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US History Assignments


*****All dates and assignments subject to change at teacher’s discretion*****

Sept. 2/3 - Class expectations and other info.
             Begin Map Assignment 
             HW: Finish maps for open-map test next class!

Sept. 4/5 - Open map test
            Receive Text book
            Explorer activity 
            HW: Read and WS Ch. 1/Columbian Exchange

Sept. 8/9 - SOL Pre-Test
              Finish explorers
              HW: Read and WS Ch. 2

Sept. 10/11 - Discuss explorers
              Quiz
              Video: Three Worlds Meet
              HW: Read and WS Ch. 3:1-2
                 
Sept. 12/15 - Notes: Colonial America
              Video: Jamestown
              HW: Read and WS Ch. 3: 3-4
                  Map: The 13 Colonies
                  
Sept. 16/17 - Continue notes
              HW: Colonial Chart 
                   Review for test

Sept. 18/19 - Finish notes
            -HW: Review for test


Sept. 22/23 - Test: Exploration and Colonization
                  HW: Read and WS Ch. 4: 1-2

Sept. 24/25 - Notes: American Revolution
                  HW: Read and WS Ch. 4:3-4

Sept. 26/29 - Continue Notes
 		American Revolution Project Assignment (due Oct. 6/7)
           
Sept. 30/Oct.1 - Finish notes
           		Quiz
           		America Rocks!
			HW: Test Review

Oct. 2/3 – Test: American Revolution
		Library to work on project
		HW: Finish Project

Oct. 6/7 - Projects are due!!
            HW: Read and WS Ch. 5:1-3

Oct. 8/9 -  Notes: Shaping a New Nation
              HW: Read: Constitution Handbook
                  WS: Constitution Scavenger Hunt
               

Oct. 10/13 – Video: Preamble
              Notes: The Constitution
              HW:Bill of Rights WS & Acrostic Poem

Oct. 14/15 - Discuss Constitution
            Quiz
            Video: Empire of Reason
            HW: Check Yourself/Test Review


Oct. 16/17 - Test: New Government & Constitution
              Explorer Project Handed Out
            HW: Read and WS: Ch. 6:1-2 
             	
         
Oct. 20/21 -  Notes: The New Nation
            HW: Read and WS: Ch. 6:3-4

Oct. 22/23 -  Notes continued
           Louisiana Purchase
           HW: Read and WS: Ch. 7:1-3

          
Oct. 24/27 - Notes continued
              Read and WS: Ch. 7:4 & Ch. 8:1


Oct. 28/29 -  Turn in Extra Credit
             Finish notes
             Quiz
              HW: Review for test
       
Oct. 30/31 - Test: Ch. 6, 7, 8:1 - Challenges of the New Nation
               HW: Read and WS:8:2-3

          
Nov. 5/6 - Begin Notes: Reform Movement
     HW: Frederick Douglas Reading/8:4
          Finish explorers
    
Nov. 7/10 – Explorers due back to class!
		Continue notes
     		CW/HW: Slave map and graph (quiz grade)
     
Nov. 12/13 - Quiz: Ch. 8
     Notes: Westward Expansion
     HW: Read and WS: 9:1-2
     

Nov. 14/17 - Notes: Westward Expansion
     CW/HW: Read and WS:9:3/Trail Map
        Review Sheet

Nov. 18/19 - Test: Reform and Westward Expansion
       HW: Read and WS: 10:1-2

Nov. 20/21 - Walkabout: Steps to the Civil War
          HW: Read and WS:10:3-4

Nov. 24/25 - Notes: Civil War
          Civil War Map
         HW: Finish map

Nov. 26 - Early dismissal

Nov. 27/28 - Have a great Thanksgiving Break!

Dec. 1/2- Continue Notes
         HW: Read and WS:11:1-2

Dec. 3/4 - Quiz
		Continue Notes
         	HW: Read and WS:11:3-4

Dec. 5/8 - Finish notes
               HW: Read and WS:11:5
                Begin Review for Test

Dec. 9/10- Civil War Test
        
         
Dec. 11-16 -  Watch the movie "Glory" and complete worksheet

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