Wednesday,

August 27

Welcome
Names
Summer current events quiz

Thursday,

August 28

Day One photos
Course syllabus review

Signed syllabus: Due ASAP
Get 3-Ring binder for class: Due ASAP

Thursday,

September 4

Finish photo activity from last week
When did American History start?
Columbus posters (Who was Columbus? Why did he set sail? What did he find? What did he look like?)
Columbus slideshow, and notes


Friday,

September 5

Finish photo activity from last week
When did American History start?
Columbus posters (Who was Columbus? Why did he set sail? What did he find? What did he look like?)
Columbus slideshow, and notes


Monday,

September 8

Read children's story about Columbus: Follow the Dream
Howard Zinn reading on Columbus

HW FOR PERIOD 2 ONLY: Columbus Day reflection: Due Wednesday, September 10

Wednesday,

September 10

Period 2:
Collect Columbus Day reflections
Unit Intro
Unit vocabulary terms:
Unit topic in the news:

Period 6:
Howard Zinn reading on Columbus

HW FOR PERIOD 2 ONLY: Columbus Day reflection: Due Thursday, September 11
Unit Intro
Unit vocabulary terms:

Thursday,

September 11

Period 2:
Immigration opinion check:


Period 6:
Unit Intro
Unit vocabulary terms:

Friday,

September 12

Period 2:
Illegal immigrant cartoon
U.S./Mexico border images
Finish Facts and Statistics


Period 6:
Finish vocabulary terms from yesterday
Immigration facts and statistics:

Monday,

September 15

Finish facts and statistics sheet
Begin
Current immigration policy: Who do we let in?

Thursday,

September 18

Finish policy packet
Work on quiz study guide:
HW: QUIZ ON FRIDAY (for Period 2) OR MONDAY (for Period 6)

Friday,

September 19

Period 2: Quiz: Immigration Today
Period 6: Work on quiz study guide: QUIZ ON MONDAY

Asylum questions and answers article
Asylum seekers living in limbo article
Italy migrant crisis slideshow

Monday,

September 22

Period 6: Quiz on Immigration Today
Begin notes: Reasons for Early Immigration

Wednesday,

September 24

Return quizzes, discuss correction policy: CORRECTIONS DUE BY NEXT THURSDAYFinish Reason #2 notes
Begin "Massacre at Mystic" video
Part 1 of video
Video questions:

Thursday,

September 25

Finish video: Part 2 here
Work on Pequot War worksheet
If you finish early: website on Maine's Native Americans
HW: VIDEO REFLECTION QUESTIONS DUE ON MONDAY

Friday,

September 26

PERIOD 2:
Video about Pine Ridge Reservation
Collect "Massacre at Mystic" response paragraphs
Finish Early Immigration slideshow (reason #3)

PERIOD 6
Finish "Massacre at Mystic" video: WRITTEN RESPONSE DUE ON MONDAY

Assign 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

HW: IMMIGRANT JOURNAL PROJECT DUE NEXT MONDAY

Monday,

September 29

Finish Early Immigration notes: Big reason #3
Work on Early Immigration Journal Project: DUE NEXT MONDAY


Use research links posted on 9/26

Thursday,

October 2

Continue work on Early Immigrant Journal Project: DUE NEXT MONDAY

Friday,

October 3

Continue work on Early Immigrant Journal Project: DUE NEXT MONDAY

Monday,

October 6

Early Immigrant Journals DUE TODAY
Immigration in the mid-1800's: Reasons #4 and #5

Irish immigration:
German immigration:

Wednesday,

October 8

Irish/German immigration review questionsWatch selected scenes from "Gangs of New York"

Thursday,

October 9

Anti-Irish nativist cartoons:

Work on study guide for QUIZ NEXT THURSDAY

Friday,

October 10

Period 2 Only:
Work on study guide for QUIZ NEXT THURSDAY

Thursday,

October 16

Early Immigration Quiz
Begin Ellis Island:

Friday,

October 17

Quizzes returned, OPTIONAL: CORRECTIONS DUE NEXT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
Continue Ellis Island slideshow

Monday,

October 20

Ellis Island reflection questions
Late 1800's immigration political cartoons:

Wednesday,

October 22

Finish cartoon analysis from Monday's class
Timeline of immigration laws notes

Thursday,

October 23

Quiz corrections due
Finish work on Immigration Laws sheet from yesterday
Extra Credit:

Monday,

October 27

Review History of Immigration Laws:
Melting pot vs. Salad Bowl:
HW: COMPLETE YOUR OWN IDENTITY DRAWING WITH EXPLANATION FOR THURSDAY'S CLASS

Thursday,

October 30

Turn in Melting Pot/Salad Bowl drawings
Read and discuss 2013 Senate Immigration Bill:

Friday,

October 31

Finish reading and discussing 2013 Senate Immigration Bill
Introduce Immigration Policy Project:
Link for Obama/Romney comparison here

Monday,

November 3

Work on Policy Project: Try to complete either part 1A or 1B

FINAL PROJECT COMPLETED BY FRIDAY

Wednesday,

November 5

Continue work on Policy Project

Thursday,

November 6

Continue work on Policy Project

Friday,

November 7

Policy Project Due TODAY

Presentations during second half of class
All project steps due by end of class





















EVERYTHING BELOW HERE IS FROM PRIOR YEARS' LESSONS: IGNORE FOR 2014




Immigration in current news: Two news clips
Arizona immigration law

Tuesday,
October 2
Early Immigrant Journal Project due today
Immigration in the mid-1800's: Reasons #4 and #5

Irish immigration:
German immigration:
Wednesday,
October 3
Nativism term and quote
Watch selected scenes from "Gangs of New York"
Friday,
October 5
Finish "Gangs of New York" clips
Anti-Irish nativist cartoons:
Lewiston mayor controversy
BBC video here
WMTW video here
Tuesday,
October 9
Finish Lewiston mayor video/reading/questions
Work on quiz study for QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY:
Wednesday,
October 10
Early immigration quiz
Friday,
October 12
Ellis Island slideshow
Tuesday,
October 16
Late 1800's immigration political cartoons:
Wednesday, October 17
Timeline of immigration laws notes
Friday,
October 19
Finish immigration laws chart
Quiz corrections due
Tuesday,
October 23
Read/discuss 2007 Immigration Bill
Wednesday, October 24
Salem Field Trip
Choice: Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl

or
Immigration and Population Density
Friday,
October 26
Begin work on Immigration Policy Project:
Link for Obama/Romney comparison here
Tuesday,
October 30
Continue work on Policy Project
Wednesday,
October 31
Continue work on Policy Project
Friday,
November 2
IMMIGRATION POLICY PROJECT DUE TODAY

Presentations during second half of class
All project steps due by end of class