Friday 12/21 B-Day Classes (5th & 7th)

Friday 12/21/18 B-Day Classes (5th & 7th) 

No Starter/Roll

Hearts of Gold Closing Assembly Day

5th Period ~ If you are in any team, club or activity to be featured in the school-wide video, you will be released to go with your group after roll. The rest of the class will quietly work on make-up work, test re-takes or quiz corrections while watching History Channel’s Christmas Unwrapped

7th Period ~ Quietly work on make-up work, test re-takes or quiz corrections while watching History Channel’s Christmas Unwrapped

We will discuss Chapter 10 and do the Chapter 10 Quiz AFTER Winter Break

Thursday 12/20 A-Day Classes (2nd, 3rd, & 4th)

Thursday 12/20/18 A-Day Classes (2nd, 3rd & 4th)

No Starter/Roll

Hearts of Gold Buy-In Day (Fundraiser)

If you stay, you may quietly work on make-up work, test re-takes or quiz corrections.

We will discuss Chapter 10 and do the Chapter 10 Quiz AFTER Winter Break

Tuesday 12/18 & Wednesday 12/19

No Starter/Roll

Video & Guide: The Century, America’s Time, Boom to Bust 

The Simpsons- Homer vs. The 18th Amendment 

Time to finish Chapter 10 if needed...

We will discuss Chapter 10 and do the Chapter 10 Quiz AFTER Winter Break

Monday 12/17 B-Day Classes (5th & 7th)

Unit 3: Starter #4 Political Cartoon P. 283
Copy the Questions!
1. Where is this “steamroller” headed?
2. What natural resource was at the heart of the Teapot Dome scandal?
3. What does the cartoon artist think might happen to the Republican administration as a result of the scandal?

Chapter 9 Quiz
Chapter 9 Assignment Due

Do Chapter 10 Assignment (Rest of Class)

Friday 12/14 A-Day Classes (2nd, 3rd, & 4th)

Unit 3: Starter #4 Political Cartoon P. 283
Copy the Questions!
1. Where is this “steamroller” headed?
2. What natural resource was at the heart of the Teapot Dome scandal?
3. What does the cartoon artist think might happen to the Republican administration as a result of the scandal?

Special Presentation from Counseling Department

Do Chapter 10 Assignment (Rest of Class)

Thursday 12/13 B-Day Classes (5th & 7th)

Unit 3: Starter #3 ‘Red Scare’ Cartoon P. 272
Copy the Questions!
1. Who is sneaking under the American flag?
2. What does the torch in his hand represent?
3. What does the knife in his hand represent?

Special Presentation from Counseling Department

Discuss Chapter 9 (keep the assignment for quiz on Monday 12/17)

Wednesday 12/12 A-Day Classes (2nd, 3rd, & 4th)

Unit 3: Starter #3 ‘Red Scare’ Cartoon P. 272
Copy the Questions!
1. Who is sneaking under the American flag?
2. What does the torch in his hand represent?
3. What does the knife in his hand represent?

Discuss Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Quiz
Chapter 9 Assignment Due

Monday 12/10 & Tuesday 12/11

Unit 3: Starter #2 Timeline P. 268-269
Starters- Copy the Questions
1. When did the Bolsheviks win their civil war and take full control of Russia?
2. According to the timeline, what key event happened in 1922?

Crash Course US History: The ‘Roaring 20s’

Chapter 9 Assignment

Thursday 12/6 & Friday 12/7

Unit 3: Starter #1 Timeline P. 268-269
New Starters/New Paper- Copy the Questions!
1. What happened (on a world-wide scale) in 1918-1919?
2. When did Palmer launch his “anti-radical” raids?

Video and Video Guide: Story of US – BOOM
(Not available online -anywhere I can find- so it doesn't need to be made up if missed)

Red Scare & KKK Reading “America Enters a Season of Fear”
(This assignment DOES need to be made up if missed)

Tuesday 12/4 & Wednesday 12/5

No Starter

Pass Back Papers

Unit 2 Test

Unit 3 Pre-Test

Crash Course US History Women's Suffrage

Friday 11/30 & Monday 12/3

No Starter ~ Starters Due. You should have 7 starters 7 X 5 pts each = 35 Points possible

Pass Back Papers
Chapter 8 Quiz
Chapter 8 Sec 3 & 4 Due
Shell Shocked Video Guide Due

Unit 2 Test Review (you may work quietly with a partner once ALL students are done with the quiz)

Unit 2 Test (Chapter 7 & 8) NEXT TIME!

Wednesday 11/28 & Thursday 11/29

Unit 2: Starter #7 Map P. 258
COPY (or paraphrase) THE QUESTIONS
1. Name the new nations created in Central and Eastern Europe.
2. Name the new nations (protectorates, actually) created in the Middle East.

Video and Guide: The Century, America’s Time- Shell Shocked (The US in WWI)

Discuss 8 Section 3 & 4 Assignment

Monday 11/26 & Tuesday 11/27

Unit 2: Starter #6 History Close Up P. 234-235
Trench Warfare
Copy the Questions!
1. How were tanks used on the battlefield?
2. How were planes used in World War I?
3. What was “No-Man’s Land”?

Crash Course the US in World War I

Chapter 8 Section 3 & 4 Assignment

Monday 11/19 & Tuesday 11/20

Unit 2: Starter #5 Map P. 231
1. Which nations were in the Triple Entente? (They would become known as “The Allies”)
2. Which nations were in the Triple Alliance? (They would become known as “The Central Powers”)

Crash Course: How did WWI Start?

Discus Chapter 8 Section 1 & 2

Crash Course World History: World War I …if time permits.

Friday 11/16 (B Day Classes Only: 5th & 7th Periods)

Roll/No Starter

World War II Living History Event (cannot be/does not need to be made up if missed)

Thursday 11/15 (A Day Classes Only: 2nd, 3rd & 4th Periods)

Roll/No Starter

Finish Chapter 8 Section 1 & 2 Assignment

A Century of Warfare: America Becomes a World Power
(No Assignment on Video)

Tuesday 11/13 & Wednesday 11/14

Unit 2: Starter #4 Timeline P. 228-229
Copy the Questions!
1. When was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
2. When did the US declare war on Germany?
3. When did the Bolsheviks (Lenin’s Communist Party) take over Russia?

Crash Course US Imperialism 

Discuss Chapter 7 Section 3 & 4
Chapter 7 Quiz (Open book & Assignment)
Begin Chapter 8.1 & 2 Assignment

Friday 11/9 & Monday 11/12

Unit 2: Starter #3 History & Geography P. 218-219. Copy the Questions!
1. What made this part of Panama a good location for a canal?
2. What obstacles made the canal’s construction difficult?

Video Biography on Teddy Roosevelt

Video & Notes- take your 10 notes on the handout

Discuss Chapter 7 Assignment
KEEP BOTH ASSIGNMENTS ~ QUIZ NEXT TIME!

Tuesday 11/6 & Thursday 11/8

Unit 2: Starter #2- Political Cartoon on P. 214
Copy the Questions!
1. Who are depicted as the “parents” of this “family”?
2. What do the “children” at the table represent?

Chapter 7 Section 3 & 4

Teddy Roosevelt biography assignment (lower half only; video part –upper half- next time)

Friday 11/2 & Monday 11/5

Unit 2: Starter #1- “Document #1” on P. 194
New Starters ~ New Paper
Copy the Questions!
1. How did the “Muckrakers” get their unique name?
2. What book by Upton Sinclair prompted an investigation into the meatpacking industry?
3. Who is depicted in the cartoon?
4. What unpleasant task/situation is he dealing with?

Finish... Far and Away

Chapter 7 Assignment- Do (at least) sections 1 & 2

Wednesday 10/31 & Thursday 11/1

Continue watching...

Far and Away

Monday 10/29 & Tuesday 10/30

Roll
No Starter
Pass back papers
Unit 1 Test (Ch 5 & 6)
Begin Far and Away

(Topics: rural poverty and class conflict in Europe, late 1800s immigration, new cities, working conditions, machine politics, railroads, Westward expansion/settlement, Oklahoma Land Race. No assignment on movie)

Wednesday 10/24 & Thursday 10/25

Unit 1: Starter #9- Map P. 190
1. Who won the election?
2. Which party came in second place in both electoral and popular votes?
3. What percentage* of the popular vote did the winner receive?
(*You don’t need to do the math, just read the box at the bottom)
Starters Due ~ You should have NINE

Pass Back Papers

Crash Course US History: Gilded Age Politics & The Progressive Era

Chapter 6 Quiz – Open Book & Assignment

Chapter 6 Section 3 & 4 Due

Unit 1 (Chapter 5 & 6) Test Next Time

Monday 10/22 & Tuesday 10/23

Unit 1: Starter #8- Political Cartoon P. 189
Who is the man wearing the robe in the cartoon?
Who is on his shoulder, wearing a crown?
What do you think is meant by the robe and crown depicted in the cartoon?

Video and Guide: The Men Who Built America Episode 1

Discuss Chapter 6 Section 3 & 4 Assignment

Chapter 6 Quiz Next Time

Tuesday 10/16 & Wednesday 10/17

Unit 1: Starter #7- “Bully Pulpit” P. 185
1. What is Teddy Roosevelt (TR) doing to big business in the cartoon?
2. Read the “Skills Focus” Section. What does the word ‘mollycoddle’ mean?

Discuss Chapter 6 Section 2 (collect assignment)
Crash Course Women in the 19th Century

Chapter 6 Section 3 & 4 Assignment

Friday 10/12 & Monday 10/15

Unit 1: Starter #6- Timeline P. 178-179
1. Who wrote about women’s rights in 1776?
2. Where did women first gain the right to vote in America?
3. When was the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed by congress?

Video & Guide: Story of US- Cities

Discuss Chapter 6 Section 1 & 2 Assignment

Wednesday 10/10 & Thursday 10/11

Unit 1: Starter #5- History Close Up P. 173
1. How many people died in the fire?
2. Why was the fire department unable to fight the fire?
3. Why was it difficult for workers to escape the burning building?

Pass Back Papers (KEEP Chapter 5 Assignment, Native Americans & Transcontinental RR)
Chapter 5 Quiz
Chapter 6 Section 1 & 2 Assignment (Rest of Class)

Monday 10/8 & Tuesday 10/9

Unit 1: Starter #4- History Close Up P. 158
1. Why were steel beams important in the early “skyscrapers”?
2. Why was it possible to install larger windows in these new buildings?
3. What new invention allowed people to reach the upper floors with ease?

Video & Video Guide- Story of Us, Heartland

Crash Course US History: Industrial Economy (No Assignment)

Thursday 10/4 & Friday 10/5

Unit 1: Starter #3- Political Cartoon P. 157
1. What do the shadow figures look like?
2. Does the artist seem to be for or against immigrants?
3. In what way are the five men standing on the dock hypocritical?

Crash Course US History: Westward Expansion

(The not-so Wild West)

Discuss Chapter 5 Section 2 & 3 (Collect Ch 5 Assignment)

Transcontinental Railroad Primary Source Reading & Worksheet

Tuesday 10/2 & Wednesday 10/3

Unit 1: Starter #2- Map P. 150
1. How many time zones was the continental United States divided into?
2. What region had the most railroads?
3. Why do you think this might have been so?

Discuss Chapter 5 Section1
Native Americans Assignment (small group assignment)
Clips from The Indian Wars: Indian warriors & weapons, Battle of Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee Massacre (no assignment)

Friday 9/28 & Monday 10/1

Unit 1: Starter #1- Timeline P. 168-169
New Starter, New Paper
1. When did Teddy Roosevelt become president?
2. When was the 18th Amendment ratified?
3, When was the 19th Amendment ratified?

Finish Lincoln
Begin Chapter 5 Assignment

Tuesday 9/25 & Thursday 9/27

No Starter; No Assignment

Movie: Lincoln

Friday 9/21 & Monday 9/24

Review Unit Starters Due
You should have NINE!
45/45 Points Possible
Make sure your FIRST AND LAST NAME is on it!
Use the staplers if you used multiple sheets of paper

Movie: Lincoln

Wednesday 9/19 & Thursday 9/20

Review Unit: Starter #9- Chart P. 130
COPY DOWN THE QUESTIONS!!!
1. List the FOUR causes leading to the US Civil War.
2. List the FOUR effects or outcomes of the US Civil War.

Starters Due Next Time

Video and Guide: Story of US, Civil War

Chapter 4 Quiz

Chapter 4 Due

Monday 9/17 & Tuesday 9/18

No Starter

Chapter 4 Assignment

Thursday 9/13 & Friday 9/14

Review Unit : Starter #8- Timeline P. 114-115
COPY DOWN THE QUESTIONS!!!
1. When did the Kansas-Nebraska Act become law?
2. When did the US Civil War begin?
3. What TWO important historical events took place in April of 1865?

Chapter 3 Quiz
Chapter 3 Due

Video & Guide: America, Story of US- Division

Tuesday 9/11 & Wednesday 9/12

Review Unit: Starter #7- Timeline P. 96-97
COPY DOWN THE QUESTIONS!!!
1. When did Eli Whitney patent the Cotton Gin?
2. How did Eli Whitney revolutionize firearms manufacturing?
3. What did Samuel Morse do in 1844?

Video & Guide: America, Story of US- Westward

Discuss Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Quiz Next Time ~ Keep your Chapter 3 Assignment until then!

Friday 9/7 & Monday 9/10

Review Unit: Starter #6- Timeline P. 90-91
COPY DOWN THE QUESTIONS!!!
1. When did the US acquire Florida from Spain?
2. When did Andrew Jackson sign the Indian Removal Act?
3. When did the US declare war on Mexico?

NO CHAPTER 3 QUIZ (You’re welcome)
Chapter 3 Assignment

Wednesday 9/5 & Thursday 9/6

Review Unit, Starter #5- Map P. 54
1. What were the years of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
2. What TWO territories did they pass through?

Video Clip: Too Late to Apologize, A Declaration

Video & Guide: America, Story of US- Revolution

Time to finish Chapter 2 Assignment; Due at the end of class           

Friday 8/31 & Tuesday 9/4

Review Unit, Starter #4- chart P. 35
1. What were the strengths of the Continental Army?
2. What were the strengths of the British Army?
3. Opinion: Why do YOU think the colonists won?

Chapter 1 Quiz

Chapter 2 Assignment

Wednesday 8/29 & Thursday 8/30

Review Unit: Starter #3 - Look at the timeline on P. 28-29
When and where did the Revolutionary War begin?
When and where was the Constitutional Convention?
When did the US buy the Louisiana Purchase from France?

Video & Guide: America, Story of US- Rebels

Discuss Chapter 1 Section 2 & 3 Assignment

Monday 8/27 & Tuesday 8/28

Review Unit: Starter #2 Map P. 22
COPY/PARAPHRASE THE QUESTIONS!!!
1. Name the Southern Colonies.
2. Name the Middle Colonies.
3. Name the Northern Colonies.

Crash Course: Colonizing America

Chapter 1 Section 2 & 3 Assignment

Thursday 8/23 & Friday 8/24

Review Unit: Starter #1  Map P. 14
Copy down or paraphrase the questions on your own paper. You may use the same paper for many starters.

1. Name the two explorers who worked for England during the Age of Exploration.
2. Who is the earliest explorer listed on the map?
3. Which country launched the most expeditions? (Include Columbus in this!)

Christopher Columbus- A Childrens' Book

Collect Disclosures-  Due Next Class!

Finish- Chapter 1 Section 1 Assignment

Discuss Chapter1 Section 1 Assignment

Crash Course: Spaniards & the “Black Legend”

Tuesday 8/21 & Wednesday 8/22

First Day of Class
Welcome
Seating Chart
Disclosure
Unit 1& 2 Pre-Test
First Assignment- Chapter 1 Section 1 Assignment

Tuesday 5/22 & Thursday 5/23

No Starter

No Chapter 23 Assignment

Chapter 23 Open Book Quiz
(Required if in class; exempt if absent))

Video and Study Guide: The Story of US- Millennium

(Required if in class; exempt if absent)

Check in ALL BOOKS!
Grade cut-off for all assignments, late-work, and make-up work is… Wednesday May 23rd @ 3 PM. Passes for Extra Credit accepted until Friday May 25th @ 3 PM

Friday 5/18 & Monday 5/21

Unit 7: Starter #4 Primary Source P.703
Read the excerpt from the speech…
1. What was the occasion of Reagan’s speech?
2. According to President Reagan, what proved that the Normandy invasion was justified?
3. According to Reagan, what are the things worth “dying for”?
Starters Due- You should have FOUR

Discuss Chapter 22 Assignment & Quiz

Ultimate Guide to the Presidents: LBJ to Obama
15 Question Assignment (EXTRA CREDIT)

Check in ALL BOOKS!
Grade cut-off for all assignments, late-work, and make-up work is… Wednesday May 23rd @ 3 PM. Passes for Extra Credit accepted until Friday May 25th @ 3 PM

Wednesday 5/16 & Thursday 5/17

Unit 7: Starter #3 Timeline P.692-693 
1. Who was the first female Supreme Court justice?
2. When did Gorbachev come to power in the Soviet Union?
3. What important event took place in November 1989?

Crash Course: 1970s Ford and Carter 

Chapter 22 Assignment & Open-Book Quiz
Grade cut-off for all assignments, late-work, make-up work & extra credit passes is… Wednesday MAY 24th @ 3 PM

Monday 5/14 & Tuesday 5/15

Unit 7: Starter #2  Watergate Timeline P. 676-677
1. When did the Watergate break-in happen?
2. What happened  in the 1972 presidential election?
3. When was the “Saturday Night Massacre”?
4. When did the Supreme Court force Nixon to turn over the secret tapes?

Video & Guide Watergate: The Final Report 

Discuss Chapter 21 Assignment & Quiz

Check in ALL BOOKS!
Grade cut-off for all assignments, late-work, and make-up work is… Wednesday May 23rd @ 3 PM. Passes for Extra Credit accepted until Friday May 25th @ 3 PM

Thursday 5/10 & Friday 5/11

Unit 7: Starter #1  Timeline P. 664-665
New Starter: please use a new sheet of paper.
1. When did the US first land men on the moon?
2. When did President Nixon make his historic trip to China?
3. When was President Nixon forced to resign?

Crash Course: The Rise of Conservatism

Chapter 21 Assignment (Whole Chapter) & Quiz

Check in ALL BOOKS!
Grade cut-off for all assignments, late-work, and make-up work is… Wednesday May 23rd @ 3 PM. Passes for Extra Credit accepted until Friday May 25th @ 3 PM

Friday 5/4 & Monday 5/7 AND Tuesday 5/8 & Wednesday 5/9

Forrest Gump

Grade cut-off for all assignments, late-work, and make-up work is… Wednesday May 23rd @ 3 PM. Passes for Extra Credit accepted until Friday May 25th @ 3 PM

Wednesday 5/2 & Thursday 5/3

No Starter!!!

Unit 5 & 6 Test
Open book + you may use quizzes, video guides and book assignments (Ch 15-20)

Collect Chapter 20 Assignment and Quiz

Begin Movie: Forrest Gump

Monday 4/30 & Tuesday 5/1

Unit 6: Starter #7  Political Cartoon P. 654
1. Is the artist portraying the hippies in this cartoon sympathetically or critically?
2. Why did some people think of hippies as hypocritical?

Unit 6: Starters Due  – You should have 7 Starters

Discuss Chapter 20 Assignment &  Grade Quiz

CNN Cold War: Make Love Not War

(No assignment; just watch)~Pass Back Papers

Unit 5 & 6 Test ~ Wednesday 5/2 & Thursday 5/3

Thursday 4/26 & Friday 4/27

Unit 6: Starter #6  Timeline P. 632-633
1. In what year did the Woodstock Music and Art Festival take place?
2. When was the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) proposed by Congress?
3. When did Saigon (capital of South Vietnam) fall to North Vietnam? (This was the actual end of the Vietnam War)

Crash Course US History- The 1960s in America

Chapter 20 Section 1, 2 & 3 Assignment & Quiz

Unit 5 & 6 Test ~ Wednesday 5/2 & Thursday 5/3

Tuesday 4/24 & Wednesday 4/25

Unit 6: Starter #5  Chart P. 619
1. Who won the election of 1968?
2. What percentage of the popular vote did he get?

Crash Course US History: The Cold War in Asia

3 clips of songs contrasting the differing views of the war early on in the US involvement (Pre-1968)

The Ballad of the Green Berets (Recorded 1965, released 1966. Pro-war, pro military song)

I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag (Recorded and released 1965. Early war protest song)

Ohio (Recorded 1970, released 1971. Later war protest song about the shooting at Kent State Universtiy, Ohio)

Discuss Chapter 19

Chapter 19 Quiz

Friday 4/20 & Monday 4/23

Unit 6: Starter #4  Chart P. 602
1. List the FIVE causes of the Vietnam War.
2. Which of these do you think was most important?
3. Why?

Video & Study Guide- CNN Cold War, Vietnam

Time to finish Chapter 19 Assignment

Wednesday 4/18 & Thursday 4/19

Unit 6: Starter #3  Timeline P. 594-595
Please copy the questions!
1. When did French forces surrender to the Viet Minh?
2. When was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed?
3. When was the Tet Offensive?

The Butler

Chapter 19 Assignment – The Vietnam War

Monday 4/16 & Tuesday 4/17

No starter

Continue watching The Butler

Thursday 4/12 & Friday 4/13

Unit 6: Starter #2  P. 570 Chart
Please copy the questions!
1. List the main parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
2. List the main parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Discuss Chapter 18
Chapter 18 Quiz
Movie: The Butler*

*The Civil Rights Era as told through the experiences of a White House butler. Based on a true story; he served in the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan presidencies. Late 1950s through the mid 1980s.

Tuesday 4/10 & Wednesday 4/11

Unit 6: Starter #1  P. 554-555 Timeline

New Starters- New Paper!!! Please copy the questions!
1. When did the US supreme court rule for the desegregation of the public schools?
2. When was the “March on Washington” for civil rights?
3. In what year was an important new civil rights act passed and signed into law?

Crash Course US History- The 1950s and Civil Rights

Chapter 18 Assignment ~ Whole Chapter

“I Have a Dream” Speech from the 1963 March on Washington

Friday 3/30 & Monday 4/9

NO STARTER

NO UNIT 5 TEST

The Century, America’s Time: Poisoned Dreams
Video & Guide (for extra credit)

Wednesday 3/28 & Thursday 3/29

No Starter – Unit 5 Starters Due – 8 Starters

Cuban Missile Crisis- Short Video

Chapter 17 Quiz, Chapter 17 Assignment Due


CNN presents “The President Has Been Shot”
(no assignment just watch)

Monday 3/26 & Tuesday 3/27

Unit 5: Starter #8  P. 531 History Close-Up- The Berlin Wall
Please copy the questions!
1. Why was the Berlin Wall built by the East German government?
2. What was the “Death Strip”?
3. What other methods did the East Germans use to keep people from crossing into West Berlin?

Video: The Presidents Kennedy & Johnson

Discuss Chapter 17

Berlin Wall

Wednesday 3/21 & Thursday 3/22

Unit 5: Starter #7  P.524-525  Timeline
Please copy the questions!
1. When was John F. Kennedy (JFK) inaugurated?
2. When was he assassinated?
3. When did the Soviet Army crush a revolt in Czechoslovakia?

JFK Inauguration Speech

Chapter 17 Assignment

Monday 3/19 & Tuesday 3/20

Unit 5: Starter #6  P.500-501 Map of Cold War Conflict
Please copy the questions!
1. What Asian country appeared to be a new Cold War hot spot in the 1950s?
2. What part of Europe was under Communist control?


Chapter 16 Quiz

Ultimate Guide to the Presidents: Truman & Eisenhower

I Like Ike (one of the first election ads on TV)

I Love Lucy

No assignment on these video clips- we will just watch and discuss...

Thursday 3/15 & Friday 3/16

Unit 5: Starter #5  P. 494-495 Timeline
Please copy the questions!
1. When did the US test the first hydrogen bomb?
2. What did the US Congress approve in June of 1956?
3. What was the name of the first artificial satellite? (Successfully launched by the USSR)

Story of US- Superpower & Video Guide

Discuss Chapter 16

Tuesday 3/13 & Wednesday 3/14

Unit 5: Starter #4  P. 478-9 The Spread of Communism
Please copy the questions!
1. What does the red territory on the map represent?
2. Look at the chart at the right. Why do you think the Communist takeover of mainland China worried the United States?

Pass Back Chapter 15 Assignments (Keep these!)

Chapter 15 Quiz

Chapter 16 Assignment

Friday 3/9 & Monday 3/12

Unit 5: Starter #3  P. 474 American Civil Liberty
Please copy the questions!
1. About how many African-American men served in the US military during WWII?
2. When did President Truman end racial segregation in the military?
3. Why would this be seen as a major victory for Civil Rights?

Video & Guide: CNN The Cold War- Korea
Link to video on YouTube

Discuss Ch 15 Section 3 & 4 Assignment 

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/20 @ 3 PM!!

Wednesday 3/7 & Thursday 3/8

Unit 5: Starter #2  P 466 The Iron Curtain in Europe
Please copy the questions!
1. Who described the new division between Europe’s Communist and non-Communist countries as an “Iron Curtain”?
2. Why do you think he called it that?
3. What country and leader dominated Communist Eastern Europe?

Video Clips: The Berlin Airlift

New Assignment: Chapter 15 Section 3 & 4

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/20 @ 3 PM!!

Monday 3/5 & Tuesday 3/6

Unit 5: Starter #1  Timeline P. 462-463
New Starter- New Paper! Please copy the questions!
1. When was the United Nations founded?
2. When did the Chinese Communists take over that country?
3. When did fighting end in Korea?

Crash Course US History The Cold War

Discuss Chapter 15 Section 1 & 2

Video Clip: CNN Cold War- The Iron Curtain
No assignment; just watch- this is the immediate aftermath of WWII which led to tensions and suspicions leading to the Cold War

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/20 @ 3 PM!! 

Thursday 3/1 & Friday 3/2

No Starter

Finish The Atomic Café- Collect Short Answer Assignments

Unit 5 & 6 Pre-Test

New Assignment Chapter 15 Section 1 & 2 (Rest of class)

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/20 @ 3 PM!!

Monday 2/26 & Wednesday 2/28

SUB IN CLASS THIS DAY

Movie and Short Answer Questions Assignment: The Atomic Cafe 

Link to movie

A darkly humorous look at the Early Cold War using a compilation of primary sources: documentary, propaganda, government & commercial films from the Mid-1940s to the late 1950s.

Thursday 2/22 & Friday 2/23

SUB IN CLASS THIS DAY

Unit 3 & 4 Test: You may use assignments, notes and your books

Collect Chapter 14 Sections 3, 4 & 5 Assignment

Collect Chapter 13 & 14 Open Book Quizzes

When everyone is done:

Video: WWII in HD, Endgame

Friday 2/16 & Tuesday 2/20

Unit 4: Starter #8  Island Hopping P. 456-457
Please copy the questions!
1. Why were aircraft carriers important in this part of the war?
2. Why was the strategy called “Island Hopping”?
3. Name the bomber with a 5,000 mile range, essential for raids (and the eventual atomic bombing) on the Japanese mainland.

Starters Due: You should have 8 starters. 8 starters X 5 pts each = 40 Points Possible

New Assignment Chapter 14 Section 3, 4 & 5

Pass Back Papers

Chapter 13 & 14 Open Book Quiz

Tuesday 2/13 (B-Day Class 6th Period) & Wednesday 2/14 (A-Day Classes, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Periods)

Roll/Hand out ACT paperwork.

Students will go to the Tech Atrium to fill of paperwork for the upcoming ACT Test.

No assignments, nothing to make up.

Monday 2/12 (A-Day Classes, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Periods) & Thursday 2/15 (B-Day Class 6th Period)

Unit 4: Starter #7  Documents 1 & 2 P. 412
Please copy the questions!
1. Document 1. Why does FDR call December 7, 1941 “a date that will live in infamy”?
2. What does FDR predict will happen in the war against Japan?
3. Document 2. What is going on in this image?
4. What effect do you think images like this had on workers in war industries?

Video and Guide: The Century, America’s Time, Civilians At War
Link to video

Discuss Chapter 14 Section 1 & 2 Assignment, Due

Thursday 2/8 Friday 2/9

Unit 4: Starter #6  Political Cartoon P. 402
Please copy the questions!
1. Who are the two figures in the cartoon?
2. What is the point of view of the cartoonist regarding US involvement in WWII?

Crash Course US History~World War II Part 2

New Assignment Chapter 14 Section 1 & 2

WWII in HD: Battle Stations 
Link to episode on YouTube
(Once everyone is done with the assignment)

Tuesday 2/6 & Wednesday 2/7

Unit 4: Starter #5  Map P. 397

Please copy the questions!

1. Why did the Maginot Line prove ineffective?
2. List the six neutral countries depicted on the map.


Lil Hitler – Robot Chicken

Time to finish Chapter 13 Section 3 & 4

Discuss Chapter 13 Section 3 & 4 Assignment

Video and Guide: Story of US, World War II
Link to video

Friday 2/2 & Monday 2/5

Unit 4: Starter #4  Timeline P. 384-385
Please copy the questions!
1. When did Germany invade Poland?
2. Who was elected Prime Minister of the UK in 1940?
3. When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

Crash Course US History~World War II Part 1

Discuss Chapter 13 Section 1 & 2

New Assignment- Chapter 13 Section 3 & 4

ACT Pre-Administration Session 2/13 (B Day) & 2/14 (A Day

Wednesday 1/31 & Thursday 2/1

3rd, 4th and 6th Period ONLY
2nd Period will follow the agenda from Monday 1/29

No Starter

Time (15 minutes)  to work on Chapter 13 Section 1 & 2

Documentary Video Notes*: World War II 1931-1941
20 Facts Notes- Information New to You
*This video does not need to be made up if missed.

Monday* 1/29 & Tuesday 1/30

*Note: 2nd Period will do this Wednesday 1/31 Due to missing class on Monday 1/29 (College Day for Juniors)

Unit 4: Starter #3  Study the Political Cartoons, captions and explanations on P. 377 Please copy the questions!
1. Why did poorer, downtrodden Americans support FDR?
2. Who were among FDR’s harshest critics?
3. Why did they feel this way about him?

Video: The Presidents- Wilson to FDR
& Video Notes

Chapter 13 Section 1 & 2 Assignment

Thursday 1/25 & Friday 1/26

Unit 4: Starter #2  Election of 1932 P. 347
Please copy the questions!
How many electoral votes did FDR get?
How many electoral votes did Hoover get?
Why do you think this election was such a landslide for FDR?
Time to finish Chapter 12 (if needed)
Crash Course: The New Deal 

Discuss Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Quiz

Tuesday 1/23 & Wednesday 1/24

Unit 4: Starter #1  Timeline P. 344-345
NEW STARTER-NEW PAPER
Please copy the questions!
1. When was FDR inaugurated as president?
2. When did the US Congress pass the Social Security Act?
3. When did Germany invade Poland? (This is generally considered the official start of WWII)

3rd Quarter Courtesy Passes

Chapter 12 Assignment (Whole Chapter)

Wednesday 1/17 & Thursday 1/18; Friday 1/19 & Monday 1/22

Cinderella Man
Link to trailer
Set in the 1930s and based on a true story of a boxer overcoming the odds to become Heavyweight Champion. James Braddock and his family suffered during the great depression along with many other working class families. His boxing comeback brought hope to many during this harrowing time. No assignment for the movie and nothing to make-up. Just enjoy a great and uplifting story set in the time period we are studying: The Great Depression.
~Andrus

Thursday 1/11 & Friday 1/12

No starter; Starters Due you should have SEVEN

Pass Back Papers

Unit 3 Test ~ open Assignment, open Book
(Keep all Ch 9, 10 & 11 materials to study for the Unit 3 & 4 Final in a few weeks!)

More... O, Brother Where Art Thou? OR Grapes of Wrath

Tuesday 1/9 & Wednesday 1/10

Unit 3: Starter #7  Chart P.325
No need to copy the questions!
1. List the Economic Causes of the Stock Market Crash.
2. List the Financial Causes of the Stock Market Crash.

Finish Discussion of Chapter 11, Due

Video Clips from movies depicting the era of the Great Depression
2nd & 4th Period- O Brother Where Art Thou?

3rd & 6th Period- The Grapes of Wrath

Friday 1/5 & Monday 1/8

Unit 3: Starter #6 Timeline P. 318-319
Copy the questions!
When did the Stock Market crash in the US.?
When did the Dust Bowl hit the Great Plains? 
When did Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

Video & Guide: America: Story of US- BUST!

Begin discussion of Chapter 11

Wednesday 1/3 & Thursday 1/4

Unit 3: Starter #5 Map P. 303
Copy the questions!
1. List five of the states which received a large increase in African-American population.
2. List  the four states that had the greatest decrease in African-American population.

Crash Course US History: The Great Depression

Chapter 11 Assignment