2015-2016+U.S.+Modern+World+Quarter+1


 * ===Wednesday,===

September 2
|| Attendance Summer current events quiz ||
 * ===Thursday,===

September 3
|| Course syllabus Student info survey Show class wikispace
 * HW: Signed syllabus DUE ASAP**
 * Binder for class DUE ASAP** ||
 * ===Tuesday,===

September 8
|| Collect signed syllabi/check binders How and Why do we study history? Introductory slideshow:

Intro to Unit One: Should the U.S. welcome all those who wish to come?
 * HW: Find a recent news story (newspaper/internet/TV/radio) that is about our first unit topic: Immigration. (It can be a local, national, or world story.) Write a one paragraph summary about the story - What is happening? How does it relate to our unit question?**
 * DUE THURSDAY, SEPT. 10** ||
 * ===Thursday,===

September 10
|| Collect HW: Set expectations for graded homework: media type="custom" key="27801219"media type="youtube" key="2UTUa__j3gw" width="560" height="315" Refugees arriving in Germany ||
 * ===Friday,===

September 11
|| Immigration facts and statistics: ||
 * ===Tuesday,===

September 15
|| Finish Facts and Statistics sheet (from last week):

Current immigration policy packet:
 * HW: Finish U.S. Policy Today packet (reading and questions)** ||
 * ===Wednesday,===

September 16
|| Discuss U.S. Policy Today packet Immigration opinion check:
 * HW: Prepare for quiz on Immigration Today (quiz on Thursday)[[file:Immigration today quiz study guide.doc]]** ||
 * ===Thursday,===

September 17
|| Quiz: Immigration Today
 * HW:** Use this link: U.S./Mexico border images to complete this worksheet - **DUE ON FRIDAY 9/18[[file:U.S.-Mexico border 3-2-1.docx]]** ||
 * ===Friday,===

September 18
|| Illegal immigrant cartoon Big reasons for Early Immigration: Immigration to United States website USHistory.org online textbook ||
 * ===Monday,===

September 21
|| Finish group work on Reasons for Early Immigration Begin group presentations: ||
 * ===Thursday,===

September 24
|| Finish group presentations: Nativism in American History: ||
 * ===Friday,===

September 25
|| Ben Franklin quote (on Nativism handout from yesterday) Watch "Gangs of New York" clips Immigration in the 19th Century Peopling Maine: Immigration in Large Numbers Irish Immigrants in 19th Century Maine (read intro and view slideshow - easier to view in list form) "Whatever Happened to German America?" NYT op-ed
 * HW: COMPLETE 19TH CENTURY IMMIGRATION READINGS AND QUESTIONS - DUE TUESDAY** ||
 * ===Tuesday,===

September 29
|| Finish "Gangs of New York" clips Anti-Irish nativist cartoons: ||
 * ===Wednesday,===

September 30
|| Ellis Island slideshow: Late 1800's immigration political cartoons: || History of immigration reading:
 * ===Thursday, October 1=== || Finish cartoon analysis
 * HW: COMPLETE READING AND CHART FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 2** ||
 * ===Friday,===

October 2
|| Review immigration cartoons from the late 19th/early 20th centuries Use History of Immigration reading to create timeline showing laws/events and attitudes Begin studying for **Immigration in History** **test: ** **TEST ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13** ||
 * ===Tuesday,===

October 6
|| Finish immigration timelines: **DUE TODAY** Read 2013 Senate immigration bill: ||
 * ===Thursday,===

October 8
|| Interactive immigration timeline Discuss 2013 Senate Immigration Bill
 * STUDY FOR UNIT TEST ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER** ||
 * ===Tuesday,===

October 13
|| Unit test
 * Optional Extra Credit:** [[file:Population density lesson.doc]] Choose six other countries from around the world to add to the pop. density chart. ||
 * ===Thursday,===

October 15
|| Catch-up day ||
 * ===Friday,===

October 16
|| Begin Immigration Policy Debate project:
 * DEBATE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, 10/22** ||
 * ===Tuesday,===

October 20
|| Continue group work for policy debate **ON THURSDAY** ||
 * ===Thursday,===

October 21
|| Immigration Policy Debate Use this sheet during the debate: ||
 * ===Friday,===

October 22
|| Complete the last two pages of your Policy Debate Packet: "Focusing Your Thoughts" and "Your Option Five": **DUE FOR NEXT TUESDAY** ||
 * ===Tuesday,===

October 27
|| New unit introduction: To what extent is the government responsible for the well-being of its citizens? ||
 * ===Wednesday,===

October 28
|| Should We Help Them? activity: ||
 * ===Thursday,===

October 29
|| Current examples of our unit question at play in Maine: Lewiston Mayoral Race Maine Food Stamp Policy Change Portland Minimum Wage Ballot Question
 * IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT: CHOOSE __ONE__ CURRENT EVENT ARTICLE TO READ AND COMPLETE QUESTIONS** ||
 * ===Friday,===

October 30
|| The State of the U.S. Economy Today: Wealth Distribution video: media type="custom" key="21571166" ||