LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 09-07-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 7 - "Looking West" (1860-1900)
*Benchmark 3-Indicator 3
*Benchmark 4-Indicator 1

Section 1 - Moving West
Section 2 - Conflict w/Native Americans
Section 3 - Mining, Ranching, Farming
Section 4 - Populism/Socialism in America

1) Define Terms and read pages 256-282.
2) Video "Into The West"
3) Notes on Ch. 7
4) Lecture


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapters 3 & 4:

• America and the British Empire, 1650–1754
  • Mercantilism; the Dominion of New England
• Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
  • Culture
    • Great Awakening
    • The American Mind
• Road to Revolution, 1754–1775
  • Anglo-French rivalries and Seven Years' War
  • Imperial reorganization of 1763
    • Stamp Act
    • Declaratory Act
    • Townshend Acts
    • Boston Tea Party
  • Philosophy of the American Revolution
• The American Revolution, 1775–1783
  • The Continental Congress
  • Declaration of Independence
  • The war
    • French Alliance
    • War and society; Loyalists
    • War economy
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Peace of Paris
  • Creating state governments
    • Political organization

5) PowerPoint on Chapter 3 & Chapter 4
6) Lecture

WORLD GEOGRAPHY:
1) Chapter 5 Human Geography
* Population Geography
* Cultural Geography
* World Languages and Religions
2) Terms & Reading assignment
3) Video - China
4) Lecture/Notes
5) Review
6) Assessment

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 08-31-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:
1) Will use biography info. on Edison and Bell to answer 6 insight questions.
2) Chapter 6 Test Prep. items given to class.
3) Review with class.
4) Video: "Transcontinental Railroad"
5) Chapter 6 TEST on Friday.

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
1) Go over Chapter 1 Test w/class.
2) Begin Chapter 2 Test, to be finished by Wed. at end of class.
3) Go over Chapter 2 Test w/class.
4) Intro to Chapters 3 & 4

• America and the British Empire, 1650–1754
  • Mercantilism; the Dominion of New England
• Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
  • Culture
    • Great Awakening
    • The American Mind
• Road to Revolution, 1754–1775
  • Anglo-French rivalries and Seven Years' War
  • Imperial reorganization of 1763
    • Stamp Act
    • Declaratory Act
    • Townshend Acts
    • Boston Tea Party
  • Philosophy of the American Revolution
• The American Revolution, 1775–1783
  • The Continental Congress
  • Declaration of Independence
  • The war
    • French Alliance
    • War and society; Loyalists
    • War economy
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Peace of Paris
  • Creating state governments
    • Political organization

5) PowerPoint on Chapter 3 & Chapter 4
WORLD GEOGRAPHY:
1) Chapter 3 Weather & Climate
* Factors affecting climate
* Weather Factors
* Climate & Vegetation Patterns
2) Terms and reading assignment
3) Review
4) Assessment
5) Chapter 4 Landforms, Water, and Natural Resources
* Landforms
* The Hyrdrosphere
* Natural Resources
6) Terms and reading assignment
7) Review
*) Assessment