2015-2016+U.S.+History+Quarter+1


 * ===Wednesday,===

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

September 3
|| Course syllabus Student info survey Show class wikispace || September 9 || "Removing the Blinders" activity When did American History start? Columbus posters (Who was Columbus? Why did he set sail? What did he find? What did he look like?) ||
 * ===Wednesday,===
 * ===Thursday,===

September 10
|| Columbus slideshow, and notes Columbus children's story: //Follow the Dream// ||
 * ===Friday,===

September 11
|| Columbus from Howard Zinn reading Compare two readings: Indigenous Peoples Day: Colbert Report video
 * HW: One paragraph response on Columbus Day (from worksheet in class): DUE MONDAY, SEPT. 14** ||
 * ===Monday,===

September 14
|| Unit Introduction Unit vocabulary terms: Immigration in the news: media type="custom" key="27801219"media type="youtube" key="2UTUa__j3gw" width="560" height="315" Refugees arriving in Germany media type="custom" key="27816207" ||
 * ===Thursday,===

September 17
|| Illegal immigrant cartoon Continue unit vocabulary terms: ||
 * ===Friday,===

September 18
|| Finish correcting Facts and Statistics sheet (from yesterday): Use this link: U.S./Mexico border images to complete this worksheet ||
 * ===Monday,===

September 21
|| Begin reading U.S. Immigration Policy Today packet: ||
 * ===Wednesday,===

September 23
|| Finish going over U.S. Immigration Policy Today packet Study for **QUIZ TOMORROW**: Immigration documentary ||
 * ===Thursday,===

September 24
|| Immigration Today quiz Reasons for Early Immigration: begin notes  ||
 * ===Friday,===

September 25
|| __**Period 2 Only**__ Congolese immigrant working at Maine Med video Pope Francis speaks to Congress about immigration Immigration and Jobs documentary ||
 * ===Monday,===

September 28
|| Continue Early Immigration reasons: Reason #2 Begin "Massacre at Mystic" video: Part 1 of video ||
 * ===Thursday,===

October 1
|| Finish video: Part 2 hereWork on Pequot War worksheet If you finish early: website on Maine's Native Americans
 * HW: VIDEO REFLECTION QUESTIONS DUE ON MONDAY** ||
 * ===Monday,===

October 5
|| Begin Early Immigrant Journal Project: Life in Early American colonies resources: Pilgrim history "The Mayflower Gazette" - New England Daily Life Life in the 13 American Colonies PBS "Liberty: Daily Life in the Colonies" Life in Plymouth Colony Women in the New England Colonies First-hand account of the Mayflower voyage Life on a Virginia plantation Daily life of a slave The African Slave Trade Passage to America Colonial House "Myth-Conceptions" quiz Pilgrim Name Generator Abenaki Indian education site Native American/European early interaction history
 * JOURNAL PROJECT DUE ON THURSDAY** ||
 * ===Wednesday,===

October 7
|| Continue working on Journal Project - **DUE BY THE END OF CLASS ON THURSDAY** ||
 * ===Thursday,===

October 8
|| Continue working on Journal Project - **DUE BY THE END OF CLASS TODAY** ||
 * ===Thursday,===

October 15
|| Any remaining Early Immigrant Journals **DUE TODAY** Immigration in the mid-1800's: Reasons #4 and #5 Irish immigration: German immigration: ||
 * ===Friday,===

October 16
|| Share out information on Reasons 4 and 5 Nativism questions, definition, and quote: Begin Gangs of New York clips ||
 * ===Monday,===

October 19
|| Finish Gangs of New York clips Study guide for **QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY: ** ||
 * ===Wednesday,===

October 21
|| Early Immigration Quiz Begin Ellis Island Slideshow ||
 * ===Thursday,===

October 22
|| Finish Ellis Island Slideshow Late 1800's immigration political cartoons: ||
 * ===Friday,===

October 23
|| Finish Late 1800's immigration political cartoons

__**PERIOD 2:**__ Begin History of Immigration reading:  ||
 * ===Monday,===

October 26
|| __**PERIOD 2:**__ Finish History of Immigration reading - collect notes on the chart Extra Credit:

Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl lesson: Extra Credit: ||
 * __PERIOD 6:__**
 * COMPLETE MELTING POT ASSIGNMENT FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 29**
 * ===Thursday,===

October 29
|| __**PERIOD 2:**__ Finish History of Immigration Laws reading/chart Work on quiz corrections: **DUE MONDAY** Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl lesson: ||