Final Exam Review Notes and Study Guide
Chapter 7 (regionalism v. nationalism)
Chapter 8-10 (Crises before Civil War)
Chapter 11 (Civil War)
Chapter 12 (Reconstruction) - Note - attached notes might not be 100% identical to your notes from class but it is the same information
Finals Study Guide
Study Guide for Unit Test - Buildup to Civil War - for 5/23
Notes - For Unit Test - Buildup to Civil War - for 5/23
Wednesday 12 June 2019 - Final exam
Tuesday 11 June 2019 - Review for exam
Monday 10 June 2019 - Reconstruction and Review for Exam
Friday 7 June 2019 - Reconstruction and its Impact
1. Reconstruction Amendments
2. Teacher-generated discususion
Thursday 6 June 2019 - Sherman's March to the Sea and the End of the Civil War
1. Google Classroom assignment - period 3 - Sign on and do this assignment first
2. Video Notes - See Link after doing assignment - add to your notes
Wednesday 5 June 2019 - Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg
1. Antietam Clip (from Glory)
2. Emancipation Proclamation text
3. Teacher-generated discussion
4. Gettysburg Address and its impact
5. Teacher-generated discussion
HW - Work on Study Guide
Tuesday 4 June 2019 - Impacts of the Anaconda Plan
1. Map Recall
2. Teacher-generated discussion - Western and Eastern Theaters
Monday 3 June 2019- Anaconda Plan
1. Map Exercise - see google classroom (due June 6)
2. Discuss Map
3. Teacher-generated discussion
4. Video- First Battle of Bull Run
Friday 1 June 2019- Foreign Affairs of the Civil War
1. Document Analysis - Map and Trent Affair - see google classroom
2. Discuss documents
3. Teacher-generated discussion - South's need for an ally
Thursday 30 May 2019- Attitudes Toward War
1. Document Contrast - See google classroom
2. Teacher-generated discussion - attitudes toward war
3. Smithsonian Analysis - Impact of French Invasion
Wednesday 29 May - Fort Sumter revisited
Tuesday 25 May - Finish Assessment
Friday-Monday 24-28 May 2019 - school closed - Memorial Day
Thursday 23 May - Tolerance Fair
Wednesday 22 May - Fort Sumter and its Impact
1. Fort Sumter Document analylsis
2. Map analysis - Virginia Convention
3. Teacher-generated discusison - impact of Fort Sumter
Tuesday 21 May - Fort Sumter Primary Document - Quiz Grade - See google classroom
Friday 20 May - Course Assessment
1. Course Assessment - Key Ideas of the Course
Friday 17 May 2019 - key ideas of the course
1. I have you/have
2. competition
Thursday 16 May 2019 - key ideas of the course
1. Key ideas of the Course Review
2. I have/you have
Wednesay 15 May 2019 - 1860 election and South Carolina Secession
1. 1860 electoral map analysis
2. Discuss map
3. 1860 Republican Platform - relate to the map
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 14 May 2019- John Brown and Harper's Ferry
1. Opening Music - John Brown's Body
2. Discussion of song
3. John Brown's Speech and letter analysis
4. Teacher-generated discussion - Harpers Ferry
Monday 13 May 2019 - Dred Scott v. Sandford
0. Return and review tests
1. Case overview
2. Primary Source Analysis - majority and dissenting opinions
3. teacher-generated discussion - impact of Dred Scott case
Friday 10 May 2019- Emergence of Republican Party, End of the Whigs
1. 1856 electoral map analysis
2. 1856 Republican Platform
3. Teacher-generated discussion -end of the whigs, start of Republicans
Thursday 9 May 2019- Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Sumner
1. Sumner's Speech
2. Discuss and analyze speech
3. Relate speech to Bleeding Sumner cartoon
4. Teachere-generated discussion - impact of Kansas Nebraska Act
- Notes for unit
HW - See google classroom (also posted below)
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Kansas-Nebraska Act (See Document)
1. What is the full title of the law and when was it approved?
2. Look at sections 14, 19, and 32 describe how the act addresses the issue of slavery.
3. This act is often viewed a terrible failure. Why do you think it would be viewed in such a way?
Tuesdaya 7 May 2019 - Test
Study Guide - (please note, #15 should be David Walker - the copy distributed in class said "William Walker" - this was a typo)
Monday 6 May 2019 - Review for test
Friday 3 May 2019- Research Day
Wednesday 1 May 2019 - Underground Railroad and its impacts
1. Primary Source - Underground Railroad
2. Discuss source
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Underground Railroad -Ohio
Underground Railroad - Canada
Tuesday 30 April 2019 - Fugitive Slave Law and its impact
1. Primary Source Reading - analyze excerpt of Fugitive Slave law and Personal Liberty Law
2. Discuss Fugitive Slave law
3. Teacher-generated discussion
4. Primary Source Readings -reactions to fugitive slave laws
Monday 29 April 2019 - Hudson River School; Introduce Compromise of 1850
1. Hudson River School (summation from last week)
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Wilmot Proviso - primary source analysis
4. Teacher-generated discussion- to Compromise of 1850
Monday 15 April 2019 - Library Research Day
Tuesday 16 April 2019 - Slave Narratives - Life of Henry Box Brown (shortened period)
Wednesday 17 April 2019 - Slave Narratievs - Life of Solomon Northup (shortened period)
Thursday 18 April 2019 - Review Game - shortened period
Notes - Chapter 7 (regionalism v. nationalism - corresponds to unit)
Friday 12 April 2019 - Quiz - Aftermath of Mexican War
1. Quiz
2. Aftermath of Mexican War
Thursday 11 April 2019 - The Mexican War
1. Polk's Speech
2. Mexican War Map analysis
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 10 April 2019 - Texas Settlement
1. Texas Simulation
2. Discuss Simulation - identity and Texas Settlers
3. Teacher Generated Discussion
4. Dramatization - Alamo
Tuesday 9 April 2019 - Declaration of Sentiments and Seneca Falls Convention
1. Declaration of Sentiments - Document Analysis - See Google classroom for today's date
2. Paired discussion - comparison to Declaration of Independence
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Seneca Falls and the Declaration fo Sentiments
Monday 8 April 2019 - Research Work - See Template
Friday 5 April 2019 - Slavery Narratives and Abolitionism
1. Narrative of Solomon Northrup
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Finish Garrison v. Walker exercise
Notes for 4/5/2019
Thursday 4 April 2019 - Nat Turner Rebellion and the Virginia Debate
1. Nat Turner Narrative
2. Discuss Narrative
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday - 3 April 2019 - Garrison v. Walker exercise - see Google Classroom
Tuesday 2 April 2019 - Slavery in the mid 1800s
1. Slavery Map analysis - see google classroom
2. Discuss map and changes incurred
3. Teacher-generated discussion/summation
Monday 1 April 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Today
Friday 29 March 2019 - Assembly - no class
Thursday 28 March 2019 - Test Chapter 7 (regionalism v. nationalism)
Wednesday 27 March 2019 - Review - Regionalism v. Nationalism
Tuesday - 26 March 2019 - Finish Rise of the Whig Party, Study Guide Work
Monday 25 March 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Friday 3/29
Friday 22 March 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Friday 3/29
Monday 18 March 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Friday 3/29
Friday 15 March 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Friday 3/29
Thursdady 14 March 2019 - The Panic of 1837 and the Birth of the Whig Party
1. Map analysis - 1840 Presidential election
2. Discuss electoral map and its significance
3. Campaign propaganda - teacher-guided discussion - early populism
4. Teacher-generated discussion and summation - significance of the 1840 election
Wednesday 13 March 2019 - Jackson, the Collapse of the National Bank,
1. Discuss assignment on Pet banks
2. Cartoon andalysis - Pet Banks
3. Discussion - cartoons of the Jackson era
4. Teacher-generated discussion and summation
Tuesday 12 March 2019- Jackson and Tariffs
1. Calhoun's statement on nullification vs. Jackson's Response- close reading
2. Document Comparison and discussion
3. Teacher-generated discussion and summation - "Tariff of 1828/Tariff of Abominations"
HW - Pet Banks - see google classroom
Monday 11 March 2019 - Election of 1824 - The Corrupt Bargain - and the Return of Andrew Jackson - 1828
1. Map analysis
2. Discuss Map analysis - what does this demonstrate about the election - sectional? Regional? etc..
3. "Corrupt Bargain" reading analysis
4. Teacher-generated discussion and summation
Friday 8 March 2019 - Compromise of 1820
1. Map analysis
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Rufus King - Speech Analsyis
4. Film - Compromise of 1820 and its impact
Thursday 7 March 2019 - Monroe Doctrine
1. Monroe Doctrine Primary Source Analysis
2. Monroe Doctrine - Draw it
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 6 March 2019 - Adams Onis Agrement and Convention of 1818
1. Convention of 1818 vs. Adams Onis Agreement - paired analysis
2. Discuss documents and their impact
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 5 March 2019 - Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland
1. Article I, Section 8 Analysis
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Case analysis
4. teacher-generated discussion
5. Berkshares film
Monday 4 March 2019 - The American System - Infrastructure (shortened period - delayed opening)
1. Map anaysis
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. CBS Sunday Morning - The Erie Canal
Friday 1 March 2019 - The American System Intro (Shortened period - delayed opening)
1. Henry Clay's 3 Day Speech Excerpt Analysis
2. Discuss Analysis
3. Teacher-Generated Discusssion
Thursday 28 February 2019 - (Shortened Period - delayed opening)
1. The War of 1812 and its meaning
2. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 27 February 2019 -
Tuesday 26 February 2019 - The War of 1812
1. The War of 1812 - Battle Map
2. Battle of New Orleans - Primary Source
3. Teacher Generated Discussion
4. Short film - War of 1812 - impact
Monday 25 February 2019 - School Closed - Power Outage
Friday 22 February 2019 - Test - Chapter 6 - See notes below
1. Study Guide - due day of test
2. Notes - Chapter 6
Monday 18 February 2019 - No School - President's Day
Friday 15 February 2019 - Quiz - Jefferson and Adams presidencies
Thursday 14 February 2019 - Lewis and Clark
1. Lewis and Clark - mapping
2. Discuss Map
3. Journals - see google classroom
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 13 February 2019 - Louisiana Purchase (delayed opening -shortened period)
1. Mapping the Louisiana Purchase
2. Impact of Louisiana Purchase
Tuesday 12 February 2019 - School Closed - Snow Day
Monday 11 February 2019 - Marbury v. Madison continued
1. Discuss Decision
2. Teacher-generated discussion - Marbury v. Madison - what it meant
3. Jefferson's inaugural
Friday 9 February 2019 - Marbury v. Madison
1. Marbury v. Madison close reading exercise
2. Discuss Marbury v. Madison
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Marbury v. Madison and its significance
Thursday 7 February 2019 - Intro to the Jefferson Presidency and Marbury v. Madison
1. Discuss Jefferson electoral map
2. Jefferson Inaugural excerpt
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Jefferson
4. Marbury v. Madison - Intro Marbury v. Madison case - in class
HW: Marbury v. Madison Decision
Wednesday 6 February 2019 - Virginia and Kentucy Resolutions
1. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions - Primary Source Readings
2. Compare Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions - what do they show about state v. Federal power
3. Intro to Jefferson Presidency
Tuesday 5 February 2019 - Alien and Sedition Acts
1. Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 - close reading activity
2. Constitutionality discussion
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Alien and Sedition Acts
Monday 4 February 2019 - Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation - XYZ AFFAIR
1. French Revolution and its effects on America
2. Teacher-generated discussion - French Revolution's Effects
3. XYZ Affair, the 1796 election and Jay's Treaty
4. Teacher-generated discussion
January 28-Februay 1 - Exam Week
US ONE CP - Mid-Term STUDY GUIDE
Notes for Constitution and Early Republic Test (Test is Tuesday 1/23)
Notes from Chapter 4 later American Revolution
Notes for Chapter 4 Early American Revolution
Notes - Chapters 1-3 - Colonial Foundations
Friday 25 January 2019 - MidTerm Review
Thursday 24 January 2019 - Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation - XYZ AFFAIR
1. French Revolution and its effects on America
2. Teacher-generated discussion - French Revolution's Effects
3. XYZ Affair, the 1796 election and Jay's Treaty
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 23 January 2019 - Washington's Farewell Address Activity
Tuesday 22 January 2018 - Foreign Affairs Continued - Pinckney's Treaty and Jay's Treaty
1. Pinckney's and Jay's Treaty - close reading
2. Discuss in pairs - 2 treaties
3. Look at major implications of treaties, what they demonstrate about United States
4. Teacher-generated discussion - Foreign Affairs and the Nation
Monday 21 Janaury 2019 - School closed - MLK Day
Friday 18 January 2019 - National symbols and unity
1. Brainstorm potential national symbols
2. Discuss symbols
3. National Bank in-class reading
4. Discuss Reading
5. Teacher-generated discussion - National Bank
Thursday 17 January 2019 - First Political Parties
1. First Political Parties
2. Connection to Hamilton v. Jefferson
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 16 January 2019 - Hamilton v. Jefferson
1. Intro to Hamilton v. Jefferson
2. Hamilton v. Jefferson overview
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 15 January 2019 - Using the Constitution
1. 1788 Election Results
2. Analysis of Results
2. Washington's Cabinet
Monday 14 January 2019 - Constitution Test - See Notes here ; See Test Study Guide here
Friday 11 January 2019 - Test Review
Thursday 10 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Project
Wednesday 9 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Project
Tuesday 8 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Project (delayed opening, shortened schedule)
Monday 7 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Project
1. Finish Amendments 6-10
2. Introduce Bill of Rights Project
Friday 4 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Part II
1. Key cases
2. Amendments 6-10
Thursday 3 January 2019 - Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights
1. Bill of Rights Overview
2. Amendments 1-5
Wedensday 2 January 2019 - Supreme and Federal Courts - Summation
1. Gibbons v. Ogden Overview
2. Discuss Gibbons v. Ogden overview and Majority Opinion
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Friday 20 December 2018 - Fun Farewell Activity
Thursday 19 December 2018 - North Korean v. American System Contrast
1. Film (shortened period
Wednesday 18 December 2018 - North Korean v. American System contrast
1. Film (shortened period)
Tuesday 18 December 2018 - Judiciary and the Supreme Court
1. Semi-Current Event - SCOTUS - discuss
Monday 17 December 2018 -Re- Focus on the Judicial Branch
1. Powers of the Judiciary
2. Discuss Powers of the Judiciary
3. Teacher-generated discussion/summation
Thursday 13 December 2018 - ReFocus on the Legislative Branch
1. Powers of Congress
2. Discuss Powers of Congress
3. Teacher-generated discussion/summation
Wednesday 12 December 2018 - Impeachment
1. Finish line of succession
2. Impeachment article - see google classroom for today's date
3. teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 11 December 2018 - line of succession
1. line of succession primary source
2. teacher-generated discussion
3. designated survivors
Monday 10 - December 2018- Intro to the Executive
1. Designated Survivor artilce
2. Discuss Artilce
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Friday 7 December 2018 - Gerrymandering Article, Gerrymandering Simulation and Article I current event
Thursday 6 December 2018 - Spotlight on Article I
1. Article I recall
2. Article I scenarios
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 5 December 2018 - Constitutional Setup
1. Analysis of Articles I, II, III,
2. Discuss articles in small groups
3. Teacher-generated discussion/summation
Thursday 4 December 2018 - Federalist Papers
1. Fderalist 14 and 51 - analysis
2. Discuss
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Monday 3 December 2018 - Final Library Research Day
Friday 30 November 2018 - Virginia and New Jersey Plans - Continued
Thursday 29 Novemebr 2018 - Virginia and New Jersey Plans
1. Virginia and New Jersey Plans - primary source analysis
2. Teacher-generated discussion - Virginia and New Jersey Plans
Wednesday 28 November 2018 - Call for a convention
1. Recall problems with articles
2. Discuss problems with articles
3. Call for constitutional convention - primary source - Federalist 1
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 27 November 2018 - Failures of the Articles Part II
1. Northwest Ordinance - the one success
2. Shays' Rebellion
3. Teacher-generated discusison
4. Shays' Rebellion - film interpretation
Monday 26 November 2018 - Failures of the Articles of Confederation
1. Articles of Confederation Summary Analysis
2. Forming a government simulation
3. Discuss Simulation and analysis
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Thursday 22 November - Friday 23 November - School Closed - Thanksgiving Recess
Wednesday 21 November - Finish Revolution Quiz (shortened Period)
Tuesday 20 November - End of Revolution Quiz; Articles of Confederation Analysis
1. Quiz
2. Articles of Confederation Analysis
Monday 19 November 2018 - Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris of 1783
1. Yorktown and its aftermath (teacher-generated discussion)
2. Treaty of Paris of 1783 (analysis)
3. Treat of Paris - teacher-generated discussion
4. Film clip - John Adams
Friday 17 November 2018 - School Closed - Snow Day
Thursday 16 November 2018 - Southern Battles - shift toward Yorktown (shortened period - early dismissal)
1. teacher-generated discussion - Shift to the South - map analysis
2. video clip - Battle of Yorktown
Wednesday 14 November 2018 - Financing The War
1. Kinesthetic Activity - Inflation during the Revolutionary War
2. Discuss activity juxtaposed to article on Haym Salomon
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Monday 11/12-Tuesday 11/13
Research checklist
Research Outline Template
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Tuesday 6 November 2018
Monday 5 November 2018 - Buildup to Revolution Test
1. Test - See attached notes - Have Completed Study Guide
Friday 2 November 2018
Review for Test
Have Study Guide completed for tomorrow (Monday)
Thursday 1 November 2018 - Saratoga's Impact and Election Digest
1. Film Clip - Saratoga re-enactment
2. Discuss Saratoga strategy/impact
3. 2017 gubernatorial, state, and local election analysis
Wednesday 31 October 2018 - Saratoga - The Turning Point
1. Map Analysis - See google classroom
2. Discuss Map and significance
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Saratoga the Turning Point
Tuesday 30 October 2018 - Battles of Trenton and Princeton
1. Mapping Activity - See google classroom for today's date
2. Trenton and Princeton
Monday 22 October - Monday 29 October (shortened periods for half days Wed.-Fri).
1. Research - Annotated bibliographies and outlines
Friday 19 October 2018 - Library Research - Annotated Bibliography
1. Annotated Bibliography Research - Template
Thursday 18 October 2018 - Library Research - Annotated Bibliography
1. Annotated Bibliography Research - Template
Zinn Citation:
Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States: 1492-present. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Print.
Wednesday 17 October- Quiz with notes and Annotated Bibliography Overview
Analysis Questions - see document distributed from class
1.What is the exact title of the document you have and when was it written?
2.What is the intended purpose of this document (why was it written?). Cite textual evidence to explain how you know the purpose.
3.Look at the complaints. Who or what is the target of the complaints? Cite the text to describe what you would consider to be the most serious complaint
4.Why are there so many complaints? Do these help the document to achieve its purpose? If so, how? If not, why not?
a. HW: Common Sense– How can you connect the document you just analyzed to Thomas Paine’s Common Sense – Be able to cite the text of Common Sense
Tuesday 16 October- Olive Branches and Research
1. Research Guidelines (fake)
2. Discuss Research guidelines
3. Olive Branch Petition
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Tomorrow's Quiz Notes
Monday 15 October 2018- Bunker Hill and its Aftermath
1. Loyalists v. Patriots
2. Discuss distinctions between William and Benjamin Franklin
3. Teacher generated discussion
Friday 12 October 2018 - Lexington and Concord and their aftermaths
1. Map
2. Simulation Response
3. Teacher generated discussion
Thursday 11 October 2018 - More Trouble - Boston 1775
1. Scenario response
2. Discuss Scenario
3. Teacher Generated discussion
Wednesday 10 October 2018 Boston Tea Party and its Impact (shortened period)
1. Boston Tea Party Image analysis
2. Teacher generated discussion
HW - reading guide questions for Wednesday/Tbursdaymorning
Tuesday 9 October 2018 - Trouble in Boston
1. Kinesthetic Activity - Revere's Boston Massacre engraving
1a. Discuss Revere's engraving
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Engraving Process Film
Boston Massacre John Adams
Gilder Lehrman Engraving Explanation
Monday 8 October 2018 - The Stamp Act and its Impact (shortened period)
1. Stamp Act Simulation
2. Discuss simulation
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Friday 5 October 2018 - Treaty of Paris of 1763 and its Impacts
1. Treaty of Paris of 1763 - use treaty to make a map
2. Discuss constructed map
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Thursday 4 October 2018 - The Great Awakening
1. Great Awakening Picture response
2. Discuss images
3. Great Awakening Primary Source
4. Teacher Generated discussion
HW - Reading Guide 1 for tomorrow
Wednesday 3 October 2018 - Salem Witch Trials Part II
1. Return Test
2. Salem Witch Trials conclusions and discussion
3. Work on reading guide 1
Tuesday 2 October 2018 - Salem Witch Trials
1. Simulation
2. Primary Source
3. Teacher Generated discussion
Monday 1 October 2018 - The Colonies on the Eve of the French and Indian War
1. Snapshot of colonies - map and quote analysis
2. Discuss snapshot
3. Teacher-generated discussion
HW: Respond to these two primary sources:
First - Sketch the scene below, as quoted by a young John Adams:
"Who can study in Boston streets? I am unable to observe the various objects that I meet, with sufficient precision. My eyes are so diverted with chimney sweeps, carriers of woods, merchants, ladies, priests, carts, horses, oxen, coaches market men and women, soldiers sailors, and my ears with the rattle gabble of them all that I can’t think long enough in the street upon any one thing to start and pursue a thought."
Second - Read the OTHER PRIMARY (the 5th page of the attachment or 59 at the bottom of said attachment) Source and briefly tell: How does Adams’ description compare to the Dividing Line primary source? Explain.
Friday 28 September - Research Day
Thursday - Test - See Study Guide
1. Test
- Project Guidelines
- Reading Guide
- Full Length Book for Reading Guide
Wednesday 26 September 2018 - Review for test
- All Notes for Unit Test
Unit Test Study guide
Tuesday 25 September 2018 - Resistance to Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
1. Primary Source Image Analysis - Kinesthetic Activity
2. Discuss Kinesthetic Activity in pairs/groups
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Resistance to Trans-Atlantic Slavery
Monday 24 September 2018 - Mercantilism
1. Mercantilism Secondary Source Reading
2. Discuss Mercantilism in pairs
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Mercantilism
4. Mercantilism Scenarios
Friday 21 September 2018 - Bacon's Rebellion and the Entrenchment of Racial Hierarchy
1. Bacon's Rebellion - Drawing Analysis
2. Bacon's Rebellion - Secondary Source Analysis
3. Discuss in pairs secondary source
4. Teacher-generated discussion - Bacon's Rebellion
Thursday 20 September 2018 - New Netherland vs. Pennsylvania vs. other Colonies
0. Document 0
1. New Netherland vs. PA primary source analysis
2. Discussion in Pairs of the 2 primary sources
3. Teacher-generated discussion - primary source analysis
4. Map analysis - New Netherland - an aberration?
Wednesday 19 September 2018 - Intro to Middle Colonies
1. Introduction to the Middle Colonies - documents
2. See Google Classroom to complete assignment
3. Distribute Study guide for Colonial Foundations Test - Due Next week
Tuesday 18 September 2018 - Anne Hutchinson and Dissent
1. Discuss Roger Williams source
2. Anne Hutchinson and disssent - source continuation
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Monday 17 September 2018 - Review Foundations of Virginia, Plymouth; intro to Roger Williams
1. Review primary sources from last week (Ordinances of Virginia and Mayflower Compact)
2. Discuss in pairs - key components of each primary source
3. Examine maps related to Hutchinson's and Williams' migrations
4. Teacher-generated discussion - New England and dissent
HW - Roger Williams Secondary Source - complete for tomorrow (submit to google classroom or bring in copy of your work)
Friday 14 September 2018 - Charter Comparisons
0. Quiz
1. Document A Charter of Virginia vs. Document B - Mayflower Compact analysis (pairs)
2. Discuss each document; analyze for purpose, point of view
3. Teacher-generated discussion - primary differences between Massachusetts and Virginia Colonies
Thursday 13 September 2018 - Jamestown
1. Jamestown News Article (citing textual evidence)
2. Discuss Article in pairs
3. Headright system simulation
4. Headright System Overview - Secondary Source
5. Teacher-generated discussion - Jamestown and Roanoake
HW - Quiz tomorrow - notes posted here
Wednesday 12 September 2018 - Web Based Signups
1. Web-Based Signups
Tuesday 11 September 2018 - Drawing Boundaries
1. Tordesillas simulation
2. New World Colonies map analysis
3. Discuss Tordesillas vs. early 1600s realities via Tordesillas Treaty
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Monday 10 September 2018 - Columbian Exchange
1. Columbian Exchange Photo Analysis
2. Discuss Columbian Exchange Photos
3. Columbian ExchangeMap Analysis
4. Discuss Columbian Exchange Map
5. Columbian Exchange Notes
Friday 7 September 2018 - Introduction to Colonization
1. Mapping Exercise
2. Discuss Changing Maps as introduction to Colonization
3. Teacher-generated discussion - The World in 1492
4. News Clip - "Uncontacted Tribe"
Thursday 6 September 2018 - Introductions
1. Introductions
2. Syllabus
Chapter 7 (regionalism v. nationalism)
Chapter 8-10 (Crises before Civil War)
Chapter 11 (Civil War)
Chapter 12 (Reconstruction) - Note - attached notes might not be 100% identical to your notes from class but it is the same information
Finals Study Guide
Study Guide for Unit Test - Buildup to Civil War - for 5/23
Notes - For Unit Test - Buildup to Civil War - for 5/23
Wednesday 12 June 2019 - Final exam
Tuesday 11 June 2019 - Review for exam
Monday 10 June 2019 - Reconstruction and Review for Exam
Friday 7 June 2019 - Reconstruction and its Impact
1. Reconstruction Amendments
2. Teacher-generated discususion
Thursday 6 June 2019 - Sherman's March to the Sea and the End of the Civil War
1. Google Classroom assignment - period 3 - Sign on and do this assignment first
2. Video Notes - See Link after doing assignment - add to your notes
Wednesday 5 June 2019 - Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg
1. Antietam Clip (from Glory)
2. Emancipation Proclamation text
3. Teacher-generated discussion
4. Gettysburg Address and its impact
5. Teacher-generated discussion
HW - Work on Study Guide
Tuesday 4 June 2019 - Impacts of the Anaconda Plan
1. Map Recall
2. Teacher-generated discussion - Western and Eastern Theaters
Monday 3 June 2019- Anaconda Plan
1. Map Exercise - see google classroom (due June 6)
2. Discuss Map
3. Teacher-generated discussion
4. Video- First Battle of Bull Run
Friday 1 June 2019- Foreign Affairs of the Civil War
1. Document Analysis - Map and Trent Affair - see google classroom
2. Discuss documents
3. Teacher-generated discussion - South's need for an ally
Thursday 30 May 2019- Attitudes Toward War
1. Document Contrast - See google classroom
2. Teacher-generated discussion - attitudes toward war
3. Smithsonian Analysis - Impact of French Invasion
Wednesday 29 May - Fort Sumter revisited
Tuesday 25 May - Finish Assessment
Friday-Monday 24-28 May 2019 - school closed - Memorial Day
Thursday 23 May - Tolerance Fair
Wednesday 22 May - Fort Sumter and its Impact
1. Fort Sumter Document analylsis
2. Map analysis - Virginia Convention
3. Teacher-generated discusison - impact of Fort Sumter
Tuesday 21 May - Fort Sumter Primary Document - Quiz Grade - See google classroom
Friday 20 May - Course Assessment
1. Course Assessment - Key Ideas of the Course
Friday 17 May 2019 - key ideas of the course
1. I have you/have
2. competition
Thursday 16 May 2019 - key ideas of the course
1. Key ideas of the Course Review
2. I have/you have
Wednesay 15 May 2019 - 1860 election and South Carolina Secession
1. 1860 electoral map analysis
2. Discuss map
3. 1860 Republican Platform - relate to the map
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 14 May 2019- John Brown and Harper's Ferry
1. Opening Music - John Brown's Body
2. Discussion of song
3. John Brown's Speech and letter analysis
4. Teacher-generated discussion - Harpers Ferry
Monday 13 May 2019 - Dred Scott v. Sandford
0. Return and review tests
1. Case overview
2. Primary Source Analysis - majority and dissenting opinions
3. teacher-generated discussion - impact of Dred Scott case
Friday 10 May 2019- Emergence of Republican Party, End of the Whigs
1. 1856 electoral map analysis
2. 1856 Republican Platform
3. Teacher-generated discussion -end of the whigs, start of Republicans
Thursday 9 May 2019- Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Sumner
1. Sumner's Speech
2. Discuss and analyze speech
3. Relate speech to Bleeding Sumner cartoon
4. Teachere-generated discussion - impact of Kansas Nebraska Act
- Notes for unit
HW - See google classroom (also posted below)
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Kansas-Nebraska Act (See Document)
1. What is the full title of the law and when was it approved?
2. Look at sections 14, 19, and 32 describe how the act addresses the issue of slavery.
3. This act is often viewed a terrible failure. Why do you think it would be viewed in such a way?
Tuesdaya 7 May 2019 - Test
Study Guide - (please note, #15 should be David Walker - the copy distributed in class said "William Walker" - this was a typo)
Monday 6 May 2019 - Review for test
Friday 3 May 2019- Research Day
Wednesday 1 May 2019 - Underground Railroad and its impacts
1. Primary Source - Underground Railroad
2. Discuss source
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Underground Railroad -Ohio
Underground Railroad - Canada
Tuesday 30 April 2019 - Fugitive Slave Law and its impact
1. Primary Source Reading - analyze excerpt of Fugitive Slave law and Personal Liberty Law
2. Discuss Fugitive Slave law
3. Teacher-generated discussion
4. Primary Source Readings -reactions to fugitive slave laws
Monday 29 April 2019 - Hudson River School; Introduce Compromise of 1850
1. Hudson River School (summation from last week)
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Wilmot Proviso - primary source analysis
4. Teacher-generated discussion- to Compromise of 1850
Monday 15 April 2019 - Library Research Day
Tuesday 16 April 2019 - Slave Narratives - Life of Henry Box Brown (shortened period)
Wednesday 17 April 2019 - Slave Narratievs - Life of Solomon Northup (shortened period)
Thursday 18 April 2019 - Review Game - shortened period
Notes - Chapter 7 (regionalism v. nationalism - corresponds to unit)
Friday 12 April 2019 - Quiz - Aftermath of Mexican War
1. Quiz
2. Aftermath of Mexican War
Thursday 11 April 2019 - The Mexican War
1. Polk's Speech
2. Mexican War Map analysis
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 10 April 2019 - Texas Settlement
1. Texas Simulation
2. Discuss Simulation - identity and Texas Settlers
3. Teacher Generated Discussion
4. Dramatization - Alamo
Tuesday 9 April 2019 - Declaration of Sentiments and Seneca Falls Convention
1. Declaration of Sentiments - Document Analysis - See Google classroom for today's date
2. Paired discussion - comparison to Declaration of Independence
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Seneca Falls and the Declaration fo Sentiments
Monday 8 April 2019 - Research Work - See Template
Friday 5 April 2019 - Slavery Narratives and Abolitionism
1. Narrative of Solomon Northrup
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Finish Garrison v. Walker exercise
Notes for 4/5/2019
Thursday 4 April 2019 - Nat Turner Rebellion and the Virginia Debate
1. Nat Turner Narrative
2. Discuss Narrative
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday - 3 April 2019 - Garrison v. Walker exercise - see Google Classroom
Tuesday 2 April 2019 - Slavery in the mid 1800s
1. Slavery Map analysis - see google classroom
2. Discuss map and changes incurred
3. Teacher-generated discussion/summation
Monday 1 April 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Today
Friday 29 March 2019 - Assembly - no class
Thursday 28 March 2019 - Test Chapter 7 (regionalism v. nationalism)
Wednesday 27 March 2019 - Review - Regionalism v. Nationalism
Tuesday - 26 March 2019 - Finish Rise of the Whig Party, Study Guide Work
Monday 25 March 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Friday 3/29
Friday 22 March 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Friday 3/29
Monday 18 March 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Friday 3/29
Friday 15 March 2019 - Library Research Day
Marking Period 3 Research Guidelines - Dates were given in class
- Annotated Bibliography Research - Template - due Friday 3/22
- Outline Template - Due Friday 3/29
Thursdady 14 March 2019 - The Panic of 1837 and the Birth of the Whig Party
1. Map analysis - 1840 Presidential election
2. Discuss electoral map and its significance
3. Campaign propaganda - teacher-guided discussion - early populism
4. Teacher-generated discussion and summation - significance of the 1840 election
Wednesday 13 March 2019 - Jackson, the Collapse of the National Bank,
1. Discuss assignment on Pet banks
2. Cartoon andalysis - Pet Banks
3. Discussion - cartoons of the Jackson era
4. Teacher-generated discussion and summation
Tuesday 12 March 2019- Jackson and Tariffs
1. Calhoun's statement on nullification vs. Jackson's Response- close reading
2. Document Comparison and discussion
3. Teacher-generated discussion and summation - "Tariff of 1828/Tariff of Abominations"
HW - Pet Banks - see google classroom
Monday 11 March 2019 - Election of 1824 - The Corrupt Bargain - and the Return of Andrew Jackson - 1828
1. Map analysis
2. Discuss Map analysis - what does this demonstrate about the election - sectional? Regional? etc..
3. "Corrupt Bargain" reading analysis
4. Teacher-generated discussion and summation
Friday 8 March 2019 - Compromise of 1820
1. Map analysis
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Rufus King - Speech Analsyis
4. Film - Compromise of 1820 and its impact
Thursday 7 March 2019 - Monroe Doctrine
1. Monroe Doctrine Primary Source Analysis
2. Monroe Doctrine - Draw it
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 6 March 2019 - Adams Onis Agrement and Convention of 1818
1. Convention of 1818 vs. Adams Onis Agreement - paired analysis
2. Discuss documents and their impact
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 5 March 2019 - Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland
1. Article I, Section 8 Analysis
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Case analysis
4. teacher-generated discussion
5. Berkshares film
Monday 4 March 2019 - The American System - Infrastructure (shortened period - delayed opening)
1. Map anaysis
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. CBS Sunday Morning - The Erie Canal
Friday 1 March 2019 - The American System Intro (Shortened period - delayed opening)
1. Henry Clay's 3 Day Speech Excerpt Analysis
2. Discuss Analysis
3. Teacher-Generated Discusssion
Thursday 28 February 2019 - (Shortened Period - delayed opening)
1. The War of 1812 and its meaning
2. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 27 February 2019 -
Tuesday 26 February 2019 - The War of 1812
1. The War of 1812 - Battle Map
2. Battle of New Orleans - Primary Source
3. Teacher Generated Discussion
4. Short film - War of 1812 - impact
Monday 25 February 2019 - School Closed - Power Outage
Friday 22 February 2019 - Test - Chapter 6 - See notes below
1. Study Guide - due day of test
2. Notes - Chapter 6
Monday 18 February 2019 - No School - President's Day
Friday 15 February 2019 - Quiz - Jefferson and Adams presidencies
Thursday 14 February 2019 - Lewis and Clark
1. Lewis and Clark - mapping
2. Discuss Map
3. Journals - see google classroom
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 13 February 2019 - Louisiana Purchase (delayed opening -shortened period)
1. Mapping the Louisiana Purchase
2. Impact of Louisiana Purchase
Tuesday 12 February 2019 - School Closed - Snow Day
Monday 11 February 2019 - Marbury v. Madison continued
1. Discuss Decision
2. Teacher-generated discussion - Marbury v. Madison - what it meant
3. Jefferson's inaugural
Friday 9 February 2019 - Marbury v. Madison
1. Marbury v. Madison close reading exercise
2. Discuss Marbury v. Madison
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Marbury v. Madison and its significance
Thursday 7 February 2019 - Intro to the Jefferson Presidency and Marbury v. Madison
1. Discuss Jefferson electoral map
2. Jefferson Inaugural excerpt
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Jefferson
4. Marbury v. Madison - Intro Marbury v. Madison case - in class
HW: Marbury v. Madison Decision
Wednesday 6 February 2019 - Virginia and Kentucy Resolutions
1. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions - Primary Source Readings
2. Compare Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions - what do they show about state v. Federal power
3. Intro to Jefferson Presidency
Tuesday 5 February 2019 - Alien and Sedition Acts
1. Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 - close reading activity
2. Constitutionality discussion
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Alien and Sedition Acts
Monday 4 February 2019 - Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation - XYZ AFFAIR
1. French Revolution and its effects on America
2. Teacher-generated discussion - French Revolution's Effects
3. XYZ Affair, the 1796 election and Jay's Treaty
4. Teacher-generated discussion
January 28-Februay 1 - Exam Week
US ONE CP - Mid-Term STUDY GUIDE
Notes for Constitution and Early Republic Test (Test is Tuesday 1/23)
Notes from Chapter 4 later American Revolution
Notes for Chapter 4 Early American Revolution
Notes - Chapters 1-3 - Colonial Foundations
Friday 25 January 2019 - MidTerm Review
Thursday 24 January 2019 - Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation - XYZ AFFAIR
1. French Revolution and its effects on America
2. Teacher-generated discussion - French Revolution's Effects
3. XYZ Affair, the 1796 election and Jay's Treaty
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 23 January 2019 - Washington's Farewell Address Activity
Tuesday 22 January 2018 - Foreign Affairs Continued - Pinckney's Treaty and Jay's Treaty
1. Pinckney's and Jay's Treaty - close reading
2. Discuss in pairs - 2 treaties
3. Look at major implications of treaties, what they demonstrate about United States
4. Teacher-generated discussion - Foreign Affairs and the Nation
Monday 21 Janaury 2019 - School closed - MLK Day
Friday 18 January 2019 - National symbols and unity
1. Brainstorm potential national symbols
2. Discuss symbols
3. National Bank in-class reading
4. Discuss Reading
5. Teacher-generated discussion - National Bank
Thursday 17 January 2019 - First Political Parties
1. First Political Parties
2. Connection to Hamilton v. Jefferson
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 16 January 2019 - Hamilton v. Jefferson
1. Intro to Hamilton v. Jefferson
2. Hamilton v. Jefferson overview
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 15 January 2019 - Using the Constitution
1. 1788 Election Results
2. Analysis of Results
2. Washington's Cabinet
Monday 14 January 2019 - Constitution Test - See Notes here ; See Test Study Guide here
Friday 11 January 2019 - Test Review
Thursday 10 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Project
Wednesday 9 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Project
Tuesday 8 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Project (delayed opening, shortened schedule)
Monday 7 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Project
1. Finish Amendments 6-10
2. Introduce Bill of Rights Project
Friday 4 January 2019 - Bill of Rights Part II
1. Key cases
2. Amendments 6-10
Thursday 3 January 2019 - Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights
1. Bill of Rights Overview
2. Amendments 1-5
Wedensday 2 January 2019 - Supreme and Federal Courts - Summation
1. Gibbons v. Ogden Overview
2. Discuss Gibbons v. Ogden overview and Majority Opinion
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Friday 20 December 2018 - Fun Farewell Activity
Thursday 19 December 2018 - North Korean v. American System Contrast
1. Film (shortened period
Wednesday 18 December 2018 - North Korean v. American System contrast
1. Film (shortened period)
Tuesday 18 December 2018 - Judiciary and the Supreme Court
1. Semi-Current Event - SCOTUS - discuss
Monday 17 December 2018 -Re- Focus on the Judicial Branch
1. Powers of the Judiciary
2. Discuss Powers of the Judiciary
3. Teacher-generated discussion/summation
Thursday 13 December 2018 - ReFocus on the Legislative Branch
1. Powers of Congress
2. Discuss Powers of Congress
3. Teacher-generated discussion/summation
Wednesday 12 December 2018 - Impeachment
1. Finish line of succession
2. Impeachment article - see google classroom for today's date
3. teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 11 December 2018 - line of succession
1. line of succession primary source
2. teacher-generated discussion
3. designated survivors
Monday 10 - December 2018- Intro to the Executive
1. Designated Survivor artilce
2. Discuss Artilce
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Friday 7 December 2018 - Gerrymandering Article, Gerrymandering Simulation and Article I current event
Thursday 6 December 2018 - Spotlight on Article I
1. Article I recall
2. Article I scenarios
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Wednesday 5 December 2018 - Constitutional Setup
1. Analysis of Articles I, II, III,
2. Discuss articles in small groups
3. Teacher-generated discussion/summation
Thursday 4 December 2018 - Federalist Papers
1. Fderalist 14 and 51 - analysis
2. Discuss
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Monday 3 December 2018 - Final Library Research Day
Friday 30 November 2018 - Virginia and New Jersey Plans - Continued
Thursday 29 Novemebr 2018 - Virginia and New Jersey Plans
1. Virginia and New Jersey Plans - primary source analysis
2. Teacher-generated discussion - Virginia and New Jersey Plans
Wednesday 28 November 2018 - Call for a convention
1. Recall problems with articles
2. Discuss problems with articles
3. Call for constitutional convention - primary source - Federalist 1
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Tuesday 27 November 2018 - Failures of the Articles Part II
1. Northwest Ordinance - the one success
2. Shays' Rebellion
3. Teacher-generated discusison
4. Shays' Rebellion - film interpretation
Monday 26 November 2018 - Failures of the Articles of Confederation
1. Articles of Confederation Summary Analysis
2. Forming a government simulation
3. Discuss Simulation and analysis
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Thursday 22 November - Friday 23 November - School Closed - Thanksgiving Recess
Wednesday 21 November - Finish Revolution Quiz (shortened Period)
Tuesday 20 November - End of Revolution Quiz; Articles of Confederation Analysis
1. Quiz
2. Articles of Confederation Analysis
Monday 19 November 2018 - Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris of 1783
1. Yorktown and its aftermath (teacher-generated discussion)
2. Treaty of Paris of 1783 (analysis)
3. Treat of Paris - teacher-generated discussion
4. Film clip - John Adams
Friday 17 November 2018 - School Closed - Snow Day
Thursday 16 November 2018 - Southern Battles - shift toward Yorktown (shortened period - early dismissal)
1. teacher-generated discussion - Shift to the South - map analysis
2. video clip - Battle of Yorktown
Wednesday 14 November 2018 - Financing The War
1. Kinesthetic Activity - Inflation during the Revolutionary War
2. Discuss activity juxtaposed to article on Haym Salomon
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Monday 11/12-Tuesday 11/13
Research checklist
Research Outline Template
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Tuesday 6 November 2018
Monday 5 November 2018 - Buildup to Revolution Test
1. Test - See attached notes - Have Completed Study Guide
Friday 2 November 2018
Review for Test
Have Study Guide completed for tomorrow (Monday)
Thursday 1 November 2018 - Saratoga's Impact and Election Digest
1. Film Clip - Saratoga re-enactment
2. Discuss Saratoga strategy/impact
3. 2017 gubernatorial, state, and local election analysis
Wednesday 31 October 2018 - Saratoga - The Turning Point
1. Map Analysis - See google classroom
2. Discuss Map and significance
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Saratoga the Turning Point
Tuesday 30 October 2018 - Battles of Trenton and Princeton
1. Mapping Activity - See google classroom for today's date
2. Trenton and Princeton
Monday 22 October - Monday 29 October (shortened periods for half days Wed.-Fri).
1. Research - Annotated bibliographies and outlines
Friday 19 October 2018 - Library Research - Annotated Bibliography
1. Annotated Bibliography Research - Template
Thursday 18 October 2018 - Library Research - Annotated Bibliography
1. Annotated Bibliography Research - Template
Zinn Citation:
Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States: 1492-present. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Print.
Wednesday 17 October- Quiz with notes and Annotated Bibliography Overview
Analysis Questions - see document distributed from class
1.What is the exact title of the document you have and when was it written?
2.What is the intended purpose of this document (why was it written?). Cite textual evidence to explain how you know the purpose.
3.Look at the complaints. Who or what is the target of the complaints? Cite the text to describe what you would consider to be the most serious complaint
4.Why are there so many complaints? Do these help the document to achieve its purpose? If so, how? If not, why not?
a. HW: Common Sense– How can you connect the document you just analyzed to Thomas Paine’s Common Sense – Be able to cite the text of Common Sense
Tuesday 16 October- Olive Branches and Research
1. Research Guidelines (fake)
2. Discuss Research guidelines
3. Olive Branch Petition
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Tomorrow's Quiz Notes
Monday 15 October 2018- Bunker Hill and its Aftermath
1. Loyalists v. Patriots
2. Discuss distinctions between William and Benjamin Franklin
3. Teacher generated discussion
Friday 12 October 2018 - Lexington and Concord and their aftermaths
1. Map
2. Simulation Response
3. Teacher generated discussion
Thursday 11 October 2018 - More Trouble - Boston 1775
1. Scenario response
2. Discuss Scenario
3. Teacher Generated discussion
Wednesday 10 October 2018 Boston Tea Party and its Impact (shortened period)
1. Boston Tea Party Image analysis
2. Teacher generated discussion
HW - reading guide questions for Wednesday/Tbursdaymorning
Tuesday 9 October 2018 - Trouble in Boston
1. Kinesthetic Activity - Revere's Boston Massacre engraving
1a. Discuss Revere's engraving
2. Teacher-generated discussion
3. Engraving Process Film
Boston Massacre John Adams
Gilder Lehrman Engraving Explanation
Monday 8 October 2018 - The Stamp Act and its Impact (shortened period)
1. Stamp Act Simulation
2. Discuss simulation
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Friday 5 October 2018 - Treaty of Paris of 1763 and its Impacts
1. Treaty of Paris of 1763 - use treaty to make a map
2. Discuss constructed map
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Thursday 4 October 2018 - The Great Awakening
1. Great Awakening Picture response
2. Discuss images
3. Great Awakening Primary Source
4. Teacher Generated discussion
HW - Reading Guide 1 for tomorrow
Wednesday 3 October 2018 - Salem Witch Trials Part II
1. Return Test
2. Salem Witch Trials conclusions and discussion
3. Work on reading guide 1
Tuesday 2 October 2018 - Salem Witch Trials
1. Simulation
2. Primary Source
3. Teacher Generated discussion
Monday 1 October 2018 - The Colonies on the Eve of the French and Indian War
1. Snapshot of colonies - map and quote analysis
2. Discuss snapshot
3. Teacher-generated discussion
HW: Respond to these two primary sources:
First - Sketch the scene below, as quoted by a young John Adams:
"Who can study in Boston streets? I am unable to observe the various objects that I meet, with sufficient precision. My eyes are so diverted with chimney sweeps, carriers of woods, merchants, ladies, priests, carts, horses, oxen, coaches market men and women, soldiers sailors, and my ears with the rattle gabble of them all that I can’t think long enough in the street upon any one thing to start and pursue a thought."
Second - Read the OTHER PRIMARY (the 5th page of the attachment or 59 at the bottom of said attachment) Source and briefly tell: How does Adams’ description compare to the Dividing Line primary source? Explain.
Friday 28 September - Research Day
Thursday - Test - See Study Guide
1. Test
- Project Guidelines
- Reading Guide
- Full Length Book for Reading Guide
Wednesday 26 September 2018 - Review for test
- All Notes for Unit Test
Unit Test Study guide
Tuesday 25 September 2018 - Resistance to Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
1. Primary Source Image Analysis - Kinesthetic Activity
2. Discuss Kinesthetic Activity in pairs/groups
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Resistance to Trans-Atlantic Slavery
Monday 24 September 2018 - Mercantilism
1. Mercantilism Secondary Source Reading
2. Discuss Mercantilism in pairs
3. Teacher-generated discussion - Mercantilism
4. Mercantilism Scenarios
Friday 21 September 2018 - Bacon's Rebellion and the Entrenchment of Racial Hierarchy
1. Bacon's Rebellion - Drawing Analysis
2. Bacon's Rebellion - Secondary Source Analysis
3. Discuss in pairs secondary source
4. Teacher-generated discussion - Bacon's Rebellion
Thursday 20 September 2018 - New Netherland vs. Pennsylvania vs. other Colonies
0. Document 0
1. New Netherland vs. PA primary source analysis
2. Discussion in Pairs of the 2 primary sources
3. Teacher-generated discussion - primary source analysis
4. Map analysis - New Netherland - an aberration?
Wednesday 19 September 2018 - Intro to Middle Colonies
1. Introduction to the Middle Colonies - documents
2. See Google Classroom to complete assignment
3. Distribute Study guide for Colonial Foundations Test - Due Next week
Tuesday 18 September 2018 - Anne Hutchinson and Dissent
1. Discuss Roger Williams source
2. Anne Hutchinson and disssent - source continuation
3. Teacher-generated discussion
Monday 17 September 2018 - Review Foundations of Virginia, Plymouth; intro to Roger Williams
1. Review primary sources from last week (Ordinances of Virginia and Mayflower Compact)
2. Discuss in pairs - key components of each primary source
3. Examine maps related to Hutchinson's and Williams' migrations
4. Teacher-generated discussion - New England and dissent
HW - Roger Williams Secondary Source - complete for tomorrow (submit to google classroom or bring in copy of your work)
Friday 14 September 2018 - Charter Comparisons
0. Quiz
1. Document A Charter of Virginia vs. Document B - Mayflower Compact analysis (pairs)
2. Discuss each document; analyze for purpose, point of view
3. Teacher-generated discussion - primary differences between Massachusetts and Virginia Colonies
Thursday 13 September 2018 - Jamestown
1. Jamestown News Article (citing textual evidence)
2. Discuss Article in pairs
3. Headright system simulation
4. Headright System Overview - Secondary Source
5. Teacher-generated discussion - Jamestown and Roanoake
HW - Quiz tomorrow - notes posted here
Wednesday 12 September 2018 - Web Based Signups
1. Web-Based Signups
Tuesday 11 September 2018 - Drawing Boundaries
1. Tordesillas simulation
2. New World Colonies map analysis
3. Discuss Tordesillas vs. early 1600s realities via Tordesillas Treaty
4. Teacher-generated discussion
Monday 10 September 2018 - Columbian Exchange
1. Columbian Exchange Photo Analysis
2. Discuss Columbian Exchange Photos
3. Columbian ExchangeMap Analysis
4. Discuss Columbian Exchange Map
5. Columbian Exchange Notes
Friday 7 September 2018 - Introduction to Colonization
1. Mapping Exercise
2. Discuss Changing Maps as introduction to Colonization
3. Teacher-generated discussion - The World in 1492
4. News Clip - "Uncontacted Tribe"
Thursday 6 September 2018 - Introductions
1. Introductions
2. Syllabus