Weekly+Schedule

__**Week of 10/18:**__
 * Introduction of Syllabus
 * Quick-Write: What makes a civilization?
 * Vocabulary Worksheet
 * Discussion of early Asian, Native American, and African cultures in the Americas
 * Native American cultures - Textbook p.20-24

__**Week of 10/25:**__
 * Present Native American projects
 * Discussion of Christopher Columbus and Columbian Exchange
 * Spanish empire in the New World
 * Review key concepts from chapter 1 and chapter 2

__**Week of 11/1:**__
 * //Pocahontas// analysis
 * Discussion of British colonies
 * Graphic Organizer about different regions of the East Coast
 * Review and discuss timeline of settlement in Early America

__**Week of 11/8:**__
 * British Colonies Quiz
 * Introduction to the American Revolution
 * Causes of the Revolution

__**Week of 11/15:**__
 * Discussion of perspective in history
 * Declaration of Independence and beginning of the Revolution
 * Quick-Write: What role can the creative arts play in history? (especially consider wars!)
 * Begin Revolutionary War parody
 * When should a country's independent status be recognized?

__**Week of 11/22:**__
 * Begin Developing Country and Government simulation
 * The Constitution and Bill of Rights


 * __Week of 11/29:__**
 * Discussion of Separation of Powers
 * Classwork Question about Powers of Federal and State Governments
 * Work on American Revolution Project
 * Bill of Rights and Constitution


 * __Week of 12/6:__**
 * Project presentations
 * Finish Bill of Rights and Constitution
 * Introduce Chapter 6: Federalists and Republicans
 * Review for next week's Quiz on US Government


 * __Week of 12/13:__**
 * Quiz on US Government
 * Introduce vocab for new section
 * Go over Washington's Presidency, including Farewell Address
 * "America" film: //Westward//
 * Note-taking skills
 * Read Alien and Sedition Acts and the Patriot Act

__**Week of 12/20:**__
 * How to Compose a Historical Argument
 * essay about the Alien and Sedition Acts vs. the Patriot Act
 * US Government current information search - write to the government

__**Week of 1/3:**__
 * Jefferson's Presidency and Westward Expansion (Lewis and Clark)
 * War of 1812
 * The American Flag and the National Anthem
 * wrap-up early presidents
 * assign presidents paper

__**Week of 1/17:**__
 * Discussion of Eli Whitney, Frederick Douglass, and slave culture in the South
 * Look at secret messages in spirituals
 * Group Quiz


 * __Week of 1/24:__**
 * Discussion of sectionalism in the United States

__**Week of 1/31:**__
 * "America" film: //Division//
 * Industrial Revolution advertisements
 * Elections of 1824 and 1828 notes

__**Week of 2/7:**__
 * Jacksonian America (pg 265-272 in text)
 * Indian Removal Act
 * Introduce Newspaper project
 * Changing American Culture 1800s-1850s
 * Newspaper assignment (assignment can be found under "handouts" tab)

__**Week of 2/14:**__
 * Continue working on newspaper assignment
 * Review for test
 * Test on Pre-Civil War America

__**Week of 2/21:**__
 * present Newspapers
 * Discuss causes and outcome of Mexican-American War
 * read speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

__**Week of 2/28:**__
 * "America" film: //Civil War//
 * Advantages/Disadvantages of North and South
 * work in groups on specific battles/people/events of the Civil War

__**Week of 3/7:**__
 * work on Civil War presentations
 * Present projects to class


 * __Week of 3/14:__**
 * Discussion of 54th Massachusetts
 * viewing of film //Glory//
 * Film wrap-up, reflection and discussion

__**Week of 3/21:**__
 * Analyzing the Gettysburg Address
 * view and discuss photography from the Civil War
 * Conclusion of the War notes
 * begin working on study guide for quiz
 * Reconstruction activity


 * __Week of 3/28:__**
 * Reconstruction questions
 * Analysis of Black Codes
 * 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
 * Andrew Johnson powerpoint
 * Civil War Quiz

__**Week of 4/4:**__
 * Wrap-up Andrew Johnson
 * discuss end of Reconstruction Era
 * Recognize 5 contributing factors of Westward Expansion
 * examine treatment of Native Americans
 * "America" film: //Heartland//
 * begin Chapter 14 (Big Business/Industry)

__**Week of 4/25:**__
 * Review of Westward Expansion/Industrial Revolution
 * Discussion/Powerpoint about Immigration
 * Citizenship Test activity
 * Changing urban landscape
 * Study for test


 * __Week of 5/2:__**
 * Test on Unit 6
 * recognizing Cause and Effect
 * Ch. 16-18 vocabulary
 * Analyzing progressivism
 * edit paragraphs about progressivism

__**Week of 5/9:**__
 * Progressivism essay
 * WWI - World view, U.S. involvement, "Victor's Peace"
 * introduce end of the quarter project


 * __Week of 5/16:__**
 * Discussion of Recession vs. Great Depression
 * "America" film: //Bust//

__**Week of 5/23:**__
 * Workshop for final project
 * discussion of Great Depression
 * introduction to WWII
 * Authoritarian governments in Europe
 * American Neutrality
 * Japanese Internment and the Atomic Bomb

__**Week of 5/31:**__
 * movie
 * WWII quiz
 * work on final projects


 * __Week of 6/6:__**
 * Final Project Presentations