Assignments


 * =Tuesday, February 1=

Also assigned today: signed syllabus and Mr. Kash's permission slip/letter ||
 * =Friday, February 4=

Begin History Channel show "Who Really Discovered America?" Take notes on the potential answers presented by the video and the evidence they provide for each answer. The video is available on YouTube if you miss it in class.

Begin studying! || Continue "Who Really Discovered America?" video. Rate different answers based on evidence within class groups.
 * =Tuesday, February 8=

Assignment: Read two perspectives on Christopher Columbus and complete the chart to compare the perspectives. **Due Friday, February 11.** This information will be used in an upcoming essay. "Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress." (Excerpted from A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.) "Columbus Day: A Time to Celebrate" by Michael S. Berliner, Ayn Rand Institute

Reminder: **Map quiz on Friday, February 11!** Review continents, oceans, and the European countries you labeled on your maps. ||
 * =Wednesday, February 9=

Early Release and Voc Presentations: Period 2 (partial class) and Period 4 only.

Continue working on Columbus readings and studying for countries/continents/oceans quiz: **Both due Friday, February 11.** ||
 * =**Friday, February 11**=


 * Collect Columbus reading HW
 * Map quiz - continents/oceans/countries
 * European exploration and colonization notes
 * Assign Columbus essay - Outline **due Wednesday, February 16**
 * Essay final draft due Tuesday, March 1**

Hand out Genealogy Project Ancestry Chart - **Information on you, your parents, and your grandparents due on Tuesday, February 15** For class next Tuesday: Meet in library with netbooks ||
 * =**Tuesday, February 15**=


 * Genealogy research in the library
 * Check out the genealogy pathfinder put together by Mrs. Denecker: @https://sites.google.com/a/grsu14.org/geneaology/
 * Look for information on your family: continue compiling information on your ancestry chart and saving documents (or screen shots of documents) into a folder on your computer for later use ||
 * =Wednesday, February 16=

Peer edit Columbus essay outlines - Assign upcoming genealogy project components -


 * Columbus Essay due Tuesday, March 1**
 * What do you already know about your family history? paragraph due Wednesday, March 2** ||
 * =Tuesday, March 1=

Colonial America: Who Were Americans? Take [|"Would you survive in Colonial America"]quiz online
 * Columbus essays due today**
 * What do you already know about your family history? paragraph due Wednesday, March 2** ||
 * =Wednesday, March 2=


 * Family history paragraph due**

Work on Colonial America mini-project: **Due Friday, March 4** || =Friday, March 4=

"Who is Coming to America" article and questions Historical immigration cartoons
 * Colonial advertisement/journal due today**


 * Genealogy project 3 family interviews: Due next Friday, March 11** ||


 * < =Tuesday, March 8=

Demographic trends article and group worksheet Comparing demographic information: United States and Maine Census info: U.S. and Maine Religious affiliations Click on this link, scroll down, and click on the link for "Graphic" ||
 * < =Wednesday, March 9=

Complete graphic representation of demographic data Read Colin Powell essay and complete questions and written response: **DUE FRIDAY MARCH 18** ||
 * Genealogy project 3 family interviews DUE FRIDAY MARCH 11**
 * < =Friday, March 11=

Collect family interviews for genealogy project Assign "Who are Americans?" project: **DUE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16** ||
 * < =Tuesday, March 15=

Continue work on "Who are Americans?" project: **DUE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16** ||
 * < =Wednesday, March 16=

Who are Americans? project presentations Assign Colin Powell reading and response: **DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 18** ||
 * < =Friday, March 18=

Finish project presentations Finish any remaining work from the unit ||
 * Colin Powell responses due today**
 * < =Tuesday, March 22=

Introduction to second unit: //What beliefs and principles should guide American government?// Matching activities to look at different values Looked at the values present in the preamble of the US Constitution ||
 * < =Wednesday, March 23=

Introduction to unit project: **Writing a constitution** As a class, discussed the values of the preamble of the US Constitution ASSIGN: Preamble to your own constitution: **DUE TUESDAY, MARCH 29** ||
 * < =Tuessday, March 29=

Class notes on the state of nature, natural rights, the social contract, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke Read excerpts from Hobbes' //Leviathan//, Locke's //Two Treatises of Government//, and a World History textbook ||
 * Constitution Preamble rough draft due today**
 * < =Wednesday, March 30=

Go over the Preamble Rubric Review Hobbes, Locke, and the social contract ASSIGN: Guided reading of the first 3 articles of the US Constitution: **DUE FRIDAY, APRIL 1** [] ||
 * =Friday, April 1 - SNOW DAY=

ASSIGN: Guided reading of the first 3 articles of the US Constitution: **DUE Tuesday, April 5 INSTEAD of Friday, April 1** ||
 * =Tuesday, April 5=


 * Guided reading of the first 3 articles of the US Constitution due today**

U.S. Naturalization Test (not graded) Look at setup of American government slide show Discuss Separation of Powers Make Graphic Organizers for Checks and Balances (this is a filled in version of one of the designs we looked at in class) ||
 * QUIZ over vocab, separation of powers, and checks and balances on FRIDAY, APRIL 8**
 * =Wednesday, April 6=

HOT SEAT game to review information from last class Introduce 2nd part of constitution project - The Constitution Body This is the guide to writing the body of your constitution that was passed out in class ASSIGN: Rough Draft of Constitution Body **DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 12**


 * Remember: QUIZ on FRIDAY, APRIL 8** (see Tuesday, April 5 for Study Guide) ||
 * =Friday, April 8=


 * QUIZ over vocab, separation of powers, and checks and balances**

Go over the ratification debates surrounding the US Constitution Looked at primary sources and decided if it was written by a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist

ASSIGN (Reminder): Rough Draft of Constitution Body **DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 12** ||
 * =Tuesday, April 12=


 * Rough draft of constitution body due today**

Go over the idea of a "living" constitution; amendments and court cases ||
 * =Wednesday, April 13=

Review "living" constitution, one last look at constitutional interpretation

Introduce the final piece of the Constitution Project (description and rubric)

Complete 2 short answer questions //in class// ||
 * =Friday, April 15=

Do evaluations for Mr. Kash

Work on Constitution project
 * CONSTITUTION PROJECT DUE TODAY**

Government games websites: [] []

//Extra Credit// Upfront Article "10 Supreme Court Decisions Every Teen Should Know" Cases 1 - 5: [] Cases 6 - 10: []

Last Day for QUIZ retakes ||