Civil War Wrap Up/Reconstruction

This week, we will wrap up our studies of the Civil War and begin talking about Reconstruction.  Each day we will watch Gone With the Wind, not only to see a cinematic glimpse of what life was like, but also to expose you to one of the most well known movies of all time.  

Vocabulary (Quizlet)
These words will cover the next two weeks until Christmas vacation.  They will be due on Tuesday, December 20.

1. Antebellum
2. Chivalry
3. Honor
4. Calvary
5. Scallywag
6. Reconstruction
7. Carpetbagger
8. Idyllic
9. Confederacy
10. Secession (you have already done this one, so skip it, but its in the Quizlet)
11. Cavalier
12. Beaux
13. Mercenary
14. Blockade Runner
15. Dysentery
16. Emancipation
17. Refugee
18. Ratification
19. Contraband
20. Nullification

Monday, December 12

• Continue working on Historical Facebook Profile for the Civil War
• Gone With the Wind

Tuesday, December 13

• Wrap up the Historical Facebook Profile for the Civil War
• 5.7 The Legacy of the War
• http://www.history.com/civil-war-150 
• Gone With the Wind
• Killing Lincoln

Wednesday, December 14

• 6.1 The Fight Over Reconstruction
• Gone With the Wind

Thursday, December 15

• 6.2 Rebuilding Southern Society
• Civil War Review:  use your notes to go over these questions
• Gone With the Wind

Friday, December 16

• The End of Reconstruction
• Gone With the Wind

*We will have a test on the Civil War and Reconstruction next Tuesday, Dec. 21*

Civil War Facebook Profile

You will be making a Facebook Profile (not the most updated version, but anyways....) for an important historical figure during the Civil War.  With a partner, you will research your person in order to better understand who they are.  What were they a part of? What would have been important to them? Who would they have been Friends with? Find all of this and then fill in the template to create your profile.  You may use these websites to help you research...

Civil War Biographies
Biographies from PBS
Civil War Trust Biographies
Britannica School High

Historical Figure Facebook Template
Civil War Historical Figure Rubric

Sub Plans for 12.8.16

Good Morning!!  Today, you will be watching ME in several videos (I look a hot mess...but y'all are used to that!)  Follow along with that I tell you in these videos and you should be good!!

1. You will need the notes for 5.5 that are on the front table.  This video cuts off on me at the last minute.  When you finish watching this, open up the actual Google Slide to access the video on Andersonville Prison Camp.  
1. Politics and People at War Video
2. 5.5 Politics and People at War Google Slide
2. After you have watched the video, you will need a handout of the Emancipation Proclamation. Watch this video for directions.
1. Emancipation Proclamation Video
2. Emancipation Proclamation Handout
3. If you have any time left at the end of class, work on anything that you may have missing.
4. Make sure your vocabulary notebooks are complete and you are ready to turn it in a take a quiz tomorrow.

Week 15: The Civil War

This week we will look further at the final causes of the Civil War and its implications. 

Vocabulary Words (Google Slide)

1. Republican Party
2. Harpers Ferry
3. Anaconda Plan
4. Border State
5. Robert E. Lee
6. Ulysses S. Grant
7. Emancipation Proclamation
8. Homestead Act
9. Gettysburg Address
10. Total War

Monday

• 5.3 The Emergence of Lincoln and Secession
• John Brown: Villain or Hero

Tuesday

• 5.4 The War Begins
• 5.4 Civil War Map Activity

Wednesday (Early Release)

• Complete John Brown or Map Activity

Thursday

• 5.4 Politics and People at War

Friday

• 5.5 Gettysburg to Appomattox

Christmas Ornament Review!!

Here are some examples of past ornaments.  Pick any topic and make the best ornament you can!! I can't wait to see what you come up with!!

You may want to use this to help you!!!

Week 14: The Union in Crisis

Watch THIS before you do anything!! 

First off, if you haven't finished watching "How the West Was Won" click HERE and finish the movie.  Put your notes in the box and I will grade them as soon as my "normal" returns!!

After that is completed, you have vocabulary words for this week! Yay!! Add these to your notebooks.  If you have not gotten yours back, it should still be in the box.  The definitions for all these words are in the back of the textbook.

1. Wilmot-Proviso
2. Popular Sovereignty
3. Secede
4. Compromise of 1850
5. Fugitive Slave Act
6. Underground Railroad
7. Kansas-Nebraska Act
8. "Bleeding Kansas"
9. Know-Nothings
10. Confederate States of America

When you have time to get your definitions done, you will be watching America: The Story of US (Episode 4: Division).  There is a viewing guide of questions for you to answer.  When you have finished this, please turn it in.  HERE is a copy of your questions.

We will start on the Civil War tomorrow!

Oregon Trail in Computer Lab!

Click HERE!!

Week Twelve: Religion and Reformers Wrap Up

This week, we will wrap our studies of the reform movements that followed the Second Great Awakening.  

Check this out for some interesting facts during this time period!!!

This week's vocabulary will be people who were influential during this time.  Please create a definition for them and instead of a synonym, write what movement they were a part of.

Week 12: Key Reformers

1. Charles Grandison Finney
   Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. Dorothea Dix
3. William Lloyd Garrison
4. Frederick Douglass
5. Sojourner Truth
6. Lucretia Mott
7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

11.7.16 Second Great Awakening

Today, you will be learning about the Second Great Awakening: What is it? What caused it? What did it lead to?  You will be doing so through a series of videos and an article from Khan Academy.  Many of you loved Khan Academy for math, now let's apply that love to American History...who knew!! So, here is your To-Do list for the day...

1. Watch...actually stop talking and WATCH CNN Student News. Tomorrow is Election Day, and I want you to be exposed to as much of it as you can, plus you all need to know why it feels like 10:30 and it is only 9:30.  
2. Work on your vocabulary.  A link to the definitions is in the post from last week directly below.  Get all of your definitions done, before moving on.  It is another short week and you have extra words, so take advantage of this time.
3. You will need a handout (linked HERE) to answer questions with the videos and as you read an article.  YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS INDEPENDENTLY.  If you have earbuds, use these, OR keep your volume low to not disturb others.  You will all be at different points throughout the day, and it could get quite confusing. Below are links to the videos and article.  All the answers are there and in order.  So replay certain parts if you need to. ****If the videos do not work, play them on this screen and pay attention! You will not be able to stop as frequently.  They worked fine on a Chromebook when I tried this at home last night.****
1. The Second Great Awakening - Part I
2. The Second Great Awakening - Part II
3. The Second Great Awakening - Part III
4. Transcendentalism
4. If you finish this, continue working on your vocab.  I have a very busy week planned for us, and I want to give you as much class time to complete these as possible.  
5. This should really be the first thing, BUT BE GOOD and MAKE ME PROUD!!! 

Week 11: Religion and Reform

This week, we will be learning more about reform movements that swept the country during the 19th century. Religious tent revivals.  Writers and artists with new looks on life.  The importance of education.  Reforming criminals.  Preserving the family through ridding life of alcohol.  Freeing slaves.  Giving women a voice.  All these things took root during this time, and grew into what we now know.  

Vocabulary (Google Slide)

1. Second Great Awakening
2. Evangelical
3. Mormon
4. Transcendentalist
5. Public School Movement
6. Penitentiary Movement
7. Temperance Movement
8. Freedmen
9. Abolitionist Movement
10. Gag Rule
11. Seneca Falls Convention
12. Suffrage
13. Women's Movement

Monday 11.7: 4.6 Religious Awakening

Tuesday 11.8:  4.7 Reforming Society (MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY VOTES!)

Wednesday 11.9:  4.8 Antislavery Movement

Thursday 11.10:  4.9 Women's Movement

Friday 11.11:  Honor those who are serving or have served our country!  Happy Veterans' Day!!

Week 10: Andrew Jackson and Test

This week we will continue our work on researching Andrew Jackson.  You will research and write your paper, and we will have a mock trial to determine how we judge his actions.  You will also have a test on sections 4.1-4.5.

Vocabulary Words: Google Slide
1.  Jacksonian Democracy
2.  Spoils System
3.  Indian Removal Act
4.  Trail of Tears
5.  Tariff of Abomination
6.  Nullification
7.  Whig
8.  Exploit
9.  Advocate (n)
10.Inflation

Monday: Professional Day

Tuesday/Wednesday:  Andrew Jackson Research Paper

Thursday:  Andrew Jackson Mock Trial

Friday:  Test on 4.1-4.5

*Second Block may be moved back a day.

Andrew Jackson Essay

Your job is to create an editorial to persuade others whether Andrew Jackson's face should be on the $20 bill.  Use your outline to plan out your thoughts and then write at least one page to convince others of your viewpoint.  Click HERE to access an online version of the directions with links to helpful websites.

Week Eight: Changing American Society

Here is a link to the vocabulary definitions.

Week Seven: Wrapping up Unit 3

This week we will continue learning about the trials our new nation dealt with while creating a more perfect union.  There are no vocabulary words this week (you are welcome), but you do have a test on Friday for the entire unit and material we have covered.

Monday, October 10

• 3.4 The War of 1812
• The Star Spangled Banner (Backstory)

Tuesday, October 11

• The Star Spangled Banner (Continue to look at primary source)

Wednesday, October 12 (Early Release)

• Registration for PSAT

Thursday, October 13

• 3.5 The Growth of the Federal Government and the Missouri Compromise

Friday, October 14

• Test on Unit Three: A New Nation

Star Spangled Banner

Today, we will discuss the Star Spangled Banner and its impact on the United States.  Click HERE to learn more about this national symbol and the history that brought it about.

10.5.16 Sub Plan

Daily School Announcements 

Daily Question

Today, you will be analyzing a political cartoon depicting the XYZ affair.  “Cinque-tetes, or the Paris Monster” is the title of this political cartoon satirizing the XYZ Affair. On the right, the five members of the French Directory, or ruling executive body, are depicted as a five-headed monster demanding money.  The three American representatives, Elbridge Gerry, Charles Pinckney, and John Marshall, are on the left, exclaiming “Cease bawling, monster! We will not give you six-pence!”

Analyzing Political Cartoon Questions:

• How would you contrast the cartoon’s depiction of the U.S. representatives with its depiction of the French Directory?
• What other details in the cartoon show the cartoonist’s attitude toward the French?

Fourth Block...
Please take a few minutes (no more than fifteen) to complete your chart comparing the first political parties.  See my example on the front table.  Use your notes based on the descriptions I gave you to fill in each space.  DO NOT USE YOUR COMPUTER. After you have completed, place them on the front table.

Your lesson for today...
You will be learning about the Jeffersonian Presidency today.  From yesterday, you learned that Thomas Jefferson was part of the (Democratic) Republican party.  This marked an end to Federalist presidents and a beginning of the (Democratic) Republican ones.  There is a video HERE you can view to complete your notes to explain the Google Slide found under the Assignments tab or HERE.  When you have completed the notes, answer the assessment questions.  

Partner Activity - Lewis and Clark Webquest (PDF file)
With the person sitting beside of you, learn more about the expedition to finally determine there was a way to go west to get to the Pacific Ocean.  An answer sheet should be completed by EACH person, but you can work with your partner to discuss and complete the passages.  Go to THIS WEBSITE to access directions for this activity.  At the end of class, TURN YOUR PAPERS INTO THE BOX! We will work on these tomorrow if needed.

Above all, please behave and give your teacher respect while I am gone! :)

Week Six: The New Nation

This week, we will learn more about the challenges the new nation faced in its first years.  Many of your vocabulary words are events which are important to understand to grasp these new times.

Week Six: The New Nation

1. Precedent
2. Judiciary Act of 1789
3. Whiskey Rebellion
4. XYZ Affair
5. Alien and Sedition Act
6. Judicial Review
7. Louisiana Purchase
8. War of 1812
9. Monroe Doctrine
10. Missouri Compromise

Google Slide with Definitions

9.27.16 Sub Plan

This video is linked under the Assignments tab, but just in case....click HERE to view the same one.

Week Five: The Constitution

Last week we focused on the Revolution that produced the United States of America.  This week, we will look at the steps taken to create the United States of America that we recognize today.  The Articles of Confederation did not work at all.  After a few years, it was evident that something had to be done to create a new, functional government.  We will look this week at what happened in a very hot, very stuffy, and very important room in Philadelphia at the end of summer in 1787.

Week Five Vocab: The Constitution

1. Constitutional Convention
2. New Jersey Plan
3. Virginia Plan
4. Great Compromise
5. Three Fifths Compromise
6. Federalism
7. Republic
8. Separation of Powers
9. Federalist Papers
10. Enumerated Powers
11. Delegated Powers
12. Suffrage
13. Natural Rights
14. Judicial Review

(Yes, there are 14 words this week.  Important time periods call for drastic measures!)

Google Slide with vocabulary definition.

Presidential Debate Organizer:  Complete this for up to ten tickets while watching the debate Monday!!

Week Four: The Revolutionary War

This week, we will begin studying the Revolutionary War and its aftermath for the new nation.  We will delve into what happened to cause the war, what American heroes emerged during this time, and how the new United States developed in its first years.  

Week Four Vocab:  The Revolutionary War

1. Common Sense (by Thomas Paine)
2. Declaration of Independence
3. Valley Forge
4. Shay's Rebellion
5. Northwest Ordinance
6. Articles of Confederation
7. Patriot
8. Federalist
9. Anti-Federalist
10. Loyalist

Google Slide with Vocab Definitions

Week Three: Road to Revolution

This week we will take a look at some of the events that caused the breakout of the American Revolution.  We will wrap up Unit 1: Exploration and Colonization on Tuesday.  Your Unit 1 Test will be on WEDNESDAY.  Thursday and Friday we will be looking at the Road to Revolution.  Please start out today but beginning on your vocabulary notebook.  This will be due on FRIDAY.  You will have a VOCABULARY QUIZ on FRIDAY!

Week Three: Road to Revolution

1. Zenger Trial
2. Enlightenment
3. Great Awakening
4. French and Indian War
5. Proclamation Line of 1763
6. Writs of Assistance
7. Stamp Act
8. Quartering Act
9. Townshend  Act
10. Boston Massacre
11. Boston Tea Party
12. First Continental Congress

Here is a link to the definitions for your vocabulary words this week. 02. Road to Revolution Definitions

Review from Yesterday

Why did the Europeans come here anyway? (Photo is a hyperlink)

Exploration and Colonization

Today we will start our unit on Exploration and Colonization.  How did the first Native Americans get here? Why did Europeans come here? What caused Africans to be brought here?  We will look at the reasons behind each of these questions and delve into the United States as it began to take shape.  To start off, let's view this Prezi as an introduction to what we will cover...which will hopefully be a review from World History.  




Now, let's begin by first looking at U1D1: Early America and Explorers.  Links to materials for today can be found under the Learning Modules tab.

Welcome!!!

I am extremely excited to have you in my class this semester! I look forward to delving into American History and learning what made this wonderful nation great!

But...before we can do any of that, we need to get some housekeeping things out of the way.

Please begin the class by completing today's Daily Question.  On a blank sheet of paper, write the question (in this case the beginning of a sentence) and then complete it.  Keep up with this paper, because we will be adding to it and turning in for a grade on Friday.

Syllabus
Classroom Rules and Procedures