Quarter+1+Assignments

Course syllabus review Student information survey
 * September 1 || Day One photos

|| Read children's story about Columbus: __Follow the Dream__ Howard Zinn reading on Columbus Introduction to the unit Two current event news clips: Arizona immigration law Alabama immigration law Unit vocabulary: Slideshow note sheet: Immigration opinion activity: || || Current immigration policy reading and questions: Quiz study guide: **Prepare for quiz on Monday** || Early immigration slideshow and notes || Continue Early Immigration notes Middle Passage reading || Middle Passage reading (link above) Finish Early Immigrant notes Begin "Massacre at Mystic" video || Video follow up discussion and questions: Assign Early Immigrant Journal Project:
 * Signed syllabus: Due ASAP**
 * Get 3-Ring binder for class: Due ASAP** ||
 * September 7 || Columbus carousel, slideshow, and notes
 * September 8 || Continue Columbus slideshow notes
 * Columbus Day reflection: Due Monday, September 12** ||
 * September 12 || Collect Columbus Day reflections
 * September 14 || Immigration Facts and Statistics:
 * September 15 || Immigration: How do we choose who to let in?
 * September 19 || **Quiz today** - you can use the study guide you prepared
 * September 21 || Indentured Servant contract
 * September 22 || Fajita Grill current event: Video clip
 * September 26 || Finish "Massacre at Mystic" video

Life in Early American colonies resources: 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 Passage to America Colonial House "Myth-Conceptions" quiz || Tidy up loose ends || Irish immigration: German immigration: Watch selected scenes from "Gangs of New York" || "Gangs of New York" questions and discussion Work on quiz study for **QUIZ ON MONDAY**: || Ellis Island slideshow and notes: || Melting pot/salad bowl notes and assignment: || Quiz corrections due Ancestry assignment #1: ||
 * September 28 || Continue working on Early Immigrant Journal project
 * Due dates: Wednesday, October 5 (at the beginning of class)** ||
 * September 29 || Continue working on Early Immigrant Journal project
 * Due dates: Wednesday, October 5 (at the beginning of class)** ||
 * October 3 || Continue working on Early Immigrant Journal project
 * Due dates: Wednesday, October 5 (at the beginning of class)** ||
 * October 5 || Early Immigrant Journal Project due today
 * October 6 || Immigration in the mid-1800's: Reasons #4 and #5
 * October 13 || Nativism term and quote
 * October 17 || Early immigration quiz
 * October 19 || Finish Ellis Island slideshow ||
 * October 20 || Late 1800's immigration political cartoons ||
 * October 24 || Timeline of immigration laws notes[[file:History of Immigration law notesheet (filled in).doc]]
 * October 26 || Finish melting pot/salad bowl drawings
 * October 27 || Read/discuss 2007 Immigration Bill ||
 * October 31 || Begin Immigration Policy Project ||
 * November 2 || Continue work on Policy Project ||
 * November 3 || Continue work on Policy Project: **PROJECT DUE ON MONDAY, NOV. 7** ||