LESSON PLANS

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 11-2-09

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

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 10-26-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:
CHAPTER 11 - The Progressive Reform Era 1890-1920
Section 1: The origins of progressivism
Section 2: Progressive legislation
Section 3: Progressivism under Taft & Wilson
Section 4: Suffrage at last (women)

1) Video: America 1900
2) Chapter 11 Review Quiz
3) Chapter 11 Test Prep. Items
4) Chapter 11 TEST Thursday!

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) PowerPoint & Lecture
2) Points of Mastery Assignment

LESSON PLANS FOR 10-19-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:
CHAPTER 10: Becoming a World Power (1890-1915)
Benchmark 4 - Indicator 1
Section 1-Pressure to expand
Section 2-Spanish-American War
Section 3-New Foreign Policy
Section 4-Debating America's New Role

1) Open book test
2) Cover test w/class
3) Begin Chapter 11
CHAPTER 11 - The Progressive Reform Era 1890-1920
Section 1: The origins of progressivism
Section 2: Progressive legislation
Section 3: Progressivism under Taft & Wilson
Section 4: Suffrage at last (women)

4) Terms & Questions with reading assignment pgs. 382-407

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapter 7: NATIONAL GROWING PAINS
1) Madison in power
2) Tecumseh and Indian Resistance
3) Depression and Land Hunger
4) Opponents of War
5) The War of 1812
6) Britain assumes the offensive
7) Star Spangled Banner
8) The Treaty of Ghent
9) The Hartford Convention
10) The Battle of New Orleans
11) Victory weakens the Federalists
12) Anglo-American Rapprochement
13) The Transcontinental Treaty
14) The Monroe Doctrine
15) The era of good feelings
16) New Sectional Issues
17) Northern, Western, & Southern Leaders emerge
18) Missouri Compromise
19) The Election of 1824
20) J.Q. Adams as President
21) Calhoun's "Exposition and Protest"
22) The Meaning of Sectionalism

LESSON PLANS FOR 10-12-09

Monday, October 5, 2009

LESSON PLANS - OCT. 5 - OCT. 9

AMERICAN HISTORY:
CHAPTER 9: Life at the Turn of the Century (1870-1915)
Section 1 - Expansion of Education
Section 2 - Entertainment
Section 3 - Jim Crow
Section 4 - Roles of Women

(1) Terms & Questions
(2) Reading assignment pgs. 320-341
(3) Video: Mr. Sears Catalog
(4) Notes & Lecture

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):

Chapter 5: "The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant"

• Constitution and New Republic, 1776–1800
  • Philadelphia Convention: drafting the Constitution
  • Federalists versus Anti-Federalists
  • Bill of Rights
  • Washington's presidency
    • Hamilton's financial program
    • Foreign and domestic difficulties
    • Beginnings of political parties
  • John Adams' presidency
    • Alien and Sedition Acts
    • XYZ affair
    • Election of 1800
    1) Notes
  • 2) Points of Mastery - Discussion
  • 3) Key Terms
    

LESSON PLANS - Sept. 28 - Oct. 2

Monday, September 21, 2009

LESSON PLANS - Sept. 21-25

Monday, September 14, 2009

LESSON PLANS - Sept. 14-18

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) Cover Ch. 7 Worksheets with class.
2) Ch. 7 Test Prep. Items
3) Review
4) Wednesday: Chapter 7 TEST
5) Begin Ch. 8 Politics, Immigration, & Urban Life 1870-1915.
*Benchmark 3 - Indicators 1,2,3

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

1) Discuss Mastery Questions in class.
2) PowerPoint
3) Primary Sources - Elmo
4) Chapter 3 Test Prep.
5) Friday: Chapter 3 TEST