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SECOND HALF OF U.S. HISTORY: 2007-2008
ASSIGNMENTS: Week of 6/16/08
Click Here for Final Exam Review Sheet.
RETURN AMERICAN ODYSSEY TEXTBOOK THE DAY OF THE FINAL EXAM - GET BONUS PTS ON FINAL!!
FULL SET OF FLASH CARDS -- GET BONUS PTS ON FINAL!!!
Tues., 6/17: E FINAL EXAM
Wed., 6/18: C FINAL EXAM
HAVE A FANTASTIC SUMMER!!!
PAST ASSIGNMENTS: FIRST HALF U.S. HISTORY: T2 -- 2007-2008
Week of 12/3/07
Due Wed., 12/5: 5 Events for Historical Significance, including WHY (handout); Read Course Expectations and Complete p. 3 Self Assessment.
Due Thurs., 12/6: TYPED Writing Sample: one paragraph per question. Q1. What does it mean to be an American in the 21st century? Q2. How does our past shape the U.S.'s present and future?; Set up notebook per Course Exp (e.g., 2 sections: Resource & Working); Review Class Participation handout
Due Fri., 12/7: Research is Completed for the Story So Far topic - see assignment sheet for details; TEXTBOOK COVERED
Week of 12/10/07
Due Mon., 12/10: Story So Far Visual: hand drawn and in color; PRESENTATIONS TODAY;
Due Tues., 12/11: Odyssey pp. 83-85 & Ques. 1-5 on handout
Due Wed., 12/12: Story So Far Outline & Story So Far Self Assessment
Due Fri., 12/14: TYPED Story So Far paragraphs -- see assignment; and turn in outlines and research note cards
Week of 12/17/07
Due Mon., 12/17: Reconstruction Noteguide; Need textbook 184-188, know specifics well so that you can tell the story of Reconstruction thoroughly
Due Tues., 12/18: Letter to My Old Master & Black Codes documents, do Questions for both (on handout); Tentative QUIZ on Constitution and early Reconstruction today or Wed.
Due Wed., 12/19: QUIZ on Constitution & early Reconstruction, Tues. or today; African American Experiences chart using Odyssey 184-191
Due Thurs., 12/20: End of Reconstruction using Odyssey 189-191 and Ques 1-7 on handout; Be sure you answer questions thoroughly (i.e., sufficient detail and examples)
Due Fri., 12/21: BIG QUIZ on Reconstruction; Create ONE handwritten 3x5 card per Review Sheet
Week of 1/2/08
Due Wed., 1/2/08: Choose one of the two Reconstruction essay questions, review your evidence (text/notes/hwk) and WRITE a draft thesis statement (one sentence only).
Due Thurs., 1/3: Finish Recon. Essay's Outline -- can use template from class or type
Week of 1/7/08
For assignment sheet, click here: Reconstruction Essay
Due Mon., 1/7: TYPED Reconstruction Essay Rough Draft; In-class: Read assigned industrialist biography and take notes per the 1/2 sheet -- need complete for tomorrow's class
Due Tues., 1/8: TYPED Final Recon. Essay with Outline & Rough Draft & Assignment Sheet with Grading Assessment. In-class web research on your assigned industrialist.
Due Wed., 1/9: Odyssey Ch. 7, pp. 204-210, see handout for terms and question
Due Thurs., 1/10: Read 2 documents: "Talent for Wealth" & "Acres of Diamonds" and WRITE answers to questions that appear at end of each doc; Note for Q2 of Talent: Explain, don't only list
Due Fri., 1/11: Read "Social Darwinism" article and WRITE answers to 4 questions that appear at end of article
Week of 1/14/08
Due Mon., 1/14: Snow day
Due Tues., 1/15: Homestead #8A handout and questions
Due Wed., 1/16: Homestead #8D handout and questions
Due Thurs., 1/17: Industrialization and Unions TEST, Bring outline for test essay - see Review Sheet and outline template for details. Click here for Review & Template.
Due Fri., 1/18: Skim pages and write info (5Ws) on any 5 topics on the Progressives, Populists, or Radicals Topics handout, Label your order of priority for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd choice for the research project. Topics will be assigned, primarily based on thoroughness and timeliness of hwk
Week of 1/21/08
Due Tues., 1/22: Read "The Jungle" excerpt and answer the questions
Due Wed., 1/23: Read Odyssey 212-217 & Fill out CHART on FARMERS & WORKERS
Due Thurs., 1/24: TYPED paragraph (one only) with Topic Sentence and Evidence answering: WHY Ida B. Wells represents the Progressive Era well? Use the video and tie to what you know more generally about the Progressive Era.; GET 3X5 NOTE CARDS
Due Fri., 1/25: Read Assignment Packet CAREFULLY; Go to library catalog & online sources and ID 5 possible sources for your topic; Do "Know Your Bib" handout
Week of 1/28/08
Due Tues., 1/29: Make strong effort with your research project - proper note & bib cards; Write at least 2 diary reflections; Review deadlines & assignment handouts
SEE PROJECT HANDOUT on STEPS & DEADLINES
Week of 2/4/08
Due Mon., 2/4: Research PRESENTATIONS IN CHARACTER (1st person). Use: Typed script or note cards specifically for presentation.
Due Tues., 2/5 for Bonus Points or Wed, 2/6: Process Research Project: TYPED "What I Learned" Essay, Note Cards, Packet with Research Plan, Res Ques., Hypoth., 5 Diaries.; TYPED Annotated Bibliography -- see assignment packet and Criteria handouts for more information.
Due Wed., 2/6: see Tues., 2/5
Due Thurs., 2/7: Native Americans: Odyssey 200-201 & Ques. 1-3 on handout AND "Gov't Official" DOC & Ques. 1-4 on handout
Due Fri., 2/8: Imperialism definition & map
Week of 2/11/08
Due Mon., 2/11: Imperialism #1 Odyssey 218-223 & Ques. 1-4 on handout
Due Tues., 2/12: Imperialism #2: Odyssey 294-298 & 299-300 & Ques. 1-4 on handout
Due Wed., 2/13: Assigned Country reading in Odyssey & Article and Complete Step 1 of Cartoon Packet
Due Fri., 2/15: In class work on Step 2 of Cartoon project, See over break below:
Over Break: Work on Cartoon Project, see 2/25
Week of 2/25/08
Due Mon., 2/25: Steps 2 & 3 of Cartoon project and Rough Drafts of each Cartoon
Due Tues., 2/26: Final Cartoon Project Due -- 2 Cartoons & Packet; see assignment packet
Due Wed., 2/27: Odyssey textbook Ch 10, sec 2: Watching Europe's War & Ques on handout
Due Thurs., 2/28: Odyssey textbook Ch 10 sec 3 and handout Questions: There & Here; BRING TEXTBOOK TO CLASS ON THURS.
Due Fri., 2/29: WWI Maps and WWI Documents (pages 1-3 only) & Questions on handout
Week of 3/3/08
Due Mon., 3/3: Odyssey textbook Ch 10 sec 4 and handout Questions: Reshaping the World
Due Tues., 3/4: Start making flash cards for the Final Exam -- see review sheet
Due Wed., 3/5: "Harlem's First Shining" & Questions
Due Thurs., 3/6: Read 3 Docs: Garvey, Washington, DuBois & answer Questions on handout
Due Fri., 3/7: Continue making flash cards for Final Exam
Week of 3/10/08
Due Mon., 3/10: Create Multiple Choice Questions/4 Possible Answers for Assigned Topics from Review Sheet -- for class practice review session
Due Tues., 3/11 - Thurs., 3/12: Continue with flash cards for exam, try to predict possible essay questions, organize study groups
Fri., 3/14: FINAL EXAM C period: 7:45-9:45 Click here for REVIEW SHEET.
PAST ASSIGNMENTS: SECOND HALF U.S. HISTORY: T3 -- 2007-2008
Week of 3/18/08
Due Wed., 3/19: Odyssey, pages from Ch. 11 & 12, see handout on Decade of Prosperity, 1920s
Due Thurs., 3/20: 1920s Topics for Research project, write detailed notes on 5 topics --see handout
Due Fri., 3/22: Read Evans doc, Write a list of Evans' beliefs in your own words & Underline 3 significant quotes; GET NOTE CARDS
Week of 3/24/08
Due Mon., 3/24: Read Conclusions assignment packet; GET NOTE CARDS
Due Tues., 3/25: Step 1 at start of class - Background research completed. By end of class: Step 2 Hypothesis & Step 3 Research Plan completed. See Assignment handout.
Due Wed., 3/26: Step 4 - All research completed by end of class.
Due Fri.., 3/28: TYPED Rough draft of Conclusion, evidence with citations, and Works Cited. 1920s QUIZ - Open Notes (not books)
Week of 3/31/08
Due Mon., 3/31: READ Stock Market Prospectus handout; TYPED Final Conclusion with evidence & citations, and Works Cited -- ANNOTATED. Also turn in Note Cards & Bib. Cards as well as the Assignment Packet and Research Plan.
Due Tues., 4/1: Odyssey on the Crash 418-422 & Ques. -- see handout
Due Wed., 4/2: Read "Severe Economic Bummerhood," and Answer Ques. at end of article; Complete Causes of Depression chart - use Odyssey (418-422), video, notes for left column, make educated guesses for right column on suggested gov't responses. MUST HAVE ON TIME FOR CLASS ACTIVITY
Due Thurs., 4/3: Odyssey "Hoover's Response" and Ques - see handout
Due Fri.., 4/4: Depression Oral History docs and Questions - see handout MUST HAVE ON TIME FOR CLASS ACTIVITY
Week of 4/7/08
Due Mon.., 4/7: New Deal chart -- see handout, need textbook MUST HAVE ON TIME FOR CLASS ACTIVITY
Due Tues., 4/8: New Deal Policy Conference reading and notes. MUST HAVE ON TIME FOR CLASS ACTIVITY
Due Fri., 4/11: TYPED 1.5 - 2 pages, double spaced Dramatic Monologue-- see assignment. MUST HAVE ON TIME FOR CLASS ACTIVITY
Week of 4/14/08
Due Mon., 4/14: Big Quiz on 1930s
Due Tues., 4/15: Road to War (textbk 492-498), see handout Ques 1-3
Due Wed., 4/16: Great Debate: 1. Read 500-505 in textbk 2. Write chronology of key events/info 3. Read packet: "Should the U.S. Enter WWII?" 4. Write pro/con list of reasons U.S. should/should not enter war; 5. From perspective of assigned person, would he/she support U.S. entering war, list reasons. See 1/2 sheet for more info
Due Thurs., 4/17: Read Japanese Internment - 2 articles. 1st answer questions on top of p. 1 of article, 2nd article: list his reasons why (i.e., defends the decision for the camps)
Due Fri., 4/18: Home front textbk pp. 524-531 & Ques. - see handout; in class: Read "Rosie the Riveter" article and Answer Ques.
Week of 4/28/08
Due Mon., 4/28: Hwk on 3 Possible Research Topics - READ directions at bottom of handout
Due Tues., 4/29: Dropping the A-bomb using your textbook - see handout
Due Wed., 4/30: Read Research Packet carefully. Get 3 x 5 Note Cards
Click here: 20th-Century Research Project & Due Dates
Due Thurs., 5/1: RESEARCH
Due Fri., 5/2: TYPED Background Outline with Research Ques. as title & Bib.;
Week of 5/5/08
Due Mon., 5/5: Research Plan chart & significant research effort
Due Tues., 5/6: Continue research
Due Wed., 5/7: Research. Last day in library for E period.
Due Thurs., 5/8: Hypothesis & Working Bibliography (at least 6 sources). Last day in library for C period.
Due Fri., 5/9: Research; BRING ODYSSEY TEXTBOOK TO CLASS.
Week of 5/12/08
Due Mon., 5/12: Thesis Statement & Finish all your Research. BRING ODYSSEY TEXTBOOK TO CLASS.
Due Tues., 5/13: Finish Think Tank packet in class, which was begun on Fri., 5/9.
Due Wed., 5/14: Cold War Quiz on info in packet.
Due Thurs., 5/15: In-class finish Cold War at Home hwk from Odyssey started in class on Wed.
Due Fri., 5/16:TYPED Formal Outline with full intro and concluding paragraphs, analytic topic sentences and all your evidence, parenthetical citations, and Bibliography -- see handouts
Week of 5/19/08
Due Mon., 5/19: Bring TEXTBOOK. In-class: FHA & GI Bill based on handout and Odyssey textbook. Ques for each: What is it? Why was it created? What impact did it have? Then work on Civil Rights Movement - see handout chart - use textbook to take notes on each event. FINISH all for HWK.
Due Tues., 5/20: Civil Rights chart (need textbook) and Emmett Till article.
Week of 5/26/08
Due Tues., 5/27: TYPED Rough Draft of Research Paper and Bibliography
Due Thurs., 5/29: FINAL RESEARCH PROJECT: Final Essay with Citations & Annotated Bib; Graded Bkgd Outline; Graded Full Paper Outline; Graded Rough Draft, and Note Cards. ALSO: should be done with the handout from 5/23 class on Black Power, Women's Rights, UFW, AIM, and Student Youth Movements.
Week of 6/2/08
Due Mon., 6/2: Vietnam #1: War in SE Asia; Need textbook
Due Tues., 6/3: Vietnam #2: 1968; Need textbook
Due Wed., 6/4: Vietnam #3: War at Home; Need textbook
Due Thurs., 6/5: Vietnam #4: Ending the War. Need textbook.
Week of 6/9/09
Due Mon., 6/9: WRITE 5 GOOD Questions to ask our speaker, a Vietnam vet.
STUDY FOR FINAL EXAM