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Late 1970s & Beyond!

5/23/2016

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Thursday 6/16/16
Homework:
Have a great summer

Daily Activities:
None - Last day of school
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​Journal Entry:

Wednesday 6/15/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
5/6 Final Exam 
Journals and HW packet due - I will not except any late work on this

​Journal Entry:

Tuesday 6/14/16
Homework:
Study for final

Daily Activities:
3/4  finals 

​Journal Entry:
​None


Monday 6/13/16
Homework:
Study for final

Daily Activities:
2nd  - Movie

5/6 - No class, graduation 

​Journal Entry:
None


Friday 6/10/16
Homework:
2 - None
5/6 Study for final

Daily Activities:
2 - Final Exam
2nd period journals & HW packet due, late work will not be accepted
5/6 - Study time
LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE WORK FOR ALL STUDENTS 

​Journal Entry:
None 

Thursday 6/9/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Finish film presentations, final review
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​Journal Entry:

Wednesday 6/8/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Film project presentations
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​Journal Entry:

Tuesday 6/7/16
Homework:
Prep & research for film project 
​
Daily Activities:
Prep & research for film project 
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​Journal Entry:

Monday 6/6/16
Homework:
Prep & research for film project 
​
Daily Activities:
Prep & research for film project 
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​Journal Entry:

Friday 6/3/16
Homework:
Prep & research for film project 
Make sure you watch the film. Due Monday 6/6/16
Daily Activities:
Finish Politics of the 90s.
Film Analysis Project - 
Film List
Film Analysis Power Point and Guidline
Rubric
Assignment​
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​Journal Entry:
What's your favorite 80s or 90s movie (if you can't pick one, pick one from each decade)

Thursday 6/2/16
Homework:
  • Answer the questions pertaining the politics of the late 1980s & early 1990s
    • Use TCI or the excerpts from Tindal & Shi - Tindal & Shi Bush Sr. and Clinton
  • Finish and complete the daily activity (see below)
  • Have permission slip signed for the film analysis project
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Daily Activities:
1980s & 1990s Pop Culture

​Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 6/1/16
Homework:
Film Project Permission slip - Due Friday 6/3/16
2nd Period - Finish Iran Contra Affair Reading & Questions 

Daily Activities:
Reagan Iran Contra Affair

​Journal Entry:
Two Questions - 
  1. Socially speaking, what policy or event defines the Reagan era?
  2. Explain Reaganomics in your own terms. 

Tuesday 5/31/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Reagan Social Issues

​Journal Entry:
​•Using your notes (and a book if needed) answer the following question –
–What are some of the highlights of the Ford and Carter presidencies?

Monday 5/30/16
NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

Friday 5/27/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Thursday 5/26/16
Homework: 

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Wednesday 5/25/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:

​Journal Entry:

Tuesday 5/24/16
Homework:
Finish the Iran Hostage Questions if you didn't get them done in class
Iran Hostage Questions PP
Questions

Daily Activities:
Iran Hostage Crisis
​Journal Entry:

Monday 5/23/16
Homework:
Finish the Iran Hostage Questions if you didn't get them done in class

Daily Activities:
Finished the time of meh... 


​Journal Entry:
None

Friday 5/20/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Start the time of Meh... Ford and Carter

Journal Entry:
​What do you know about the late 1970s?
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Unit 7 - 1960s America

3/27/2016

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Thursday 5/19/16
Homework:
None
​
Daily Activities:
Unit Exam 
Journals and HW packet due today

​Journal Entry:
​None

Wednesday 5/18/16
Homework:
Study for test
Daily Activities:
2nd Period - Review for exam
5/6 Period - Nixon response question (20 min) and exam review

​Journal Entry:
​None

Tuesday 5/17/16
Homework:
2nd Period  - None
Due Wednesday 5/18/16
5/6 Period  - Finish Nixon Web Quest & study for test

Daily Activities:
2nd Period - Vietnam Protest - Create a Slogan & Poster Assignment
5/6 Period - All lit

​Journal Entry:

Monday 5/16/16
Homework:
2nd Period - None
5/6 Period - Nixon Web Quest. Answer the questions using the documents included below.  This is a longer assignment, I would start on it tonight and finish it tomorrow. 
  • US v Nixon
  • Smoking Gun 
Due Wednesday 5/18/16


Daily Activities:
Vietnam Protest

​Journal Entry:

Friday 5/13/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Vietnam Protest

Journal Entry:
​None

Thursday 5/12/16
Homework:
Finish My Lai Massacre - see 5/10/16

Daily Activities:
Vietnam Protest

​Journal Entry:

Wednesday 5/11/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Finish Vietnam, start protest

​Journal Entry:

Tuesday 5/10/16
Homework:
Find 2 war protest songs from the 1960s or 1970s excluding Ohio by Crosby Stills Nash and Young. Explain what in the lyrics make the songs anti-war.
Print and bring to class or have a way to read My Lai Massacre

​Due Wednesday 5/11/16
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Daily Activities:
​My Lai Massacre 
1968 Election
The War at home - Start protest and the Living Room War
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Journal Entry:

Monday 5/9/16
Homework:
Finish We Were Soldiers Write up
​Due Tuesday 5/10/16

Daily Activities:
Finish We Were Soldiers (if we haven't yet)

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 5/6/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Chapter 52 the TCI textbook
Due Monday 5/9/16
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Daily Activities:
We Were Soldiers
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​Journal Entry:

Thursday 5/5/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Chapter 52 the TCI textbook
Due Monday 5/9/16

Daily Activities:
We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers alternative assignment

​Journal Entry:

Wednesday 5/4/16
Homework:
Show the opt out form for We Were Soldiers to your parents. 

Read and take notes from Chapter 52 the TCI textbook
Due Monday 5/9/16

Daily Activities:
Jigsawed Vietnam Battles

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 5/3/16
Homework:
Finish Vietnam Battles Jigsaw

Daily Activities:
Work day on jigsaw

Daily Journal Entry:
​None

Monday 5/2/16
Homework:
Start on Vietnam Battles Jigsaw
Due Wednesday 5/5/16

Daily Activities:
Finished discussion of chapter 50/51 questions
Started Vietnam Battles Jigsaw

Daily Journal Entry:
What do you think had a greater impact on US soldiers lack of support by the Vietnamese people or lack of support back home in the US?

Friday 4/29/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Chapter 50/51 questions discussion

Journal Entry:
Hawks and Doves, what are they? What was their argument for escalating the war?

Thursday 4/28/16
Homework:
Finish chapter 50/51 questions

Daily Activities:
Brief work on questions, started going through and clarifying information from chapters 50/51

Journal Entry:
Based on what you know so far why is the United States involved with any conflict in Vietnam?

Wednesday 4/27/16
Homework:
Work on Chapter 50/51 Questions

Daily Activities:
Sub today - Worked on questions

Journal:
​None

Tuesday 4/26/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Tonkin Gulf Incident

Journal:
What is the difference between a controversy and a conspiracy?
How does the Tonkin Gulf Incident fit into that spectrum? (Based on what you know)

Monday 4/25/16
Homework:
Critically read the background section & Conflict in Vietnam section of the Tonkin Gulf Incident, print or have a way to access the article for class on Tuesday.
  • Due Tuesday 4/26/16

Daily Activities:
Introduction to Vietnam

Journal Entry:
What do you know about Vietnam?

Friday 4/22/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from chapter 50 sections 1-4
​Due Monday 4/25/16
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Daily Activities:
Kennedy debates

​Journal Entry:
Was Kennedy killed by a lone gunman or not?

Thursday 4/21/16
Homework:
Finish Kennedy read
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Daily Activities:
Finish discussion of politics/presidents from the 60s
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Journal Entry:
Explain both the long and short term impacts of the president you researched

Wednesday 4/20/16
Homework:
Work on Kennedy read
​​Daily Activities:
​Presidents of the 1960s 
  • 1960s Presidential research
Due at the end of the period today, Wednesday 4/20/16
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Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 4/19/16
Homework:
Start Kennedy Read
  • Critically read the following sections, this is a long one so make sure you start it early.
​Due Friday 4/22/16
You will be broken into groups you will need to read the following information...
  • Everyone will read - 
    • Background
    • A suspect Apprehended, and murdered
    • Warren Commission concludes Kennedy was shot by a lone gunman
    • Criticism of Warren's Findings Prompts Congressional
      Investigation
  • Depending on your group read...
    • Either the case for or against that a lone gunman killed Kennedy
    • This is where the groups come into play
  • Be prepared to discuss this case with your group members and the class

Daily Activities:
  • Introduced the unit 
  • Started 1960s politics

Journal Entry:
​How was break?

Monday 4/18/16
Homework:
None
​
Daily Activities
Post assessment

Journal Entry;
None

Unit 7 Survey - click on the link and fill out the survey.
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Unit 6 - Post WWII & The 1950s

2/22/2016

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Thursday 4/7/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Unit 6 Exam 
  • You can have one note card 3X5 front and back, handwritten for this exam
  • You will also have your old note for the re-occurring questions on this exam
  • Both note cards are due when the exam is turned in

Journal:
None

Wednesday 4/6/16
Homework:
Study for exam

Daily Activities:
Review day
  • Review Questions 2nd Period
  • Review Questions 5/6 Period

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 4/5/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Finish Unit and answer questions regarding exam 
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​Journal Entry:

Monday 4/4/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Race

Journal Entry:
2nd  - What were Sit Ins? Why are they significant, who was involved, and what was the goal of the people involved?
5/6 - What were Malcolm X and Martin Luther King advocating in their articles? (“The Ballot or the Bullet” and “Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom”)?


Friday 4/1/16
Homework:
Finish final draft

Daily Activities:
Race
​Cover page due - must be able to produce a copy in class for stamp (on your phone or CPU is acceptable)

​Journal Entry:

Thursday 3/31/16
Homework:
Finish cover page 

Daily Activities:
​Race
Works cited due - must be able to produce a copy in class for stamp (on your phone or CPU is acceptable)

Journal Entry:

Wednesday 3/30/16
Homework:
2nd - Read and take notes from TCI chapter 45 all
  • Due Thursday 3/31/16
5/6 - Read and take notes from TCI chapter 45 all
  • Due Friday 4/1/16

Daily Activities:
2nd - Race
5/6 - Workday in CPU lab

Journal Entry:
2nd - 
5/6 - None


Tuesday 3/29/16
Homework:
2nd - Read and take notes from TCI chapter 44 section 5-7 from 
  • Due Wednesday 3/30
5/6 - Read and take notes from TCI chapter 44 all
  • Due Thursday 3/31

Daily Activities:
​2nd - CPU lab work day
​5/6 - Race, and peer review of 2nd rough draft

Journal Entry:
2nd - none
5/6 - What were the long term impacts of the FHA?

Monday 3/28/16
Homework:
2nd - Work on 2nd rough draft
5/6 - Read and take notes from chapter 43 section 4
  • Due Tuesday 3/30/16

Daily Activities:
2nd - Race
5/6 - Plessy v Ferguson & segregation

Journal Entry:
2nd -What was CORE, what was its impact? 
5/6 - What do you remember about Jim Crow laws?

Friday 3/25/16
Homework:
Work on 2nd rough draft

Daily Activities:
Peer review of 1st rough draft. 

Journal:
None

Thursday 3/24/16
Homework:
Work on rough draft. 

Daily Activities:
2nd - Brown v Board
5/6 - Youth Culture, Rock & Roll

​Journal:
2nd - Explain the events that occurred that led to Brown v Board of Education. 
5/6 - How different is the youth in 2016 from the 1950s?

Wednesday 3/23/16
Homework:
2nd  - Print and critically read Brown v Board of Education
Due Friday 

5/6 -  Research Rock and Roll and answer the following questions.
  1. Define Rock and Roll, explain why it is different from the norm in the 1950s and why that makes it counterculture.
  2. What is the difference between Rock and Roll, and Rockabilly?
  3. Who were the top artists (minimum of 5) from the 1950s, which genre do they fall under Rock or Rockabilly?
Due Thursday

Daily Activities:
CPU Lab workday. 

​Journal:
None

Tuesday 3/22/16
Homework:
Work on 1st rough draft. 

Daily Activities:
2nd - Classwork questions
5/6 - Peer reviews of level 4 outline

Journal:
None

Monday 3/21/16
Homework:
2nd - Nothing
5/6 - Finish the Youth Culture Research if you didn't in class

Daily Activities:
2nd - 1950s Race
5/6 - 1950s Youth Culture

Journal:
2nd - 
5/6 - 

Friday 3/18/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
2nd - 1950s Race
5/6 - All lit

​Journal:
​None

Thursday 3/17/16
Homework:
Finish reading Plessy v Ferguson

Daily Activities:
Peer review of outline, Race in the 1950s

​Journal:

Wednesday 3/16/16
Homework:
Work on 3 level outline

Daily Activities:
Finish Urban Sprawl, start Race in the 1950s.
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Journal:

Tuesday 3/15/16
​Homework:
Work on 3 level outline

Daily Activities:
2nd - Finish McCarthyism, start Urban Sprawl
5/6 - Start Urban Sprawl

Journal:
None

Monday 3/14/16
Homework:
None

​Daily Activities:
  • Finished McCarthyism
  • Thesis peer reviews
  • 5/6 - Survey

Journal Entry:
How would you respond McCarthyism?



Friday 3/11/16
Homework:
Work on thesis revisions for JP

Daily Activities:
McCarthyism
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Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 3/10/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:
2 - Korean War
5/6 - McCarthyism 

Journal Entry:
2 - What do you know about the Korean War?
5 - None, Peer review of thesis statements. 

Wednesday 3/9/16
Homework:
Read Chapter 40 Sections 2 & 3 from TCI
Write down the definitions for each of the vocab words found in both sections
Due Thursday 3/10/16

Daily Activities:
2 - Library
5/6 - Korean War

Journal Entry:
​2nd Period - None
5/6 - What do you know about the Korean War?

Tuesday 3/8/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
2nd - Library
5/6 - Cold War

Journal Entry:
2nd - None
​5/6 - How was the weekend

Monday 3/7/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
2nd - Cold War 
​5/6 - Library 

Daily Journal Entry:
​2nd - How was the weekend?
​5/6 - None

Friday 3/4/16
Homework:
 Research for JP

Daily Activities:
Cold War
​
​Daily Journal Entry:
​None

Thursday 3/3/16
Homework:
Research for JP

Daily Activities:
Cold War
​Daily Journal Entry:

Wednesday 3/2/16
Homework:
Read sections 2-5 from chapter 38 TCI and answer the following questions...
  • Explain both of the peace conferences at Yalta and Potsdam.
  • What is the US policy of containment, how could this impact US/Soviet relations?
  • Who coined the term "Iron Curtain," what does it mean?
  • What is Truman Doctrine, is it different from containment?
  • What are the differences between the Marshall Plan and the Molotov Plan?
  • What is a Cold War?
Daily Activities:
Discussed UN a little deeper and started homework

​Daily Journal Entry:

Tuesday 3/1/16
Homework:
None
​
Daily Activities:
2nd Period - Library day for research
​Morales Questions
5/6 - UN Declaration of Human Rights
Daily Journal Entry:
  • How do you think each of the following people would respond to this question (answer in your journal)
  • Now that WWII is over I am most concerned about?
    • Returning soldier
      • Woman who worked during the war
      • President Truman
      • Military leaders

Monday 2/29/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
2nd Period - UN Declaration of Human Rights
5/6 - Unit 5 Exam

​Daily Journal Entry:
​None
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Unit 5 1930s Great Depression & WWII

1/18/2016

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Friday 2/26/16
Homework:
Research for junior project. 

Daily Activities:
Great Depression & WWII exam

Daily Journal:
None

Thursday 2/25/16
Homework:
Study for exam and put together HW packet. 

Daily Activities:
2nd Period - Discussed WWII demobilization, intro to US post WWII continued.
5/6 - Finished up WWII content for exam. 

Daily Journal:

Wednesday 2/24/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:
2nd Period - Finished up WWII. 
5/6 - Library Research Day​

​Daily Journal:

Tuesday 2/23/16
Homework: 
None

Daily Activities:
Topic Selection  for JP both 2nd and 5/6.
Finished up WWII, should be the last day of content for the exam on Friday. 

​Daily Journal:

Monday 2/22/16
Homework:
Read and answer the following guiding questions from TCI chapter 37 sections 2 & 4.
  • Define what internationalism is. 
  • How is NATO different from the League of Nations?
  • Pick a word or a phrase that defines what NATO's goals/ambitions are.
  • What is the Service Men's Readjustment Act, how does it impact soldiers?
  • How were African American soldiers impacted after the war, list 2 positive things, and at least 1 negative thing.
  • To what extent were women impacted by the end of WWII?
  • THIS IS FOR THE NEXT UNIT DO NOT TURN THIS IN WITH YOUR HW PACKET ON FRIDAY
  • DUE TUESDAY 2/23/16

Daily Activities:
Went over the island hopping campaign, discussed dropping of atomic bombs on Japan.

​Daily Journal:
  • Read through Executive Order 9066, try and figure out what it means.
  • Write down in your journal what you think this document means?

Friday 2/12/16
Homework:
Start looking at your topics for junior project.

Daily Activities:
Introduced junior project.

Daily Journal:
What are your plans for 2nd winter break. 

Thursday 2/11/16
Homework:
Critically Read - The Atomic Bomb
Due Friday 2/12/16

Daily Activities:
WWII Propaganda 

Daily Journal:
Why would anti-Japanese propaganda be stronger than anti-German propaganda. 

Wednesday 2/10/16
Homework:
Critically Read - Leapfrogging to Tokyo
Due Thursday 2/11/16

Daily Activities:
WWII in the Pacific Theater
​
Daily Journal:
What do you know about Pearl Harbor?

Tuesday 2/9/16
Homework:
Critically read - Setbacks in the Pacific
Due Wednesday 2/10

Daily Activities:
WWII in the Pacific Theater

Daily Journal:
In your opinion what is the most interesting thing about WWII?

Monday 2/8/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
WWII in Europe review

Daily Journal Entry:
What are some of the highlights from WWII in Europe?

Friday 2/5/16
Homework:
Study for Unit exam on 1930s

Daily Activities:
Discussed neutrality, and America's entrance into WWII 


Daily Journal Entry:
Explain why WWII started to really turn the tide of the Great Depression in the United States.

Thursday 2/4/16
Homework:
Finish reading and taking notes on Chapter 34 sections 4-5
Due Friday 2/5

Daily Activities:
Discussed appeasement.
  • If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
  • Dr. Seuss Photos PP

Daily Journal Entry:
Explain why you believe the dictators and fascists in Europe rose to power during the interwar period?

Wednesday 2/3/16
Homework:
Read and take notes on chapter 34 sections 1-3
Finish Comic Book Project
Due Thursday 2/4

Daily Activities:
Comic books 
Super Man

Daily Journal Entry:
What is your favorite comic book super hero, or favorite movie based on comics?

Tuesday 2/2/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
  • Fireside chats
  • Escapism

Daily Journal Entry:
  • 2nd 
    • What do you do when you are sad?
  • 5/6
    • What was the impact of the new deal on Americans? Consider the following groups - White males, women, monorities

Monday 2/1/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Reviewed New Deal, started culture in the 1930s. 
​
Daily Journal Entry:
How was the weekend? Good stuff, bad stuff? Minimum 3 sentences.

Friday 1/29/16
Homework:
  • 2nd Period has the snapchat story due on Monday 2/1/16
Daily Activities:
Discussed the impacts of the New Deal.

Daily Journal Entry:
Write a thesis that answers the following prompt:
  • Were the New Deal Programs FDR put forth successful?

Thursday 1/28/16
Homework:
  • 2nd 
    • Finish New Deal Research 
  • 5/6
    • Finish reading & taking notes on Did the New Deal lift the United States out of the Depression?
    • Due Friday 1/29/16
    • Be prepared to use this in class tomorrow. 
Daily Activities:
  • New Deal research 
Daily Journal Entry:
Answer the following question:
Based on your research thus far, which of the New Deal Programs do you like the most? Explain why using detail. 

Wednesday 1/27/16
Homework:

Work on your New Deal Research. We are working on it during class tomorrow. 
  • Due at the End of the period on 1/28 (tomorrow) - Amended to be due on Friday 1/29
  • Research Materials
    • Tindall & Shi
    • America's History
    • United States History

Daily Activities:
  • Debriefed the reading from chapter 32
  • New Deal Background
  • Started New Deal Research

Daily ​Journal Entry:
  • Argue which of the following had the largest impact on the American people during the Great Depression.
    • Economic Distress
    • Starvation
    • Natural Disasters
  • Be prepared to discuss your thesis statement, with evidence to defend your argument. 
  • You are welcome to use the textbook if you need to, I would highly recommend using your notes from your homework. 

Tuesday 1/26/16
Homework:
Read, take notes on chapter 32 from the tci text.
  • Answer the following guiding questions from the chapter.
    • Who does the economic collapse of the late 1920s impact the most men or women? Explain why.
    • Hypothesize how farm foreclosures will impact the US? Exclude any food shortage discussion that you might think of, I am looking for less obvious impacts.
    • How does eviction and starvation go hand in hand?
    • How does weather negatively impact farms and the people of the US during the 1920s? Be detailed. 
  • Due Wednesday 1/27/16
Daily Activities:
Reviewed the basic plans regarding how to fix the Great Depression. Also discussed what Hoover's plan to fix the problem was. 

​Daily Journal Entry:
  • Write down the differences between the three plans we discussed (conservative, liberal, and radical) about how to fix the economic crisis (Great Depression) in class prior to finals week.

Monday 1/25/16
No School

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Unit 4 WWI, Temperance, & the 20s

12/4/2015

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Friday 1/22/16
Homework
None

Daily Activities
2nd - Final
5/6 - No Class
HW & Journals Due at the time of the final

Thursday 1/21/16
No Class

Wednesday 1/20/16
Homework 
None

Daily Activities 
5/6 - Final
1/2 Study for final
HW & Journals Due at the time of the final

Tuesday 1/19/16
Homework 
Study for the exam

Daily Activities
Review for final
Friday 1/15/16
Homework 
Extra Credit Reflection for the fall essay. Select the link for your class and answer the questions. This will be entered into the grade book as extra credit. I will not give you credit if you do not put effort into this assignment. One or two sentence answers will not be accepted. This assignment is due by midnight on Monday January 25. I will not accept any late submissions. 
Extra Credit Reflection - 2nd 
Extra Credit Reflection - 5/6


Daily Activities

Finish discussing the impacts of the Great Depression on the American Citizens. This is the last content to be covered for the 1st semester final exam.


Thursday 1/14/16
​Homework

Daily Activities

Finish discussing causes of the Great Depression start on impacts of of the Depression on the American citizens. 

Wednesday 1/13/16
Homework

​Daily Activities

Finish consumerism and economics of the 20s and discuss causes of the Great Depression

Tuesday 1/12/16
Homework
Read and take notes on Chapter 30 out of the TCI Textbook
Consider the following guiding questions as your read...
  • How is buying on margin a good thing and a bad thing?
  • How could consumerism lead to overproduction and struggling factories?
Due Wednesday 1/13/16
Daily Activities
Finish traditionalism vs modernism start consumerism and economics of the 20s.

Monday 1/11/16
Homework
  • Read and take notes on the Scopes Monkey Trial
  • You can critically read too if you want, either one is OK here. 
  • Due Tomorrow Tuesday 1/12/16
​
Daily Activities
Finish Roaring 20s and start on traditionalism vs modernism

Friday 1/8/16
Homework
Complete the following assignment, due Monday 1/11/16
Chapter 28 Questions

Daily Activities
Did research on the Roaring 20s, introduced advertising. See homework for the research. 

Thursday 1/7/16
Homework
Homework for this evening includes the skills work that we did in class. Please see the attached PowerPoint for further instructions. 
  • Skills Work
  • This assignment is due on Friday 1/8/16
  • If you were in class and completed the assignment today you do not have homework. 

Daily Activities
Worked on skills, thesis development, research (evidence acquisition), analysis, concession statements.

Wednesday 1/6/16
Homework
None
Daily Activities
Wrapped up pre-20s issues.

Tuesday 1/5/16
Homework​
​Read Chapter 27 in the TCI Textbook
  • Answer the questions that go with chapter 27 - Normalcy Questions
  • Due Tuesday 1/5/16
Daily Activities
Finished discussing background to the 20s,  started on Normalcy

Monday 1/4/16
Homework
Read and answer questions regarding Pre-20s issues
If you were absent research economics

Daily Activities
  • Reviewed WWI and Temperance
  • Began discussing background to the 1920s

Friday 12/18/15
Homework 
None 
Daily Activities

Thursday 12/17/15
Homework
None
​Daily Activities

End of unit assessment PIGI

Wednesday 12/16/15
Homework

Daily Activities

Discussed temperance movement

Tuesday 12/15/15
Homework
Study for end of PIGI unit assessment 

Daily Activities
Discussed WWI

Monday 12/14/15
Homework
  • Read and summarize each sections 2-5 in chapter 24 of the TCI Textbook.
  • Write 2-3 sentences about what each section was discussing. Be sure to get the key terms written down, or at least understand what they mean.
  • Due Tuesday 12/15/15

Daily Activities
Fall essay due 

Discussed WWI

Friday 12/11/15
Homework
Finish essay, final due on Monday 12/14

Daily Activities
Worked on essay in class
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Unit 3 - Progressive & Gilded Age

10/26/2015

 
Thursday 12/10/15
Homework

Daily Activities
Imperialism, last day of this unit will have end of unit assessment on the 12/16 (next Wednesday)

Wednesday 12/9/15
Homework

Daily Activities
Rough drafts due peer edits in class

Tuesday 12/8/15
Homework
Print 3 copies of your rough draft and bring them to class on Wednesday
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Daily Activities

Imperialism

Monday 12/7/15
Homework
Work on essay
Daily Activities

Work on essay in class

Friday 12/4/15
Homework
Work on essay

Daily Activities

Work on essay in class

Thursday 12/3/15
Homework
Bring laptop to class if you have it on Friday - we are working on essays
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Daily Activities
Worked on muckraker graphic

Wednesday 12/2/15
Homework
None
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​Daily Activities
Discussed progressives

Tuesday 12/1/15
Homework
Read and take notes on chapter 21 sections 2, 3, 4, in TCI textbook
Due Wednesday 12/2/15
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Daily Activities
Discussed progressives

Monday 11/30/15
Homework
Critically read handout on suffrage movement
Due Tuesday 12/1/15

Daily Activities
Discussed unions

Wednesday 11/25/15
Homework
None
Daily Activities
Mid-Unit Quiz

Tuesday 11/24/15
Homework


Daily Activities
Started Fall Research Essay
Presidential Cheat Sheet

Monday 11/23/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Sub read from textbook 

Friday 11/20/15
Homework
Read and take notes on section 1-2 chapter 14 in the TCI textbook
  • Due Monday 11/23/15

Daily Activities
Progressive Age
  • Unions

Thursday 11/19/15
Homework
Finish Gilded Age Raps
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Daily Activities
Gilded Age
Gilded Age PowerPoint


Wednesday 11/18/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Gilded Age

Tuesday 11/17/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Gilded Age

Monday 11/16/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Gilded Age

Friday 11/13/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Gilded Age

Thursday 11/12/15
Homework
  • Read and take notes on sections 4, & 5 in the TCI Textbook History Alive! from chapter 13 (Age of Innovation and Industry).
  • You do not have to fill out any additional information from the textbook (this will make sense when you see it) only take notes.
  • Due Friday 11/13/15 
Daily Activities
  • Introduced and discussed the Gilded Age.

Wednesday 11/11/15
​NO SCHOOL

Tuesday 11/10/15
Homework
  • Read & take notes on sections 1, 2, 3  chapter 13 (Age of  Innovation and Industry) from the TCI Textbook History Alive!
  • You do not have to fill out any additional information from the textbook (this will make sense when you see it) only take notes. 
  • This is your online textbook, if you haven't signed up for the online textbook yet please see the resources page. 
  • Due Thursday 11/12/15

Daily Activities

Wrapped up Chinese immigration & railroads

Monday 11/9/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Chinese Immigration & Railroads

Friday 11/6/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Finish Irish immigration & started Chinese immigration

Thursday 11/5/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Irish Immigration

Wednesday 11/4/15
Homework
None
​Daily Activities
  • Unit Introduction to PIGI
  • Started Irish Immigration

Unit 2 Civil War - Homework

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Tuesday 11/3/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Unit 2 Exam

Unit 2 Exam Study Guide
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Monday 11/2/15
Homework
Study for Exam
Prepare Unit 2 HW Packet
  • Be sure to include cover sheet
  • Due at the beginning of the period on Tuesday 11/3
  • PowerPoints
    • ​Geography of Civil War
    • Causes of Civil War
    • Civil War
    • Civil War Social Issues
    • Reconstruction
    • Journal Entries
Daily Activities
Reviewed for Exam

Friday 10/30/15
Homework
Complete the following...
  • North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction
  • Note Card for exam
    • 1 3"X5" note card, hand written, stamped by me
  • Journal entries 
  • All Due Monday 
Daily Activities
North or South: Who killed Reconstruction

Thursday 10/29/15
Homework
If not completed in class, complete the following...
  • Complete the Hook exercise for the DBQ - North or South: Who killed Reconstruction?
  • Read the background essay for the DBQ - North or South: Who killed Reconstruction?
  • Due Friday 10/30/15
​Daily Activities
  • Southern Social Change
  • Started DBQ

Wednesday 10/28/15
Homework
​Print the following (you do not need to complete any of the work at this time)...
  • Southern Social Change - Assignment
  • Southern Social Change - Reading
  • North or South: Who killed Reconstruction?
  • Due Thursday 10/29/15
​Daily Activities
Reconstruction

Tuesday 10/27/15
Homework
Complete the following...
  • Read (not critically or with notes) Rival Plans for Reconstruction
  • Answer questions regarding Rival Plans for Reconstruction
  • 14th Amendment (print if you want, we will be using this in class)
  • I will also stamp the Causes of the Civil War sheet from a couple of weeks ago, I would make sure this is complete 
  • Due Wednesday 10/28/15
Daily Activities
Social Issues of Civil War
  • Death of Abraham Lincoln
Start Reconstruction

Monday 10/26/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Social Issues of Civil War


Friday 10/23/15
Homework
Complete Civil War letters if you don't finish them in class
  • Due Monday 10/26
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Daily Activities
  • Sub today, worked on Emancipation and African Americans in the military. Started letter written in the parlance of the time.​ 

Thursday 10/22/15
Homework
Print and critically read - Emancipation and African Americans in the Military
  • Due Friday 10/23/15

​Daily Activities

Finished Civil War & started social issues surrounding the Civil War.


Wednesday 10/21/15
Homework
Complete Battles/Figures Assignment
  • Due Thursday 10/22
Daily Activities
Sub today
Worked on Battles/Figures Assignment
Tuesday 10/20/15
Homework
Begin Research on Battles/Figures Assignment
  • ​Due Thursday 10/22
Daily Activities
Civil War

Monday 10/19/15
Homework
​Read and answer questions on early resources, and strategies.
  • Reading - Early Resources and Strategies 
  • Questions - Early Resources and Strategies
  • Due Tuesday 10/20
Dailiy Activities
Finished causes of the Civil War, started Civil War

Friday 10/16/15
Homework
Read article on Election of 1860. Due Monday 10/19
Daily Activities
Discussed causes of the Civil War

Thursday 10/15/15
Homework
Each class will have their own homework assignment this evening...
2cnd Period -
Print the the following article.
  •  Election of 1860
  • DUE Friday 10/16/15
5/6 Block -  
  1. Finish your reading on the Compromise of 1850
  2. Print the following article.
  • Election of 1860
​All HW assignments for 5/6 are due Friday 10/16/15

Daily Activities
  • ​Causes of the Civil War
    • ​Wilmot Proviso
    • Popular Sovereignty
    • Missouri Compromise
    • Compromise of 1850

Wednesday 10/14/15
PSATs

Tuesday 10/13/15
Homework
Read each article on the Wilmot Proviso & Popular Sovereignty.
  • ​
Tuesday 10/13/15
Homework

Read each article on the Wilmot Proviso and Popular Sovereignty.
  • Write one paragraph that explains and summarizes the Wilmot Proviso
  • Write one paragraph that explains and summarizes Popular Sovereignty
  • Due Thursday 10/15
​Print out one of the following documents and bring to class
  • Tindall & Shi - T&S Missouri Compromise
  • Multiple Text - Missouri Compromise
    • Remember that you are selecting your article based on which article suits your learning style better.
    • They have the same information.
    • Tindall & Shi is more of a narrative ​​
​​Daily Activities
  • Geography of the Civil War
  • Start Causes of the Civil War

Monday 10/12/15
NO SCHOOL

Friday 10/9/15
Homework
None
​
Daily Activities
Introduction to Unit 2 - Civil War
Test Review

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Unit 1 Early America to Civil War - Homework 

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Thursday 10/8/15
Homework
None

Daily Activities
Exam
Study Guide
​Unit 1 - Early America to Civil War Homework Packet

Wednesday 10/7/15
​Homework
Study for Unit 1 Exam -  EXAM ON THURSDAY 10/8/15
Study Guide

Daily Activities
Exam Review

Tuesday 10/6/15
Homework
Study for Unit 1 Exam - EXAM ON THURSDAY 10/8/15
Study Guide
Put together Journals - Due Wednesday 10/7
Daily Activities
  • Sectionalism
  • Nationalism
  • Unit connections

Monday 10/5/15
Homework
Study for Unit 1 Exam -  EXAM ON THURSDAY 10/8/15
Study Guide
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Daily Activities
How Free Were Free Blacks in the North

Friday 10/2/15
Homework
None
Daily Activities

Abolitionism

Thursday 10/1/15
Homework
Finish and turn in Andrew Jackson group project to turnitin.com. Due by tonight at midnight
No other homework

Daily Activities

worked on Andrew Jackson Project

Wednesday 9/30/15
Homework
Work on Andrew Jackson research project

Citation Information...
US History
America's History
The Americans 

Daily Activities
Worked on Andrew Jackson Project

Tuesday 9/29/15
Homework
Continue working on Andrew Jackson research project
Make sure you are signed up for the following web sites, the IDs and Logins are found under 9/28 homework...
  • Actively Learn
  • Turnitin.com
  • TCI book 
    • The TCI site has two different books, sign up for both of them. If you sign up for one of them you can then add the second book under settings. It does not matter which one you sign up for first. 


Daily Activities
Worked in CPU lab on assignment


​​Monday 9/28/15
Homework
Work on Andrew Jackson research project
US History - Andrew Jackson
The Americans - Andrew Jackson
Americas History - Andrew Jackson
​Andrew Jackson Documents
​Rubric
TCI Student Login
Andrew Jackson Research Directions
Actively Learn Codes
Turnitin ID

Daily Activities
  • Finish Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny
  • Start Andrew Jackson
  • Sign up for TCI Textbook
  • Sign up for Actively Learn

Friday 9/25/15
Homework
None
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Daily Activities
  • Manifest Destiny
  • Westward Expansion

Thursday 9/24/15
Homework
Read the article on Andrew Jackson, write down three unbelievable things about him. Due Friday 9/25


Daily Activities
  • Constitution

Wednesday 9/23/15
Homework
Print and bring to class Tribune on Manifest Destiny. Due Thursday 9/23

Daily Activities
Bring to class Article I Section 8 of the Constitution, you should have printed it last week
  • Constitution
  • Great Compromise
  • Implied vs Enumerated Powers

Tuesday 9/22/15
Homework
Critically Read the following articles. DUE Thursday 9/24
  • Paul Johnson on Manifest Destiny
  • Tindall & Shi on Manifest Destiny

Daily Activities
Common Assessment

Monday 9/21/15
Homework
Finish Constitutional Scavenger Hunt. Due Tuesday 9/22


Daily Activities
  • Revolutionary War
  • Federalist and Anti-Federalists
  • Implied vs Enumerated Power

Friday 9/18/15
Homework
  • Finish break up letter. Due Monday 9/21
  • Work on Constitutional Scavenger Hunt (See 9/17/15 for HW instructions). REMINDER that this assignment is not due until Tuesday 9/22. Due Tuesday 9/22

Daily Activities
Discuss the Declaration of Independence, and started the break up letter.

Thursday 9/17/15
Homework
Start Constitutional Scavenger Hunt, this is a series of questions that will help refresh your understanding of the Constitution. You may use any version of the Constitution you would like, I have attached an annotated copy below, you do not have to use this copy of the Constitution. This is not due the next day, you have some extra time to work on it.  Due Tuesday 9/22

Constitution

Daily Activities
Discussed mercantilism, and triangular trade.

Wednesday 9/16/15
Homework
Print Article I Section 8 of the Constitution. Due Thursday 9/17.
Finish outline

Daily Activities
Worked in computer lab on outline for DBQ.

Tuesday 9/15/15
Homework
Work on the outline that we discussed in class for the DBQ. Due Thursday 9/17

Outline Assignment
MLA Cheat Sheet 


Daily Activities
We finished going through the articles for the DBQ, came to conclusions regarding the causes of the hysteria surrounding the Salem Witch Trials.

Monday 9/14/15
Homework
Write a thesis statement using the facts discovered in the DBQ about what you beleive the cause of the Salem Witch Trial hysteria is. Due Tuesday 9/15


Daily Activities

Friday 9/11/15
Homework
2 - Take a few minutes and look over the DBQ documents you printed on Thursday night (If you need further clarification on this either email me, or see Thursday for the documents). You do not need to mark these documents up or critically read them. However, I do expect you to familiarize yourself with these documents so when we start class on Monday we can hit the ground running. 

5/6 - Take a few minutes and look over the DBQ documents you printed on Thursday night (If you need further clarification on this either email me, or see Thursday for the documents). You do not need to mark these documents up or critically read them. However, I do expect you to familiarize yourself with these documents so when we start class on Monday we can hit the ground running. 
Daily Activities
Today we finished discussing and connecting Puritanical beliefs and values to modern society. We also began discussing the Salem Witch Trials. 

Thursday 9/10/15
Homework
2 - Critically read the Background Essay for the DBQ (see below for the handout). Print and look through documents from What Caused The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? - Due Friday 9/11

5/6 - Critically read the Background Essay for the DBQ (see below for the handout). Print and look through documents from What Caused The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? - Due Friday 9/11

Daily Activities
Discussed and compared puritanical beliefs to modern day beliefs. 

Wednesday 9/9/15
Homework
2 - Print, critically read, and bring to class Puritanism and its Impact Upon America - Due Thursday 9/10
Print and bring to class Puritan Influence on Modern American Culture and Thought - Due Thursday 9/10
Print and bring to class What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 Background Essay - Due Thursday 9/10

5/6 - Print, critically read, and bring to class Puritanism and its Impact Upon America - Due Thursday 9/10
Print and bring to class Puritan Influence on Modern American Culture and Thought - Due Thursday 9/10
Print and bring to class What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 Background Essay - Due Thursday 9/10


Daily Activities


Tuesday 9/8/15 
HOMEWORK
2 - Purchase spiral notebook or comp book, and answer website questions. Due Wednesday 9/9
5/6 - Purchase spiral notebook or comp book, and answer website questions. Due Wednesday 9/9

DAILY ACTIVITIES
My first day. Went over expectations and did some ice breakers. 

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