WEEKLY LESSON PLANS FOR 1-26-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:

World War II: The Road To War 1931-1941

Benchmark 5 - Indicators 3-6

Section 1: Rise of Dictators
Section 2: Europe Goes To War
Section 3: Japan Builds an Empire
Section 4: From Isolationism to War

1) Terms, reading assignment - 560-589
2) Video: F.D.R. & Churchill
3) Lecture
4) Worksheets
5) Video: Pearl Harbor
6) Review



AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 6 - Expansion of American Industry (1850-1900)
Benchmark 3-Indicator 1
Section 1 - Technological Revolution
Section 2 - Growth of Big Business
Section 3 - Industrialization and Workers
Section 4 - Labor Strikes

1) Video: Andrew Carnegie
2) Lecture
3) Review & Test Prep.
4) Friday: Chapter 6 TEST

HISTORICAL RESEARCH:
1) Preparation for Black History Month
2) Outline of student presentations
3) Visit Girard Public Library for background of local history concerning area cultural/race diversity.
4) Begin rough draft of presentations.

WEEKLY LESSON PLANS FOR 1-19-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:

CH 16: THE NEW DEAL - 1933-1941
Section 1: Initiation of New Deal - FDR
Section 2: Critics
Section 3: Last Days
Benchmark 5 - Indicators 1 & 2

1) Chapter 16 Test Prep. Items
2) Tuesday, Inauguration Presentation w/Mr. Hudson, Govt.
3) Wednesday, Chapter 16 TEST
4) Thursday, Begin Chapter 17
World War II: The Road To War 1931-1941

Benchmark 5 - Indicators 3-6




AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 6 - Expansion of American Industry (1850-1900)
Benchmark 3-Indicator 1
Section 1 - Technological Revolution
Section 2 - Growth of Big Business
Section 3 - Industrialization and Workers
Section 4 - Labor Strikes

1) Terms & Reading Assignment pgs. 224-253
2) Reading assignment outside text - Thomas Edison/Alex G. Bell
3) Notes & Lecture
4) Review Quiz/Questions
5) Video

HISTORICAL RESEARCH:
1) Primary Source research assignment on Presidential Inauguration.
a) Documents
b) Photographs

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 01-12-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:

CH 16: THE NEW DEAL - 1933-1941
Section 1: Initiation of New Deal - FDR
Section 2: Critics
Section 3: Last Days
Benchmark 5 - Indicators 1 & 2

1) Reading assignment and W.S.
2) Lecture and notes
3) Video
4) Review and Quiz


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 5 - Reconstruction 1865-1877
Section 1: Presidential
Section 2: Congressional
Section 3: the "New South"
Section 4: the End of Reconstruction

Benchmark 2 - Indicators 2,3

1) W.S.
2) Cover w/class
3) Test Prep. items
4) Review
5) Friday- Chapter 5 TEST

HISTORICAL RESEARCH:
1) Primary Source research assignment on Minorities in SE KS History. Principally, racism, tolerance, contribution, etc....

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 01-06-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:

CH15: Crash & Depression 1929-1933
Benchmark 5 - Indicators 1-4

Section 1: Stock Market Crash
Section 2: Social Effects of the Depression
Section 3: Surviving
Section 4: Election of 1932
1) Lecture and quiz on causes of the depression.
2) Video on the Dust Bowl
3) Archival research of primary sources of the Great Depression.
4) Worksheets on reading assignment.


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 5 - Reconstruction 1865-1877
Section 1: Presidential
Section 2: Congressional
Section 3: the "New South"
Section 4: the End of Reconstruction

Benchmark 2 - Indicators 2,3

1) Intro to terms, reading assignment pgs. 200-221 in text., focus questions to reinforce reading skills. Due at end of class Wed.
2) Notes & Lecture
3) Review & W.S.
4) Test

HISTORICAL RESEARCH:

1) Primary source trip to St. Aloysious at Greenbush. 2) Using and studying archival photos. Who, what, where, why? 3) Categorizing different primary and secondary sources.