Please Note: Every
effort is made to follow the assignment schedule; however, assignments are
subject to change at the discretion of the teacher.
KEY to abbreviations:
AN ~ Prentice Hall-The American Nation textbook HA ~ TCI-History
Alive textbook ISN ~ Interactive Student Notebook
Week of August 24-28, 2009
Class syllabus & other paperwork; Getting to Know You activities; assembly of
Interactive Student Notebooks including decorating binders!; begin work on
States & Capitals Assignment
Week of August 31-September 4, 2009
States & Capitals Quizzes by region; read Ch 1 AN & complete assignment; ABC
Brainstorming activity, read Ch 2 in American Nation & complete assignment;
quiz over Ch 1 & 2 American Nation; Pre-AP-Current Events
Monday - Quiz over western states (Alaska, Hawaii, Washington,
Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah)
Tuesday - Quiz over midwestern states (North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio)
Wednesday - Quiz over southern states (Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware)
Thursday - Quiz over northeastern states (Pennsylvania, New
York, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New Jersey)
Week of September 8-11, 2009
States & Capitals Test on THURSDAY; Finish reading Ch 2 and assignment;
Preview activity for Ch 1 History Alive, begin reading Ch 1 and work on
associated assignments; Pre-AP-Current Events
Week of September 14-18, 2009
Review for Ch 1 Test; Chapter 1 TEST on Tuesday, 9/15/09; Read Ch 2 in History
Alive; Ch 2 ISN assignments; Videos: Discovery School Video: Slave Ship;
Constitution Day assignment on 9/17/09; Pre-AP - Current Events
Week of September 21-25, 2009
Review for Ch 2 Test; Chapter 2 TEST on Thursday 9/24/09; ; Read Ch 3 in HA;
Ch 3 assignments & Rainbow Notes; Pre-AP-Current Events; Hand out 13 Colonies
Project Assignment; Begin movie: Desperate Crossing - The Untold Story of the
Mayflower
Week of September 28-October 2, 2009
Continue reading Ch 3 in History Alive and working on Reading Notes;
Triangular Trade group activity; Pre-AP-Current Events
Week of October 5-9, 2009
Movie: more of Desperate Crossing - The Untold Story of the Mayflower; Finish
Triangular Trade lesson; Complete Ch 3 Rainbow Notes and Processing
Assiginment; 13 Colonies Project check for a quiz
grade on WED, 10/07 (students should have the front cover & all
pages for New England completed by 10/9); Begin reading Ch 4 in HA and working
on reading notes; ISN check (for test grade); Pre-AP-Current Events
Week of October 13-16, 2009
Read and complete Ch 4 assignments; Ch 3 & 4 Quiz; hand out review for Ch 3 &
4 Test; 13 Colonies Project due this Friday, October
16; Pre-AP-Current Events
{end of 1st nine weeks grading period}
Week of October 19-23, 2009
Ch 3 & 4 Test on TU, 10/20; Movie:
Johnny Tremain; Benchmark Exam on
TH 10/22; Pre-AP-Current Events
Week of October 26-30, 2009
Begin reading Ch 5 in History Alive; Reading Notes for Ch 5; Movie: Boston
Massacre & graphic organizer; Assign Crisis in the Colonies Project;
Pre-AP-Current Events
Week of November 2-6, 2009
Movie: Rebels & Redcoats: Begin prep for Town Hall meetings; Taxes, Tea, &
Tyranny Lesson; Crisis in the Colonies
Project - due on 11/6/09; Pre-AP- Current Events
Week of November 9-13, 2009
Town Hall meetings; Begin reading Ch 6; Reading Notes for Ch 6; Pre-AP-Current
Events
Week of November 16-20, 2009
Test Review for Ch 5 & 6 Test; Ch 5 & 6 Test on TH, November 19th
Pre-AP-Current Events
Week of November 30-December 4, 2009
Read Ch 7; Reading Notes for Ch 7; American Revolution "Capture the Flag";
Pre-AP-Current Events
Week of December 7-11, 2009
ISN check (this is a test grade); Extra
Credit for 2nd Nine Weeks due WED, December 9th; Pre-AP-Current Events
Week of December 14-18, 2009
Midterm Exam Reviews & Midterms Early dismissal on TH & FR
{end of 2nd nine weeks grading period}
***************End of First Semester***************