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  • Course Outlines
    • Modern U.S. History
    • U.S. History (1850-1945)
    • Geography Exploratory
    • Project Pages
    • U.S. History (1400-1865)
  • Curriculum Design Samples
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9/2-9/6

8/30/2013

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Monday:
  • Labor Day!
  • No School!

Tuesday:
  • States' Rights Lesson (p. 8-9 Unit Packet)
  • Thought Jot: Dividing the Nation by Dividing the West
  • Define Federalism and States Rights' and Federalism
  • Thought Jot: How can the Civil War be about both State’s Rights and Slavery?
  • State Rights Article
  • Study Buddies: Prepare position statement for class
  • Class Discussion on both sides of State's Rights Issue (take notes on p. 8 of packet)

Wednesday:
  • State Rights Article
  • State's Rights Lesson Plan
  • Bell Ringer: Explain the difference between State's Rights and Federalism.
  • Students Read Article
  • Class Discussion. Students make a chart in their notes on p. 9 in packet

Thursday:
  • Thought Jot: •Make the Connection: Why can we still see the issue of State’s Rights today, 150 years after the Civil War? What are some examples?
  • State Rights Article
  • State's Rights Lesson Plan
  • Students Read Article
  • Study Buddies Develop a position statement:
  1. What side do you agree with (Missouri/USA)?
  2. Reason #1 -Why?
  3. Reason #2 -Why?
  • Class Discussion. Students make a chart in their notes on p. 9 in packet
  • Thought Jot: Do you you favor State's Rights  or Federalism? Why?

Friday:

  • Finish State's Rights Discussion Notes
  • Road to War Intro (includes Thought Jots)
  • Thought Jot: Do you support States' Rights or Federalism? Why?
  • Incidents on the Road to War Timeline Activity (Unit Packet p. 10)
  • Study Buddies Research one of the five incidents that lead to the Civil War
  • Groups will compare notes for class discussion on Monday
  • Assign: Study Guide (Due: Thurs.9/12)
  • Assign: Unit Quiz (Thurs. 9/12) 
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8/26-8/30

8/25/2013

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Monday:
  • Due: 1" 3-Ring Binder, Notebook, Syllabus Signed
  • New Seating Charts
  • Check for Binder, Notebook, and Syllabus
  • Bookmark Mr. Kelly's Website
  • Tour Mr. Kelly's Website
  • Students get out notebook and take notes on Unit Questions (below). This is the study guide to their first Unit Quiz.
  •  Unit Questions
  • Thought Jot
  •   Begin Road to War: North vs. South  series
  • Road to Civil War Introduction Video Clip
  • Discussion Questions:
  • 1) What revived the Southern economy and slavery?
  • 2) Why does slavery across the South and not the North as American farmers move west?

Tuesday

  • Road to War, Day 1: Differences between the North and South
  • Attendance
  • Hand out: Unit 1 Packets: Road to Civil War
  • Number Pages on Packets
  • Focus:  Unit Question #1
  • Thought Jot: Comparing North and South
  • Comparing North & South (p. 2, 3, 4)
  • Divide into groups (Sign up groups)
  • Pass out reading
  • Students work in groups to identify similarities and differences between North and South leading up to the Civil War

Wednesday
  • Road to War, Day 2: Differences between the North and South
  • Attendance
  • Hand out: Unit 1 Packets: Road to Civil War
  • Number Pages on Packets
  • Focus:  Unit Question #1
  • Comparing North & South (p. 2, 3, 4) worksheets. If students need more time to work in groups, more time is given.
  • Class Discussion of Notes
  • Thought Jot Turn in: How might these differences have caused a split between the North and South? Economic; Social; Geographic
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50th Anniversary of March on Washington Video
Thought Jot: The Civil War was being fought in 1863. The MLK's March on Washington was in 1963.  Why did might it have taken 100 years for the USA to address the issues that the Civil War was fought over?


Thursday/Friday:
  • Road to War, Day 4: Conflict and Compromise
    • Unit Question #2: Conflict and Compromise
    • Thought Jot Turn in: How might these differences have caused a split between the North and South? Economic; Social; Geographic
    • Conflict and Compromise
    • Hand out Compromise and Conflict Packet to class
    • Groups work on Missouri Compromise (Packet p. 5-7) Stamped!
    • Conflict and Compromise Vocabulary and Need to Knows (p. 5-7)
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August 20th, 2013

8/20/2013

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Monday:
  • I can't wait for school to start...

Tuesday:
  • Are we there yet?

Wednesday:
  • Welcome Back! Our first day is a half day!
  • Introduction to PBIS
  • PBIS Sessions (Student Handbook)
  • Debriefing

Thursday:
  • Today is a half day! (Early Dismissal Schedule)
  • Hand out class syllabus
  • Go over syllabus and expectations as a class
  • History Expectations Candy Quiz
  • Assign: 1" binder and notebook for History (Due: Mon. 8/26)

Friday:
  • Today is our first full day! (Advisory Schedule to hand out computers)
  • Reminder: Bring computers to class everyday! Or you get an old, slow one!
  • Reminder: 1" binder and notebook for History (Due: Mon. 8/26)
  • Two Truths and Lie
  • Why Does History Matter? PPT
  • Why Does History Matter Lesson Plan

Monday:
  • Due: 1" binder and notebook for History
  • Bookmark and tour Mr. Kelly's Website
  • Introduce History Habits and Skills
  • U.S. History Practice Quiz (refresher on computer)
  • Quickfire/Unit Questions sheets?

Tuesday:
  • Introduce Road to War Unit
  • Introduce Road to War Group Project
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Welcome Back!

8/20/2013

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Welcome back everyone! Hope you had a great summer! 
Let's have great school year together, too!
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