Wednesday, November 12, 2008

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 11-10-08

AMERICAN HISTORY:
CHAPTER 12 - W.W. I Era 1914-1920
Section 1 - Road To War
Section 2 - U.S. Declares War
Section 3 - Americans on the European Front
Section 4 - Homefront
Section 5 - Global Peacemaker

Benchmark 4, Indicators 1-5

1) Causes of W.W. I
2) Worksheets
3) Video on W.W. I
4) Notes & Lecture

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Begin Chapter 9: Jacksonian Democracy
1) Democratizing Politics
2) New Party System
3) The Jacksonian Appeal
4) Spoils System
5) Sectional Tensions Revived
6) Jackson and the Bank
7) Jackson vs. Calhoun
8) Indian Removals
9) Nullification Crisis
10) Boom and Bust
11) Jacksonian Abroad
12) Rise of the Whigs
13) Martin Van Buren

HISTORICAL RESEARCH:

Monday, November 3, 2008

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 11-3-08

AMERICAN HISTORY:
CHAPTER 12 - W.W. I Era 1914-1920
Section 1 - Road To War
Section 2 - U.S. Declares War
Section 3 - Americans on the European Front
Section 4 - Homefront
Section 5 - Global Peacemaker

Benchmark 4, Indicators 1-5

1) Assignment: Define Ch. 12 Terms and answer questions.
2) Reading assignment
3) Chapter 12 Notes and Lecture
4) Outside reading materials: "Causes of W.W. I", "Trench Warfare", "Armistice and Treaties"
5) Crossword puzzle & W.S.

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapter 8: Toward a National Economy
1) Gentility & the Consumer Revolution
2) Birth of the Factory
3) An Industrial Proletriat?
4) Lowell's Waltham System: Women as Factory Workers
5) Irish & German Immigrants
6) Household System
7) Rise of Corporations
8) Cotton Revolutionizes the South
9) Revival of Slavery
10) Roads to Market
11) Transportation and the Government
12) Steamboats
13) Canals
14) New York City
15) Marshall Court

1) Class discussion on open-ended questions pertaining to employment and employers during the rise of cities and big business expansion in the U.S.
2) Chapters 7 & 8 TEST

HISTORICAL RESEARCH:
Begin preparation for Veteran's Day project: DUE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7!!!!!
Historic Preservation, Restoration Name_________________________
and Research Date__________________________
Local Veterans Project

Finished Product

1. Museum quality display in honor of one local veteran.
a. Military Photo
b. Medals, Certificates, Discharge Papers, etc… (Photos/scans)
c. Pictures from service
d. Excerpts from letters home, etc…
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2. A brief, 1 page history honoring the veteran, their service and sacrifice.
a. Where did they serve?
b. What did they do?
c. How/why did they join the military?
d. Accomplishments
e. Life after the service
f. Include quotes from interviews, etc…
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How to Get There

3. Research Ideas
a. Identify a veteran
b. Conduct an initial interview.
c. Determine any additional research and resource needs.
d. Conduct additional research.
e. Put together an outline of paper
f. Conduct a final interview.
g. Put together final project.

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a. Individual Veteran- If available
b. Veterans Family
c. Books/Documents
d. Local Newspapers
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