| Regular U.S. History Schedule & Assignments | ||
| Quarter 1: August 25, 2005 - October 28, 2005 | ||
| All information/activities/due dates are subject to change; Pay attention and make appropriate alterations | ||
| Date(s) | Topics | Assignments/Activities/Due Dates |
| Thursday | Welcome/Housekeeping | Signed syllabus due by Monday, 8/29/05 |
| 8/25/2005 | What you should already | Supplies due by Monday, 8/29/05 |
| know about the U.S. | Autobiography due tomorrow (Friday) | |
| Quiz on Monday | ||
| Friday | Class Introductions | Study for Quiz on Monday (covers PowerPoint and maps) |
| 8/26/2005 | U.S. map & capitals | Syllabus and supplies due Monday |
| 13 colonies map | ||
| Trivia/pre-test | ||
| Monday | Ch. 1-5/map Quiz | Handouts: Hamilton's policies, John Adams skits and chart, John |
| 8/29/2005 | Ch. 6: 1&2 notes | Adams presidency |
| Adams' foreign affairs | ||
| Hamilton's Economic policy | ||
| Tuesday | Ch. 6: 3&4 notes | Chapter 6 vocabulary due tomorrow |
| 8/30/2005 | Lewis and Clark | Cover book by Friday |
| Wednesday | War of 1812 | Discussion Questions on War of 1812 |
| 8/31/2005 | Letter to Congress on position for War | |
| Chapter 7 vocabulary due tomorrow | ||
| Cover book by Friday | ||
| Thursday | Ch. 7: 1&2 notes | Handouts: Map and supreme court cases for chapter 7 |
| 9/1/2005 | Westward expansion | |
| Nationalism | ||
| Friday | Ch. 7: 3&4 notes | Handouts: Reform documents and timeline |
| 9/2/2005 | Reform | Groupwork: Complete chart on freedoms of women, farmers, workers, |
| Political Freedoms | American Indians, free blacks, and slaves | |
| Tuesday- | Ch. 8:1-4 notes | MONDAY--NO SCHOOL--LABOR DAY |
| Friday | Reform | Handouts: chapter 8 reteaching activity, vocabulary, religion/reform chart |
| 9/6-9/9 | Ch. 6-8 Test on Friday | Cartoon Assignment for Andrew Jackson |
| Study for Test on ch. 6-8 (Friday) | ||
| Handouts: ch. 9 vocabulary, Trails West, Tex/Mex | ||
| Monday- | Chapter 9 notes | Graphic Organizer review for Chapter 9 |
| Friday | Chapter 10 Overview | Chapter 9 Quiz (Tuesday) |
| 9/12-9/16 | Writing Exercise | Chapter 10 Quiz (Thursday) |
| Secession | Handouts: secession map, ch.11 vocabulary, pre-civil war timeline, battles | |
| Ch. 11: 1-3 notes | map with anaconda plan | |
| GWTW | Chapter 10 bookwork | |
| Gone With The Wind questions | ||
| Monday- | GWTW | GWTW discussion questions |
| Friday | Ch. 11: 4 & 5 notes | Handouts: Battles |
| 9/19-9/23 | Glory | Jingo for Civil War review |
| Review for test (9/27/05) | ||
| Monday- | INTERIMS | Handouts: computer lab work, ch. 12 vocabulary, guided reading for 12, |
| Friday | Multimedia Work on Civil War | |
| 9/26-9/30 | Civil War Test (Tuesday) | Chart on Reconstruction legislation |
| Finish Glory | Reconstruction Poem | |
| Reconstruction (Chapter 12) | I AM poem | |
| Review for test (Monday 10/3/05) | ||
| Monday- | Reconstruction Test (Monday) | |
| Friday | Ch.13 notes | Handouts: Dances with Wolves questions |
| 10/3-10/7 | Wild West people | "Wish you were here" activity |
| Dances with Wolves | Chapter 13 Bookwork | |
| The Railroad | Chart effects of railroad for all groups | |
| The Donner Party | ||
| Study for Quiz (Monday) | ||
| Monday- | Wild West Quiz (Monday) | THURSDAY--NO SCHOOL--TEACHER WORKDAY |
| Wednesday | Tombstone | Handouts: Tombstone questions, map during this era, supreme court packets |
| & Friday | Chapter 13 Test (Friday) | |
| 10/10-10/14 | ||
| Discuss Project (due October 25, 2005) | ||
| Monday- | Supreme Court | Handouts: supreme court packets, document review, mid-term review |
| Friday | Supreme Court Quiz (Wednesday) | |
| 10/17-10/21 | Computer Lab work (Wednesday) | |
| Documents from 1789-Wild West | ||
| Review for Midterm | ||
| Monday- | Review | Projects due Tuesday, October 25, 2005--No exceptions!!! |
| Friday | Project Presentations | Groupwork for Chapter 14 will be completed on Thursday or Friday, |
| 10/24-10/28 | Chapter 14 groupwork | whichever day is not your exam day |
| Mid-Term (Covers Chapters 6-13, Supreme Court rulings, document study, all maps) | ||
| Thursday/Friday (Mid-Terms) | ||