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
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
Return quizzes, discuss correction policy: CORRECTIONS DUE BY NEXT THURSDAYFinish Reason #2 notes
Begin "Massacre at Mystic" video Part 1 of video
Video questions:
Wednesday,
August 27
Names
Summer current events quiz
Thursday,
August 28
Course syllabus review
Signed syllabus: Due ASAP
Get 3-Ring binder for class: Due ASAP
Thursday,
September 4
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
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
Howard Zinn reading on Columbus
HW FOR PERIOD 2 ONLY: Columbus Day reflection: Due Wednesday, September 10
Wednesday,
September 10
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
Immigration opinion check:
Period 6:
Unit Intro
Unit vocabulary terms:
Friday,
September 12
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
Begin
Current immigration policy: Who do we let in?
Thursday,
September 18
Work on quiz study guide:
HW: QUIZ ON FRIDAY (for Period 2) OR MONDAY (for Period 6)
Friday,
September 19
Period 6: Work on quiz study guide:
Asylum questions and answers article
Asylum seekers living in limbo article
Italy migrant crisis slideshow
Monday,
September 22
Begin notes: Reasons for Early Immigration
Wednesday,
September 24
Begin "Massacre at Mystic" video
Part 1 of video
Video questions:
Thursday,
September 25
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
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
Work on Early Immigration Journal Project: DUE NEXT MONDAY
Use research links posted on 9/26
Thursday,
October 2
Friday,
October 3
Monday,
October 6
Immigration in the mid-1800's: Reasons #4 and #5
Irish immigration:
German immigration:
Wednesday,
October 8
Thursday,
October 9
Work on study guide for QUIZ NEXT THURSDAY
Friday,
October 10
Work on study guide for QUIZ NEXT THURSDAY
Thursday,
October 16
Begin Ellis Island:
Friday,
October 17
Continue Ellis Island slideshow
Monday,
October 20
Late 1800's immigration political cartoons:
Wednesday,
October 22
Timeline of immigration laws notes
Thursday,
October 23
Finish work on Immigration Laws sheet from yesterday
Extra Credit:
Monday,
October 27
Melting pot vs. Salad Bowl:
HW: COMPLETE YOUR OWN IDENTITY DRAWING WITH EXPLANATION FOR THURSDAY'S CLASS
Thursday,
October 30
Read and discuss 2013 Senate Immigration Bill:
Friday,
October 31
Introduce Immigration Policy Project:
Link for Obama/Romney comparison here
Monday,
November 3
FINAL PROJECT COMPLETED BY FRIDAY
Wednesday,
November 5
Thursday,
November 6
Friday,
November 7
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
Arizona immigration law
October 2
Immigration in the mid-1800's: Reasons #4 and #5
Irish immigration:
German immigration:
October 3
Watch selected scenes from "Gangs of New York"
October 5
Anti-Irish nativist cartoons:
Lewiston mayor controversy
BBC video here
WMTW video here
October 9
Work on quiz study for QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY:
October 10
October 12
October 16
October 19
Quiz corrections due
October 23
Choice: Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl
or
Immigration and Population Density
October 26
Link for Obama/Romney comparison here
October 30
October 31
November 2
Presentations during second half of class
All project steps due by end of class