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Ch.4  Civil War Unit

Read p. 154-165, Essay #1 Assign ID terms due Tuesday/Wednesday/Essay #1 

Read p. 166-176, Essay #2  ID Terms due

Read p. 178-185, Essay #3  Essay #1 due, assign Essay #2, map assignment  

Read p. 186-194, Lecture 4 Essay #2 due

 Chapter Summary (even better notes)

 

The Civil War Through Pictures, Maps, Charts & Graphs-powerpoint that goes with sect 1 especially

Civil War Powerpoint questions

 

No school

Civil War Photo Analysis assignment 

Civil War Culture assignment(songs, poems) due

Top Ten Battles

Espionage

Monitor vs. Merrimac

Civil War Maps

Review-Civil War Study Guide

Civil War vocabuary Test-ID Terms with the definitions

Test on Ch. 4 Civil War

video Andersonville

video  Andersonville

 

Don't ask, Don't tell writing assignment

 

Ch. 5:  Reconstruction

Ch.5  Sect.1 Ch. 5 Student Outline of Notes, Chapter Notes and Overview, assign

Vocabulary Terms   Map assignment

Ch. 5  Sect. 2  vocab terms due

Ch. 5 Sect. 3-4

assign Election of 1876

Election of 1876, Constitution Day video and questions

review for Reconstruction test

Ch. 5 Test:  Reconstruction

 

 

Ch. 6:  Expansion of American Industry

Sect. 1:  A Technological Revolution Vocabulary assignment

Sect. 1:  A Technological Revolution

Sect. 2:  Essay 1 due on

Sect. 3:  Industrialization and Workers  Essay 2 due

 

Sect. 4:  The Great Strikes  Essay 3 due on

Section 4 notes

 

Robber Baron or Captain of Industry,

American Industry Webquest

Chapter 6 Review guide

Ch. 6 test:  Expansion of American Industry

 

Remedial Nation-Article-questions

A Time to Serve-article and questions

 

Ch.7:  Looking to the West

Intro. to Ch.7  vocabulary terms

Section 1 Essay  vocab. due

Section 2 Essay, map assignment,

map assignment

Top Ten Hall of Fame

vocab test

Test Review, Review for Ch.7 test

review test

Test on Ch. 7  Looking to the West

 

My hearts at Wounded Knee

My hearts at Wounded Knee

My hearts at Wounded Knee

 

Ch. 10:  Becoming a World Power

Section 1 essay Vocabulary

Section1 essay, Map assignment  vocab due

Section 1 essay, Map assignment  vocab due

Section 2 essay Map assignment is due today

Section 3 essay map assignment due

Finish notes on Section 4

Section 3 essay

World Power Test Review

Ch. 10:  Becoming a World Power Test

 

 

Ch. 11:  Progressivism

 

THE PROGRESSIVE ERA-Powerpoint 1

Progressive Era Powerpoint 2

 

Progressive worksheets outline for powerpoint

 

 

 

 

Student Note Outline, Vocabulary terms  Ch. sect 1

Student Note Outline, Vocabulary terms  Ch. sect 1

Ch  11 sect 2 lecture,  w.s.

Ch 11 sect 3 lecture, w.s.

Ch  11 sect 4 lecture, w.s.

Review for test on Progressivism

Ch. 11 test:  Progressivism

 

Presidential Rating Tournament

 

 

Stop Loss position paper

    Writing a position paper

    Stop Loss class information

    Paper grading rubric (look at)

 

Ch. 12:  World War I

World War I powerpoint

Powerpoint worksheet note guide

 

World War I poetry Internet Assignment

 

World War I Powerpoint note guide

Introduction, The spark that start the war-The World at War Outline

Causes-The World at War Outline

Attempts at peace-The World at War Outline

Lack of Neutrality-The World at War Outline

Lack of Neutrality-continued

 

World War I Notes and Guides            

Introduction

The World at War Outline

Blank World War I Map before 1914                            

Blank World War I Map after War

Europe in 1914 Map

World War I Study Guide

World War I Interactive Map

Pictures of World War I-(Great site)

Detailed Maps of World War I

 

Assignments                                                                                    

World War I Map Assignment

Country/Empire Report

Soldier's Letter Report

World War I Technology Report

World War I Supplemental Reading Questions

World War I photo analysis

World War I test

 

Semester Test Sample Questions

 

Semester Review

Semester Review

10:11-11:00  Semester Review

8:25-10:08  Semester test

 

 

VACATION

 

CH. 13-14:  The Roaring Twenties

POLITICS OF THE ROARING 20’S Powerpoint

Roaring Twenties/roaringtwentiesppt_1920s.pdf

The Roaring Twenties ppt notes

Roaring Twenties random political/vocab questions

 

 

Intro,

Roaring Twenties Powerpoint Notetaking guide (use this for notes)

Return to Normalcy

Return to Normalcy

Politics of Normalcy  p. 458 1-5

Calvin Coolidge and business 

Life in the 1920's p. 465 1-6

Life in the 1920's p. 473 1-7

Magazine project

Magazine project

Magazine project

magazine project

magazine project due

Review for test

Roaring Twenties Test

 

Writing assignment

 

CH. 15-16:  The Great Depression and New Deal

Ch15/16 Powerpoint Note taking guide (use this one for notes)

Roots of the Depression Note Outline sect 1

Causes of Depression sect 1 questions in book

Vicious Spiral-sect .2 questions in book

People during the depression sect. 3  questions in book

Dust bowl project

Dust bowl project

Dust bowl project

New Deal Objectives-1st hundred days and critics of New Deal

FDR/Obama report

New Deal Gains and Losses-elections-court packing

Review sheet due-review for test-small group music contest

 

video:  Riding the Rails

    essay:  500 word essay:  Compare the attitude of people towards hobos in the 1930s and the homeless today. Do you think they are treated differently? Why might that be?

 

Depression Review for test

Test on Ch 15-16:  The Great Depression and New Deal

 

Chapter 17-18:  World War II and the Holocaust

World War II Powerpoint Note taking Guide (use this one for notes)

Outline of NotesSection 1:  Prelude to Global War,  WW II Review chart, Newsflash

Section 2:  The Road to victory in Europe

Section 3:  War in the Pacific

End of War-Finish up notes-final costs and casualties

 

More World War II assignments

Codebreakers assignment

World War II Study Questions

Japanese Internment camps

WWII fighting lingo

 

Holocaust writing assignment

End of Unit discussion questions

Enemy at the Gates analysis

Enemy at the Gates analysis

Enemy at the Gates analysis

 

White light/Black rain video questions

 

War in the Pacific

Japanese Internment camps

End of War

Harry Truman Trial

    essay for non-attorneys

Review for W.W. II test

Test:  WWII and Holocaust

 

Movie:  Letters from Iwo Jima

Movie:  Letters from Iwo Jima

 

 

Chapter 19:  THE COLD WAR

sect1:  Origins of the Cold War 

sect.2:  The Cold War Abroad and at Home

sect 3: The Cold War Expands

sect 3:  The Arms Race

Films of blasts
Gov't bunker
Maps
Panic Quiz
People
Stockpiles
Timeline

 

Cold War Webquest

 

 Korean War Internet assignment

 

Korean War Webquest (2)

 

Test Review Sheet, Test Review Questions

Chapter 19 test:  The Cold War

 

Large Group music contest

Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

thirteen days

JFK report card

 

Ch. 20:  1950'S

50's note outline

50's song project, Crossword Puzzle (Mystery Phrase & Person)

50's slang and crossword puzzle

50's test review

50's test

 

1960'S

note outline

JFK report card

60's teaching assignment  quick outline of 60's lecture notes

60's teaching assignment  quick outline of 60's lecture notes

60's teaching assignment  quick outline of 60's lecture notes

60's teaching assignment  presentation

60's teaching assignment  presentation

60's teaching assignment  presentation

60's teaching assignment  presentation

 

JFK the Movie questions

JFK video

JFK video

JFK video

Questions on Warren Commission and JFK

 

RFK video

RFK project

 

Frost/Nixon Assignment/video

 Frost/Nixon video questions

 

Vietnam War Unit

Vietnam reading and questions (3 parts), Pop songs assignment

Vietnam vocabulary

Vietnam vocabulary

Mapping the War

essay assignment

Review for Test

Test on Vietnam War

 

Fog of War:  video and questions

    

 

White light/Black rain video questions

 

Tuskegee Tragedy Webquest

 

 

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