Reconstruction Unit begins: NOTES, "Effects of Reconstruction"

Study Guide handed out. Due on Thursday, Sep. 15 at beginning of class.

Homework: Read Chapter 1 in "Reconstructing America".

NOTES/Reading: Lincoln vs. Radical Republican.

Lincoln v. Radical Republicans and Examples from the Jim Crow South

Amendments 13, 14, & 15.

"Plessy v. Ferguson" Homework: Crossword Puzzle

QUIZ: Reconstruction. Study Guides due.

Begin Civil Rights Unit (pre-test/DBQ)

Good/Poor Essay Writing

NOTES: Brown v. Board of Ed., 1954

"Eyes on the Prize": Emmett Till and Montgomery Bus Boycott

"Eyes on the Prize": Montgomery and Little Rock

"Eyes on the Prize": Sit-ins and "Bull"Connor

"Eyes on the Prize": "Bull" Connor and Quiz

NOTES: Dr. King v. Malcolm X

"Eyes on the Prize": Muhammad Ali

NOTES: War on Poverty/Great Society

Catch-up Day (Study Guides)

Review Session: Civil Rights

TEST: Reconstruction and Civil Rights

DBQ Portion of Test (documents during class, essay as homework).

Start of "Old West" Unit. Receive new study guide.

Homestead Act. Homework: Read Chapter 11 "Meanwhile, Out West"

Part One: "The Ox-Bow Incident".

Part Two: "The Ox-Bow Incident"/ Reading Quiz on Chapter 13

Part Three: "The Ox-Bow Incident"

Due Process of Law

Sears Catalog 1902- Research in the Computer Lab

Grange Movement/Populist Party Notes/Discussion

VIP's of the West and "The Ox-Bow Incident" Characters

Review for tomorrow's test/Mr. and Mrs. Cobb Guest Speakers

TEST: Old West

Hand back/Go over Old West Tests... Begin Immigration Unit

"This American Life": "Cowboys and Indians"

Immigration: Assimilation of New and Old Immigrants

Receive new study guide/Film Scene: "The Strawberry Blonde"

Notes: Anti-Immigration Movements

Modern City Layouts/Demographics

Poster Analysis: New Providence Over Time

Statue of Liberty/Ellis & Angel Island

Computer Lab: "Storycorps" Listening Activity

Catch-Up Day/Review for Tuesday's Test

Study Guides due. TEST on Immigration.

Mini-Unit: Vertical Integration (Project at end of unit)

Finish "Immigration Stations" Test

The Richest 40 Americans of All Time

Vertical Integration Projects due no later than 3:00 p.m.

Hand back VI Project Grades/ National Geographic Geography Bee Quiz

Companies vs. Corporations/ Symbolism in Political Cartoons

HW: Read Chapter 5 in "A History of US"

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Video: The Homestead Strike

Differences between Labor Unions (T-Chart)

Political Cartoon Analysis (S.P.A.M.)

Inventors and Inventions

Review for Friday's test.

TEST on Industry.... Study Guides due at beginning of class.

Essay: In class. Choose one of three. Due at end of class.

Return tests & study guides. TED speech on "Washing Machines".

"The Wizard of Oz" as a political cartoon; Part I.

Part II of "The Wizard of Oz"

Part III of "The Wizard of Oz"

Quiz: Oz Symbolism/Political Cartoons

Creation of "Reform Foldable"

Fairy Tales/Nursery Rhymes in Political Cartoons

Pre-"Test": DBQ of Reformers/Progressives

Modern Day Muckrakers

Reform Amendments (16, 17, 18, and 19)

Theodore Roosevelt Biography

Review for Reform Test (During 10th period).

TEST: Reformers/Progressives

Completed Foldable is due at beginning of class.

Reform DBQ (with Essay) is due at beginning of class.

Hand back Reform Tests/Begin US Imperialism Unit

Hand back tests/foldables. Begin unit on US Imperialism

Group Work: US Imperialism

China/Japan Presentations

Hawaii/Alaska Presentations

Yellow Journalism/Spanish American War NOTES

Puerto Rico/Cuba/Philippines Presentations

Panama Canal Presentation

TEST: Imperialism

Imperialism Chart/Map due at beginning of class.

REVIEW: Reconstruction & Civil Rights Movement

REVIEW: Old West/Immigration

REVIEW: Industry/Reform/Imperialism

Midterm Exam, Part I (Multiple Choice & Matching)

Midterm Exam, Part II (Document Based Questions)

Midterm Exam, Part III (Essay)

Start World War I Unit

Notes: Causes of WWI, Foldable: Assemble & Label

Propaganda during WWI/Classwork on Dictionary

10th period Movie: "Paths of Glory", part 1

US Entry to WWI/Classwork on Dictionary

10th period Movie: "Paths of Glory", part 2

US Homefront/Dictionary Work

10th period Movie: "Paths of Glory", part 3

Treaty of Versailles/Post-War Map of Europe

Classwork: Finish World War I Dictionary. 10th period review.

League of Nations/Wilson vs. GOP

TEST on World War I/A-Z Dictionary Due at beginning of class.

1920's/30's groups and topics

Rubrics for groups/Begin research using classroom texts.

Classroom Research

"Prohibition" Video/Notes: Social Changes in the 1920's

Classroom Research

Excerpt from Charlie Chaplin film. Notes: Dust Bowl

Computer Lab ("Inspiration" Diagrams).

Computer Lab ("Inspiration" Diagrams due at end of day.

Presentations Begin. Notes: Causes of Stock Market Crash

Notes: Stock Market Crash Effects/Presentations Continue

Excerpt from "It's a Wonderful Life" (Run on the bank)

Court Case Review: Scopes, Lindbergh, Scottsboro, and "Black Sox"

Notes: Hoover vs. FDR's approach to ending the depression

Relief, Recovery, and Reform: Group Work

Court Packing and Deficit Spending/ DBQ: Start in class, finish for HW

DBQ Due at Beginning of Class/FDR in Political Cartoons

Classwork/Bookwork: Beginnings of World War II

US Foreign Policy during 1930's

"Cash and Carry" vs. "Lend-Lease"

WWII Map/Homefront USA

Propaganda during WWII

Rosie the Riveter/European Theater of WWII

European Theater of WWII

D-Day through V-E Day

Pacific Theater of WWII

Nuremberg/Internment Camps/United Nations

WWII Crossword Puzzle/1945 Pictorial

WWII Crossword Puzzle/1945 Pictorial

WWII Writing Assignment

Begin Cold War Unit. Read pgs. 3-4, do "Dictionary Exercise" and "Challenges"

Read "Truman's Dilemma", do "Dictionary Exercise" and "Challenges"

Read "The Soviet Union", do "Dictionary Exercise" and "Challenges"

Finish Pink Packet for MONDAY. Also, TEST on Friday, May 11th.

Pink Packets due at beginning of period. Space Race on VHS

Return Pink Packets. Watch remainder of "The Atomic Cafe"

Cuba: Castro coup/Bay of Pigs/Missile Crisis

Review during class for Friday's test on Cold War.

TEST: Cold War

Intro NOTES: Vietnam

Return Cold War Tests/ "The Russians Are Coming..."

Continue movie

Continue movie

Finish movie

Finish notes on "Timeline of Vietnam War"/Return Cold War Tests

Geography Mini-Unit: North America (Quiz on Wed. May 30th)

Map Quiz: North America