Tutorials
are on TH from 8:15 a.m. to 8:40 a.m.in Room 8215 and other times/days as arranged.
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 ~ WB -
American Nation Workbook
Fourth Nine Weeks
March 18 - 22
Monday: History Scene Investigation: Andrew Jackson & the Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears; Test review for test on Thursday
Tuesday: STAAR Warm-up: Read Ch 15 History Alive [Manifest Destiny & the Growing Nation]; Reading notes for Ch 15
Wednesday: STAAR Warm-up: Finish reading Ch 15 and complete reading notes; Manifest Destiny Map -- due Friday
Thursday: TEST: The Age of Jackson; work on Manifest Destiny Map - due Monday
Friday: Read Ch 16 History Alive [Life in the West]; Turn in Manifest Destiny Maps; Pre-AP - No Current Events due this week!
March 25 - 29
Monday: Movie: Trail of Tears
Tuesday: STAAR Warm-up: Reading Notes -- Life in the West; Homework -- Read American Nation Ch 13 - Section 5 and complete workbook page -- due Tuesday!
Wednesday: STAAR Warm-up: Read Ch 18 History Alive [The Era of Reform] and complete reading notes
Thursday: Finish reading Ch 18 and complete reading notes; Work on Reform Movement quiz -- this is for Homework as well and due on Monday, April 1st at the beginning of class!!!
Friday: NO SCHOOL TODAY!
April 1 - 5
Monday: Turn in Reform Movement Quiz; Read Ch 19 History Alive [The World of the North & South]; Reading notes
Tuesday: STAAR TEST -- MATH
Wednesday: STAAR TEST -- READING
Thursday: Finish reading Ch 19 and complete reading notes; Homework -- Read American Nation -- Ch 14, Sections 1 & 4 and complete corresponding workbook pages -- due Friday
Friday: Movie: Mill Times; Pre-AP - Current Events due today
April 8 - 12
Monday: STAAR Warm-up - finish "Mill Times": Read Ch 20 History Alive [African Americans at Mid-Century]; Reading notes
Tuesday: STAAR Warm-up: Finish reading Ch 20 and complete reading notes; Homework -- Read American Nation Ch 16 Sections 1, 2, & 3 and complete corresponding workbook pages -- due Wednesday!
Wednesday: STAAR Warm-up; Review for Ch 18, 19, 20 test
Thursday: TEST: Chapters 18, 19, 20
Friday: STAAR Warm-up: Read Ch 21 History Alive [A Dividing Nation]; Reading notes; Pre-AP - Current Events due today
April 15 - 19
Monday: STAAR Warm-up: Finish reading Ch 21 and complete reading notes; Homework -- Read American Nation Ch 17 Section 1 and complete corresponding workbook page -- due Tuesday!
Tuesday: Read Ch 22 History Alive [The Civil War]; Reading notes
Wednesday: Finish reading Ch 22 and complete reading notes; Pre-Civil War/Civil War Quiz -- due at the end of class on Thursday!
Thursday: Read Ch 23 History Alive [The Reconstruction Era]; Homework -- Read American Nation Ch 18 Sections 3 & 4 and complete corresponding workbook pages -- due Friday!
Friday: Gallery Walk -- Review for Social Studies STAAR; Pre-AP - No Current Events due this week
April 22 - 26
Monday: Review for Social Studies STAAR
Tuesday: STAAR TEST -- Social Studies
Wednesday: STAAR TEST -- Science
Thursday: Movie: The Blue & the Gray
Friday: Movie: The Blue & the Gray; Pre-AP: No Current Events due today
April 29 - May 3
Monday: Movie: The Blue & the Gray
Tuesday: Movie: The Blue & the Gray
Wednesday: "Missing Work" workday!
Thursday: Work on test review -- Manifest Destiny & Industrialization - North & South
Friday: Movie: The Blue & the Gray; Pre-AP - Current Events due today
May 6 - 10
Monday: TEST -- Manifest Destiny & Industrialization; turn in MD & Industrialization test reviews with test; Work on test review -- Sectionalism and the Civil War
Tuesday: Work on test review -- Sectionalism, Civil War, & Reconstruction; Assign Baseball Card Project - due Tuesday, May 14
Wednesday: Movie: The Blue & the Gray
Thursday: Review for test on Friday; Work on Baseball Card Project; Movie: The Blue & the Gray
Friday: TEST: Sectionalism, Civil War, & Reconstruction; turn in test review; Pre-AP - Current Events due today
May 13 - 17
Monday: Citizenship
Tuesday: Baseball Card Project Due today! Baseball Card Presentations!!!
Wednesday: Baseball Card Presentations!!!; Citizenship
Thursday:
Friday: Pre-AP -- Current Events due today (last time!!!!)
May 20 - 24
Monday:
Tuesday: Final Exam Review
Wednesday: Final Exam Review
Thursday: Final Exam Review
Friday: 8th Graders to Main Event for end of year celebration :)
May 27 - 31
Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Final Exams
Wednesday: Final Exams
Thursday: Final Exams -- Early Release
Friday: Final Exams -- Early Release
Thanks for a great year!!! Have a wonderful summer and enjoy your high school years :)
Third Nine Weeks
January 7 - 11, 2013Monday: late arrival; modified schedule; will go over 2nd Semester Expectations :)Tuesday: Geography Bee -- all classesWednesday: Warm-up: Argue -- Yes or No?; Read Ch 8 History Alive [Articles of Confederation & U.S. Constitution]Thursday: Warm-up: Articles of Confederation; Continue reading Ch 8 and notesFriday: Warm-up: Compromise & the Constitution; Finish reading Ch 8 and notes; Ch 8 Processing Assignment; Pre-AP -- No Current Events this week!January 14 - 18Monday: Warm-up: Live in Another Time in History; Chapter 8 Open Note/Open Book QuizTuesday: Warm-up: Constitutional Words; Schoolhouse Rock: Preamble to Constitution; BYOD DAY!!!!! Bring your "device" to school today -- take online Constitution Quiz on teacherweb (click on link...!); Begin reading Ch 9 in History Alive [Constitution & the Government]Wednesday: Warm-up: More Constitutional Words; Continue reading Ch 9; Reading NotesThursday: Warm-up: Slavery & the Constitution; Preamble Quiz; Ch 9 Reading NotesFriday: Warm-up: Federalists & Anti-Federalists; Work on Review for Constitution Assessment; Pre-AP -- Current Events due this weekJanuary 21 - 25Monday: MLK, Jr. Holiday -- No SchoolTuesday: Assessment: The Constitution; Work on Ch 9 Reading NotesWednesday: 8th Graders meet with counselors for 4-year high school planningThursday: Warm-up: The Branches of Government; Complete Ch 9 Reading Notes;
Friday: Warm-up: Reputation; Review the branches of government, processes of how a bill becomes a law, and how amendments to the Constitution can be proposed and approved; Pre-AP -- Current Events due this weekJanuary 28 - February 1Monday: Warm-up: Qualities of a Leader; Applying the Constitutional Articles; Ch 9 Quiz Tuesday: Warm-up: Nicest Things; Bill of Rights Video;Afternoon Assembly 2:45 - 3:45Wednesday: Warm-up: Define -- federalism, checks & balances, impeach, veto, bicameral, popular sovereignty, interest groups, interstate commerce; Read Ch 10 in History Alive [Bill of Rights] Thursday: Warm-up: No Hope; Bill of Rights FoldableFriday: Warm-up: Bill of Rights; Work on Review for A More Perfect Union; Pre-AP -- Current Events due this weekFebruary 4 - 8Monday: Warm-up: STAAR; Finish Review and Finish Bill of Rights FoldableTuesday: Assessment: A More Perfect UnionWednesday: Warm-up: STAAR; Bill of Rights Quiz with Foldable; Review - Government & Constitution Thursday: Warm-up: STAAR; Constitution Interpretations; Supreme Court CasesFriday: Warm-up: STAAR; Supreme Court Cases; Pre-AP -- Current Events due this weeksFebruary 11 - 15Monday: Warm-up: STAAR; Read Ch 11 in History Alive [A New Republic]Tuesday: Warm-up: STAAR; Finish reading Ch 11Wednesday: Warm-up: STAAR; Ch 11 Reading NotesThursday: Warm-up: STAAR; Political Developments in the Early Republic Assignment; Political BannersFriday: STAAR; Movie -- The American Presidents; Political Banners; Pre-AP -- Current Events due this weekFebruary 18 -22Monday: Warm-up: STAAR; Read Ch 12 in History Alive [Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation]; Ch 12 NotesTuesday: Warm-up: STAAR; Read Ch 12 and work on Ch 12 NotesWednesday: Warm-up: STAAR; Finish Ch 12 Notes; Political Parties AssignmentThursday: Warm-up: STAAR; Graph -- Leaders Contribute to Society; Foreign Policy Agenda AssignmentFriday: Movie -- War of 1812; Pre-AP -- Current Events due this weekFebruary 25 - March 1Monday: Movie -- War of 1812Tuesday: Warm-up: STAAR; Work on test review for The Age of the RepublicWednesday: Warm-up: STAAR; Review - protective tariffs, Judiciary Act, Naturalization Act, Louisiana Purchase, purchase of Florida; Work on test review for The Age of the Republic -- homework if not finishedThursday: Test -- Age of the Republic; Read Ch 13 in History Alive [A Growing Sense of Nationhood]; Homework -- Ch 13 Assignment - due on Friday, March 1, 2013Friday: Movie -- Lewis & Clark; Pre-AP -- No Current Events due this weekMarch 4 - 8Monday: Warm-up: STAAR; Finish reading Ch 13 in History Alive [A Growing Sense of Nationhood]; Ch 13 Reading Notes; Homework -- Ch 13 Assignment - due on Tuesday, March 5th Tuesday: Warm-up: STAAR; Read Ch 14 in History Alive [Andrew Jackson & the Growth of American Democracy] Ch 14 Reading NotesWednesday: Warm-up: STAAR; Finish reading and Ch 14 Reading NotesThursday: 3rd Nine Weeks BenchmarkFriday: Pre-AP -- No Current Events due this week!March 11 - 15 Spring Break.....Enjoy!!!