Wednesday, November 28, 2012

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 11-12-12

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

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