Monday, October 29, 2012

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 10-29-12

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) Terms and Reading Questions (read pgs. 350-375)
2) Notes/Lecture
3) Worksheets
4)Video
5)Test Prep. Items

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
CHAPTER 6: Jeffersonian Democracy
1. The Federalist Contribution
2. Thomas Jefferson: Political Theorist
3. Jefferson as President
4. Jefferson's Attack on the Judiciary
5. The Barbary Pirates
6. The Louisiana Purchase
7. The Federalists Discredited
8. Lewis & Clark
9. Jeffersonian Democracy
10. The Burr Conspiracy
11. Napoleon and the British
12. The Impressment Controversy
13. The Embargo Act

Points For Mastery:
* The origin of the 12th Amendment
* Jefferson's approach to gov't.
* The reasons for Jefferson's distrust of the judiciary
*Why Jefferson was able to purchase the entire Louisiana territory from France.
* The constitutional issues involved in the Louisiana Purchase.
* The emerging dominance of the Republican party and the decline of the Federalists.
* The impact of the European war on America's economy.
* The points of conflict between the U.S. and Great Britain.
* The impact of the Embargo Act on the American economy.

1) Video: Lewis & Clark Expedition
2) Quiz on Lewis & Clark
3) Chapter 6 Terms and Readings
4) Notes and lecture w/PowerPoint

WORLD HISTORY:
CHAPTER ONE - The Beginnings of Civilization
1) The First People
2) The Beginning of Agriculture
3) Foundations of Civilization
 CHAPTER TWO - The Ancient Near East
1) Mesopotamia and Sumer
2) Fertile Crescent Empires
3) The Hebrews and Judaism
4) The Persian Empire