We are beginning our review for the Regents this week. Study Guides have been handed out and any night on which there is not specific homework the students should work on them.
Monday: How to review and study
Homework: begin work on study guide
Monday: Memorial Day
Tuesday: Discussing McCarthyism and the beginning of the Cold War
Homework: read 840 - 862, on 862 Q 1 - 17
Wednesday: The Vietnam War
Homework: p 892 - 916 on p 916 Q 1, 10 - 18
Thursday: The End of the Cold War
Homework: Current Event
Friday: Practice DBQ Essay
Homework: none
This week we will be working on the New Deal and World War II; there will be a test at the end of the week covering The Roaring Twenties through World War II
Monday: FDR and the New Deal: Lecture and Discussion
Homework: P 702 Q 2, 3, 9 - 12, 14 - 17
Tuesday: The Build-up to WWII
Homework: p 732 Q 1-9 & 11 - 18
Wednesday: Discussing WWII
Homework: Study Guide
Thursday: Review and Q & A
Homework: Current Event
Friday: Test and discussing the Aftermath of WWII
Homework: read pages 778 - 804, and on 804 Q 1 - 23
This week we will be discussing the Roaring 20's and the causes of the Great Depression.
Monday: Introduction to the Roaring 20's lecture and Q & A
Homework: p 626 - 638 Q 1, 4, 6 & p 640 - 646 Q 1, 3
Tuesday: Societal Changes in the 1920's (video) and Discussion
Homework:p 616 Q 1, 5 p 623 Q 3, 6 p 630 Q 2, 6
Wednesday: No Class
Homework: p 632 Q 1-11, 13 - 25
Thursday: Analyzing Pictures from the Great Depression
Homework: current events
This week we will be dealing with Progressivism and World War I. Wednesday we will be in the computer lab doing research on Muckrakers. We will have a test on Friday dealing with American Imperialism, the Progressive Era, and WWI.
Monday: Lecture, Discussion and Q & A on Progressivism
Homework: p 573 Q 1 - 6, 8 - 11, 19, 21, 23, 24
Tuesday: Lecture, Discussion and Q & A on WWI
Homework: p 584 - 589 Q 1, 3 - 5 and p 604 Q 1 - 15, 17 - 20
Wednesday: Researching Muckrakers
Homework: Complete a short biography of the muckraker you researched in class.
Thursday: Review Day
Homework: Complete Study Guide
Friday: Test
Homework: TBA
This week will begin a unit on American Imperialism, Progressivism and World War I. Our test for this unit will be on Friday, May 9th.
Monday: Test that had to be rescheduled from Friday.
Homework: p 520 - 525 Q 1, 3-6
Tuesday: American Style Imperialism: Introductory Lecture
Homework: p 527 - 533 Q 1, 4, 6 & p 536 - 541 Q 2, 3
Wednesday: Video: American Imperialism and Progressivism
Homework: Current Event
Thursday: Document Analysis and Comparison: "The Shame of Cities" and "The Themes of Muckraking"
Homework: p 542 Q 1 - 7, 18
Friday: work day
Homework: Enjoy Prom
This week we will talk about the industrialization and urbanization of America in the time after Reconstruction. We will have a test of Friday covering American History from Reconstruction through Industrialization (the study guide is at the end of this entry).
Monday: last day of spring break
Tuesday: Industrialization in America: Lecture and Discussion
Homework: p 461 Q 2, 5-7, 11-14, 23-29
Wednesday: Immigration and Urbanization in America: Lecture and Discussion
Homework: p 488 Q 1-7, 12, 13, 15 - 23
Thursday: Review Day: discussion and Q & A on Reconstruction, Westward Expansion, Industrialization, and Urbanization
Homework: Study Guide and Current Event
Friday: Test
Homework: TBA
SG_Reconstruction-Industrializationr.docThis week we will be doing a unit on Reconstruction. Also, students will be expected to complete some work over Spring Break that assignment is listed at the bottom of this page.
Monday: Document Analysis: the debate between Lincoln and Congress over the Wade Davis Bill; in-class essay.
Homework: p396 - 389 Q 1-5
Tuesday: Lecture and Discussion about Congressional Reconstruction
Homework: p 391 - 395, Q 1-6, and p 398 - 402 Q 1,3-6
Wednesday: Lecture: Corruption in the Grant Administration, Discussion: Sharecropping and the New South. POP QUIZ
Homework: p 402-407 Q 2-5
Thursday & Friday: Watched Dances with Wolves and had discussion over the movie
Spring Break Homework: read pages 414 - 432 and answer Q 6, 8, 12, 13, and 14 - 24 on page 432
This week we will begin our discussion on the growing sectionalism that led up to the Civil War. This unit will include the Civil War and the test for the unit will be on April 4th.
Monday: No School
Tuesday: In-class reading and document analysis, examining Northern responses to the threat of the expansion of slavery.
Homework: What did Nat Turner do (p 256)? p 260 Q 6; p 284 -288 Q 1, 3, 4, 6
Wednesday: Lecture and Discussion: Missouri Compromise - Bleeding Kansas
Homework: p 324 1 - 6 and p 331 Q 1 - 6
Thursday: Video: The Civil War "Causes of the Civil War" by Ken Burns
Homework: p 334 - 338 Q 1 - 6
Friday: Video: The Civil War "A Very Bloody Affair" by Ken Burns
Homework: p 340 - 345 Q 1 - 6
SG Sectionalism and Civil War.docThis week we will be discussing the reform movements of the early and mid 1800's as well as the War with Mexico. There will be a test on Thursday coverning the material surrounding Manifest Destiny, Jacksonian Democracy, and the War with Mexico; there is a study guide below.
Monday: Reading and lecture on the Reform movements of the 1800's
Homework: Current Event
Tuesday: DBQ Workshop; time permitting students will be allowed to work on their homework at the end of class.
Homework: p 277 Q 3, 6 p 282 Q 3, 5, 6 p 297 Q 1, 4, 6 p 311 Q 2, 6.
Wednesday: Review Day
Homework: Complete Study Guide
Thursday: Test
