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June 2nd - 6th

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

May 26th - 30th

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

May 19th - 23rd

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

May 12th - 16th

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

May 5th - 9th

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

April 28th - May 2nd

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

April 21st - 25th

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.doc

April 7th - 11th

This 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 discussed it.

Spring Break Homework: read pages 414 - 432 and answer Q 6, 8, 12, 13, and 14 - 24 on page 432

March 24th - 28th

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

Mar 17th - 21st

This 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

SG 1812 - 1848.doc