Weekly Assignments
Week of 1/12
M: Socratic Seminar on TR's Strenuous Life Reading Questions
T: return Progressive Era Quest; Suffrage images
W: review
Th: review (early release day)
F: Finals begin
Week of January 5:
M: return tests and presentation grades; notes on TR
T: DUE: outline of Ch 18, Progressive Era, Sections 4 (Taft) and 4 (Wilson), pp.562- 570; lecture on Taft and Wilson; assign Women's Suffrage primary sources
W: group work on Women's Suffrage with class discussion
Th Quest (multiple choice only) the Progressive Era; begin TR Strenuous Life reading and questions
F: Socratic discussion of the Strenuous Life reading
Week of December 8:
M: intro to the Progressive Era
T and W: Media Center - work on Progressive Era and Current Event Presentations Assignment Handout
Site with tips on how to create an effective power point
RUBRIC for presentation
Th: classroom
F: Book Sharing Day Thumbnail Outline DUE
Week of December 1:
M: finish Big Business notes
T: Read Ch 15, Urban American, Section 1, Immigration, pp. 464 - 468/ bring textbook
Jacob Riis, Where the Other Half Lives, reading and question packet
W: Free reading day for book project BRING book
F: TEST Unit 4 West and Industry. Bring completed Riis packet
Outline Chapter 14, Industrialization, Sections 1, 2, 3 DUE Monday, 11/24
Week of November 17
M: The West!
T: intro to Unit 4 -- American West and Industrialization / listed to turnitin comments on Research Paper
W: Book selection due Independent Reading Assignment Thumbnail outline Assigned Ch 14 reading see above
Th: Map quiz
F: Socratic Seminar -- Carnegie and Jungle reading
XC Opportunities Handout Movie review due W, 11/12
Week of November 10
M: Outline Chapter 11, Civil War, Section 5, The War Ends, pp. 376 - 380
AND Chapter 12, Reconstruction, Section 1, Reconstruction Plans, pp. 386 - 89
T: Veterans Day - NO school
W: XC Movie review due In class review questions for Reconstruction Reconstruction notes
Th: Test Unit 3: 1850s, Civil War and Reconstruction - portions of Chapters 10 - 12
F: Media Center - Independent Reading Assignment
Week of November 3
M: Career Day -- Counselors visit class
T: FINAL Research Paper due by 10 pm on turnitin/ finish overview notes
W - Lincoln on Slavery
Th - Scholar Day XC
Week of October 27
M: finish film on the start of the Civil War; work on timeline and short writing
T: Overview lecture on Civil War
W: Media Center - peer review of Research Paper
Th: Ch 11, Civil War, Sections 1 and 2, pp. 350 - 363 DUE;
F: early release. Scholar Day XC
Week of October 20
See Research Paper page
Week of October 13
M: No school -- Ponder Columbus Day
T: no HW due -- Unit 2 Study guide handed out
W: Side one of 1850 matrix due; read Ch 10, Sections 1 and 2
Th: Side two of 1850 matrix due; read Ch 10 Sections 3
F: Read Ch 10 Section 4; Quiz on 1850s
Week of October 6:
M: Mexico American War in class activity; King Cotton worksheets due
T: review for test Study Guide
W: TEST: Constitution and Antebellum United States
Week of 9/ 29:
Monday: finish The Duel
Tuesday: quick write on the Duel so bring your notes; return quiz and DOI essays. Assign Vocab
Wed: Overview notes on Manifest Destiny, Industrial Growth and Jacksonian Democracy
TH: Socratic Seminar on the vote Visual and reading handout
F: DUE Unit I Vocabulary worksheet
Very nice online textbook: http://www.ushistory.org/us/index.asp
Week of 9/22
M - in class Articles of Confederation simulation
T - notes on Articles to Constitution
W - Jefferson/ Hamilton matrix due; group work with TJ and AH quotes
Th - TJ and AH quotes due (if not completed on Wed); 1790s notes; intro dueling Quiz on Articles to Constitution
F - Due: Read Ch 6, Federalists and Republicans, Sections 1 and 2; takes notes on Washington's Farewell Address, the Quasi War with France. the Alien and Sedition Act and the presidential election of 1800.
Week of September 15:
M, T, W : report directly to the Media Center computer lab
Th: in class review
F: TEST -- Colonial America and the Revolution
Material for Media Center Days, M, T, W green are links
Copy of Assignment Declaration is due 9 pm, Thursday, 9/18
Turnitin instructions
Citation Basics
turnitin.com
help with works cited page www.easybib.com
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ Great source for MLA format and
tips on how to avoid plagiarism.
Plagiarism Quick Tips:
Cite all facts, quotes, information, opinions, except for common knowledge
Cite even if you rephrase or restate the information
When in doubt, cite (or ask)
Week of September 8:
M: read Section 4 of Chapter 3, Colonial Way of Life, p. 104
T: read AND outline Chapter 4, Revolutionary War, Sections 1,2 and 3. Use Unit I vocabulary to help decide where to take notes.
W: read Declaration on Independence
Th NONE
F: Read What is the 4th of July to the Slave
Week of September 1
T, 9/2: Due: Outline of Chapter 2, Colonizing America, Sections 2, 3 and 4, pp. 58-81
Th, 9/4 - 13 Colony map due; in class reading of Cultural Pluralism in the Middle Colonies; questions due Friday if not completed in class
F. 9/5: Quiz on map and class discussion/ lecture from the week