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US History
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syllabus
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1
3MD:
Where were we as a nation when we left off?

Seat Changes
Pass Back Finals
Lecture: Progressivism

Homework:
Take the night off
2
3MD:
Withour using your notes. What were the goals of the progressive movement?

Wrap up lecture from yesterday.

Homwork:
Read 9.1
3

BLOCK DAY
4
3MD:
Have you ever read a book, seen a movie or heard a song that got you fired up to make a change in the world around you?  Explain (if not, what would it take to do that?)

Primary Source:
The Jungle

Class discussion:
Women working for the right to vote

Homework:
Read 9.3 and fill in the chart
5
3MD:
Rate and justify your participation on a scale of 1-10


February
8
3MD:
When have you ever had to follow a "tough act to follow"?

Lecture:
Taft to Wilson

Homework:
Read 9.5 and fill in the 9.5 chart
9
3MD:
Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson:  Rank these presidents according to how progressive they were?  Why did you put them where you did?

Stamp 9.5 chart

Reading Check

Homework:
Study your states and caps.

10

BLOCK DAY
11

3MD:
Entrance Exam: name the 5 major goals of the progressives

Correct 3MD

Class discussion:
The highlight victories of the progressive movement.

Homework:
study for the quiz on TUESDAY
12

NO SCHOOL

15

NO SCHOOL
16

3MD:
Study quietly for your quiz

Take the Chapter 9 Quiz


Homework:
Read 10.1
17

Block Day
18

3MD:
Hypothetical situations:  When would you get involved in a conflict?

Reading Check 10.1

Lecture: American Imperialism.

Homework:
10.2
19

3MD:
Rate and Justify your participation for the week based on a scale of 1-10

Lecture:
The Spanish American War

Homework:
Read 10.3


22

3MD:
Is America's influence in Iraq right now an example of imperialism?

Discussion:
America's involvement in Puerto Rico, Cuba, The Phillipines, and China

Homework:
Read 10.4
23

3MD:
Match the president on the board with his policy

Activity:
Timeline of Mexican revolution and America's involvment in that nation.

Homework:
Read the article Imperialist Amnesia
and answer the questions that go along with it.

24

Block Day
25

3MD:
After last night's homework, do you still like your answer to Monday's 3MD?  Explain.

Activity:
Create foreign policy metaphores.

Homework:
Study for the quiz
26

3MD:
Rate and justify your participation on a scale of 1-10

Chapter 10 Quiz

Homework:
Read 11.1


March
1

3MD:
What Caused WWI?

Reading Check on 11.1

Homework:
Watch the videos assigned on WWI.  Here are instructions on how to access the videos.

2
Block Day for Periods 1-3-5

3MD:
What new weapons were being used in WWI to make it a new kind of war?

Lecture:
War Breaks Out In Europe

Film on WWI

Class discussion:
Images and primary sources about WWI

Homework:
Read 11.2
3
Block Day for Periods 2-4-6

SEE YESTERDAY
4

3MD:
What is the most physically uncomfortable you have ever been?

Class Discussion:
What trench warfare was like.
Why would the US get involved with that?

Homework:
11.3
5

3MD:
Rate and justify your participation for the week.

Activity:
Illustrated 14 Points

Homework:
11.4










8

3MD:
Entrance Exam- What factors brought the United States into WWI

Class Discussion:
What did the United States have to do to prepare for WWI?  How did they do that?

Homework:
Review 11.4

9

3MD:
What was the Great Migration and what factorS caused it?

Class discussion:
Wilson's 14 Points and how to categorize them.

Homework:
Study your states and caps.

10



Block Day

11

3MD:
What impact did WWI have on the United States Domestically?

Class Discussion of the 3MD, Schenk v. United States, and the debate over joining the League of Nations

Review States and Capitals
12

3MD:



Review for Exam on Monday.










15

3MD:
None

Take Part One of Unit 3 Exam

Homework:
Study your States and Capitals and presidents up through Wilson
16

Block Day 1,3,5

3MD:
None

Take States and Capitals/Presidents portion of the test.

Groups work on Chapter 12 Packet

Homework:
Finish Chapter 12 Packet
17

Block Day 2,4,6
18

3MD:
What would you do if you were convinced the world was going to end within the year?

Stamp the chapter 12 packet

take a homework quiz on the chapter 12 packet

Homework:
Relax
19

3MD:
Has there ever been an advertisement that really convinced you to purchase a product?

Class discussion:
Go over the packet