Lesson Plan 12.15.14

Unit 5 - Union in Peril & Civil War Quiz

Homework
Read

• American Pageant - pages 477- 480
• AMSCO - pages 291-294

Lesson Plans 12.12.14

Presentations

Homework
Read

• American Pageant - pages 469-476
• Review Chapters 19-21
• AMSCO - pages 277-283
• Review Chapters 12-14

Lesson Plan 12.10.14

Group Work 

• Civil War Presentations for 12.11 & 12.12

Homework

Read

• American Pageant - pages 460-464
• AMSCO - pages 274-275

Lesson Plan 12.9.10

Civil War Lecture

Homework
Read

• American Pageant - pages 456-460
• AMSCO - pages 271-274

Lesson Plan 12.8.14

Group Presentations

• Groups 1 - 3 will present on Wednesday
• Groups 4 - 6 will present on Thursday

Homework

Read

• American Pageant - pages 451-456
• AMSCO - pages 268-271

Lesson Plans 12.4.14

Document Based Question

Copies can be found inside your Classroom

Write an essay explaining three reasons the Southern states seceded from the Union which lead to the American Civil War.

Peer edit student essays.  Make constructive comments.

Homework

• American Pageant - pages 438-443

Lesson Plan 12.3.14 Early Release

Document Based Question

Copies can be found inside your Classroom

Write an essay explaining three reasons the Southern states seceded from the Union which lead to the American Civil War.

Using your completed outline.  Write a rough draft for your essay. Skip lines.

Homework

• Civil War Online Lecture (26:03)
• American Pageant - pages 429-438
• AMSCO - pages 271

Lesson Plan 12.2.14

Document Based Question

Copies can be found inside your Classroom

Write an essay explaining three reasons the Southern states seceded from the Union which lead to the American Civil War.

Discuss

• Class discussion on annotations of documents and answers to questions

Plan

• Write a bulleted outline for your essay
• Introduction
• Background (outside) information
• Thesis/Claim
• 3 Body Paragraphs
• Which documents (evidence) will you use?
• What outside information (historical evidence) will you use?
• Does it prove your claim?
• Are you offering analysis (POV, purpose, intended audience, historical context)?
• Conclusion
• Rephrase your claim

Homework 

Read

• American Pageant - pages 424-429
• AMSCO - pages 268-270

Lesson Plan 12.1.14

Document Based Question

Copies can be found inside your Classroom

Write an essay explaining three reasons the Southern states seceded from the Union which lead to the American Civil War.

Steps

1. Brainstorm any outside information that may be relevant to this prompt
2. Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 1
3. Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 2
4. Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 3
5. Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 4
6. Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 5
7. Answer the guiding questions for each document

Homework 

Read

• American Pageant - pages 418-424

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Lesson Plan 11.25.14

Group Essay

Was John Brown a "misguided fanatic"?

Homework
Read

• American Pageant - pages 394-398
• AMSCO - pages 248-254

Lesson Plan 11.24.14

John Brown and the Rising National Tensions

Discussion

• Terms/Events

Documents

• John Brown's Speech/Frederick Douglass/Lydia Marie Child

Guiding Questions

Homework

Read

• Impending Crisis Lecture (23:53)
• American Pageant - pages 390-393
• AMSCO - pages 247-248

Lesson Plan 11.21.14

Unit 5 Expansion Quiz

Homework
Read

• American Pageant - pages 348-368
• AMSCO - pages 247-261

Terms for Unit 5 Union in Peril/Civil War - due December 5

Lesson Plan 11.20.14 Substitute Teacher

Watch the following videos and take Cornell Notes - due Friday before the quiz

"Old Immigration" and Nativism (5:39)
The Compromise of 1850 (9:45)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (4:23)
"Bleeding Kansas" and the Kansas-Nebraska Act  (7:07)

Study for Quiz tomorrow.

Homework

• American Pageant - Review Chapter 15
• AMSCO - Review Chapter 12

Terms are due tomorrow

Lesson Plan 11.19.14 Early Release

Group Presentations -
All electronic presentations will be posted in the Google Classroom.

Homework
Read

• American Pageant - pages 383-388

Online Lecture: Westward Expansion

*I will have a substitute tomorrow so bring your ear buds

Election of 1844 Elf Yourself Video

Calhoun, Van Buren, Polk and Clay
by Rachel, Taylor, Thomas, Jasmine, Karina, and Zahra

Lesson Plans 11.18.14

Lecture
Mexican War 1846-1848

Review Unit 4 Test

Finalize Presentations for Tomorrow

Homework
Read

• American Pageant - pages 377-383
• AMSCO - pages 236-239

Lesson Plan 11.17.14

Group Presentations  on Wednesday
Required

• Visual Aid
• 7 minutes or less
• Total group participation
• Leader is the speaker

Jimmy Fallon

Lesson Plan 11.14.14

Unit 4 Test

Homework
Read

• American Pageant - pages 287-297
• AMSCO - pages 229-239

Terms - Unit 5 Expansion

Lesson Plan 11.13.14

Continued from previous lesson

Document Based Question
Era of Good Feelings

• Source/Annotate Documents
• Create an outline for a 5 paragraph essay (found in your Classroom) 
• Write essay
• Peer edit essay in class
• Create final draft

Homework
Read

• November 13 - Thursday
• American Pageant - pages 276-285
• AMSCO - Review Period 4
• Study! Unit 4 Test tomorrow!