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First Nine Weeks at a glance
8/24 - 8/28Mon: First day of school. Welcome back!
Tue: Review procedures & routines Wed: Expectations Thur: Pale Blue Dot and Lunchroom Fight Fri: The Lunchroom Fight |
8/30 - 9/4Mon: Digital Sign Up
Tue: Civil War Introduction Wed: Debate Prep: Cause of the Civil War Thur: Debate Prep: Cause of the Civil War Fri: Debate: What caused the Civil War? |
9/7 - 9/11Mon: No School (Labor Day)
Tue: Six Degrees of Separation Wed: The Course of the Civil War Thur: Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Fri: Reconstruction Introduction |
9/14 - 9/18 |
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10/4 - 10/9Mon: Cartoon Analysis: Gilded Age
Tue: Political Machines Wed: Political Machines Thur: Muckrakers Fri: Booker T. Washington and Du Bois |
10/12 - 10/16Mon: Populism/Grange Movement
Tue: Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth Wed: Assessment Review Thur: Assessment Fri: Assessment Review |
10/19 - 10/23Mon: Introduction to Imperialism
Tue: Imperialists and Anti-Imperialists Wed: PSAT Thur: The Maine and Yellow Journalism Fri: The Spanish-American War |
Notes: The marking period ends on Wednesday, October 22. There is no school for students on October 23 or 24. The last day to submit late work for partial credit per the syllabus is October 17.
Second Nine Weeks At a Glance
10/27 - 10/31Mon: Debates: Annexing the Philippines
Tue: MAIN Causes of WWI Wed: MAIN Causes of WWI Thur: Farewell to Isolation Fri: Zinn: Why did America enter the war? |
11/3 - 11/7Mon: Course of WWI: Over Here
Tue: Course of WWI: Trench Warfare Wed: Espionage & Sedition Thur: Espionage & Sedition Fri: Six Degrees of Separation |
11/10 - 11/14Mon: OCPS Mock EOC
Tue: Consequences: 14 Points & Versailles Wed: Assessment Review Thur: Assessment Fri: Assessment Review |
11/17 - 11/21Mon: Fundamentalism: Prohibition
Tue: Modernity: Consumerism Wed: Fundamentalism: The Red Scare Thur: Fundamentalism: The Monkey Trial Fri: Chicago Race Riots (1919) |
12/1 - 12/5Mon: Birth of a Nation and the NAACP
Tue: Marcus Garvey Wed: The Harlem Renaissance Thur: Stock Market Crash Fri: The Great Depression |
12/8 - 12/12Mon: The Dust Bowl
Tue: FDR's Fireside Chats & Bank Holiday Wed: Historiography: Social Security Thur: Roosevelt's Critics Fri: SAC: Was the New Deal a Success |
12/15 - 12/19Mon: SAC: Was the New Deal a Success
Tue: Assessment Review Wed: Assessment Thur: Assessment Review Fri: 2014 in Pictures |
1/5 - 1/9Mon: US History EOC Workbooks
Tue: Introduction: WWII (FDR & Hitler) Wed: WWII by the Numbers Thur: Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Fri: The Lend-Lease Act |
1/12 - 1/16Mon: From Neutrality to War
Tue: Debate: Isolation and Intervention Wed: FDR's Pearl Harbor Address Thur: The Home Front: Internment Fri: No School |
Notes: There is no school the week of Nov. 24 - 28 or the weeks of Dec. 22 - Jan. 2. The marking period ends Thursday, January 15. There is no school for students on January 16 or 20. The last day to submit late work for partial credit per the syllabus is January 12.
Third Nine Weeks at a glance
1/19 - 1/23Mon: No School
Tue: WWII and the Home Front Wed: A Long Way From Home Thur: D-Day and German Surrender Fri: Remembering the Atomic Bomb |
1/26 - 1/30Mon: Remembering the Atomic Bomb
Tue: WWII Timeline Project Wed: WWII Timeline Project Thur: Introduction: Post-war Challenges Fri: Yalta Conference Simulation |
2/2 - 2/6Mon: Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
Tue: The United Nations and Korean War Wed: NATO and Warsaw Scavenger Hunt Thur: OCPS Mock EOC Fri: McCarthyism: The Red Scare |
2/9-2/13Mon: Cuban Missile Crisis
Tue: The Space Race Wed: Assessment Review (Units V & VI) Thur: Assessment (Units V & VI) Fri: Assessment Review (Units V & VI) |
2/16 - 2/20Mon: No School (President's Day)
Tue: Women and the 1950s Wed: Highways and Suburbia Thur: Montgomery Bus Boycott Fri: Comparing MLK & Malcolm X |
2/23 - 2/27Mon: Civil Rights DBQ: MLK & Malcolm X
Tue: Civil Rights DBQ: MLK & Malcolm X Wed: Civil Rights DBQ: MLK & Malcolm X Thur: Civil Rights DBQ: MLK & Malcolm X Fri: Civil Rights DBQ: MLK & Malcolm X |
3/2 - 3/6Mon: Civil Rights Act of 1964
Tue: Civil Rights Timeline Project Wed: Civil Rights Timeline Project Thur: Civil Rights Timeline Project Fri: Civil Rights Timeline Project |
3/9 - 3/13Mon: LBJ's Great Society
Tue: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Wed: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Thur: Hawks and Doves Fri: Hawks and Doves |
3/16 - 3/20Mon: Hawks and Doves Debate
Tue: Anti-War Movement Wed: Rock n' Roll War Thur: The Legacy of the Vietnam War Fri: No School (Teacher Workday) |
Notes: The marking period ends Thursday, March 19. There is no school for students on February 16. There is no school the week of Mar 23 - 27 for Spring Break. The last day to submit late work for partial credit per the syllabus is Friday, March 13.
Fourth NINE WEEKS AT A GLANCE
3/30 - 4/3Mon: The Warren Court Decisions
Tue: The Warren Court Decisions Wed: The Warren Court Decisions * Thur: Mock EOC I Fri: Mock EOC I |
4/6 - 4/10Mon: Nixon and Watergate
Tue: Nixon and Watergate Wed: Carter's New Foreign Policy Thur: Reagan and Neo-Conservatism Fri: Bush and the End of the Cold War |
4/13 - 4/17Mon: Mock EOC Data Analysis (prds 1 & 5)
Tue: No Honors Classes Wed: Mock EOC Data Analysis (prd 7) Thur: EOC Review (prds 1 & 5) Fri: No Honors Classes |
4/20 - 4/24Mon: EOC Review (prd 7)
Tue: EOC Review: Reconstruction Wed: EOC Review: "Go West!" Thur: EOC Review: The Labor Movement Fri: EOC Review: Cities and Farms |
4/27 - 5/1Mon: Unit I & II Jeopardy Review
Tue: Mock EOC II Wed: Mock EOC II Thur: EOC Review: Imperialism, WWI Fri: Mock EOC II Data Check Up |
5/4 - 5/8Mon: EOC Review: The Great Depression
Tue: Unit III & IV Jeopardy Review Wed: EOC Review: World War II Thur: EOC Review: The Cold War Fri: EOC Review: Post-War, Civil Rights |
5/11 - 5/15Mon: EOC Review: The 1960s
Tue: EOC Review: American Social Issues Wed: Unit V & VI Jeopardy Review Thur: US History End of Course Exam Fri: |
5/18 - 5/22Mon:
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5/25 - 5/29Mon: No School (Memorial Day)
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Notes: June 3 is the last day of school for students.
Tasks and Assignments
PLEASE NOTE: Units I through V have been updated; however all remaining Units are subject to change and a work in progress. All assignments and tasks are available via Edmodo, Showbie, and periodically through in-class handouts. Instructions for submitting those tasks will be included within the objective and directions of the assignment. The final day for submitting late work for more than half-credit is the day after the completion of a Unit. If you have any questions about a particular assignment, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Unit I: Civil War, Reconstruction, and Native Americans
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Unit V: World War II and Peace
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Case Studies
As a class, we will examine a variety of case studies and scenario analyses throughout the year to make real-world connections between the content in the classroom and theories in practice. The cases and scenarios we will be using can be found here.