the Westward Expansion unit we studied last week. Students will have each day, in class, Tuesday through Friday to work on and finish the portfolio project. Students will be expected to turn in a total of 5 items covering all five sections of the Westward Expansion unit. Each student will submit one persausive and one expository essay from selected teacher supplied prompts. Each essay must cover a separate section from the unit. Students will also submit 3 additional items such as an additional article, detailed political cartoon, comic strip, song, poem, editorials, or interview. Each of these items will also cover separate sections of the unit. The final project is due by the end of class Friday 2/24 and it is worth a 100 point test grade. There will be a 10 point dedection for each day the project is late. Students should use homework time during the entire week to work on, improve, or complete their five assignments for this portfolio.
Week of February 13-17, 2012
Monday 2/13 - This week we will be studying the Westward expansion of the United States.Today students will study the Oregon Country and the impact of the Mountain Men, Missionaries, and the Oregon Trail. Homework is to write a paragraph indicating who you feetl is most important in the settling of the Oregon Country: Mountain Men, Missionaries, or settlers. You must support your decision.
Tuesday, 2/14 - Students will study the fight for Texas independence including the historic fight at the Alamo. Homework is to complete the handout, The Republic of Texas, including the back William Travis biography.
Wednesday, 2/15 - Students will study the American concept of Manifest Destiny and the continual surge west. No homework
Thursday, 2/16 - Students will study the Mexican War and its outcomes. Homework is to complete the handout, The Mexican War including the back side, Mexican War Cause and Effect.
Friday, 2/17 - Students will study the various routes settlers such as mormons and pioneers took to get to the west as well as the California Gold Rush. No homework.
Week of February 6-10, 2012
Monday 2/6 - Students will study the Indian Removal Act that came out of Jackson's Presidency. Homework is to create a diary of either a Cherokee, a soldier, or a civilian and describe the Trail of Tears stating 5 facts as learned in class.
Tuesday 2/7 - Students will continue studying the Indian Removal Act, especially the impact to the Seminole Indians of Florida. Homework is to complete a two sided handout about the Trail of Tears and Osceola.
Wednesday 2/8 - Students will study the new crisis that the Nation will face under PResident Martin Van Buren who followed Jackson. Homework is to create a political cartoon or editorial supporting or opposing one of JAckson's policies - Spoils System, Kitchen Cabinent, Destroying the Bank of the US, or the Nullification crisis.
Thursday 2/9 - Students will complete in class, a study guide on chapter 12 key terms and concepts in preparation for the Friday Chapter 12 test. No homework. Study for the Friday test!
Friday 2/10 - Students will take a shapter 12 test. No homework.
Week of Jan 30 - Feb 03, 2012
Monday, Jan 30 - Students will study Florida History from 1790 - 1825 and the role Florida played in the early years of the United States of America. No homework.
Tuesday 1/31 - Students will finish the study of Florida History 1790 - 1825. Students will need to turn in a handout, Florida, The Early Republic consisting of 20 questions.
Wednesday 2/1 - Students will begin the study of the Jackson Era. Today they will study the preisdential election of 1824 between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Homework is to create a presidential campaign poster or speech for either Adams or Jackson including 5 facts, postiive or negative, learned in class.
Thursday 2/2 - Students will study how Andrew Jackson became president and the steps he took to change the posers of the Executive Branch. No homework(modified 2/2)
Friday 2/3 - Students will begin studying the controversial Indian Removal Act and the subsequent Trail of Tears. No homework.
Week of Jan 23 - 27, 2012
Mon Jan 23 - We will begin studying the Industrial Revolution. Homework= students will create a diary entry as if they are a young person leaving the farm to find a factory job in the city. (Similar to the Lowell Girls of history) Journal must include why you are leaving, what you hope to accomplish and the challenges you will face. Use class notes.
Tue Jan 24 - The Industrial Revolution studies will continue a we look at changes in transportation as people moved west. Homework is to complete the handout consisting of the Map Mystery, Canal Fever, and ALong the Erie Canal.
Wed Jan25 - Students will study how sectionalism will start to both unify and divide the country in the early 1800s/ Homework is to complete the handout, Henry Clay's Vision
Thur Jan 26 - Students will study the various revolutions of the Latin American countries and the formation of the Monroe Doctrine. Homeowork is to take the 1/2 sheet handout to review key terms and concepts of chapter 11 in preparation for the quiz on Friday.
Fri Jan 27 - Chapter 11 quiz. No homework.
Week of Jan 16 - 20, 2012
Monday - Tuesday 1/16-17 No classes
Wednesday 1/18 - students will study the War of 1812. Homework is to complete a biography handout about Dolley Madison. Due Thursday.
Thursday 1/19 - Students will recieve a review guide handout to complete in class in order to prepare for the chapte 10 test on Friday. Homework - complete the review guide of not finished in class AND study for the ch 10 test.
Friday 1/20 - Chapter 10 test about the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and the War of 1812.
Week of Jan 9-13, 2012
Moday 1/9 - This week, students will study the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Monday will deal with Jefferson's attempts to reduce government as well as the important Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison. Homework is to read and complete the 2-sided handout about Jefferson's Inaugural Speech and the bio about John Marshall.
Tuesday 1/10 - Students will study Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase and the subsequent Lewis and Clark Expedition. Homework is to create a newspaper article of 5-7 sentences (remember who, what, where, when, why, and how) reporting on the Lewis and Clark Expedition and what they accomplished.
Wednesday 1/11 - Students will continue studying the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Homework is to create a fictitions journal entry of an individual, real or made up, from Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery. The journal entry should provide the person's point of view, details such as weather, climate, geography, personal feelings, and other details of the events being written about. Students may also include hand drawn pictures similar to those included in Lewis and Clark's journal.
Thursday 1/12 - Students will study Jefferson's 2nd term as president including the trouble overseas and the events that will lead to the War of 1812. Homework is to create a detailed political cartoon or a written editorial as if back in 1812 supporting or opposing the War of 1812 with Great Britain. Students must include three reasons in their cartoon or editorial for why they are opposing of supporting the war.
Friday 1/13 - We will deviate from our studies of Thomas Jefferson and spend a day learning about Martin Luther King prior to the national holiday clebrating the man on Monday 1/16. No homework.