US History A (Period 3) Assignments
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- Fall 2018
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- Social Studies
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FINAL EXAMS: PERIOD 3--WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 8:00-9:55; PERIOD 4--TUESDAY DECEMBER 18 8:00-9:55; PERIOD 5 TUESDAY DECEMBER 18 10:20-12:15
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Museum Project Walkthrough Assignment. This can only be done today in the class.
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The Final Project for the Semester (see attachment). THIS PROJECT MUST BE HANDED IN AND COMPLETED BY THE END OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12. THERE CAN BE NO EXCEPTIONS FOR LATE WORK BECAUSE ALL US HISTORY CLASSES AT CANYON ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS. LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL RECEIVE A SCORE OF ZERO POINTS.
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SEMESTER PROJECTS ARE DUE TODAY. THIS IS A FINAL DEADLINE. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
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Read The Second New Deal (pages 292-299). Complete the Key Terms Chart for the section and respond to questions 4, 5, and 6, page 299.
REMINDER: TOMORROW IS STUDENT HELP TIME FROM 7:40-8:40. STUDENTS WHO NEED TO MAKE UP THE TEST FOR CHAPTER 8 MUST COME IN DURING THAT TIME.
SEMESTER PROJECTS ARE DUE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12, BY THE END OF THE CLASS PERIOD.
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Read FDR Offers Relief and Recovery (pages 284-291). Complete the Key Terms Chart for the section and answer questions 4, 5, and 6, page 291.
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TEST--CHAPTER 8
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Page 280 Standards Assessment 1-15. Crossword Puzzle Review: The Great Depression
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Read Hoover's Response Fails (pages 272-276) and complete the outline/questions handout.
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Writing Wednesday: The Dust Bowl Disaster
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Read Americans Face Hard Times (pages 261-269) Complete the Key Terms Chart for the section and answer questions 4, 5, and 6, page 269.
Video: The Great Depression
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Read Causes of the Depression (pages 254-260). Complete the Key Terms Chart for the section and answer questions 4, 5, and 6, page 260.
Video: The Great Depression
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Read Effects of the War (pages 199-203). Complete the Key Terms Chart and answer questions 4, 5, and 6, page 203
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Read Wilson, War, and Peace (pages 189-197). Complete the Key Terms Chart and answer questions 2-6, page 197
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Complete the Key Terms Chart for The Home Front (pages 180-187) and answer questions 2,4,5,and 6, page 179 as well as questions 4,5, and 6, page 187
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Today, we are reviewing the events that led to US involvement in World War 1, and students are completing two graphic organizers: From Neutrality to War and The Home Front. Students must also write a one-paragraph response to the Focus Question on the "Home Front" page. Text reading is 180-187 (We will continue that section of the book tomorrow).
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Writing Wednesday--US Involvement in WW1
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Read From Neutrality to War (pages 170-179). Complete the Key Terms Chart.
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Project: Imperialism Infographic. Students will be given TWO CLASS PERIODS to work on this assignment, on Thursday and Friday (November 1 and 2). Students may complete the project individually, or work with ONE other student. The finished product will count as a test score on our study of American Imperialism at the start of the 20th century.
FINAL PRODUCT IS DUE AT THE START OF CLASS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5
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SEE THE ASSIGNMENT POSTED FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2. DUE TO THE CANCELLATION OF SCHOOL, FRIDAY'S ASSIGNMENT WILL BE COVERED TODAY. ANYTHING THAT WAS DUE TODAY (NOVEMBER 5) WILL NOW BE DUE TOMORROW (NOVEMBER 6).
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Writing Wednesday--Ghosts in the White House
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Read The Spanish-American War (pages 144-150). Complete the Cause-Effect and Section Summary papers, and answer questions 2, 4, 5, and 6, page 150.
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Read The Roots of Imperialism (pages 138-143). Complete the Key Terms Chart and answer questions 4,5, and 6, page 143.
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TEST: CHAPTER 4
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NOTE: ALL STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE 2-DAY LEADERSHIP/SAFE SCHOOLS TRAINING WILL BE EXCUSED FROM HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WITH NO PENALTY. THEY WILL STILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR KNOWING THE MATERIAL AND MUST STILL TAKE ANY TESTS GIVEN.
Review: Page 134 Standards Assessment 1-10 (Hand this in).
There is a review crossword puzzle for you to use as a study guide for the test. This is not to be handed in.
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NOTE: ALL STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE 2-DAY LEADERSHIP/SAFE SCHOOLS TRAINING WILL BE EXCUSED FROM HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WITH NO PENALTY. THEY WILL STILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR KNOWING THE MATERIAL AND MUST STILL TAKE ANY TESTS GIVEN.
Writing Wednesday: Japanese Segregation in San Francisco. Read and annotate the documents, extract evidence from all four using the graphic organizer, and respond to the writing prompt.
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Read Wilson's New Freedom (pages 128-131). Complete the Key Terms Chart and answer questions 4, 5, and 6, page 131.
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Read Roosevelt's Square Deal (pages 121-127). Complete the Key Terms Chart and answer questions 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7, page 127
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Read The Struggle Against Discrimination (pages 116-120). Complete the Outline Activity and the Key Terms chart. Answer questions 1, 4, 5, and 6, page 120.
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No assignment today. We did an in-class exercise with FATT sentences, and students who were absent will be excused from the task.
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Writing Wednesday: Analyzing photographs and writing about them. Examine the set of documents from Jacob Riis, and answer the Guiding Questions (all files attached).
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Read Women Make Progress (pages 109-114). Complete the key terms chart for the section, and answer questions 4, 5, and 6, page 114.
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Read The Drive for Reform (pages 100-107). Complete the graphic organizer on Progressivism and answer questions 2, 4, 5, and 6, page 107
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Due to tomorrow's PSAT administration and the block schedule for the next 2 days, students will be analyzing primary source documents on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, responding to the associated guiding questions, and writing a paragraph response that cites a minimum of 3 documents in responding to the prompt: What was the purpose of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?
This assignment will take two class periods and will be handed in at the end of class on Wednesday (for period 4) or Thursday (for periods 3 and 5).
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Read Issues of the Gilded Age (pages 87-90). Complete the Key Terms for the section and answer questions 4, 5, and 6, page 90
Complete the readings and questions on Populism and the Election of 1896 attached.
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Read Issues of the Gilded Age (pages 87-90). Complete the Key Terms for the section and answer questions 4, 5, and 6, page 90
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TEST DAY
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Finish yesterday's writing assignment by responding to the Guiding Questions (these may be found in yesterday's file on this site).
Review pages 48-59 and complete the graphic organizers on The Civil War and Reconstruction.
Answer questions 2, 4, and 5, page 54 and questions 2 and 5, page 59
There is a crossword review (this is not to be handed in--it is a study guide for tomorrow's test)
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Writing Wednesday--The Emancipation Proclamation. Annotate the readings and complete all the associated materials. Then write a paragraph that addresses the prompt, Did Lincoln free the slaves, or did the slaves free themselves? You must cite evidence from BOTH readings in your paragraph.
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Read The Reconstruction Era (pages 55-59 and complete the Key Terms Chart for the section.
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Read The Civil War (pages 48-54) and complete the Key Terms Chart for the section.
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The Union in Crisis (pages 42-47)
Video: The Dred Scott Decision
Complete Key Terms Chart and answer questions 2, 4, 5, and 6, page 47
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Writing Wednesday: Analytical Paragraph on How the Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women, by Brent Staples. See the PowerPoint for assignment.
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Continuing pages 34-41. Read this section and complete the Key Terms Chart for Reform and Westward Expansion.
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Essential Question: How do perceptions of major figures in history change over time?
TED Video on Andrew Jackson link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx5IyumKmDI
Analyzing the textbook (pages 34-35). This reading will be used with the two attached files for today's assignment.
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TEST TODAY
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Writing Wednesday--Cellphones in the Classroom
There will be a test tomorrow on Chapter 1
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Video: America's Second War of Independence
Read The New Republic (pages 21-27). Complete the chart on The First Five Presidents and answer questions 2-6, page 27.
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Read The New Republic (pages 21-27) and complete the Key Terms Chart.
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Writing Day: Federalists and Anti-Federalists
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Video: The Articles of Confederation and Constitutional Convention
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wds6kpbpLlA
Also, read pages 15-20. Complete the Constitution Summary and Study Guide handouts and answer questions 2-6, page 20
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Read The Constitution (pages 15-20) and complete the Key Terms Chart for the section.
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Read The American Revolution (pages 9 - 14). Complete the Timeline Handout and answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, page 14.
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Read The American Revolution (pages 9-14).
Video: Cannibalism at Jamestown: Listening to the Bones (TIME Magazine)
Complete the Key Terms Chart for the section.
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Video: Science Magazine examines an alternative theory on how the first Americans arrived here.
video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmxhFgpIacI
Also, re-read pages 4-8 and complete the handouts on "Many Cultures Meet." Answer question 2 on page 8.
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Read Section 1 of Chapter 1 "Many Cultures Meet" (pages 4-8) and answer questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 on page 8.
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Classes finished covering the course syllabus, and we began talking about precolonial American history with a short video on the Native American nations.
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Students received the course syllabus (attachments are on the preceding entry). Parents should note: Students are allowed to leave their textbook in the classroom, however, the following three conditions apply:
1. The textbook MUST BE COVERED.
2. Students MUST WRITE THEIR NAME INSIDE THE BOOK.
3. The book is the student's responsibility in all cases of loss, theft, or damage.
BRING YOUR BOOKS TO CLASS BEGINNING MONDAY, AUGUST 20
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Today, the students did a short writing assignment on an article from NPR. Students who are absent DO NOT need to make this up; they will be excused.
Please note the following files are attached below:
1. Course Orientation
2. Course Orientation sign-off sheet (due August 24)
3. Instructions for accessing missing assignments
4. Phone/technology agreement
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Welcome back to school! There are no assignments today. Please be sure to check out a textbook from the textbook center. You may leave your book in the classroom, but please note the following:
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LEAVE YOUR TEXTBOOK IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND YOURS ALONE. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING YOUR BOOK, DO NOT LEAVE IT IN THE ROOM. THE BOOK IS YOUR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
MAKE SURE TO COVER THE BOOK, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WRITE YOUR NAME INSIDE THE COVER OF THE BOOK, SO IT WILL BE EASY FOR YOU TO IDENTIFY. THE TEACHER WILL NOT HELP YOU LOOK FOR A LOST BOOK.
WE USE TEXTBOOKS AT LEAST 80% OF THE DAYS WE MEET.