7.+Quarter+2+Assignments

Tuesday, Nov 9th - Anthems due for class, share, discussion questions week 5, President Video with notes sheet War of 1812 PowerPoint
 * HW: Study for TEST on FRIDAY!**

Wed, Nov 10th - Review Jeopardy
 * HW: STUDY GUIDE [[file:American beliefs study guide.doc]]**

Friday, Nov 12th- American Beliefs Exam
 * HW: Read //The Diaries// and answer the accompanying questions for TUESDAY**! The questions are the first page in the document itself!

QUESTIONS:

Tuesday, Nov. 16th - Collect/email your reading questions, Art Gallery Go West Questions/discuss HW, Why did people go west?, Manifest Destiny notes

Wed, Nov 17th - Westward expansion map and chart (on back) (paper)
 * HW: map/chart if you don't finish; start studying your 50 states!**

Friday, Nov 19th- Westward expansion notes
 * HW: Study your 50 states and the notes from today for an exam on Dec. 1st!**

Tuesday, Nov 30th - Westward expansion video and review game
 * HW: Study for TEST[[file:Westward Expansion Review Worksheet.doc]][[file:westward expansion review game.ppt]]**

Wed, Dec 1st - Westward expansion/US map test (short answer and map)
 * HW: Answer discussion question week 6 in paragraph form for Friday please.**

Friday, December 3rd - Go over the HW (discussion question week 6). Start our unit on rebellion [|Rebellion unit intro terms.ppt]. [|Rebellion intro terms note sheet.doc]

Talk about a possible civil disobedience case here at the high school. Create a rebellion continuum. Place cases on it. Do a checklist. [|rebellion opinion checklist.doc](paper)
 * HW: Read //From Decorated Veteran to Mass Murderer// and answer the questions. Email me your responses before the start of class on Tuesday.**

Tuesday, December 7th- Go over McVeigh questions, watch video and then place him on the scale. Discuss one scenario of possible terrorism as a class and debrief. Start the Revolutionary War
 * HW: Revolutionary War examples worksheet**[[file:revolution rebellion acts wkst.doc]] **Bring to class and be ready to discuss this.**

Wed., Dec. 8th - NO CLASS (early release Maroon day schedule)

Friday, December 10th - Finish the Revolutionary War PowerPoint and go over the homework; Notes on the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850 including the idea of popular sovereignty with the lands won during westward expansion.
 * HW: Read //Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl// and be prepared to discuss on Tuesday!**

Tuesday, Dec. 14th-( Period 4 go over Causes PowerPoint (above)); Discuss the HW reading, [|Slavery] and review the Kansas Nebraska Act, Ken Burns' //Meteor// part of //Civil War// series and then reading and picture analysis on John Brown (Abolitionist)
 * HW for Period 4: Read John Brown document and answer the questions. Email me your responses before class on Wednesday.**
 * HW for Period 6: None**

Wed, Dec. 15th - APARTY analysis of Lincoln's [|letter] and the election of 1860; Brief quiz over the causes on Friday. Introduce rebellion paper project to be due on January 12th (rough draft on January 7th)
 * HW: STUDY FOR QUIZ**

Friday, Dec. 17th - Causes Review quiz; (Finish up causes of the Civil War and then review); Research topics for project papers in the library
 * HW: Research topic for your rebellion paper!**

VACATION:)

Tuesday, January 4th - PSAT results from Ms. Bubier for period 4 and Ms. Caner for period 6; Library to research and work on your projects
 * HW: Work on your rebellion paper (rough draft due Friday)**

Wed, January 5th - Secession map; advantages and disadvantages of the Union and Confederacy at the beginning of the war
 * HW: Rough draft due Friday!**

Friday, January 6th - Peer edit your rough drafts and get feedback from two of your classmates; finish Wednesday's agenda before discussing specific battles and conditions for the Civil War

Monday, January 10th - Guest speaker, Sargent Campbell, presents on the life of a soldier during the Civil War and now.
 * HW: Rebellion essay project and bibliography** [[file:Violent Rebellion Essay Rubric.pdf]] Make sure you check the rubric!

Wednesday- SNOW DAY #1

Friday, January 14th - Projects due; Week 8 discussion question response; Finish Battles (Chancellorsville and Gettysburg) from last week and show battlefield conditions PPT HW description: The Civil War from a [|Mainer's perspective] activity that will provide you with an opportunity to know what Mainers were thinking and doing during the Civil War. Directions: You are to click on no less than **five** dates that correspond to a Mainer's experience during the Civil War. It is up to you the **five** that you pick and you can use the subject heading to figure out if the entry would be of some interest to you. After you have read at least five (feel free to read more), you need to **write a one-two pages response paper** on what life was like for Mainers during the Civil War (//ie what you learned from these entries hopefully)//. This should be started in class and it is **due on Tuesday**. Please use 12 font and double space your work. Your paper should be emailed as an attachment to me at ecurtis@rsu14.org.
 * HW: 1-2 page response paper on what Maine was like during the Civil War**

Tuesday, January 18th - Maine CW response papers; Civil War wrap up (end battles, costs, put on rebellion continuum, and compare/contrast with the Revolutionary War) EARLY RELEASE DUE TO SNOW
 * HW: Start to review for your Final Exam**

Wednesday, January 19th - NO CLASS DUE TO SCHEDULE CHANGE

Friday, January 21th - Discussion question; split you up in groups for the Congress Simulation (Reconstruction)
 * HW: Study guide for the exam due Monday for period 4 and Tuesday for period 6 ( look here for more details!)**


 * Period 4 Exam is Tuesday, January 25th 9:25 to 10:55**
 * Period 6 Exam is Wednesday, January 26th 9:25 to 10:55**


 * Thanks for your hard work! Good luck in your next semester of US History!**