1st Nine Weeks

Week of Monday, August 10th to Friday, August 14th
Weekly Essay Topic: What is manifest destiny? What role did this concept play in the expansion of the western United States?
Reading Assignment: Ch. 1 Sec. 4 [America Purchases Louisiana], Ch. 2 Sec. 5, Ch. 6, & Ch. 7 Sec. 1 [Imperialists Believe in National Superiority] (Westward Expansion)

• Monday: Assign seats, Pass out & discuss the Class Rules
  
• Tuesday: Assign textbooks; Westward Expansion Notes (start A) 1/5; Westward Expansion Study Guide; Reading assignment (Ch. 1 Sec. 4 [America Purchases Louisiana], Ch. 2 Sec. 5, Ch. 6, & Ch. 7 Sec. 1 [Imperialists Believe in National Superiority])
  
• Wednesday: Westward Expansion Notes (finish A) 2/5; Manifest Destiny Worksheet; Westward Expansion Map
  
• Thursday: Westward Expansion Notes (B) 3/5; Transcontinental Railroad & the Decline of the Buffalo Worksheet
  
• Friday: Westward Expansion Notes (C & D) 4/5; Massacre at Wounded Knee Worksheet; Weekly Essay #1 Due
  

Week of Monday, August 17th to Friday, August 21st
Weekly Essay Topic: What were the Plains Wars, & what things led to this? How did this conflict end? Discuss major milestones of the Plains Wars.
Reading Assignment: Ch. 1 Sec. 4 [America Purchases Louisiana], Ch. 2 Sec. 5, Ch. 6, & Ch. 7 Sec. 1 [Imperialists Believe in National Superiority] (Westward Expansion); Chapter 3 Section 4, Chapter 6 Section 1 [Black Southerners Gain & Lose], & Chapter 9 Section 1)

• Monday: Westward Expansion Notes (E) 5/5
  
• Tuesday: Westward Expansion Review Game
  
• Wednesday: Westward Expansion Test; Westward Expansion Unit Grade; Reading assignment (Ch. 3 Sec. 4, Ch. 6 Sec. 1 [Black Southerners Gain & Lose], & Ch. 9 Sec. 1)
  
• Thursday: Review Westward Expansion Test results; Reconstruction of the South Notes (start A) 1/4; Reconstruction of the South Study Guide
  
• Friday: Reconstruction of the South Notes (finish A & B) 2/4; Weekly Essay #2 Due
  

Week of Monday, August 24th to Friday, August 28th
Weekly Essay Topic: How did the Reconstruction plans of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, & the Radical Republicans differ? Why was there such friction between Johnson & the Radical Republicans over the Reconstruction of the South?
Reading Assignment: Chapter 3 Section 4, Chapter 6 Section 1 [Black Southerners Gain & Lose], & Chapter 9 Section 1 (Reconstruction of the South); Chapter 4 (Second Industrial Revolution)

• Monday: Reconstruction of the South Notes (C) 3/4; Radical Reconstruction Worksheet
  
• Tuesday: Reconstruction of the South Notes (D) 4/4; Legal Equality Versus Social Reality Worksheet
  
• Wednesday: Reconstruction of the South Review Game
  
• Thursday: Reconstruction of the South Test; Reconstruction of the South Unit Grade; Reading assignment (Ch. 4)
  
• Friday: Review Reconstruction of the South Test results; Second Industrial Revolution Notes (start A) 1/5; Second Industrial Revolution Study Guide; Weekly Essay #3 Due
  

Week of Monday, August 31st to Friday, September 4th
Weekly Essay Topic: What technological advance developed during the late 1800s or early 1900s do you feel has had the longest lasting impact on American life. Support your answer with specific examples.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 3 Section 4, Chapter 6 Section 1 [Black Southerners Gain & Lose], & Chapter 9 Section 1 (Reconstruction of the South); Chapter 4 (Second Industrial Revolution)

• Monday: Second Industrial Revolution Notes (finish A) 2/5; Inventions & Innovations Worksheet
  
• Tuesday: Second Industrial Revolution Notes (B) 3/5; Second Industrial Revolution Study Guide
  
• Wednesday: Second Industrial Revolution Notes (C) 4/5; Knights of Labor & the AFL Worksheet
  
• Thursday: Second Industrial Revolution Notes (D) 5/5
  
• Friday: Homestead Strike Video; Weekly Essay #4 Due
  

Week of Monday, September 7th to Friday, September 11th
Weekly Essay Topic: How did the belief in Social Darwinism held by many big business owners conflict with the desires of many labor unions for better wages, benefits, & working conditions for laborers? Discuss some labor disputes that took place during this era & how these disputes were ended.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 4 (Second Industrial Revolution); Chapter 5 & Chapter 7 Section 2 & 3 (American Urbanization & the Gilded Age)

• Monday: LABOR DAY - No School!!!
  
• Tuesday: Second Industrial Revolution Review Game
  
• Wednesday: Second Industrial Revolution Test; Second Industrial Revolution Unit Grade; Reading assignment (Ch. 5 & Ch. 7 Sec. 2 & 3)
  
• Thursday: Review Second Industrial Revolution Test; American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Notes (start A) 1/6; American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Study Guide; Immigration Worksheet
  
• Friday: American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Notes (finish A) 2/6; Pass out Family Tree Project handouts & discuss what is expected out of the project; Weekly Essay #5 Due
  

Week of Monday, September 14th to Friday, September 18th
Weekly Essay Topic: What is the difference between a "new" immigrant & an "old" immigrant? Which type of immigrant was more accepted by most Americans & why?
Reading Assignment: Chapter 5 & Chapter 7 Section 2 & 3 (American Urbanization & the Gilded Age)

• Monday: American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Notes (B) 3/6
  
• Tuesday: American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Notes (C) 4/6; Tammany Hall Worksheet
  
• Wednesday: Family Tree Project (in Library)
  
• Thursday: Family Tree Project (in Library)
  
• Friday: Family Tree Project (in Library); Weekly Essay #6 Due
  

Week of Monday, September 21st to Friday, September 25th
Weekly Essay Topic: How did Charles J. Guiteau’s assassination of President James A. Garfield in 1881 contribute to the adoption of the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883? What specifically did the Pendleton Act do?
Reading Assignment: Chapter 5 & Chapter 7 Section 2 & 3 (American Urbanization & the Gilded Age)

• Monday: American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Notes (D) 5/6
  
• Tuesday: American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Notes (E) 6/6
  
• Wednesday: Family Tree Project (in Library)
  
• Thursday: Family Tree Project (in Library); Weekly Essay #7 Due
  
• Friday: STAFF DEVELOPMENT – No School for Students!!!
  

Week of Monday, September 28th to Friday, October 2nd
Weekly Essay Topic: What policies did the People’s Party (Populist Party) favor, and why were these policies favored? Who would be helped the most and the least by Populist policies? Make sure to discuss the gold v. the silver standard.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 5 & Chapter 7 Section 2 & 3 (American Urbanization & the Gilded Age); Chapter 9 (Imperialism)

• Monday: American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Study Guide - define all terms on the study guide
  
• Tuesday: American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Review Game
  
• Wednesday: American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Test; American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Unit Grade; Reading assignment (Ch. 9)
  
• Thursday: Family Tree Project Report Due; Review American Urbanization & the Gilded Age Test; Imperialism Notes (A) 1/4; Imperialism Study Guide; Weekly Essay #8 Due
  
• Friday: Homecoming Olympics - Free Day!!!
  

Week of Monday, October 5th to Friday, October 9th
Weekly Essay Topic: No Weekly Essay!!!
Reading Assignment: Chapter 9 (Imperialism)

• Monday: Imperialism Notes (B) 2/4; Spanish-American War Map
  
• Tuesday: Imperialism Notes (C) 3/4
  
• Wednesday: Imperialism Notes (D) 4/4
  
• Thursday: Imperialism Review Game
  
• Friday: Imperialism Test; Imperialism Unit Grade; Reading assignment (Ch. 7 Sec. 1 [Women Make Gains and Suffer Setbacks] & Ch 8)
  

2nd Nine Weeks

Week of Monday, October 19th to Friday, October 23rd
Weekly Essay Topic: Some people call the Spanish-American War a "Little Splendid War." Why might this be a fair description of this war?
Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 Section 1 & Chapter 8 (Progressive Era)

• Monday: Imperialism Review Game 1/2
  
• Tuesday: Imperialism Review Game 2/2
  
• Wednesday: Imperialism Test; Reading assignment (Ch. 7 Sec. 1 [Women Make Gains and Suffer Setbacks] & Ch 8)
  
• Thursday: Review Imperialism Test results; Progressive Era Notes (A) 1/7; Progressive Era Study Guide; assign reading for Sinclair’s The Jungle Jigsaw Activity
  
• Friday: Sinclair’s The Jungle Jigsaw Activity 1/2; Weekly Essay #1b Due
  

Week of Monday, October 26th to Friday, October 30th
Weekly Essay Topic: Summarize the four The Jungle readings. What things struck you the most when discussing Upton Sinclair's The Jungle in class?
Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 Section 1 & Chapter 8 (Progressive Era)

• Monday: Sinclair's The Jungle Jigsaw Activity 2/2
  
• Tuesday: Progressive Era Notes (finish A & start B) 3/7
  
• Wednesday: Progressive Era Notes (continue B) 4/7
  
• Thursday: Progressive Era Notes (finish B & start C) 5/7
  
• Friday: Progressive Era Notes (finish C & D) 6/7; Weekly Essay #2b Due
  

Week of Monday, November 2nd to Friday, November 6th
Weekly Essay Topic: Which progressive president (T. Roosevelt, Taft, or Wilson) do you feel best captured what it meant to be a progressive? Support your position using specific examples.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 Section 1 & Chapter 8 (Progressive Era); Chapter 10 (World War I)

• Monday: Progressive Era Notes (E) 7/7; Controlling the Trusts Worksheet
  
• Tuesday: Progressive Era Review Game
  
• Wednesday: Progressive Era Test; Progressive Era Unit Grade; Reading assignment (Ch. 10)
  
• Thursday: Review Progressive Era Test results; World War I Notes (start A) 1/4; World War I Study Guide
  
• Friday: World War I Notes (finish A & B) 2/4; Weekly Essay #3b Due
  

Week of Monday, November 9th to Friday, November 13th
Weekly Essay Topic: What events caused the United States to enter the “Great War” on the side of the Allies? Give specific examples.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 10 (World War I); Chapter 10 Section 4 & Chapter 11 (Roaring '20s)

• Monday: World War I Europe Map; Lusitania & Zimmermann Note Worksheet
  
• Tuesday: World War I Notes (C) 3/4
  
• Wednesday: World War I Notes (D) 4/4
  
• Thursday: World War I Review Game
  
• Friday: World War I Test; World War I Unit Grade; Weekly Essay #4b Due; Reading assignment (Ch. 10 Sec. 4 & Ch. 11); pass out Heroes of the 1920s Project handouts & discuss what is expected
  

Week of Monday, November 16th to Friday, November 20th
Weekly Essay Topic: Why did the U.S. not approve of the League of Nations & the Treaty of Versailles? Explain.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 10 Section 4 & Chapter 11 (Roaring '20s)

• Monday: Heroes of the 1920s Project (in Library)
  
• Tuesday: Heroes of the 1920s Project (in Library)
  
• Wednesday: Heroes of the 1920s Project (in Library)
  
• Thursday: Heroes of the 1920s Project (in Library)
  
• Friday: Heroes of the 1920s Project (in Classroom); Weekly Essay #5b Due
  

Week of Monday, November 23rd to Friday, November 27th
Weekly Essay Topic: Why do you think that the person you researched was looked upon by many people as a hero during the 1920s?
Reading Assignment: Chapter 10 Section 4 & Chapter 11 (Roaring '20s)

• Monday: Heroes of the 1920s Project Presentations
  
• Tuesday: Heroes of the 1920s Project Presentations; Weekly Essay #6b Due
  
• Wednesday: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - No School!!!
  
• Thursday: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - No School!!!
  
• Friday: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - No School!!!
  

Week of Monday, November 30th to Friday, December 4th
Weekly Essay Topic: How did Henry Ford’s development of the assembly line affect the automobile industry? How did the increased number of automobiles in the U.S. permanently change modern American culture?
Reading Assignment: Chapter 10 Section 4 & Chapter 11 (Roaring '20s)

• Monday: Review World War I Test results; Roaring ‘20s Notes (start A) 1/6; Roaring ‘20s Study Guide; Red Scare Worksheet
  
• Tuesday: Review World War I Test results; Roaring ‘20s Notes (finish A) 1/6; Roaring ‘20s Study Guide; Red Scare Worksheet
  
• Wednesday: Roaring ‘20s Notes (B) 2/6; Automobile Revolution Worksheet
  
• Thursday: Roaring ‘20s Notes (C) 3/6; Business of America Worksheet
  
• Friday: Roaring ‘20s Notes (D) 4/6; Weekly Essay #7b Due
  

Week of Monday, December 7th to Friday, December 11th
Weekly Essay Topic: How did radio change American society during the 1920s. Make sure to discuss specific examples.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 10 Section 4 & Chapter 11 (Roaring '20s)

• Monday: Scopes Trial History Channel Video
  
• Tuesday: Roaring ‘20s Notes (start E) 5/6
  
• Wednesday: Roaring ‘20s Notes (finish E) 6/6; Jazz Age Worksheet
  
• Thursday: Roaring ‘20s Review Game
  
• Friday: Roaring ’20 Test; Roaring ‘20s Test; Weekly Essay #8b Due
  

Week of Monday, December 14th to Friday, December 18th
Weekly Essay Topic: No Weekly Essay
Reading Assignment: No Reading Assignment

• Monday: Review for Semester Exam
  
• Tuesday: Review for Semester Exam
  
• Wednesday: Review for Semester Exam
  
• Thursday: Review for Semester Exam
  
• Friday: Semester Exam