LESSON PLANS FOR 01-25-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 18 - W.W. II: Americans at War (1941-1945)
Benchmark 5, Indicators 3-6

Section 1 - Mobilization
Section 2 - Retaking Europe
Section 3 - The Holocaust
Section 4 - The War in the Pacific
Section 5 - Social Impact of the War

1) Notes
2) Lecture
3) Worksheets on text reading assignment
4) Video - D Day/Normandy Invasion
5) Video - Holocaust



AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
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) Notes
2) Worksheets over reading assignment
3) Lecture/Discussion
4) Review
5) Video - Populism/Socialism

LESSON PLANS FOR 01-18-10

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

LESSON PLANS FOR 01-11-10

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

LESSON PLANS FOR 01-05-10

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

LESSON PLANS FOR 12-14-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapters 14 & 15 Summary
CH14: Politics & Prosperity 1920-1929
CH15: Crash & Depression 1929-1933
1) Open book test/WS
2) Video "Cinderella Man" Depression Era action-drama
3) Test Prep for finals

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
1) Video series on Civil War
2) Prep for finals