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Modern US History Study Guide Project (62 points)
Complete study guide with 10 word sentences and textbook page # where information can be found. 

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Chapter 26 Section 2 
The New Global Economy Illustrated/Annotated Timeline 


Your task: Create a timeline of events from Section 2 that include images and captions highlighting key information. Your timeline should be neat and colored. 

Your map must include: 

1. The basic timeline of your historical period. 
2. Choose a minimum of 10 specific events that you want to represent on your timeline. 
3. A 2-3 sentence (>10 words per caption for each event) along with the correct date when it occurred. 
4. An image for at least 4 of the events. 
5. An original title for the timeline large enough to see from 8 feet away.
6. Must use at least 4 vocabulary words from Chap 26 Sec 2

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Chapter 26 Section 2 The New Global Economy
Brainpop:9/11
Presidents Video: George W. Bush
Al Gore
Florida
J.Q. Adams
Cheerleader
Sheriff
Inteligence
On time
Afghanistan
Department of Homeland Security
War on Terror

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Chapter 26 Section 1 
Brainpop: Bill Clinton
Main Ideas (A-H)
Terms and names 8
 

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Chapter 26
 
The Presidents video: Bill Clinton
Arkansas
First Lady
Lawsuits
Both Houses of Congress
Public opinion polls
Gingrich
Shutdown
1998
Bin Laden
Israel and Palestine
 
Brainpop video: Bill Clinton
 
1. Building Vocabulary
2. Guided Reading: The 1990s
 
 

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Reagan Social Network Page Project

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Chapter 25 Section 4
Presidents Video: George Bush “Sr” 

Campaign pledge 
CIA 
2 foreign policies 
August 1990 
Energy reserves in the Middle East 
Baghdad 
Compromise on his Pledge

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Chapter 25 Section 3

Presidents Video: George Bush “Sr”

Campaign pledge
CIA
2 foreign policies
August 1990
Energy reserves in the Middle East
Baghdad
Compromise on his Pledge

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Chapter 25 Section 1
A Conservative Movement Emerges Magazine Cover Project

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Chapter 25 Section 1
Presidents Video: Carter and Reagan 730
1979
pep talk
Hostages
Ronald Reagan 
Challenger
Shot
Iran Contra Affair
Reganomics
1984
Evil Empire
Gorbachev
Star Wars Initiative
1989

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Chapter 24 Section 4
Environmental Activism
 
Video: 3 Mile Island 
Create a TTPP chart using information from the 3 Mile Island video
Guided Reading
Primary Source

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Crossword Chapter 24 Section 2 and 4 (14 Terms)
 
Modern Nixon Activity: What strategies (tactics,devices, ideas etc.) would you use if you were Nixon today and you wanted to guarantee you would not loose the next presidential race? Who would you ask to help you and why?

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Chapter 24 Section 1&2 pages 792-807
The Nixon Administration and Watergate
iHistory Project (50 points)
-Instructions can be found, and must be followed according to information followed at:  http://goo.gl/0dkecB (>10 word sentences must be used) 

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Chap 24 Sec 3 The Ford and Carter Years
 
Presidents video: Jimmy Carter
 
Jimmy Carter’s Background
Lacking in skills
Human rights
Middle East
Camp David Accords
Carter’s Economy
Gasoline
Diplomat Hostages
1980 Election
52 American Citizens
 
GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION.pdf
GUIDED READING The Ford and Carter Years.pdf
RETEACHING ACTIVITY The Ford and Carter Years.pdf
(Review) Chapter 24 Section 3 The Ford and Carter Years 
  
4 Video: 3 Mile Island 
http://goo.gl/ya0Wc

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Chapter 24 Section 1
 
Richard Nixon Video
regret
gratitude
How does Nixon want to prevent future war?
1/4 of the worlds people?
Cradle of civilization will not become its grave?
Nuclear Arms?
 
The President's Video: Nixon 34:05
 
Secret Plan
experience
insecurity
Kissinger
Cambodia and Laos
wire tapping
triangular diplomacy
1973
Infiltration
impeachment
 
The President's Video: Nixon
Main Ideas (A-H)

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Chapter 23
1 Acrostic poem  
2 Skill Builder (venn diagram) 

Create an acrostic poem consisting one term from Chapter 23 at least 8 letters long to begin a descriptive sentences at least 10 words long. Include at least 5 underlined terms and names from the Chapter and 3 reference page numbers where you found the information. your "Essential Word" must be in color and creatively done for full 50 point credit.

V acation is coming in less than 2 months away, cant wait.
o n June 1 we will be juniors no more, but Seniors. 
c alenders say we will be back in late August not July...
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Chapter 23 An Era of Social Change
Brainpop: Cesar Chavez
Complete the Story Activity
Guided Reading
Homework
Building Vocabulary
Main Ideas A-D (769-772)

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Chapter 23 Section 2
Women Fight for Equality
-Terms and Names (6)
-Main Ideas (A-D)
-Skill Builder (1&2 pg. 777) 

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Chapter 22 VIETNAM TTPP Crossword and Timeline
 728-762
1. Organize 20 of 37 Terms and Names into a TPP chart "People, Places, & Things" word-bank for a blank crossword TO BE COMPLETED ON GRAPH PAPER.  
 
2. Choose (ONE) event from each of the (5) sections to organize into a "Timeline Scramble" (>10 word sentence) to be put in order by a class mate.

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Chapter 22 Section 4
 
Brainpop: Richard Nixon
 
The President's Video: Nixon 34:05
 
Secret Plan
experience
insecurity
Kissinger
Cambodia and Laos
wire tapping
triangular diplomacy
1973
Infiltration
impeachment
 

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Chapter 22 Section 4
1968 A Tumultuous Year

 

The Century Video: "Unpinned" (29:30- 43:00)

 

THINGS, TIMES, PEOPLE, PLACE Activity

after you complete your notes label each #term as a TTPP. Create a >3 sentence paragraph relating at least 3 terms from below: 

 

__1. War of attrition

__2. 1967

__3. Que Son

__4. Demonstrations

__5. Blue collar vs white collar kids

__6. Tet Offensive

__7. March 31, 1968

__8. April 1968

__9. Robert Kennedy

__10. Democratic convention

__11. Chicago 

__12. Police

 

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Chapter 22 Sec 3
A Nation Divided
 
PROJECT Part 1: Character Clash: Dove vs. Hawk  http://goo.gl/BPwHq 
 http://goo.gl/BPwHq
                 
Part 2: Draw a "chalk outline" image with dots or dashes splitting the image in two down the middle sort of like the Unknown.jpg template in the attached files below, to depict how a Dove contrasted in looks, and style of dress to a Hawk.  Include a creative title, and use >10 sentences including ALL 6 vocabulary terms.
 
Ho Chi Minh video: 21:51-30:03
http://goo.gl/x2Yn2
 
90-95%
like a peasant
Ladies 
Colaboration 
Prison poems 
American help 
O.S.S.
 
 GUIDED READING
 

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Circle Summary 
50 points

Your task: Determine the most important fact for each of the 5 divisions (Technology, Government, Economics, Society, and Geography) for:
Chapter 22 Section 2 US Involvement and Escalation. 

Instructions:

1.      Include at 4 vocabulary terms from Chapter 20 Section 2

2.      In the center of the circle add an ESSENTIAL QUESTION that represents US Involvement and Escalation.

3.      Write 2 of the most important facts you learned about this section for each of the 5 categories in the outer boxes in >10 word sentences along with the page or site where you found the information.

4.      For each category post/draw a picture to go with each section that reflects your 2 sentences. 

5. Your project must have a creative title and an essential question about what Chapter 22 Section 2 in the center of the diagram. 

 
A template for your project can be found @:   http://goo.gl/VkKiiy

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Chapter 22 Sections 2-3 
US Involvement and Escalation/A Nation Divided 

The Century Video "Unpinned"

Summer 64

Missing

1st amendment in college

swift conclusion

125,000

1965

broken arrow

B52

40 million citizens

Selma to Montgomery, Alabama

 


GUIDED READING & RETEACHING ACTIVITIES Chap 22 Sec 2&3

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Chapter 22 Section 1 
Vietnam War 
Brainpop video: Vietnam 
 
Ho Chi Minh Biography video:
http://goo.gl/x2Yn2 
 
BIOGRAPHY OF HO CHI MINH
Little Big Man
French education
Translator
kitchen helper
rejection
world traveler
voting
London
Culture
 
Chap 22 BUILDING VOCABULARY The Vietnam War Years
      GUIDED READING  

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Chapter 21  Section 2 The Triumphs of a Crusade
          Brainpop: Martin Luther King - Order of Events Worksheet
                             Malcolm X - Order of Events Worksheet
 
Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream Speech"
 
 
 
 

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Chapter 21 Sections 1&2 
                        Taking on Segregation & The Triumphs of a Crusade
Trading Cards
30 points

Your Task: Create 5 historical trading cards based on important people, events, or objects we learned about this Chapter 21 Sections 1&2. 

Instructions: 

1. Use the model below to create your cards (>10 word sentences).
 BACK
 
 
 FRONT

*The Unit Logo is any picture or symbol that represents your card theme. This should be different on all six cards. 

*For the rating bars color in the boxes up to the rating you would give. A 10 means the world would not exist without it. A 1 means the world wouldn’t change at all without it.

 

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Chapter 21 Civil Rights
Section 2&3
Main Idea Questions
The Triumphs of a Crusade (718-723) A-F
Challenges in the Movement (711-716) A-F

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Chapter 21 Section 1
Taking on Segregation

1) Montgomery Bus Boycott video:
http://goo.gl/oabIc
- TAKE 5 notes

2) Brown vs. BOE Brainpop video
Activity/Graphic Organizer

3) GUIDED READING Taking on Segregation
BUILDING VOCABULARY Civil Rights

4) SKILLBUILDER PRACTICE Making Inferences

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Chapter 20 Section 2/3
Kennedy and the Cold War/The New Frontier
Character Clash Mannequin Project
A) Create both a split image of RFK/LBJ (In color or shaded), and a Character Clash using the fill in the blanks on the sheet provided in class.
B) Use >10 word sentences and at least 4 underlined vocabulary terms from Sections 2&3 of Chapter 20.
C) Cite at least 8 text book pages or webpage URLs where you found your evidence (paste your URL at http://goo.gl to shorten it)
D) Create a creative and colorful title for your assignment
 

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Chapter 20 Section 2
 Remote Control Project
40 Points

Your task: Create a 3-night Prime-Time TV schedule for a channel about Chapter 20 Section 2 by coming up with TV shows that would reflect their culture. 

Instructions: 

1. Create a TV Guide chart on your own paper using the template below. 

a. Create a CREATIVE title for your channel in the top section. 

b. Create six TV shows that would be on your channel. 

c. Include an image to represent each of the 6 shows next to the show's title.
 
d. For each show indicate what type of show it would be (game show, reality, comedy, etc.) 
For an example go to:  http://goo.gl/pQc91m

2. Write show descriptions for 4 of your shows you created above. These descriptions must be at least three sentences with >10 words each. Include historical information and facts related to the show as well as the 4 vocabulary terms from CHAPTER 20 SECTION 2. An example is provided below. 

Example: 

Ridezz: Chariotz (Reality): Join our host Ben Hur as he travels Rome looking for the hottest Chariots. This week Ben finds a tricked out racing chariot actually used in the Circus Maximus. You won’t believe the amazing (and maybe illegal) additions made to this ride! 
 

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Chapter 20 Sec 2&3
The Presidents Video: LBJ (27:00-34:00) 
President L.B. Johnson
LBJ's view on Poverty
Irony in Texas
Examples of LBJ's ego
"In Your face"
Unconventional meetings
What was great about Johnson's Great society?
1965
Tet Offensive
Re-election

Chap 20 Sec 3 Main Ideas A-E 679-683
GUIDED READING The Great Society.pdf



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Chapter 20 Section 1 Kennedy and the Cold War
 
Sec 1 GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION.rtf
Sec 1 RETEACHING ACTIVITY Kennedy and the Cold War.rtf
 
Brainpop: Kennedy (Bubble Map - Activity)
                Communism 
Communism
Capitalism
Marx and Engels
The Communist Manifesto
Proletariat
Centralized Economy
Socialism

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Chapter 20 Sec 1 Kennedy an the Cold War
The Presidents Video: Kennedy  (18:45)
Youth
1000 days
Failure at the Bay of Pigs
1962
Birmingham
November 1963
Dallas
 
http://goo.gl/dZwtf Bay of Pigs Invasion
 
Cuban Missile Crisis http://goo.gl/OEhrrX
What led to the crisis?
How were Kennedy and Khruschev able to avoid WWIII?
 
Brainpop: Kennedy (Bubble Map Activity)
 

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Chapter 19 Section 4 - The Other America
 

 

SAM COOKE - A Change is Gonna Come

Choose 3 of the 5 stanzas to connect what we are learning in Chapter 19 section 4.

Highlight or underline a part of a paragraph and explain its importance to plight of minority Americans in the 1950's

(>10 sentences)

DUE TODAY WEDNESDAY 2/26

 
 
Illustrated/Annotated Timeline 
40 points DUE FRIDAY 2/28


Your task: Create a timeline of a historical period that includes illustrations and captions highlighting key information. 

Your map must include: 
 
1. The basic timeline of your historical period. 
2. Choose a minimum of 10 specific events that you want to represent on your timeline. You may have to do some research on your own for this one.
3. A >10 word sentence caption for each event along with the correct date when it occurred. 
4. A picture for at least 5 of the events. 
5. A Creative COLOR title.
                                                   
                                                       

 

 

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Chapter 19 Section 3 Popular Culture
 
America: The Century 3:30-19:13
 
 
Describe why the 50s era could be titled "Happy Days".
Consumer society
uniformity
couples society
middle class
What types of programing were "on" NBC, CBS, & ABC?
3/4
race music
1956
How did Elvis change popular culture?
 
Main Ideas (A-E)

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Chapter 19 Sec 2&3
 
Main Ideas A-G 641-648
 
http://goo.gl/SlHNEc Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 
 
The History of US 15:30-20:00
17,000
8,000
40%-60%
Air con
Southern migration
steel
45 minutes
 
 
 

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Chapter 19 Section 1 & 2
 Skillbuilders 636, 638, Critical Thinking pg 640 
Brainpop:Jackie Robinson
 
7 Vintage TV Commercials From the 1940's and 1950's 
http://goo.gl/3AGFw

Identify which commercial: 

Is your favorite: why 
The worst: why 

Targetedtoward:
Teens 
Men 
Women
 

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Chapter 19 Section 1
 
Brainpop:Jackie Robinson
American Lives: Jackie Robinson
"42" 
How was Jackie Robinson's life experience reflective of American society in the 1950s? 2 sentences
What can you compare his experience to in your own life? 3 sentences
 
HW- Primary Source: Cartoon and Questions
Reteaching Activity: Postwar America

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Chapter 19 
 
http://goo.gl/kDZXmC
1950's Suburbia Video 
Who did suburbia appeal to? Why?
How did 50s fashion compare to today?
How did entertainment of the day reflect on the American Experience?
 
Tuskegee Airmen
 
SUPERPOWER

15 times

White shield highways

62

Rivers

Canal

Interstate Highway

Automobiles

1946

Levittown

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Chapter 18 Section 4
Two Nations Live on the Edge
Draw It & Idea Matrix Activities  
Korean War (Brainpop)
 
The Presidents video: Eisenhower (11:00-15:00) 
1952
Sought after
Armistice
Downsizing
Federal Highway Act
Segregation
1954
Sputnik
1959
 
 
Main Ideas (A-D) pages 623-626
 
The Warsaw Pact and NATO
Geography and Skillbuilder (1 & 2) page 624
 
U.S. Budget, 1940-2000
Skillbuilder (1 & 2) page 626
 
Create Crossword Terms and Names
(Choose 8) page 627 minimum 10 word sentences.

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Chapter 18 Section 3
 
The Cold War at Home
Terms and Names (7)
Main Ideas A-C & #2
Skill Builders 1&2 pg 620 & 621
 

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Chapter 18 Section 2
THE COLD WAR HEATS UP
 
1. Presidents Video: Truman 7:00
271
Korean War
Ho Chi Minh
Truman's popularity
 
2. Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech 
http://goo.gl/HdzxM 
complacency
Central and Eastern Europe 
How did Propaganda from each side portray the other?
 Potsdam Conference (In German) 
http://goo.gl/YDyyc 
Use 5 adjectives each to describe Truman, and Stalin during their photo opportunity. 
 
 

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Chapter 18 Section 1 
Orgins of the Cold War
 
The President's Video: Truman 7:00
Astonished
haberdasher
Down to earth
Manhattan Project
May 45'
Potsdam Declaration
War of ideas
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
1948
 
 
Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech 
http://goo.gl/HdzxM 
complacency
Central and Eastern Europe 
How did Propaganda from each side portray the other?
 

Potsdam Conference (In German) 
http://goo.gl/YDyyc 

Use 5 adjectives each to describe Truman, and Stalin during their photo opportunity. 

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Chapter 18 Section 1
Orgins of the Cold War
Building Vocabulary
Guided Reading
The President's Video: Truman
Astonished
haberdasher
Down to earth
Manhattan Project
May 45'
Potsdam Declaration
"The Buck Stops Here"
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
 
 
Brainpop video: Cold War + Vocabulary Know/Learned Activity
 
Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech 
http://goo.gl/HdzxM
complacency
Eastern and Central Europe
Propaganda Video

Potsdam Conference (In German) 
http://goo.gl/YDyyc

Use 5 adjectives to describe Churchill, Truman, and Stalin during their photo oppourtunity. 

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THE HOME FRONT POSTER PROJECT REVIEW
CHAPTER 18 ASSESSMENT REVIEW pg 598
 
Define 5 of 10 terms with partner
Answer 5 of 10 Main Idea Questions using  >5 underlined Terms and Names

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"1941 Homefront 1945"  Research Project

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Chapter 17 Sec 4 The Home Front
 
Kenji-Fort Minor video
Choose 5 terms from the highlighted section of lyrics and explain their importance in >10 words
 
Zoot Suit Riot
How did fashion contribute to racial tensions in L.A.?
How the presence of military men affect race relations in the city?
 

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Chapter 17 Section 4 The Home Front

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Chapter 17 Section 3 The War in the Pacific
 
Blank Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle (8) pg 578
Main Ideas (A-E)
Thinking Critically 1&2
 
Brainpop video: Hiroshima and Nagasaki Opinion Debate >30 words
 
 http://goo.gl/Xnjnve
The Nuremberg Trials 
atrocity
4 great nations
How are the German Leaders treated by the court?
Verboten

http://goo.gl/9hiaF
The Yalta Conference 
profoundly
"former capital of the Tzars"
Roosevelt looks sick... what year must it be?
Why is this place important?
 
 

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Chapter 17 Section 2 Annotated Illustration Project 
D-Day Invasion
 
The War for Europe and North Africa Illustrated/Annotated Map 
40 points 

Your task: Create a map of a historical event that includes images and captions highlighting key information.  

Your map must include: 

1. The basic map of your event an artistic color title large enough to see from 5 feet away . 
2. Choose a minimum of 5 specific details of the event that you want to represent on your map. 
3. Create 3 sentence caption for 5 different events or battles.
    a) Identify a specific person involved, the place,
    b) something that made it important to the war,
    c) the date(s) it took place,
    d) an image to represent what happened (BE CREATIVE).
4. Each item should point to the proper location on the map. 
               A sample map has been provided below. If it is used, any previous writing must be covered (not visible) when it is turned in. 

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Chapter 17 Section 2 The War for Europe and North Africa
History of US Video: WW II 27:30-end
    Guided Reading Worksheet
    American Lives Worksheet
 
 

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Chapter 17 Section 1
MOBILIZING FOR DEFENSE
 
http://goo.gl/hfZan
WWII In HD, Episode 1, Darkness Falls (FULL EPISODE) minutes 9:00-18:00
 
 
THECENTURY VIDEO: HOME FRONT 1/3

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Chapter 16 Section 4 America Moves Toward War
 
Presidents video Roosevelt 38:00
Summer 1940
George Washington
December 1941
Marshall Nimitz
Internment
Refugees
D day
"...set free a suffering humanity. "
Yalta
April 1945
 
Main Ideas (A-E)
Thinking Critically #1 pg 552
Critical Thinking #5 pg 557

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Presidents video Roosevelt 38:00
Summer 1940
George Washington
December 1941
Marshall Nimitz
Internment
Refugees
D day
"...set free a suffering humanity. "
Yalta
April 1945
 
 
America The Story of Us 15:00

Axis powers

December 7

Trechery

Zero

Opana mobile radio station

8 battleships

Jeep

Mass production

Women

 
Brainpop WWII: Fill in the Timeline activity
Guided Reading Activity
Geography Application Activity

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Chapter 16 Section 3
THE HOLOCAUST
Illustrated/Annotated Timeline PROJECT 
30 points
DUE FRIDAY 1-24-14 

Your task: Create a timeline of the Holocaust that includes illustrations and captions highlighting key information. Your timeline should include all 5 underlined vocabulary words from Section 3 (pgs. 542-549) 

Requirements: 

1. An Artistic title in color
2. The basic timeline of your historical period. 
3. Choose a minimum of 10 specific events that you want to represent on your timeline. 
4. A >10 word caption IN YOUR OWN WORDS for each event along with the correct date when it occurred MULTIPLE EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN THE SAME YEAR CAN BE GROUPED. 
5. A picture/image for at least 5 of the events.

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Chapter 16 Section 1 Rise of Nationalism Character Clash Project 
Contrast the style of 2 authoritarian leaders found on page 530 (CHOOSE FROM: Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Tojo, or Stalin) In addition to the instructions found on the link above, include 1) an artistic title for your project, 2) a picture of each leader, 3) their countries' flag during their time in power and 4) a famous quote they made. 5) >10 word sentences in each statement. 6) must be on 2 pieces of paper or less.

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Chapter 16 Section 1 Dictators Threaten World Peace 528-535
Hitler Speech http://goo.gl/sZDbAm
Mussolini Speech http://goo.gl/vXxiEK
Franco Speech http://goo.gl/NrCO0c
Stalin Speech http://goo.gl/qstWLS
 
Main Idea, 4 adjectives to describe their speech, Inspirational level 1-4 Why?
Compete Building vocabulary and guided reading worksheets

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Chapter 15 Section 5 The Impact of the New Deal
 
Brainpop Videos: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt
 
Presidents Video: FDR 35:00
Indispensable
1935
61%
Supreme Court
Perkins
1937
3rd Term
 
FDR Powerpoint

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Chapter 15 Section 4
Gone With the WInd trailer: http://goo.gl/Y9ZaEp
War of the Worlds radio broad cast (5:00): http://goo.gl/GGDxHb
The Grapes of Wrath trailer http://goo.gl/1P8itZ
GUIDED READING worksheet
RETEACHING ACTIVITY worksheet

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New Deal Annotated Map Project DUE FRIDAY 1-10-14
 
Download images of 5 different structures (i.e. bridges, buildings, dams) built by the Works Progress Administration during the New Deal. Print out the Blank map of the U.S. found below (mapoftheusa.jpeg) and post your 5 images along with a description of their importance, and the date of their completion (>10 words each). Draw lines from your images to their locations on the map. Include the name of the structure, city, state, as well as the date of its completion.
 
Chapter 15 Section 3 The New Deal Affects Many Groups
Main Ideas A-E

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Chapter 15 Section 3 The New Deal Affects Many Groups
 
1A. Create a TTPP for both Cesar Chavez and The Memorial Day Massacre in a   3-5-5-5 format.
1B. Create 3 different "topic links".  
1C. Write a 3-5 sentence paragraph summarizing what you learned about each. 
 
LABOR HISTORY: Chicago Memorial Day Massacre 1937
PRIMARY SOURCE The Memorial Day Massacre
2. Answer all 3 discussion questions (>10 words per ?),
give 2 REASONS WHY for #3
 
LITERATURE SELECTION Hard Times
Brainpop: Cesar Chavez
3. Draw 2 different scenes from Chavez' Childhood. Create a caption for the scene taken from the reading and put into qotes describing what he learned and experienced.
 
 

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The Second New Deal Takes Hold
Chapter 15 Section 2
 
PRESIDENTS VIDEO: FDR 29:00
This elects me...
Crippled
Harvard
Management style
Fireside chats
100 Days
 
BRAINPOP VIDEO: Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Chapter 15 Section 1 A New Deal Fights the Depression
Terms and Names (9) >10 word sentences
TTPP Chart 5 people, places, things, 3 times (dates)
connect 3 sets of terms 
complete a paragraph summarizing the events in your TTPP
Complete Main Ideas A-E

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Chapter 14 Section 3
Brainpop Video: The Great Depression
PRESIDENTS VIDEO: HOOVER 22:00
California
Hooverball
Businessman
Workethic
Voluntarism
Hoover Hotel
Bonus Army
MacArthur

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SECTION 2 Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
GUIDED READING
BUILDING VOCABULARY
 
Project Due Friday DEC 14 (50 points)
 
1. Create a timeline of the historical period of Chapter 14 Section 1 with an artistic title. 
2. Choose a minimum of 10 specific events that you want to represent on your timeline. Each Event needs to be from Chapter 14 Section 1 and be described in >10 word sentence caption. 
3. Each event must be associated with a date 
4. Pictures for at least 5 specific events must be included.
5. At least 5 underlined vocabulary terms must be used throughout the project.

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 14 The Great Depression Begins
Brainpop Video: The Great Depression Causes
History Channel Video: 1929 Stock Market Crash http://goo.gl/38cIq
Chapter 14 BUILDING VOCABULARY ACTIVITY
 
464-471 Section 1 The Nation's Sick Economy
Terms and Names (9) pg.464
Skillbuilders pgs. 467 & 470 (all)
 
 
Project Due Friday DEC 14 (50 points)
1. Create a timeline of the historical period of Chapter 14 Section 1 with an artistic title. 
2. Choose a minimum of 10 specific events that you want to represent on your timeline. Each Event needs to be from Chapter 14 Section 1 and be described in >10 word sentence caption. 
3. Each event must be associated with a date 
4. Pictures for at least 5 specific events must be included.
5. At least 5 underlined vocabulary terms must be used throughout the project.
 

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 13 Section 4 The Harlem Renaissance
1. Create a BLANK Crossword with >10 word definitions of (10) terms on page 452.
2. Create a Bubble map for MIGRATION, LITERATURE, MUSIC, POLITICS for the two videos:
History Channel: Harlem Renaissance http://goo.gl/Y15rhS
Brainpop: Harlem Renaissance
 

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 13 Section 2 The Twenties Woman
Video: The 1920's Woman 
 
Write 3 adjectives, 3 Verbs, 3 Nouns about what you see in the video
Main Ideas(A-C) pgs.440-443
Critical Thinking #4 pg. 443

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 13 Section 1
 
Brainpop: Scopes Monkey Trial 

 

Changing Ways of Life

GUIDED READING

PRIMARY SOURCE Political Cartoon INTERNET PROJECT

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CARTOON

2. CREATE A "TTPP" CHART USING TERMS OR IMAGES FROM THE POLITICAL CARTOON ON THE 18TH AMENDMENT.

                                TITLE AND IMAGE

                             time things people places

                             1      1        1         1

 

                             3

 

 

                                      5        5         5

3. Connect at least 3 sets of TTPPs with different colored lines.


Write a paragraph 4 sentences using your terms from your TTPP notes underlining key terms.

 

 

 

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 13

BUILDING VOCABULARY The Roaring Life of the 1920s

History Chanel Video: America Goes http://goo.gl/PB6to
Ganster Al Capone Exploits Prohibition http://goo.gl/s6dea
Brainpop: Scopes Monkey Trial 

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 12 Section 3 The Business of America

Due:

Assignment

Section 2 The Harding Presidency (419-421)
     Presidents Video: Warren G. Harding 12:40 
Normalcy 
Party 
Federal Spending 
Arms Reduction 
San Francisco 
Teapot Dome 
Poisoned 
 
 

Due:

Assignment

Section 1 America Struggles with Postwar Issues
 
The Century video: Americas's TIme, Boom to Bust

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 12  
       Section 1 America Struggles with Postwar Issues 
Sacco and Venzetti Video: http://goo.gl/ouC1dG
•1. What does the outcome of the Sacco and Venzetti case tell you about popular culture after WWI?
•2. Why were Sacco and Venzettitargeted for a crime without proof?
•3. How do you think this incident would influence future events?
 
 
 The Century video: Americas's TIme Boom to Bust
 
Building Vocabulary Worksheet
The Century Video Boom to Bust Worksheet (Questions 1-15)

Due:

Assignment

US Benckmark #2 Review Packet
Each box needs to be completed with >10 about the key term and the page numer where the information can be found.

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 11 Section 4 Wilson Fights for Peace
 
Brittish
Machine guns
60,000
1 million
Unhappy compromise
Hitler
name 10 WWI firsts
     Video: Battle of the Somme
     Video: Treaty of Versailles Ends World War 1
 
    Video: World War I Firsts
 
 
Brain Chain Project instructions:
Create a Brain Chain using the 8 Terms & Names found on page 398 of your text book. Connect terms to each other using a >10 words using facts you learned from reading the section. You should have 7 sentences connecting our terms. Must include a creative title and >5 pictures relating to the section vocabulary or what you learned. Due Monday, November 18 worth 50 points.
An example can be found @: http://goo.gl/EkKAN7

Due:

Assignment

 The War at Home
Chapter 11 Section 3
 
Video: Shell Shock 3 0f 3
http://goo.gl/6gRjCa
 
1. Skill Builder pg. 389, 391 (1 & 2)
2. Guided Reading worksheet The War at Home
3. Reteaching Activity worksheet The War at Home
 

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 11 Section 2
Main Ideas (A-E)
Terms and Names (>10 word sentences)
 
Presidents Video: Woodrow Wilson (4:00-12:42)
Ellen
Neutrality
2nd Administration
League of Nations
Pershing
Sedition and Espionage
19 months
Colorado
Senate ratification
 
The Century: Shell Shock part 2 (10:00)
http://goo.gl/jCQKj7
1 mile or 2
assembly lines
new weapons
shell shock
Battle of the Somme

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 11 Section 1&2
Brain Pop: World World War I
        Activities:
Y Chart Graphic Organizer
Analyze It 

Presidents Video: Woodrow Wilson (4:00-12:42)
Ellen
Neutrality
2nd Administration
League of Nations
Pershing
Sedition and Espionage
19 months
Colorado
Senate ratification

Section 1 Primary Source: The Zimmerman Note
Section 1 Reteaching Activity: World War Begins
Section 2 Guided Reading: American Power Tips the Balance

Due:

Assignment

THE FIRST WORLD WAR day 2
The Century video: Shell Shock (8:55)

http://goo.gl/tbrxDy

Movie houses

Propaganda

Economic boom

European Immigration

Great migration

60 countries

300 miles

Building Vocabulary The First World War (Any vocabulary not used MUST be defined on the movie notes page)
Guided Reading World War I Begins
10 words per sentence

History Channel video: Causes of the Great War 

http://goo.gl/sgByC

Due:

Assignment

THE FIRST WORLD WAR
The Century video: Shell Shock

http://goo.gl/tbrxDy

Luistania

128

1914

cousins

England France Russia Austria

Attack

Massacre of the innocents

Other side of the ocean

Open house

$295

History Channel video: Causes of the Great War 

http://goo.gl/sgByC 

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 10 Section 4 America as a World Power pg 359

Pancho Villa Video: http://goo.gl/JhF4r
Diplomacy in the early 20th century video: http://goo.gl/PNG3W
 -Guided Reading 
 The Panama Canal
-Extension Activities, Crossword Puzzle

Due:

Assignment


Chapter 10 Section 2 GUIDED READING (Due tomorrow 10/31/13)
The Spanish-American War
Comic Strip project Chapter 10 http://goo.gl/CrURm

Use the terms below to Explain the Spanish-American War in a (5 scene) comic strip with downloaded images.

Must Use:

2 People, 2 things, and 2 places show detail. 


1. American business owners

2. José Martí

3. Valeriano Weyler

4. Yellow journalism

5. De Lôme letter

6. U.S.S. Maine

7. Cuba

8. Puerto Rico

9. Guam

10. Philippine Islands

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 10 Section 3 Acquiring New Lands
1. Cross Word Terms and Names pg 358 (10 word sentences)
2. Main Ideas A-C (353-356)
3. Analyzing Political Cartoons 1&2 pg. 354
4. Geography Skill Builder 1&2 pg 356
The Boxer Rebellion Video: http://goo.gl/Ut9f1

Due:

Assignment

The Century Video:
http://goo.gl/pTmQ31

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 10 Section 1-2

Hawaiian music: http://goo.gl/clwRP

Imperialism and America/The Spanish American War

America History of Our Nation Video:

The United States Look Overseas

New opportunities, 

Pacific territories,

1898, USS Maine, Rough Riders

Owning colonies, Filipinos,

1903,1914

 

In what areas of the Pacific Ocean does the United States first become involved in overseas issues?

 

Why did some people object to the Spanish-American war?

The Century Video 4:30-10:20
http://goo.gl/pTmQ31

Create a BLANK Cross Word from the 14 Terms&Names from Section 1 and 2 (pages 345 & 351) 
GUIDED READING The Spanish-American War

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 10 America Claims an Emiprie

BUILDING VOCABULARY 

America Claims an Empire

GUIDED READING Imperialism and America

Brainpop video: Bull Moose

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 9 Internet Project
Illustrated Timeline
http://goo.gl/xf4Ehx
DUE FRIDAY10/25/13
-Use images (they do not have to be in color) found online, each sentence must contain at least 10 words. Project can use no more than 2 pages.

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 9 Section 5 Wilson's New Freedom

1. GUIDED READING WORKSHEET: Wilson’s New Freedom
2. MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS: (A-D pgs. 332-337)

Presidents Video: Wilson (Beginning-5:52)
1912, Election, Splitting the vote, PHD, New Jersey, Re-election
Leadership style, New Freedom, 1914, Neutrality, Lusitania

Due:

Assignment

Chap 9 Sec 4 Progressivism Under Taft

1. GUIDED READING

Progressivism Under Taft

2. Main Idea Questions: 

A-C pgs. 328-331

                   3. Presidents Video Notes: Taft (37:00-end)

Philippines, Nelly, Supreme Court Justice,  Weight

President’s job, Best friends, Bull Moose Party, 

Monopoly regulation

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 9 Section 3 Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal 
Brainpop: Teddy Roosevelt "The Bull Moose"
graphic organizerworksheet
GUIDED READING Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal

President Video: McKinley/Roosevelt 18:00-45:00 (Terms and Names)

McKinley
USS Maine
Rough Riders
Upswing
Contradictions
Energy
America's Greatest Evil
Trust Regulator
Coal Strike
Square Deal
Global Responsibility
Canal
Big Stick Diplomacy
8 million
The Jungle
Meat Inspection/Pure Food & Drug Act
Antiquities Act
Represent

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 9 Section 1&2 
The Origins of Progressivism & Women in Public Life
Brainpop video: Woman's Suffrage 

Guided Reading Section 1 
Sec 1 SKILLBUILDER PRACTICE Forming Historical Questions & 4 corners activity
Due Thursday 10-17-13

Chapter 9 Project Progressivism DUE FRIDAY 10-18-13
Wanted/Hero Poster - Choose 3 of 7 important people listed below involved int the Progressive Movement. Complete the project following the instructions listed at the following site. http://goo.gl/FYfsw

•William Howard Taft 
•Woodrow Wilson 
•Upton Sinclair 
•Susan B. Anthony 
•Robert M. LaFollete 
•Florence Kelley 
•Theodore Roosevelt 
  

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 9 Section 2&3 Women in Public Life/Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal

 Worksheet: 

GUIDED READING Women in Public Life


President Video: Roosevelt 18:00-45:00 (Terms and Names)

McKinley
USS Maine
Rough Riders
Upswing
Contradictions
Energy
America's Greatest Evil
Trust Regulator
Coal Strike

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 9 Sections 1/2
    Video: Political Reform and the Progressive Era

Industrial growth      Corruption

Monopolies              Working conditions

Journalists          Roosevelt

Trusts Square deal

Suffrage  Woodrow Wilson

What methods did Progressives use to fight corruption and the abuse of power?
What problems facing Americans were the Progressives unable to solve?

Sec 1 GUIDED READING The Origins of Progressivism
Sec 1 SKILLBUILDER PRACTICE Forming Historical Questions & 4 corners activity
Sec 2 GUIDED READING Women in Public Life

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 9 The Progressive Era pgs.(306-337)
Worksheets:
BUILDING VOCABULARY The Progressive Era
RETEACHING ACTIVITY The Origins of Progressivism

Create a BLANK crossword for all terms and names on page 312 using 10 word definitions.

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 8 Review

The Century Video: America's Time (8:30-15:00)
http://goo.gl/uJcicx

Classwork: Main Ideas 1-8 page 300

Reminder
Washington vs. Du bois Character Clash/Outline Project Due TOMORROW
http://goo.gl/bfhaf

Study Guide Chapter 8
Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, 13th Amendment, Mexicans, African Americans, grandfather clause, racial discrimination, Poll Tax, Louis Sullivan, Frederick Law Olmsted, 
Daniel Burnham, Orville and Wilbur Wright, George Eastman, WEB Du Bois, Booker T. Washington                       

Due:

Assignment

Expanding Public Education/Segregation and Discrimination
1. Homework review
2. "The New American City" video and Questions
3. Ida B Wells "Lynching and the Excuse for it" Primary source analysis
4. Segregation and discrimination Guided Reading group work
5. Vocabulary picture ID activity
6. Washington vs. Du bois Character Clash/Outline Project Due Friday
http://goo.gl/bfhaf

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 8 Section 3 and 4
Segregation and Discrimination/The Dawn of Mass culture
History of US video 25:55-33:24

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 8 Life at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
GUIDED READING Expanding Public Education
PRIMARY SOURCE ACTIVITY Advertisement 
Use with modern camera advertisement powerpoint
CHARACTER CLASH Poem
 
Booker T Washington Video
     http://goo.gl/1g1lkB
Slave
Virginia
Industrial Education
Tuskegee Institute
accepting place in society


WEB Du bois Video
     http://goo.gl/8FvxPG
Massachusetts
Harvard
6pm
Philadelphia Negro
Niagra Movement

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 8 Life at the Turn of the Century

BUILDING VOCABULARY

Due:

Assignment

2012 Benchmark 1 Review Sheet
The following terms will appear on the 1st Benchmark Exam.

Separation of Powers/ Checks & Balances
Marbury v. Madison
Lewis & Clark's Expedition
Indian Removal Act / Trail of Tears
Manifest Destiny
2nd Great Awakening
Monroe Doctrine
Abolition Movement
Causes of the Civil War
Nullification
Popular Sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott decision
Civil War (Advantages/Disadvantages)
Emancipation Proclamation
Sherman's March to the Sea
13th, 14th & 15th Amendments
Reconstruction Plans (Lincoln's, Johnson's)
Results of Industrialization
Lowell Textile Mills
Seneca Falls Convention
Populist Party
Triangle Shirtwaist Company
Samuel Gompers
Social Darwinism
Andrew Carnegie
Compromise of 1877
Chinese Exclusion Act
Settlement Houses
Graft
Homestead Act

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 6 A New Industrial AgeTest Review
Section 3 Big Business and Labor Powerpoint
Main Ideas pg 250 (1-8)
Chap 6 sec 3 PRIMARY SOURCE Labor Poster.pdf
Chap 6 Sec 3 RETEACHING ACTIVITY Big Business and Labor

Due:

Assignment

Chap 6 Sec 2&3 The Age of Railroads/Big Business and Labor
15 term vocabulary Xword pgs 236-249

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 6 Section 2 
The Age of the Railroads
Geography Application: Human-Environment Interaction
GUIDED READING The Age of the Railroads
Political Cartoons Skillbuilder pg. 240
Railroad History: Brainpop Verbal Quiz


 

Due:

Assignment

Section 1 The Expansion of Industry
http://goo.gl/TC0n7

1. GUIDED READING The Expansion of Industry
2. GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION: HUMAN–ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

Video: Industry and Urban Growth

Alexander Bell
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Wright Brothers
Andrew Carnegie
John Rockefeller
Immigrants
Strikes
Skyscrapers
Slums
Boss Tweed

Due:

Assignment

Due:

Assignment

Acrostic Poem Chapter 5
 
Must include a VERTICAL vocabulary term of 7 letters or more done creatively and in color.
Must have at least 10 words per sentence.
Must include at least 5 underlined vocabulary terms from the chapter.
Must have 5 seperate pictures included to reflect what you have learned

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 5 Section 3

Brainpop: Railroad History & verbal quiz

GUIDED READING
Farmers and the Populist
Movement

Terms and Names & Picture Matching Activity

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 5 Section 2
Settling on the Great Plains

Video: Exodusters
http://goo.gl/DvTL4

1. GUIDED READING Settling on the Great Plains

2. GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION: REGION
Land Regions of the West

3. SKILLBUILDER PRACTICE Creating Models

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier 
Brainpop Video: Wounded Knee
Review Quiz Questions
Section 1 Cultures Clash on the Prairie 
[Main Ideas A-G, Terms & Names Crossword (10)] 

Changes on the Western Frontier Chapter 5 Project (pgs. 200-226)
http://goo.gl/aoTc7 

Choose a "90 minute assignment" from the site using topics from Chapter 4 Sections 1-4. It Due Monday 9-9 at the beginning of class for 60 points. Follow instructions carefully, doing so will affect your score.

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier
 
History of Us Video: Heartland <13:00
 
2000 miles
12,000 ft
Theodore Judah
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
10,000 workers
Nitro glycerin
1869 6 days
Great Plains
Homestead Act
Sod

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 4 Review pg.190 THE UNION IN PERIL
Terms and Names (1-10)
Main Ideas (1-9)

History of US video: Division 7:55-22:41
30 species
Natchez, Mississippi
50 times more
Power Loom
Lowell, Massachusetts
1836
New Orleans
Slave Auctions

Due:

Assignment

Brainpop: Civil War (5ws and H Chart)
      Abe Lincoln

History of US video: Division 7:55-22:41
30 species
Natchez, Mississippi
50 times more
Power Loom
Lowell, Massachusetts
1836
New Orleans
Slave Auctions

Due:

Assignment

History of US video: Division 7:55-22:41
30 species
Natchez, Mississippi
50 times more
Power Loom
Lowell, Massachusetts
1836
New Orleans
Slave Auctions

Brainpop: Causes of the Civil War
Underground Railroad

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 4 The Union in Peril


History of US video: Division
30 species
Natchez, Mississippi
50 times more
Power Loom
Lowell, Massachusetts
1836
New Orleans
Slave Auctions
Douglass
Tubman
1850
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Brown
Kansas
Harpers Ferry
1860
800,000 vs 2.5 million

Textbook Worksheets
Chap 4 Sec 1 GUIDED READING The Divisive Politics of Slavery.pdf
Chap 4 Sec 1 PRIMARY SOURCE On the Burning of Columbia_.pdf

Civil War Project: Copy and paste the URL http://goo.gl/aoTc7
and choose a "90 minute assignment" from the site using topics from Chapter 4 Sections 1-4. It Due Monday 9-9 at the beginning of class for 60 points. Follow instructions carefully, doing so will affect your score.

Due:

Assignment

The Mecian American War and Manifest Destiny

Brainpop Videos:
Mexican American War
Gold Rush

Due:

Assignment

The Market Revolution

The Presidents Video: James K Polk
Tennessee
Servant of the people
Destiny
4 goals
49th Parallel

Terms and Names pg 138 (10 word definition)
Guided Reading and Reteaching Activity worksheet

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 3 Section 3

Brainpop videos: Jackson
                         Trail of Tears

The Presidents Video: Jackson 11:30
Dangerous man
Voice of the common man
Fighter
The Spoils System
Peggy Eaton
Kitchen Cabinet
1830
Chief Justice Marshall
South Carolina
Mascot of Democratic party

Acrostic poem project: Due Friday 

Choose a vocabulary word from Chapter 3 Section 2 or 3 that is at least 7 letters long and write it vertically. Then write out a sentence that starts with each letter at least 10 words long include and underline at least 4 vocabulary terms from section 2 or 3 in your poem. Be creative with the lettering and include 4 pictures that reflect themes in the poem. USE COLOR.

http://goo.gl/w4is3Q

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 3 Section 2 The Age of Jackson

Brainpop Video: Lewis and Clark

The History of US Video: Westward
Cumberland Gap
1775
3 cents and acre
Shoshone
Beaver
Jeb Smith
Interstate 15

Chap 3 Sec 2 Age of Jackson Guided Reading Worksheet

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 3 Section 1 The Jeffersonian Era
Crossword of Vocabulary terms (9)
Main Ideas (A-E) pages 112-117
Critial Thinking question #3 page 117

Due:

Assignment

Declaration of Independence

1. Brainpop video "The Declaration of Independence"
2. History of US
3. The Presidents Video: Jefferson  21:00
White House
We are all…
Slippers
Public speaker
Sally Hemmings
$15 Million
1804
Embargo Act
Gravestone
4. Declaration of Independence in Plain English handout. 
Categorization of 14 grievances activity: dissapointed, upset, angered, enraged (label all                     from your perspective if you were a colonists, explain why you labeled 4 of your                                 grievances the way you did) 
5. Chapter 2 Building Vocabulary (BIA02_AD.PDF)
 

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 2 Section 1 Colonial Resistance and Rebellion

1. Complete vocabulary Crossword (10 terms) in notebook

2. Vocabulary picture matching and sequencing group activity

3. History of US Video Notes in notebook (21:00)
4,000
1/3 of British shipping
Silversmith
40%
1770
Postmaster General
1773
First Continental Congress
Solidarity
Lexington

4. Answer Main Ideas (A-D in notebook)

Due:

Assignment

Choose 1 "45 minute project" for what we learned about this week in The History of US video and Chapter 1.

http://goo.gl/aoTc7

History of US Video to 21:37
Add notes on the following terms:
1610
Jamestown
Tobacco seed
Chesapeake
20,000
Plymouth
1621
Pokanotan
Mouth of the Hudson River
1768

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 21 Section 1 Taking on Segregation
          Brainpop: Martin Luther King
2. Reteaching Activity
3. Building Vocabulary
 Section 2 The Triumphs of a Crusade
4. Guided Reading worksheet Challenges and Changes
5. Main Ideas pgs. 710-716 (A-F), Critical Thinking #2
Section 3 Main Ideas (A-F), Critical Thinking #3, Terms and Names with >10 word definitions

Due:

Assignment


 

Chapter 19 The Postwar Boom/Taking on Segregation
Chapter 21 Civil Rights Section 1&2

Brainpop: Jackie Robinson 
 Section 3 Popular Culture 
Video 1950s Pop Culture 
http://goo.gl/l9iYZ 
Rock 'n' Roll History 
http://goo.gl/dlCV8   http://goo.gl/AbmIz
Powerpoint Presentation Ch 19 Sec 3 
Main Ideas A-E (652-656), #2 pg 657 
Skill Builders 1&2 pgs. 653,656 
 
 Section 4 The Other America
The Mexican Braceros  http://goo.gl/SCmQa 
42'-64'
Mexico City
Calloused hands
Department of labor 
Main Ideas (A-C) 661-663 
Main Idea (#2) 663 
Bracero Program 
The Battle of Chavez Ravine http://goo.gl/At7w3
Powerpoint Presentation Ch 19 Sec 4

Chapter 21 Section 1 Taking on Segregation
          Brainpop: Martin Luther King
2. Reteaching Activity
3. Building Vocabulary
  Section 2 The Triumphs of a Crusade
4. Main Ideas pgs. 710-716 (A-F), Critical Thinking #2
5. Trading Card Project

Choose 4 individuals from Chapters 19 and or 21 Section to create four trading cards using the criteria at: http://goo.gl/KjhFK

This is a 50 point project to be completed by the beginning of class Thursday 7-17-13 using no more than two pages of paper (front and back). Creativity will be rewarded!

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 22 Sec 4&5 - Chapter 19 The Post War Boom (WWII)

Brainpop: Nixon
The Presidents: Richard Nixon 34:00A secret plan
Enemies
Foreign policy
Bombings
Wiretap
Triangle diplomacy
Re-election
1973
Obstruction of Justice
Resign

The Centuries VideoFlushing Meadows, NY
Summer of 64’
1st Amendment on Campus
3rd world army
B52
Selma, AL
Marlon Brando
Malxom X
Black Panthers
1967
Guerilla Warfare
1967
Save and Destroy
1968
King & Kennedy
Democratic Convention Chicago


SECTION 4 1968 A TUMULTUOUS YEAR 
Main Ideas (A-D) Vocabulary Matching (6) Word/Definition 
SECTION 5 THE END OF THE WAR AND ITS LEGACY 
Main Ideas (A-E) Vocabulary (8) term BLANK crossword to be combined with Section 2

Chapter 19
Brainpop: Jackie Robinson
Chapter 19 Section 3 Popular Culture

Video 1950s Pop Culture
http://goo.gl/l9iYZ

Rock 'n' Roll History
http://goo.gl/dlCV8

Powerpoint Presention Ch 19 Sec 3

Main Ideas A-E (652-656), #2 pg 657
Skill Builders 1&2 pgs. 653,656
http://goo.gl/SCmQa
Bracero Program

Main Ideas (A-C) 661-663
Main Idea (#2) 663
Chap 19 Building Vocabulary
Chap 19 Sec 1 Guided ReadingPostwar America
Chap 19 Sec 2 Guided Reading The American Dream in the Fifties
Chap 19 Sec 4 PRIMARY SOURCE from The Other America.pdf
Chap 19 Sec 4 GUIDED READING The Other America.pdf

Due:

Assignment

CHAPTER 22 THE VIETNAM WAR YEARS
http://goo.gl/x2Yn2
BIOGRAPHY OF HO CHI MINH
Little Big Man
French education
Translator
kitchen helper
rejection
world traveler
voting
London
Culture
Eyes
Al Quac
14 Points
Wilson vs Lenin
30 years old
Liberation blueprint
Thailand
1930s
Vichy Government
30 years
Ho Chi Minh
90%
Ladies
Colaboration
Prison poems
American help
O.S.S.

Brainpop video: Vietnam
SECTION 1 MOVING TOWAR CONFLICT
Complete worksheet, (9) pictures with vocabulary definitions
SECTION 2 U.S. INVOLVEMENT AND ESCALATION
Main Ideas (A-E)
Vocabulary (8) term BLANK crossword to be combined with Section 5
SECTION 3 A NATION DIVIDED
Complete worksheet, (6) pictures with vocabulary definitions
SECTION 4 1968 A TUMULTUOUS YEAR
Main Ideas (A-D) Vocabulary Matching (6) Word/Definition
SECTION 5 THE END OF THE WAR AND ITS LEGACY
Main Ideas (A-E) Vocabulary (8) term BLANK crossword to be combined with Section 2

Due:

Assignment

Section 1: Kennedy and the Cold War
Section 2: The New Frontieer
Section 3: The Great Society
The Presidents Video: Kennedy  
 
1000 days
Failure at the Bay of Pigs
1962
Birmingham
1963
Dallas
http://goo.gl/dZwtf Bay of Pigs Invasion
                  Cuban Missile Crisis http://goo.gl/YMQBF
  Brainpop: Kennedy, The Apollo Project


Johnson
27:00
President L.B. Johnson
LBJ's view on Poverty
Irony in Texas
Examples of LBJ's ego
"In Your face"
Unconventional meetings
Great society
1965
Tet Offensive
Re-election
Great Society http://goo.gl/PIJ3U    
Complete the Character Clash project for JFK and LBJ on 2 seperate sheets of paper (one for each)http://goo.gl/bfhaf
Include at least 3 images (describing thier beliefs/actions), and 4 terms/names from their respective section for each president.

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 18 Cold War Conflicts

Brainpop:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Korean War
Cold War

The Presidents Video: Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower

Section 1: Origins of the Cold War
Main Ideas: A-D & #2 pg. 608
Geography Skill Builder (1&2) pg. 605
Terms and Names (9) >10 word definitions
Section 2: The Cold War Heats Up
Main Ideas: A-D & #2 pg. 615
Geography Skill Builder (1&2) pg. 613
Terms and Names (5) >10 word definitions
Section 3:The Cold War at Home
Skillbuilders 1&2 pgs. 620 and 621
Guided Reading/Reteaching Worksheets on link below 
Section 4: Two Nations Live on the Edge
Skill Builders 1&2 pgs. 624 and 626
Guided Reading/Reteaching Worksheets on link below


Due:

Assignment

Chapter 16 World War Looms
History of US:
Section 1 Dictators Threaten World Peace
Hitler Speech: http://goo.gl/8i8LN  
Mussolini Speech: http://goo.gl/EBsjE
Stalin Speech:http://goo.gl/P7ylL
 
-Create a 3way venn diagram  summarizing Hitler, Mussolini, and
Stalin's speeches including the topic, speaking style, and  audience.
 
-Create a "Identification Chart" using information on page 530 that includes 1)the countries modern flag, 2)picture of the leader, 3)a quote, and 4)year they came into power. These should be placed in timeline order from earliest to latest.  
Section 2 War in Europe
Brainpop: Adolph Hitler
Section 3 The Holocaust
Brainpop: The Holocaust; Anne Frank
Section 4 America Moves Toward War
Brainpop: Pearl Harbor

Due:

Assignment

PRESIDENTS VIDEO: FDR 29:00
This elects me...
Crippled
Harvard
Management style
Fireside chats
100 Days
Indispensable
1935
61%
Supreme Court
Perkins
1937
3rd Term
December 7
Internment
Refugees
D-Day
Yalta
United Nations


BRAINPOP VIDEOS: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt
New Deal Project (please print the instructional page to turn in with your work) http://goo.gl/aoTc7

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Assignment

Chapter 14 The Great Depression Begins ; Chapter 15 The New Deal
The History of Us: Bust
1930
20-25,000 people
1933
Frank Hurry Up Crow
Colorado River
4 tunnels
Man on the Moon
2 years ahead of schedule
1934
Dead zones
65 mph
The Brown Plague
Exodus
2/3
Radios
South Dakota
1936
Louis vs Schmelling
Rematch
124 secs
PRESIDENTS VIDEO: HOOVER 22:00
California
Hooverball
Businessman
Workethic
Voluntarism
Hoover Hotel
Bonus Army
MacArthur
Brainpop Videos: The Great Depression Causes, The Great Derpression
Chap 14 BUILDING VOCABULARY The Great Depression Begins.pdf
Sec 1 GUIDED READING The Nation_s Sick Economy.pdf
Sec 1 RETEACHING ACTIVITY The Nation_s Sick Economy.pdf
Sec 2 GUIDED READING Hardship and Suffering During.pdf
Sec 2 RETEACHING ACTIVITY Hardship and Suffering During.pdf
Sec 3 GUIDED READING Hoover Struggles with.pdf
Sec 3 PRIMARY SOURCE Attack on the Bonus Army.pdf
Chapter 15 The New Deal
Brainpop Video: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Main Ideas (A-E), Terms and Names (9), Critical Thinking (3&4)

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Assignment

Chap 12
Section 1 America Struggles with Postwar Issues
Video: Sacco and Venzetti Video: http://goo.gl/VpR8y
Section 2 The Harding Presisency
Presidents Video: Warren G. Harding 12:40
Normalcy
Party
Federal Spending
Arms Reduction
San Francisco
Teapot Dome
Poisoned
Section 3 The Business of America
Presidents Video: Calvin Coolidge
Silent Cal
Horse
Chief Justice
Budget
Cabinet:
2nd term

Chap 13 The Roaring Life of the 1920s
Sect 1Changing Ways of Life
History Chanel Video: America Goes Dry...http://goo.gl/PB6to
Ganster Al Capone Exploits Prohibition http://goo.gl/s6dea
Brainpop: Scopes Monkey Trial
Sect 2 The 20s Woman
Flappers: The Roaring 20s http://goo.gl/CFSv
Section 3 Education and Pop Culture
Poweroint: 1920s popculture

Sect 4
Brainpop: Harlem Renaissance

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Assignment

Semester 1 Final Study Guide

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Assignment

Chapter 10 America Claims an Empire
Section 1 Imperialism and America
 Histroy Chanel Video: Roosevelt Shot
 
Section 2 The Spanish American War 
video: Spanish American War
http://goo.gl/pY4wa
Mahan
4 Islands
Marti
Sugar Cane
300,000
Yellow Journalism
266
125,000
Dewey
Aguinaldo
Wool
Yellow Fever
San Juan Hill
Splendid little War
 
Section 3 Aquiring New Lands
Boxer Rebellion Video: http://goo.gl/Ut9f1
European Powers vs. China
Boxers
Peking
 
Section 4 America as a World Power
Pancho Villa Video: http://goo.gl/JhF4r

 Choose 20 of the 27 words in Chapter 10 to create a HAND WRITTEN crossword with answers  included.


Worksheets
Chap 10 Sec 1 GUIDED READING Imperialism and America.pdf
Chap 10 Sec 2 GUIDED READING The Spanish-American War.pdf
Chap 10 Sec 2 PRIMARY SOURCE from The Rough Riders.pdf
Chap 10 Sec 3 GUIDED READING Acquiring New Lands.pdf
Chap 10 Sec 3 RETEACHING ACTIIVITY Acquiring New Lands.pdf
Chap 10 Sec 4 GUIDED READING America as a World Power.pdf
Chap 10 Sec 4 OUTLINE MAP America Becomes a World Power.pdf

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Assignment

Chapter 9 Modern America Emerges 1890-1920
 
Section 1 The Orgins of Progressivism
Section 2 Women in Public Life
Brainpop: Woman's Suffrage
Section 3 Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal 
President Video: McKinley/Roosevelt 16:00-37:00
McKinley
Press management
Cuba
Empires
Navy Department
USS Maine
Rough Riders
Upswing
Czolgosz
Contradictions
Energy
America's Greatest Evil
Trust Regulator
Coal Strike
Square Deal
Global Responsibility
Canal
Big Stick Diplomacy
8 million
The Jungle
Meat Inspection/Pure Food & Drug Act
Antiquities Act
Represent
 
Section 4 Progressiveism Under Taft 
President's Video: Taft 37:00-44:00
Perfect candidate
Phillippines
Nelly
Supreme Court Justice
355
Reverse
1912
Bull Moose
Life Long Ambition
Monopolies

Section 5 Wilson's New Freedom

Create a Wanted/Hero Poster for ONE of 6 important people you are assigned in the Progressive Movement descriptions complete with pictures for each and a 10 word sentence.
1•William Howard Taft
2•Woodrow Wilson
3•Upton Sinclair
4•Susan B. Anthony
5•Robert M. LaFollete
6•Florence Kelley
7•Theodore Roosevelt
 
Instructions can be found at the following site:http://goo.gl/FYfsw

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Assignment

Chapter 8 Section 3 Segregation and Discrimination
Main Ideas A-C, Terms and Names (7), Critical Thinking #5

Chapter 6 Section 3 Big Business and Labor
JD Rockefeller http://goo.gl/5ZpHt
Andrew Carnegie http://goo.gl/J4vTl
Main Ideas A-H, Terms and Names (10)
American Lives, Guided Reading

Chapter 7 Section 1 Immigrants and Urbanization
Gangs of New York Trailer http://goo.gl/zhWME
Main Ideas (A-C), Critical Thinking #5, Geography Skillbuilder 1&2
Guided Reading 

Chapter 7 Section 2 The Challenges of Urbanization
Jacob Riis http://goo.gl/LyT1A
Geography Skillbuilder 1&2, Critical Thinking #s 4&5

Chapter 7 Section 3 Politics in the Golden Age
Boss Tweed http://goo.gl/gL7KY
Main Ideas (A-D),Terms and Names (11)
Guided Reading, Reteaching Activity

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Assignment

Chapter 5 Changes on the Western Frontier Section 1 Cultures Clash on the Prairie [Main Ideas A-G, Terms & Names Crossword (10)]
Brainpop Video: Wounded Knee
Section 2 Settling on the Plains Main Ideas A-D, #2; Terms & Names Crossword (4), Critical Thinking #2
http://goo.gl/DvTL4
Section 3 Farmers and the Populist Movement Main Ideas A-E, Terms & Names Crossword (8)
http://goo.gl/p5cS4



Chapter 6 A New Industrial Age
Section 1 The Expansion of Industry http://goo.gl/TC0n7
Section 2 The Age of Railroads http://goo.gl/AqQYC

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Assignment

Chapter 4 The Union in Peril

History of US video: Division
1825
Lake Erie
Clinton
Irish
1840
30 species
Natchez, Mississippi
50 times more
Power Loom
Lowell, Massachusetts
1836
New Orleans
Slave Auctions
Douglass
Tubman
1850
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Brown
Kansas
Harpers Ferry
1860
800,000 vs 2.5 million
 
Textbook Worksheets
 Chap 4 Sec 1 GUIDED READING The Divisive Politics of Slavery.pdf
 Chap 4 Sec 1 PRIMARY SOURCE On the Burning of Columbia_.pdf
 Chap 4 Sec 2 OUTLINE MAP The States Choose Sides.pdf
 Chap 4 Sec 2 RETEACHING ACTIVITY The Civil War Begins.pdf
 Chap 4 Sec 3 GUIDED READING The North Takes Charge.pdf
 Chap 4 Sec 3 RETEACHING ACTIVITY The North Takes Charge.pdf

Complete the terms and names on pg.189, 
Skillbuilder pg. 187, and Main Ideas A-F (pgs. 184- 189)

Civil War Project: Copy and paste the URL http://goo.gl/aoTc7 
and choose a "90 minute assignment" from the site using topics from Chapter 4 Sections 1-4. It Due Thursday 6-20 at the beginning of class for 60 points. Follow instructions carefully, doing so will affect your score.

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Assignment

The Growth of a New Nation Chapter 3
Section 3 Manifest Destiny
Section 4 The Market Revolution
Section 5 Reforming American Society

The Presidents Video: James K Polk
Tennessee
Servant of the people
Destiny
4 goals
49th Parallel

The History of US Video: Westward
Cumberland Gap
1775
3 cents and acre
Shoshone
Beaver
Jeb Smith
Interstate 15
1846
10 miles a day
10 per mile
Donner
Sierra Nevada
1836
10 to 1
Crockett
Marshall
15 -100
1830
1000 miles
Steamboat

Brainpop Videos:
Mexican American War
Gold Rush
Frederick Douglass

Textbook worksheets
 Chap 3 Sec 3 GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION- REGION.pdf
 Chap 3 Sec 3 PRIMARY SOURCE from James K_ Polk_s Speech on War with Mexico.pdf
 Chap 3 Sec 4 GUIDED READING The Market Revolution.pdf
 Chap 3 Sec 5 GUIDED READING Reforming American Society.pdf
Chap 3 Sec 5 SKILLBUILDER PRACTICE Identifying Problems.pdf

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Assignment

Chapter 3 The Growth of a Young Nation
The Presidents Video: Jefferson  21:00
White House
We are all…
Slippers
Public speaker
Sally Hemmings
$15 Million
1804
Embargo Act
Gravestone
The Presidents Video: Jackson 11:30
Dangerous man
Voice of the common man
Fighter
The Spoils System
Peggy Eaton
Kitchen Cabinet
1830
Chief Justice Marshall
South Carolina
Mascot of Democratic party
Brainpop Videos:
Jefferson
Jackson
Lewis and Clark
Trail of Tears
Westward Expansion
Textbook Worksheets
Chap 3 BUILDING VOCABULARY The Growth of.pdf
Chap 3 Sec 1 GUIDED READING The Jeffersonian Era.pdf
Chap 3 Sec 1 RETEACHING ACTIVITY The Jeffersonian Era.pdf
Chap 3 Sec 2 GUIDED READING The Age of Jackson.pdf
Chap 3 Sec 2 OUTLINE MAP The Indian Removal Act of 1830.pdf
Chapter 3 Section 3 Manifest Destiny
Vocabulary (10), Main Ideas (A-H:Complete Sentences), Critical Thinking 3&4

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Assignment

Chapter 2 Revolution and Early Republic

Section 3 Confederation and the Constitution
Terms and Names Cross Word (20 terms: pgs. 66&74)
Main Ideas A-F
Critical Thinking 3&4
Skillbuilder 1&2 pg 69

Section 4 Launching a New Nation
Main Ideas A-D
Critical Thinking 3&4
Skillbuilders 1&2 pgs 75&78

The History of US: Revolution (notes)
Biggest land invasion in US History
Boston
64
5 to 1
32,000
Kip’s Bay
¼ of the city
HMS Jersey
Washington’s first defeat
170 miles south
Morgan’s Rifleman
Target officers
1777
Valley Forge
Smallpox
Inoculation
Von Steuben
20% of New York population
Invisible ink
1781

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Assignment

Take notes on the following terms during the film America: The Story of Us
1610   
Jamestown  
Tobacco seed 
Chesapeake
20,000  
Plymouth  
1621  
Pokanotan  
Mouth of the Hudson River  
1768  
4,000 
1/3 of British shipping   
Silversmith  
40%  
1770  
Postmaster General  
1773   
First Continental Congress
Solidarity  
Lexington
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WORKSHEETS
Chap 2 Sec 1 GUIDED READING Colonial Resistance and Rebellion.pdf
Chap 2 Sec 1 RETEACHING ACTIVITY Colonial Resistance and Rebellion.pdf
Chap 2 Sec 2 GUIDED READING Colonial Resistance and Rebellion.pdf
Chap 2 Sec 2 SKILLBUILDER PRACTICE Analyzing Causes and Effects.pdf

COMPLETE THE BILL OF RIGHTS PARTNER PRESENTATION PROJECT

1 Each Presentation will need a picture depicting the amendment in action.
2 A rewriting of the Right your group was assigned in High school English.
3 A bumper sticker showing your support for the Amendment. Paste the following link for instruction: http://goo.gl/rzhny
4 Explain a situation in which your amendment will be called into question











 

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Assignment

Chapter 1
Brainpop Videos:
Native Americans
Columbus
Thirteen colonies
Slavery
French and Indian War

Chap 1 Sec 1 BUILDING VOCABULARY Exploration and the.pdf
Chap 1 Sec 1 GUIDED READING The Americas_ West Africa_.pdf
Chap 1 Sec 2 GUIDED READING Spanish North America.pdf
Chap 1 Sec 2 RETEACHING ACTIVITY Spanish North America.pdf
Chap 1 Sec 3 AMERICAN LIVES John Winthrop.pdf
Chap 1 Sec 3 GUIDED READING Early British Colonies.pdf
Chap 1 Sec 4 GUIDED READING The Colonies Come of Age.pdf
Chap 1 Sec 4 RETEACHING ACTIVITY The Colonies Come of Age.pdf

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Assignment

Benchmark #6 Review
(chpt. 22-26)

Chpt. 22: The Vietnam War: (pgs. 728-764)
-The Vietnam War (Pro/Con, Hawks/Doves, Military/Hippies)-Domino Theory -Ngo Dinh Diem
-Ho Chi Minh -“The New Left” -Tonkin Gulf Resolution -Agent Orange -credibility gap -SDS
-free speech movement -1968 Democratic convention -Kent State University 1970 -My Lai incident
-War Powers Act

Chpt. 23: Era of Social Change: (P. 766-787)
- Cesar Chavez - United Farm Workers Organizing Committee - Boycott
- Latinos problems faced and changes created - La Raza Unida -American Indian movement and their tactics - Native Americans and search for Autonomy - Betty Friedan & Femine Mystique vs. Phyllis Schlafly
- Feminism & changes brought about in society - National Organization for women - Roe vs. Wade
- The Counter Culture -Changes to U.S. Culture brought about by the Counter Culture

Chpt. 24: Age of Limits: (pgs. 792-825)
- New Federalism purposes and results - impeachment - “silent majority” - The Imperial Presidency
- liberalism vs. conservatism - The Watergate scandal - Gerald Ford - Helsinki Accords
- Richard Nixon -Nixon and Communist China - Jimmy Carter (Camp David Accords) -détente
- E.P.A - Three Mile Island - Iran Hostage Crisis - University of California Vs. Bakke (affirmative action)
-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) -stagflation

Chpt. 25: Conservative Tide: (pgs.828-855)
- New right - moral majority - Star Wars - Reaganomics -EPA - Sandra Day O’Connor -AIDS
- “feminization of poverty” -AWU -Sunbelt -Frostbelt -Rustbelt - Mikhail Gorbachev - Perestroika
-Glasnost - 1989 Berlin -Anastasio Somoza - Tiananmen Square - Sandanistas -Contras - Grenada
- Panama - Iran/Contra Scandal - Operation Desert Storm
* factors that lead to end of the Cold War

Chpt.26: United States in Today’s World: (pgs.858-889)
- Oklahoma 1995 -Sept.11, 2001 -NAFTA & its opponents -global Economy -WTO & its opponents
- Electoral college and election of 2000 - GATT & its results
- immigration/ migration in U.S. 1840-2000

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Assignment

Chapter 23
1 Acrostic poem
2 Skill Builder
3 Guided Reading

Create an acrostic poem consisting one term from the Chapter at least 8 letters long, to begin a discriptive sentences at least 10 words long.

V acation is coming in less than seven days from today.
o n May 30th we will be juniors no more, but Seniors
c alenders say we will be back in late August not July...
a
b
u
l
a
r
y

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Assignment

Chap 23,24,25 Multiple Choice Review Vocabulary Worksheet

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Assignment

Roughton Project:
http://www.mrroughton.com/assignments
Chapters 22-26
15 points

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Assignment

Chapter 26 Section 1 and 2
The 1990's and the New Millennium/The New Global Economy
1. 14 Terms and Names 860, 869 (10 word sentence)
2. Main Ideas A-H (861-867) (Complete sentences)
Brainpop:9/11
Presidents Video: George W. Bush
Al Gore
Florida
J.Q. Adams
Cheerleader
Sheriff
Inteligence
On time
Afghanistan
Department of Homeland Security
War on Terror

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 26
 
The Presidents video: Bill Clinton
Arkansas
First Lady
Lawsuits
Both Houses of Congress
Public opinion polls
Gingrich
Shutdown
1998
Bin Laden
Israel and Palestine
 
Brainpop video: Bill Clinton
 
1. Guided Reading: The 1990s
2. Reteaching Activity
3. Bill Gates: American Lives

Due:

Assignment

Reagan Era NEWSPAPER PROJECT
http://goo.gl/pUiYF

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Assignment

Chapter 25 Section 3

George Bush “Sr”

Campaign pledge
CIA
2 foreign policies
August 1990
Energy reserves in the Middle East
Baghdad
Compromise on his Pledge

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 25 Section 4 Foreign Policy After the Cold War

Video Notes:
Managua
18 months
Samosa
Overproduction
Kuwait
1990
August 7
Jan 15
Scud missiles
“Weapons of Mass Destruction”


Trouble in Iraq
http://goo.gl/IAAJJ



Sandinistas Win
http://goo.gl/ZPwpJ


 
Geography Skillbuilder 1&2 pgs. 851, 854
Vocabulary Xword of of (8) Terms and Names pgs. 850-855

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Assignment

A Conservative Movement Emerges... Under Reagan and Bush
     Brainpop video: Ronald Reagan
 
Chapter 25 Sections 1 & 2
1. Main Ideas (A-C, A-C complete sentences) 830-838
2. Terms and Names (15 In bold - 10 words each) 830-838

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Assignment

Presidents Video: Ronald Reagan
Astrologer
Challenger
Shot
Iran Contra Affair
Reganomics
1984
Evil Empire
Gorbachev
Star Wars Initiative
1989

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 24 Section 4 Environmental Activism

Video: The Impact of Silent Spring-Rachel Carson
http://goo.gl/94nlc

Main Ideas (A-C) 820-825
Skill Builder (1 & 2) 824
Critical Thinking (3 & 4) 825
Vocabulary (all 5 - 10 word sentences) 820-825

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Assignment

(Review) Chapter 24 Section 3 The Ford and Carter Years
 
1 Main Ideas (A-F) pages 810-817
2 Skill Builders (1&2) pages 813, 814, 816
3 Critical Thinking (3&4) page 817
4 Video: 3 Mile Island
http://goo.gl/ya0Wc
     

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Assignment

Chap 24 Sec 3 The Ford and Carter Years

Powerpoint Notes: 3 Bullets and a Question (notes)

GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION.pdf
GUIDED READING The Ford and Carter Years.pdf
RETEACHING ACTIVITY The Ford and Carter Years.pdf

Due:

Assignment

Main Idea Questions Chapter 24 Section 1 and 2 (A-E) all.
12 Video Notes: Ford

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Assignment

Chapter 24 Nixon/Carter Administrations
           Jimmy Carter Video notes:
Jimmy Carter’s Background
Lacking in skills
Human rights
Middle East
Camp David Accords
Carter’s Economy
Gasoline
Diplomat Hostages
1980 Election
52 American Citizens

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 24 An Age of Limits

Create an 18 word Crossword using the bolded vocabulary from pages 794-805.
Choose 7 of the 10 Main Idea questions (A-E) to answer from pages 794-805.

Due:

Assignment

CHAPTER 22 OPEN BOOK TEST The Vietnam War Years pages 730-761

20 points total are available for this assignment. Multiple choice questions are worth 1/2 point, short answer questions are worth are worth 2 points. Choose ONE extended response question and describe at least 3 of the bullet points for 5 points.

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Assignment

Choose 4 events from your Forrest Gump Timeline to research in your textbook. Write four 10 word sentences to explain each (3 about the event 1 about its part in the movie). Include a picture for each, as well as the page number or numbers where the information was found.

Forrest Gump Timeline Activity

Match the following letters representing events in the life of Forrest Gump to their corresponding year on the timeline below


A) Invests in Apple Computers 

B) Elvis Presley sings and dances to "Hound Dog" on live TV 

C) Visits Communist China with the US ping pong team 

D) Jenny is sick and lives with Forrest 

E) Forrest enters the Vietnam War 

F) Meets Pres. Nixon exposes the Watergate Scandal 

G) HIV/AIDS Outbreak 

H) Discovers his talent for ping pong 

I)  Desegregation of University of Alabama 

J) Meets John Lennon on a talk show 

K) Meet President Johnson and receives Congressional Medal of Honor 

L) Forrest hip dances for a young boarder at the Gump House

M) Birth of BubbaGump Shrimp Company 

N) Named to the All-American Team gets to meet President Kennedy 

O) Runs across the United States for 2 years 

P) Forrest saves several members of his platoon 



52’    56’    61’    63’    66’    67’    68’    69’    70’    71’    72’    74’    76’    77’    80’    81’


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Assignment

US History A-Z  Book CST Review Project 50 points

 http://goo.gl/f0w5V

Review the CST questions posted at the URL below (answers are included).
   Follow the intructions at the URL above to create an American History from A to   Z book.
Instead of page numbers:
  POST THE QUESTION NUMBER WHERE YOU FOUND YOUR INFORMATION.
No more than 4 group mebers are allowed.
  PIctures in your book do not need to be in color, but creative font lettering for your voacabulary  word do.
You will be tested on 40 of the 90 questions on Friday so study up!

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Assignment

Chapter 22 Sections 1-2
Vietnam War


Ho Chi Minh video:
http://goo.gl/x2Yn2

Brainpop video: Vietnam

Vichy Government
30 years
Ho Chi Minh
90%
Ladies
Colaboration
Prison poems
American help
O.S.S.

GUIDED READING & RETEACHING ACTIVITIES Chap 22 Sec 1&2

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Assignment

Chapter 22 Section 2 

Ho Chi Minh Video 19:47
http://goo.gl/x2Yn2

Culture
Eyes
Al Quac
14 Points
Wilson vs Lenin 
30 years old
Liberation blueprint
Thailand
1930s

Chap 22 Sec 2 
US Involvement and Escalation

1. Comic Strip Project due Wednesday 3-27-12. 

6 (six) picture downloads; one to represent a RED BOLDED section from pages 737-741 in sequential order. The instructions are below, but follow these guidelines.

http://goo.gl/CrURm

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Assignment


Chapter 22 Section 1 
Moving Toward Conflict 


Ho Chi Minh Bio Video 10:00
http://goo.gl/x2Yn2
(fill in relevant notes about the following terms)
Little Big Man
French education
Translator
kitchen helper
rejection
world traveler
voting
London

- Pg. 735 Vocabulary Cross Word (10 words or more - answers included)
- Pgs 730-735 A-D Main Ideas & #2, Critical Thinking #s 3 & 4.


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Assignment

Chapter 21 Section 3 
Challenges and Changes in the Movement
712-723

GUIDED READING Challenges and Changes.pdf

Watts Riots Video
http://goo.gl/Wuvqh
Malcom X Movie trailer
http://goo.gl/A8p82
Stokely Carmachael interview
http://goo.gl/Ou0g0
Brainpop video Malcom X

A-F Main Ideas #2, Critical Thinking #3

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Assignment

Chapter 21 Section 2 
The Triumphs of a Crusade

James Meridith Video 4:00
http://goo.gl/kGuXU

Freedom Riders Trailer 4:10
http://goo.gl/a3MqF

MLK Speech 1:30
http://goo.gl/9VSbf

Power Point Presentation
Main Ideas A-F (pgs. 710-716), 
6 Vocabulary Terms (10 word sentence minimum), 
Analyzing Primary Sources pg. 716

Due:

Assignment

Chpater 21 Section 1
Taking on Secregation

1) Montgomery Bus Boycott video:
http://goo.gl/oabIc
- TAKE 5 notes

2) Brown vs. BOE Brainpop video
Activity/Graphic Organizer

3) GUIDED READING Taking on Segregation
BUILDING VOCABULARY Civil Rights

4) SKILLBUILDER PRACTICE Making Inferences

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Assignment

Chapter 20 Group Project Due Thursday 3-14 for 30 points. 

Pay no attention to the extra credit part. Each member of your group will chose a separate topic from an assigned section of Chapter 20 to create a History Webpage. The instructions can be found on the link below:

http://goo.gl/fJVmu

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Assignment

Chapter 20 Section 3 
The Great Society


http://goo.gl/PIJ3U
Video: Johnson's Great Society
(5 comprehension terms with a minimum of 10 word descriptions)


AMERICAN LIVES Rachel Carson.pdf
GUIDED READING_The Great Society.pdf
PRIMARY SOURCE_from Unsafe at Any Speed.pdf
RETEACHING ACTIVITY The Great Society.pdf

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Assignment

27:00
President L.B. Johnson
LBJ's view on Poverty
Irony in Texas
Examples of LBJ's ego
"In Your face"
Unconventional meetings
What was great about Johnson's Great society?
1965
Tet Offensive
Re-election
34:00

Chap 20 Sec 3 AMERICAN LIVES Rachel Carson.pdf
GUIDED READING The Great Society.pdf
PRIMARY SOURCE.pdf

Brainpop: Apollo

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Assignment

President Kennedy Video Terms to know
Brown vs. Board of Education:
1954:
Sputnik
1959
1000 days
Failure at the Bay of Pigs
1962
Birmingham
1963
Dallas

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Assignment

Chapter 20 Section 1
Kennedy and the Cold War

http://goo.gl/dZwtf
Bay of Pigs Invasion No Secret

http://goo.gl/YMQBF
Cuban Missile Crisis

Brain Pop Video: Kennedy

Bay of Pigs invasion notes
Cuban Misisile Crisis notes
 
1. Main Ideas: 671-674 (A-F) #2 678
2. Geo. Activity 675 1&2
 

http://

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Assignment

Follow the instructions on the work sheets carefully. Do not use any smaller than an 8 font. Chap 20 Sec 1 Building Vocabulary.rtf
Sec 1 GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION.rtf
Sec 1 GUIDED READING Kennedy and the Cold War.rtf
Sec 1 RETEACHING ACTIVITY Kennedy and the Cold War.rtf

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Chapter 16-18 Review Activity (20 points)

Hiss, Rosenberg, Cold War, Stalin,
Truman, United Nations, Berlin Airlift, Satellite Nations, containment, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, HUAC,
McCarthy, blacklist, McCarthyism, Albert Einstein, Bataan, Mac Arthur, Truman Doctrine, NATO

1. Categorize the following terms from Chapter 16-18 as "American" or "Un-American".
2. Justify your choice in a detailed sentence for EACH word.
3. Cite the page the information was found.

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Popular Culture (1950s) Project
 
Quest for Knowledge

Annotated Illustration

 Annotated Timeline
 
Wanted Poster
 
Character Clash
http://goo.gl/rwzI8 (must include a picture of each character)
 
1. Each student will choose one of the following activities above to be       
included in an in-class presentation (100-200 seconds) using a multimedia format, explaining     
their assigned section of our textbook.
 
2. Each student must find the URL to the song inorder to play as a 30 second intro to 
thier group's presentation, citing the year it was released, and a quick         
reference on how it relates to thier groups specific asigned section (be       
creative). This will be done to smooth the transition between group presentations.
 
Our presentations will be made this Wednesday and Thursday and will be     
worth a total of 30 points. Groups without group members present must have  
thier partners digital section of the presentation included to avoid losing   
points.

The sections to be presented on are as follows:

1. The Road to Suburbia 650-651 (You Send Me - Sam Cooke)
2. One American's Story 652 (Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two)
3. New Area of Mass Media/The rise of Television 652-653 (Lucille - Little Richard)
4. Stereotypes and Gunslingers 644 (Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams)
5. Radio and Movies 654 (I've Got A Woman - Ray Charles)
6. A Sub Culture Emerges 655 (Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis)
7. African Americans and Rock 'n' Roll 655-656 (Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry)
8. The Racial Gap 657 (White Christmas - Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter)
9. The Emergence of the Teenager 658-659 (Rock-in Robin - Bobby Day)


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Assignment

Chapter 19 Section 3
Popular Culture

Video 1950s Pop Culture
http://goo.gl/l9iYZ

Rock 'n' Roll History
http://goo.gl/dlCV8

Powerpoint Presention Ch 19 Sec 3

Main Ideas A-E (652-656), #2 pg 657
Skill Builders 1&2 pgs. 653,656

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Assignment

http://goo.gl/SCmQa
Bracero Program

Main Ideas (A-C) 661-663
Main Idea (#2) 663

Chap 19 Sec 4 PRIMARY SOURCE from The Other America.pdf
Chap 19 Sec 4 GUIDED READING The Other America.pdf

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Assignment

Chapter 19 Sec 2

7 Vintage TV Commercials From the 1940's and 1950's
http://goo.gl/3AGFw

Identify which commercial:

Is your favorite: why
The worst: why

Targeted toward:Children
Teens
Men
Women

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Assignment

Benchmark Review Game

http://goo.gl/Ds1Wr
1950's Suburbia Video

http://goo.gl/QKoUK
Truman Speech Supporting Civil Rights

Powerpoint Presentation Section 1 Chapter 19

American Lives: Jackie Robinson
Primary Source: Cartoon
Reteaching Activity: Postwar America

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Assignment

Chapter 19 Section 1
Post War America
1. Building Vocabulary (skip leter C)
2. Guided Reading
3. Main Ideas (A-E pages 635, 636,637,638, 639)
4. Skill Builders (1-2 pages 636 & 638)

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Assignment

History Channel Video:
Cold War/Stalin's Purges
http://goo.gl/Wz5y9
Write a 4 item list of Cold War leftovers

Webpage:
Stalin's Rise to Power
 
20 Point Project:
Create a timeline of Stalin's rise to power using the 5 sections on the above site as events, including thier years. Each event is to inclde a picture, and two10 word sentences (in your own words) explaining why that event is important to the history of communism. Create an artistic title for your timeline and do not use any more than one image of Stalin in your project.

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Assignment

Twilight Zone Worksheet
Character Comparison

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Assignment

Complete Animal Farm Questions (1-5)

http://teacherweb.com/ON/CASS/BC/9-10-Animal-farm-Questions.pdf

Video can be found on youtube @
http://www.youtube.com/v/ClaNnaMgbF0&fs=1&source=uds&autoplay=1

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Assignment

Extra Credit 3 points due on the front desk Monday -1 minute after the tardy bell. No late extra credit will be accepted. 
 
please dont make me grade your answers, you already have enough points in my class ;)
 
1. Choose one example of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War and describe
what you think might have occurred if the United States had acted differently. (>30 words)
Think About:
• civil war in China
• Korean War
• CIA actions in the Middle East and Latin America
 
2. How do Americans’ fears about the world situation today compare with their
fears during the 1950s? Considering only this type of fear, explain which
period you would prefer to live in. (>30 words)
Think About:
• ideas about communism and terrorism
• relations with foreign countries
• defense strategies and weapon technology

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Chapter 18 Section 2 (Continued)

The Cold War Heats Up

Marcarthyism: Better Dead than Red


Cold War Political Cartoons
http://goo.gl/7Fkjy
Write a sentence for each political cartoon

Brainpop: Cold War
Verbal Quiz

Text pages 610-615
Main Idea Questions A-D, 2

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Assignment

Chapter 18 Sec 2

THE COLD WAR HEATS UP

Brainpop video: The Korean War

Cold War Matrix Project

On 1 page complete a 4 part "Idea Matrix" about the countries fighting during the Korean War. List (1) each of their reasons for fighting in 20 words, (2) the seperate goals that each had at the end of the conflict.(North Korea, South Korea, The U.S., and China), (3) a picture of each nation's flag, and (4) the name & picture of each country's leader.

Complete the following activities posted below:

Ch 18 Sec 1 Guided Reading
Ch 18 Sec 1 Reteaching Activity

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Chapter 18 Section 1
Orgins of the Cold War (Continued...)

Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech
http://goo.gl/HdzxM

Potsdam Conference (In German)
http://goo.gl/YDyyc

Use 5 adjectives to describe Churchill, Truman, and Stalin during their photo oppurtunity.

Complete the following worksheets:
GUIDED READING Origins of the Cold War.pdf
PRIMARY SOURCE from Harry S_ Truman_s.pdf
The Marshall Plan.pdf

Answer Skill builder questions 1&2 on pages 604, 605 and 606

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Assignment

Chapter 17 THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II Review  

http://goo.gl/jsURJ
Video: Zoot Suit Riots
Use 8 adjectives to describe immages you see throughout the video. 


http://goo.gl/5YR6x
Video:Japanese Internment Canps During WWII
How were the camps depicted in the film? Why were they described the way they were?


Chapter 17 Powerpoint
Write 8 notes during the presentation.
 After You Read Worksheet
Terms  and Names 1-7 1-8 (write question and answer)
Main Ideas 1-4 (write out complete sentences)
Thinking Critically 1&2 (3 sentence answers)

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Assignment

Chapter 17 Section 4 The United States in World War II

Complete Guided Reading worksheet (1-8 & B in complete sentences)
Read and complete The Home Front reading guide answer 1-3 Comprehension questions

Chapter White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Student Study Guide (17 Questions)

WHILE VIEWING
This film is separated into four parts: INTRODUCTION, THE SURVIVORS, THE BOMB and THE AFTERMATH.
I will stop the film after each section so you can answer
questions, finish in your KWL Chart at the conclusin of the activity. Be sure to answer questions, and/or fill in your chart while watching each section.

INTRODUCTION section questions
1. What is significant about this quote? “75% of the population of Japan
was born after
1945” What does this tell you about the population of Japan today and in the future?
2. Why do you think the teenagers don’t know what happened on August 6th, 1945?
3. Why do you think the filmmaker wanted to begin the film in this way?

2. THE SURVIVORS section
1. What messages were being sent to the people of the United States about the Japanese?
2. What messages were being sent to the people of Japan about the war?
3. What affect did these messages have on the people of each country and how did they
affect their outlook on the war?
4. Do you think the governments misled the people of Japan and the United States? If so,
how and why?

3. THE BOMB section
1. How did the American men feel about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
2. When asked about his role in the bombing, one man said:
“People say ‘what’d you do in those early days?’ and my answer was ‘whatever I was told to do’…I guess I
wasn’t learned enough or sophisticated enough to appreciate what it meant in the long run for the future of
the world.”
Write your thoughts in response to this statement.
3. Another man said "We have opened Pandora's box, and the genie can't be stuffed back
in the bottle.” What did he mean by this?

4. AFTERMATH section
1. Describe all of the ways in which this event affected the survivors of the bombings.
2. How were the survivors treated after the bombing?
3. Why do you think the survivors were treated the way they were?
4. Why is it important to document the stories of these survivors?
5. Do you think that the dropping of the bombs was a good idea? Why or why not
6. How is the use of nuclear weapons different from other types of warfare?
7. Write your thoughts in response to the following fact from the film:
There are now enough nuclear weapons in the world to equal 400,000 Hiroshimas

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Assignment

White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Student Study Guide

Complete page 2 "Student Study Guide". This includes: (1) a 12 word vocabulary activity using 10 words for each definition, (2) writing 3/4 page letter to President Harry Truman on his decision to drop the Atomic bomb on Japan in support or disapproval of his actions(*), and (3) completing the first 2/3 of the KWL Chart on the remaining space of the vocabulary page.

(*) Be sure to cite at least 3 different sources from uploaded link below in your letter to support your arguement or justification.

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Chapter 17 Section 3 The Atomic Bomb Ends the War & Rebuilding Begins

http://goo.gl/Qhydl
History Channel Video: The Manhattan Project

http://goo.gl/Qx7zw
The Nuremberg Trials

http://goo.gl/9hiaF
The Yalta Conference

(10 points) Terms and Names pg 587 (partner project) Description 20 word and Picture

Thinking Critically 585: 1 & 2

Main Ideas 583,585, 587: D,E #2

Critical Thinking #3

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Assignment

http://goo.gl/8rFNV
Windtalkers trailer

http://goo.gl/hfZan
WWII In HD, Episode 1, Darkness Falls (FULL EPISODE) minutes 28:00-38:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UeirfXORdM
Manzanar Fishing Club

Chap 17 Sec 3 GUIDED READING The War in the Pacific

Main Ideas A-C pgs 578-583
Geography Skill Builder pg. 580 #s1 & 2
Skillbuilder pg. 582 #s1 & 2

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Assignment

http://goo.gl/hfZan
WWII In HD, Episode 1, Darkness Falls (FULL EPISODE) minutes 9:00-18:00

AMERICAN LIVES George S_ Patton.pdf
OUTLINE MAP Crisis in Europe.pdf
PRIMARY SOURCE War Dispatch from Ernie Pyle.pdf

Brainpop video: World War II activity "Fill in the Timeline" (A-K)

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Assignment

http://goo.gl/MI5Os

History Channel Video: World War II In HD - Darkness Falls part 1

While watching the video write down at least 10 adjectives that can be used to describe what you see.

Guided Reading 1-10
Geography Application 1-8
Reteaching Activity 1-6 1-5

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In addition to the vocabulary words on page 569 of your textbook, please include the following terms into your X-Word (1), answer the following 3 comprehension questions (2), and create an accurate timelime of the 10 [scrambled] events posted at the bottom of this page(3) on the back side of your X-word.

1. Additional Terms _
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of Stalingrad
The North African Front
The Italian Campaign
Unconditional Surrender
Liberation of Death Camps
99th Pursuit Squadron

2. Comprehension Questions_
A. What was the Battle of the Atlantic, and how did
the Allies win it?
B. How were the Allies victorious in the Soviet Union,
North Africa, and Italy?
C. How did the Allies liberate Europe
and defeat Germany?

3. Time Line Events_
End if the Battle of the Bulge
Liberation of France
D-Day
End of Opperation Torch
End of Italian Campaign
Capture of Aachen
Liberation of Majdanek
Victory in the Battle of the Atlantic
End of the Battle of Stalingrad

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Assignment

http://goo.gl/0NSX6
Disney WWII propaganda video

http://goo.gl/K1P7s
American Navy Propaganda film

http://goo.gl/kI2FC
Women in the Factories

Worksheets:
Chapter 17 Section 1 = BJE17AAD.PDF
Chapter 17-1 American Lives.pdf
Chapter 17-1 Guided Reading.pdf
Chapter 17-1 Reteaching Activity.pdf

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Assignment

Chapter 16 Section 4

ABC Group Project due Wednesday 1/16
Groups of 4, each group member is responsible for 4 Letters of the alphabet. 30 points

http://www.mrroughton.com/assignments-new/a-to-z-book



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Assignment

http://goo.gl/oxHkQ

Video: Bob Behr Night of Broken Glass 1938 Germany
Brainpop Video:The Holocaust/Timeline

Worksheets:
American Lives
Guided Reading
Reteaching Activity

Crossword of Terms and Names
pg 542 (Minimum of a 10 word definition)

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Assignment

Chapter 16 Section 2 War in Europe

Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

Color Blitzkrieg footage video

Brainpop video: Causes of World War II

Vocabulary
Review Quiz

Ch. 16 Sec. 2 Worksheets:

Guided Reading, Skillbuilder, Reteaching Activity

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Assignment

US History Final-Benchmark #3 Student Review Worksheet


US History Semester 1 Group Presentation

Due Monday Dec. 17 for 30 points

 

The entire group will receive the same grade using the following scale:

 

10 points possible for the Recorder

10 points possible for the (2) Researchers

10 points possible for the Presenter

 

Recorder must create a timeline including 6 events from their group's assigned section including a minimum of four 2in. x 2in. pictures. Each event must contain at least 2 sentences (10 or more words long) and an underlined vocabulary word.

 

Researchers 1 and 2 must create a color coordinated ROY G BIV crossword puzzle (one each), and a corresponding answer key (both must reflect strong NEAT effort ). The 15 word bank provided on the backside of the Xword will identify vocabulary terms according 3 categories: People, Documents, & Events.

 

The presenter must explain the main Idea of the of their section broken into 3-5 sub parts during a class presentation that lasts from 90 seconds minimum to 2 minutes maximum.

 

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Assignment

Wilson Fights for Peace Chap_ 11 Sec_ 4 

Wilson's 14 Points video: http://goo.gl/6XgvK
Treaty of Versailles powerpoint

 
GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION- REGION A New Look for Europe
GUIDED READING_Wilson Fights for Peace
RETEACHING ACTIVITY Wilson Fights for Peace

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RETEACHING ACTIVITY American Power Tips the Balance
GUIDED READING American Power Tips the Balance

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Assignment

M.A.N.I.A The causes of World War I Project 20 points

Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination
 
Create a maximum of a 2 page powerpoint describing how each of the terms contributed to WW I.
Each must have a picture, a (minimum of 10 word) description and include an underlined term (M.A.N.I.A terns do not count!) from Chap. 11 Sec. 1.

Due:

Assignment

World War I
Acrostic Poem "World War One" Project due WEDNESDAY for 20 points
10 word sentences

Brainpop video - WW I vocabulary:  http://goo.gl/UMLMr
Causes of WWI video Youtube: http://goo.gl/Kn8Bi
BUILDING VOCABULARY_ The First World War
GUIDED READING World War I Begins
PRIMARY SOURCE_The Zimmermann Note
RETEACHING ACTIVITY World War I Begins

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Assignment

Chapter 15 Section 2 
The Second New Deal Takes Hold

Brainpop video Eleanor Roosevelt

Powerpoint The 2nd New Deal

Guided Reading The Second New Deal Takes Hold

RETEACHING ACTIVITY The Second New Deal Takes Hold

Reteaching Activity The Second New Deal Takes Hold

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 15 Section 1

Complete American Lives Huey Long questions 1-3
Complete Primary Source Father Coughlin #s 1&2 
(Create a dialogue with at least 12 lines, no more than 15 between Couglin and 1 or more callers)
Complete Reteaching Activity (
matching 1-5, evaluating 1-5, and define the unused terms in the matching word bank in definitions with a minimum of 5 words
Complete Vocabulary Activity (Using at least 5 words) for the Brainpop video in the NEW DEAL


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Assignment

The New Deal Chapter 15 Section 1

Video: The Presidents- FDR

Youtube video: The New Deal http://goo.gl/g0ZO6

Complete Building Vocabulary (4 sentence summary 40 words) 
Guided Reading (20 words on Huey Long)

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Assignment

                                                                                                              Classwork

Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson

Music Video: Highway Man 

http://goo.gl/NKf0L


Youtube Video: Bonus Army marches on Washington, DC 1932http://goo.gl/3kT4f

Chapter 14 Section 3 Hoover Powerpoint slide Picture Analysis pg 481 Cause and Effect Chain 

Chap_ 14 Sec_ 3 GUIDED READING Hoover Struggles with the Depression

Chap_ 14 Sec_ 3 RETEACHING ACTIVITY Hoover Struggles with the Depression
                                  

Homework

History Channel Video: 

Hoover Dam

http://goo.gl/3jmII


Chap_ 14 Sec_ 3 PRIMARY SOURCE_Attack on the Bonus Army


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Assignment

The Great Depression History Channel Video
http://goo.gl/3ayYv

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Assignment



GEOGRAPHY APPLICATION: MOVEMENT

The Great Depression Takes Its Toll

GUIDED READING

Hardship and Suffering During the Depression

PRIMARY SOURCE

Letter from a Dust Bowl Survivor


Homework 


RETEACHING ACTIVITY

Hardship and Suffering During the Great Depression

Due:

Assignment

The Nation's Sick Economy


Complete AMERICAN LIVES Alfred E. Smith (?s 1-3)

Text Book Main Idea Questions: A-E & 2 (pgs. 465-471)


Brainpop video: The Great Depression


History Channel video: Dust Storms Strike America  http://goo.gl/egy4k


Youtube video:The Great Depression  

http://goo.gl/Zoiwq

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Assignment

Acrostic Poem instructions: Choose a 6 letter word that is relevant to Chapter 14 Section 1. Each line must have a 10 word sentence and include a vocabulary word from yesterday's lesson.           http://goo.gl/dzy0M

Compare and Contrast the lyrics of Gene Kelley's "Singing in the Rain" to what you have learned about the era of the Great Depression. Fill in each main bubble with a picture, and each surrounding bubble with a verse/descriptive sentence in regards to what you learned about The Depression. Compare song lyrics to facts in the 3 middle bubbles. Fill in any available space with 2 more pictures (total of 4).

Homework worksheets: PRIMARY SOURCE_The Stock Market Crash 
   PRIMARY SOURCE_Political Cartoon

video to song: http://goo.gl/wo3v
lyrics to song: http://goo.gl/fniTg

Due:

Assignment

CHAPTER 14 SECTION 1 The Nation's Sick Economy 

Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelley    http://goo.gl/wo3v
Causes of the Depression Powerpoint
Brainpop Video: Causes of the Depression 
The Presidents Video- Herbert Hoover

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Assignment

In Class:

 The Harlem Renaissance Brain Pop Video and Graphic Organizer
http://goo.gl/IHPMe

 

Work sheets: Louis Armstrong Jazz Master

                      When The Negro was in Vogue


Homework: 

Chapter 13 Section 4 Guided Reading

Chapter 13 Section 4 Reteaching Activity


Extra Credit: Watch at least 30 minutes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "On the Shoulders of Giants" about the Harlem Renaissance and write 1 page about what you learned (5 points) due the monday we come back from Thanksgiving break at the beginning of class.


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Assignment

Chapter 13 Section 3 Education and Popular Culture

In class: Partner activity News Paper/Magaizine presentation

Homework: Complete all comprehension questions for Guided Reading
 and Reteaching Activities in Chapter 13 Section 3.

http://goo.gl/ffE8U

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Assignment

Chapter 13 Section 2 The Twenties Woman

Reteaching Activity
Guided Reading

Videos   The Jazz Age 1920s
     Bessie Smith (Down Hearted Blues, 1923)

1920's Power Point slides 54-60 questions 1-5 slide 54

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 13 Section 1

Brainpop worksheet: Scopes Monkey Trial           http://goo.gl/n1BkD

Political Cartoon Analyzation

Reteaching Activity 1-6

Due:

Assignment

THE ROARING 20s
Complete:
1. Calvin Coolidge 5Ws&H
2. Politics of the Roaring 20's worksheet
3. Countdown worksheet for pages 430-431

Due:

Assignment

US History Benchmark #2 Review Terms

Chinese Exclusion Act
Settlement Houses
Collective Bargaining
Progressive Era Goals
Muckrakers
NAACP
Pure Food & Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Voting Restrictions for African Americans
Ellis Island/Angel Island
Americanization Movement
Nativism
Melting Pot
Tammany Hall
Patronage
Social Gospel
Federal Trade Commission
Conservation Efforts
Florence Kelly
Susan B. Anthony
Causes of the Spanish American War
US Imperialism- goals
Anti-Imperialists
Panama Canal
"Big Stick" Diplomacy
"Dollar" Diplomacy
"Missionary/Moral" Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary
Open Door Policy
Causes of WW I
US Neutrality
Selective Service Act
Espionage and Sedition Acts
"Fourteen Points"

Due:

Assignment

Guided Reading Chapter 12 Section 3 A-C
American Lives Chapter 12 Section 3 1-3
Complete Annotated Illustration Project assigned Yesterday

Due:

Assignment

Classwork: Chap. 12 Sec. 3 The Business of America worksheet (1-6)
 Primary Source Advertisement Activity Options (1 & 2 complete sentences choose at least 3                  comparisons OR contrasts)
Homework: Chapter 12 Section 3 The Automobile Industry: Sign of the Times (1-7 Complete sentences)

Annotated Illustration Project Worth Instructions (20 Points Due Thursday 11-8)
Can be found @ 
http://goo.gl/5Sthq

Due:

Assignment

http://goo.gl/PV2rN
Warren G Harding Video

http://goo.gl/LgVxU
Teapot Dome Scandal

http://goo.gl/prGkj
Ford's Model T

http://goo.gl/YymW0
Calvin Coolidge Video

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Assignment

These are the URLs of the videos we saw in class Friday 11-2-12 

http://goo.gl/CgJl9

http://goo.gl/Vv2QF

http://goo.gl/RXaEY

http://goo.gl/ooxPe

The attached files were classwork: 

412-418 Summary Reading, Report on the Steel Strike, and Justice denied in Massachusetts.

The attached files are homework to be answered on one sheet of paper:

Ch12sec1 Guided Reading, Ch12sec1 Reteaching Activity

Due:

Assignment

 Create a crossword with the following terms from chapter 12 section 1 and 2. All vocab. definitions should be at the bottom of the Xword in your own language. 10 words a piece. 

Nativism, Isolationism, Communism, Anarchists, Sacco and Vanzetti, Quota system, John L. Lewis, Warren G. Harding, Charles Evans Hughes, Fordney Mc Cumber Tarriff, Ohio gang, Tea Pot Dome, Albert B. Fall

Due:

Assignment

1.Complete the Illustrated/Annotated Timeline found at the following site and or the hand out in class for events in chapter 10; 

http://goo.gl/S3zvd  THIS PROJECT IS DUE NOVEMBER 1ST

2. Read and answer the comprehension questions for the primary source documents on Hearst AND Marti.

PLEASE COPY AND PASTE YOUR ANSWERS ONTO ONE DOCUMENT.

Due:

Assignment

Complete a short column about Mr. Gorgas' achievements in the form of a health newsletter (six 10 word sentences.) Analyzing Bias box questions on the perspective of Albert Beveridge on the in class handout. 

Complete class work map US Territorial Influence, 1914 / America Becomes a World Power.  

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Assignment

Complete the Reading guides for  Acquiring New Lands Ch. 10 Sec. 3 and America as a World Power Ch.10 Sec. 4. 

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Assignment

CLASSWORK: Complete the Half sheet Video Questions for The United States Looks Overseas, and The Sinking of the Maine, as well as reading the worksheet for The Spanish American War and the related questions on the Hlaf sheet..

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 10 Section 2 The Spanish American War pgs. 346-351

1. Main Idea Questions in the Margins (A-D complete sentences)

2. Geography Skill Builder (1-2 complete sentences)

3. Terms and Names (8 in 10 word descriptive sentences)

Due:

Assignment

Chapter 10 Section 1 

Complete the following worksheets for:

America Claims an Empire 

(Building Vocabulary A-B and B; Guided Reading A-C)

 Save paper! Please use a 2 sided print! 

Due:

Assignment

These activities will be started in class, but must be finished by Monday at the beginning of class, and are posted on the links below.

Complete the Wilson's New Freedom reteaching activity by paraphrasing the 10 vocabulary sentences with the correct underlined term.

Terms and Names (word and answer) 1-4 and 1-5.

Main Ideas 1-5 in complete sentences.

Chapter 9 test is Monday, STUDY!


Due:

Assignment

1. Complete Picture Analysis of linked image and answer questions 1-10 on slide 15. 

Study Chapter 9 
Section 5 Wilson's New Freedom and answer main idea questions (Ch. 9 Sec. 5) A-D pages on pages 332-337.

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Assignment

Complete the 10 questions for the picture ID on Roosevelt and the lions.

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Assignment

Wanted/Hero Poster - 6 important people in the Progressive Movement descriptions complete with pictures for each and a 10 word sentence.
•William Howard Taft
•Woodrow Wilson
•Upton Sinclair
•Susan B. Anthony
•Robert M. LaFollete
•Florence Kelley
•Theodore Roosevelt
 
Instructions can be found at the following site:http://goo.gl/FYfsw
•

Due:

Assignment

Complete the worksheet for Chapter 9 Section 1 below. Be prepared to discuss your answers at the beginning of class Tuesday. Please try to use 1 sheet of paper for the assignment.

Due:

Assignment

Complete Chapter 9 Section 1 Guided Reading Questions 

The Origins of Progressivism
Pgs. 306-312

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Assignment



Homework to be completed by beginning of class Friday. Please click on the files below to access HW documents.

1. Chapter 8 Section 3 "Segregation and Discrimination" reteaching activity A & B Measure and Effect; and Completion of informative sentences (in complete sentences).

2. Read Lynching and the Excuse by Ida B. Wells and answer the Discussion questions at the bottom of the page. Create 2 more questions on your own about the reading, and be ready to share them with the class in a discussion before the test on Friday.


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The "in class" assignment today can be found at:   http://goo.gl/rwzI8

Go to the following sites to complete the "project" worksheet that was handed out in class, or that can be found @      http://goo.gl/kvD8U

http://goo.gl/s22vz      for Booker T. Washington

http://goo.gl/PQtjK          for W.E.B. Dubois

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Chapter 7 Section 2 
"The Challenges of Urbanization." 

Complete: 

1. An "original" vocabulary X-word. 
2. Create drawings for 2 of 3 sections (no more than 2 minutes each, no less than 30 seconds          please... your effort counts). 
3. Answer comprehension questions at the end of all sections.

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Complete Worksheet Ch. 8 Section 1

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11.2.7 Analyze the similarities and differences between the ideologies of Social Darwinism and Social Gospel (e.g., biographies of William Graham Sumner, Billy Sunday, Dwight L. Moody).

Use the style of Thinking Map @ http://goo.gl/z7MVL.


 Label each center bubble with the individuals name, then use evidence from your reading to fill in each bubble with a sentence of at least 10 words, no more than 20 to complete the above task.

 

1. http://goo.gl/z0Lvr   compare and contrast ideology to #2

 

2. http://goo.gl/TlA5R   compare and contrast ideology to #1

 

11.2.2 Describe the changing landscape, including the growth of cities linked by industry and trade; the development of cities divided according to race, ethnicity, and class. 

 

Identify the 5 Ws & H (who, what, when where, why & how)

Elaborate  on the topic using 3 of the six cards provided.

 

 3. http://goo.gl/Zl7JD  Read the first paragraph.




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THE JUNGLE

Read the posted 2 pages from U. Sinclair's "The Jungle" create 3 comprehension questions on what you read on the bottom half of the page and a 3 picture storyboard on the top half. This assignment should take no longer than 30 minutes but no fewer than 15 minutes.

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U.S. History
2011 Benchmark 1 Review Sheet
The following terms will appear on the 1st Benchmark Exam.
For each term:
- provide a description of the term
- provide any significant information including... key people, places & events related to the topic.
- create a “nice” drawing or down load a picture for 12 of the 26 terms. THE FIRST 12 TERMS AND 6 PICTURES are Due Tuesday Sept.25


Separation of Powers/ Checks & Balances

Marbury v. Madison

Lewis & Clark's Expedition

Indian Removal Act / Trail of Tears

Manifest Destiny

2nd Great Awakening

Monroe Doctrine

Abolition Movement

Causes of the Civil War

Nullification

Popular Sovereignty

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Dred Scott decision

Civil War (Advantages/Disadvantages)

Emancipation Proclamation

Sherman's March to the Sea

13th, 14th & 15th Amendments

Reconstruction Plans (Lincoln's, Johnson's)

Results of Industrialization

Lowell Textile Mills

Seneca Falls Convention

Populist Party

Triangle Shirtwaist Company

Samuel Gompers

Social Darwinism

Andrew Carnegie

Compromise of 1877

Chinese Exclusion Act

Settlement Houses

Graft

Homestead Act

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Read pages 230-233 THE EXPANSION OF INDUSTRY Chapter 6 Section 1. Answer Main Idea ?s A, B, and #2 on page 233 (use at least 4 examples).

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MAIN IDEAS - CH 5 (CHANGES ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER)

1. HOW EFFECTIVE WAS THE DAWES ACT IN HELPING NATIVE AMERICANS BECOME PART OF WHITE CULTURE?

2. WHAT LED TO CATTLE BECOMING BIG BUSINESS BY THE LATE 1800S?

3. HOW DID THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST?

4. WHAT ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CONFRONTED AMERICAN FARMERS IN THE 1890S?

5. HOW WOULD BIMETALLISM HELP THE ECONOMY, ACCORDING TO ITS SUPPORTERS?


THINK CRITICALLY

1. DO YOU THINK THAT TRYING TO ASSIMILATE NATIVE AMERICANS INTO WHITE SOCIETY WAS A GOOD IDEA? WHY OR WHY NOT?

2. EXPLAIN WHY BY THE LATE 1800S THERE SEEMED TO BE TWO AMERICANS – EAST AND WEST.

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Black Codes

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Who I Am Collage