: Due Friday, February 4
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.
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
Complete graphic representation of demographic data Genealogy project 3 family interviews DUE FRIDAY MARCH 11
Read Colin Powell essay and complete questions and written response: DUE FRIDAY MARCH 18
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.
Tuesday, February 8
Continue "Who Really Discovered America?" video. Rate different answers based on evidence within class groups.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
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
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
Columbus essays due today
Colonial America: Who Were Americans?
Take "Would you survive in Colonial America" quiz online
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
Colonial advertisement/journal due today
"Who is Coming to America" article and questions
Historical immigration cartoons
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
Genealogy project 3 family interviews DUE FRIDAY MARCH 11
Read Colin Powell essay and complete questions and written response: DUE FRIDAY MARCH 18
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
Colin Powell responses due today
Finish any remaining work from the unit
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
Constitution Preamble rough draft due today
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
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
http://usconstitution.net/xconst.html
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:
http://www.icivics.org/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/index.htm
Extra Credit
Upfront Article "10 Supreme Court Decisions Every Teen Should Know"
Cases 1 - 5: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/features/index.asp?article=f090307_Teen_Supremes1
Cases 6 - 10: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/features/index.asp?article=f090307_Teen_Supremes2
Last Day for QUIZ retakes