2015-2016 U.S. History Quarter 1

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Wednesday,

September 2

 Attendance
Summer current events quiz

Thursday,

September 3

 Course syllabus
Student info survey
Show class wikispace

Wednesday,

September 9
 "Removing the Blinders" activity
Day One PowerPoint 2012.pptx
Day One photos worksheet.doc

When did American History start?
Columbus posters (Who was Columbus? Why did he set sail? What did he find? What did he look like?)

Thursday,

September 10

 Columbus slideshow, and notes
Columbus background notesheet.doc
Columbus notes and paintings.pptx

Columbus children's story: Follow the Dream

Friday,

September 11

 Columbus from Howard Zinn reading
Compare two readings:
Columbus story analysis and reflection.doc

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 terms.pptx
immigration terms.doc

Immigration in the news:

Refugees arriving in Germany

Thursday,

September 17

 Illegal immigrant cartoon
Continue unit vocabulary terms:
immigration terms.pptx
immigration terms.doc

Immigration Facts and Statistics blank.doc

Friday,

September 18

 Finish correcting Facts and Statistics sheet (from yesterday):
Immigration Facts and Statistics blank.doc

Use this link: U.S./Mexico border images to complete this worksheet
U.S.-Mexico border 3-2-1.docx

Monday,

September 21

 Begin reading U.S. Immigration Policy Today packet:
US Immigration Policy Today.docx

Wednesday,

September 23

 Finish going over U.S. Immigration Policy Today packet
Study for QUIZ TOMORROW:
Immigration today quiz study guid.doc

Immigration documentary

Thursday,

September 24

 Immigration Today quiz
Reasons for Early Immigration: begin notes
Early Immigration .pptx
Early Immigrants notesheet empty.doc

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
Pequot War video questions .doc

Thursday,

October 1

 Finish video: Part 2 hereWork on Pequot War worksheet
Pequot War video notes and questions - filled in.doc

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:
Early Immigration Journal assignment.doc

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
The Middle Passage.doc

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
Immigration reasons 4 and 5.doc

Irish immigration:
The Irish Potato Famine.doc

German immigration:
Immigration and the German Revolution.doc

Friday,

October 16

 Share out information on Reasons 4 and 5
Nativism questions, definition, and quote:
Gangs of New York response slip.doc

Begin Gangs of New York clips

Monday,

October 19

 Finish Gangs of New York clips
Study guide for QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY:
Early immigration study guide.doc

Wednesday,

October 21

 Early Immigration Quiz
Begin Ellis Island Slideshow
Ellis Island slideshow note sheet .doc
Ellis Island Immigration Lecture - Dom's version.ppt
Ellis Island Lecture Notes.doc

Thursday,

October 22

 Finish Ellis Island Slideshow
Late 1800's immigration political cartoons:
Immigration cartoons.doc
Immigration cartoon 4.docx
Immigration cartoon chart.docx

Friday,

October 23

 Finish Late 1800's immigration political cartoons

PERIOD 2:
Begin History of Immigration reading:
History of Immigration reading (shortened).docx
History of Immigration Law notesheet.doc

Monday,

October 26

 PERIOD 2:
Finish History of Immigration reading - collect notes on the chart
Extra Credit:
Population density lesson.doc


PERIOD 6:
Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl lesson:
Melting pot vs. salad bowl .doc
Melting Pot vs Salad Bowl.pptx

COMPLETE MELTING POT ASSIGNMENT FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 29
Extra Credit:
Population density lesson.doc

Thursday,

October 29

 PERIOD 2:
Finish History of Immigration Laws reading/chart
Work on quiz corrections: DUE MONDAY
Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl lesson:
Melting pot vs. salad bowl .doc
Melting Pot vs Salad Bowl.pptx