Thursday, September 8, 2011

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 26

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 8 - Politics, Immigration, & Urban Life 1870-1915
*Benchmark 3 - Indicators 1,2, & 3
Section 1: Gilded Age Politics
Section 2: People On The Move
Section 3: Challenge of the Cities
Section 4: Ideas for Reform

(1) Finish and turn in Ch. 8 Terms & Timeline Monday.
(2) Go over Ch. 7 Test with class Tuesday.
(3) Notes & Lecture including items of local interest including Appeal to Reason and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
(4) Wednesday - 1/2 Day Inservice
(5) Worksheets over text reading assignment

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) Finish Ch. 3 TEST Monday
2) Chapter 4 PowerPoint
3) Lecture
4) Prep. for Ch. 4 TEST
5) Ch. 4 TEST on Thursday & Friday.

WORLD GEOG/HISTORY:
1) Finish Class Project on Ecosystems and Biomes
2) Chapter 4 TEST
3) Intro to Chapter 5 - Human Geography
*Population
*Cultural
*World Languages and Religions
4) Terms, Notes, Lecture, Video, Project

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 19

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

WORLD GEOG/HISTORY:
1) Intro to Chapter 4 - Landforms, Water, and Natural Resources
*Landforms
*The Hydrosphere
*Natural Resources
Focus on: Irrigation, Renewable Energy Resources, World Ecosystems and Biomes
2) Terms, Notes, Lecture, W.S., In-Class Project, Review

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 12

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 GEOG/HISTORY:
1) Chapter 2 TEST
2) Intro to Chapter 3 - Weather and Climate
*Factors Affecting Climate
*Weather Factors
*Climate and Vegetation Patterns

3) Notes, W.S., Video, Review Lecture
4) Chapter 3 TEST

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 5

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 GEOG/HISTORY:
1) Chapter 1 Test
2) Intro to Chapter 2 - Earth in Space
*The Solar System
*Earth-Sun Relationships
*The Earth System
3) Notes, Worksheets, Lecture, Video

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF AUG. 29

AMERICAN HISTORY:
1) Cover Ch. 5 Test w/class.
2) Ch. 6 Terms and reading assignment
3) Notes
4) W.S. follow-up on text reading
5) Video - Industrial Age in America
6) Lecture/Discussion
7) Video - Andrew Carnegie


AMERICAN HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT COURSE):
1) Chapters 1 & 2 Terms
2) Chapter review questions (all short answer and short essay)
3) Friday: Chapter 1 & 2 TEST (multiple choice and T-F)

WORLD GEOG/HISTORY:
1) Intro to 5 themes of Geography
Location, Place, Human-Environment Interactions, Movement, Regions
2) Notes, Lecture, Review