Homework for U.S. History 1 – 2015 – 2016 – Mrs. Ryan and Mr. Branigan
Welcome Back! We hope this year is a successful and fulfilling one for you all!
9/9/15 - The Three Things Essay – due tomorrow, typed and double-spaced.
This essay should be entitled “The Three Things I Like Best About Myself”
and should contain 5 paragraphs: Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, Conclusion.
9/10/15 – Today, you handed in your Three Things Essay. (see above)
We filled in our attendance/information charts.
Tonight, please carefully read over the Course Description sheet and the
Quarterly Current Event Assignments sheet I gave you on Wed. You are
responsible for knowing the information on those sheets.
Tomorrow, we will give out books.
9/11/15 – We distributed books today and recorded the numbers and condition.
We ask that you cover the books and bring them back for a cover check
on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Today is the 14th anniversary of 9/11. We discussed the history of the
events that unfolded on this day of tragedy for our nation and the world.
Have a very good weekend.
9/15/15 – We had the book cover check today.
We took the Initial Assessment for U.S. History 1 today.
We discussed why geography and its importance to human culture.
You took notes on what we brainstormed. We will have a geography quiz at the
end of the week.
No homework this evening.
9/16/15 – Today, we worked in groups on matching geography terms with
their definitions. You are responsible for having all the terms and
definitions written in your notebooks. (They are NOT in your text.)
Your homework is to study these and have a working knowledge of them
for tomorrow’s discussion. You will be having a geography quiz by the
end of the week.
9/17/15 – We reviewed all of our geography concepts today.
You should know all the terms, the 5 Themes of Geography (“Mr. Lip”),
and the two questions: How does geography impact human culture?
How do humans impact their geography, and how does
geography impact humans.
You should be able to give examples in both answers.
Quiz on Geography tomorrow!
9/18/15 – Geography Quiz today.
Assignment of Current Event presenters.
We explained how to do Current Events and picked around five people to give a
Current Event presentation next Friday, Sept. 25. These people must bring in an
article for approval by Tuesday, 9/22, of next week. (We don’t have school on
Wed.)
Have a great weekend!
9/21/15 – Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We thank all the parents
who came to Back To School Night. We can’t tell you how much your support
means to us.
In class today, we discussed material found in Section 1 of Chapter 1.
Read Sections 1 and 2 (Ch. 1) this evening, for comprehension. Do #4 on p.
7 and #3 on p. 13, typed and double-spaced, due tomorrow. You may put the
answers on the same page.
Current Event volunteers need to have their articles approved by
tomorrow, Tuesday, 9/21.
9/22/15 – Current Event articles were due to be approved today from the
volunteers.
The questions you did for homework last night, see above, were due today.
We finished material in Section 1 of Ch. 1 and went on to Section 2.
Tonight, you are to read Sections 3, 4 and 5 for homework. Read for
comprehension so that you will be prepared for class.
9/23/15 – No School – Yom Kippur
9/24/15 – We have scheduled our Test for Chapter 1 for Wednesday, 9/30.
We finished sections two and three in our class discussions today.
You also received your study guides today, and you should have read the entire
chapter by now.
For homework: Due Monday, 9/28, typed and double-spaced.
#3 – p. 19, # 3 – p. 25, and #5 – p. 31
You may see the information in the above answers on your test!
Tomorrow we will have Current Event presentations.
9/25/15 - We had Current Events presentations today and picked volunteers
for next week (Oct. 2). Thank you to all who went first! You did well!
Remember: you have homework due on Monday. See questions and pages
above.
Our test on Chapter 1 has been scheduled for Wednesday, 9/30. Be sure to be
in class for our full period review.
Have a great weekend!
9/28/15 – Homework due today – the three questions - #3 – p. 19, #3 – p, 25 and
#5 – p. 31.
We finished Chapter 1 today and we will review tomorrow, in preparation
for our test on Wed., 9/30.
Study your notes and your chapter.
Current Events volunteers – your articles are due on Wednesday for approval.
9/29/15 - We had the Review for our Chapter 1 test tomorrow (9/30).
Please refer to your Review Guide, your text and your notes.
Remember to bring a blue or black pen to class and something on which
to work should you finish the test before the end of the period.
Current Event volunteers – be mindful that your deadline for article approval is
tomorrow, Wed., 9/30.
9/30/15 – You took your Chapter 1 test today. You may begin to read Section 1
of Chapter 2, if you wish, as that is what will be assigned tomorrow night,
but there is no assigned homework tonight.
Current Event volunteers were to have their articles approved today.
(Current Events will be presented on Friday.)
10/1/15 – Mods 1-2 attended a drivers’ education assembly today.
Mods 3-4 began Ch. 2 (We’ll catch mods 1-2 up quickly.)
Tonight, please read Section 1 of Chapter 2.
Tomorrow, we will have Current Events.
10/2/15 – Current Events today.
We picked volunteers for next Friday’s Current Events. Your articles will be
due on Wed., Oct. 7.
You may continue to read in Chapter 2.
Have a great weekend!
10/5/15 – Current Event volunteers – remember to get your articles approved by
Wed., Oct. 7.
Homework due Wed., Oct. 7 – the primary source by Fr. de las Casas.
Please read the Intro and the passage carefully. Answer the three questions on
the second page in complete sentences. You will be handing in just the second
page on Wed.
10/6/15 – Current Event volunteers – remember, your articles are due for
approval by tomorrow.
Primary Source assignment – due tomorrow. See above for specific directions.
10/7/15 – Your Primary Source assignment was due today.
Current Event assignments were due today for approval.
Be sure that you have really read Section 2 of Chapter 2 so that you
can really participate in class and show your preparation.
10/8/15 – Current Events tomorrow.
For Monday – Please read Section 3 of Chapter 2. Today, we discussed
how tobacco – as a commodity – saved Jamestown, and when Africans first
appeared in Virginia and how they were treated.
10/9/15 – Current Events today. (No Current Events next week due to
early dismissal on Monday for Columbus Day, and PSATs on Wednesday.)
Please read Section 3 of Ch. 2 for Monday.
Have a great weekend!
10/12/15 – We watched “The Terrible Transformation” today in class, a film that
reinforces what we have been discussing in class about the appearance of
slavery in the English colonies. Make sure that you have read Section 3 of
Chapter 2 for tomorrow.
No Current Events this week.
10/13/15 – Our discussion centered on the build-up to Bacon’s Rebellion in 1675.
No Current Events this week.
Your homework tonight is to answer questions 5 and 6 on the Capt. John
Smith Primary Source sheet we gave you. The answers should be typed
and double-spaced and handed in tomorrow.
10/14/15 – No Current Events tomorrow.
Annotate the two readings, Pilgrims, and Puritans, for use in class
tomorrow. Look up any words or phrases you do not understand. Underline and
highlight at will on your readings.
Section 3 of Chapter 2 should have been read.
10/16/15 – We jumped into Section 3 today – Puritans create a “New” England.
You used the notes you annotated in class.
We gave out a handy graphic organizer (chart) to help you keep Pilgrims
and Puritans straight. Please fill it out, using bullets/phrases, written in PEN, for
Monday, Oct. 19. Have a great weekend!!!
10/19/15 – We further clarified things about the Pilgrim/Puritan chart today,
so it will now be due tomorrow. We gave out new blank charts to anyone
who needed them.
There will be Current Events this week and you know who you are. Articles
are due by Wednesday for approval.
10/20/15 – Current Event volunteers – articles due for approval by tomorrow!
Pilgrim/Puritan charts were due today.
We passed out Mayflower Compact packets and question sheets. The
answers are due on Thursday, Oct. 22. You may write directly on the sheet, in
PEN, neatly.
10/21/15 – Remember, today was the deadline for your articles to be approved
if you are doing Current Events on Friday.
The Mayflower Compact assignment is due tomorrow. (See above.)
*****We have scheduled our Chapter 2 Test for Wed., Oct. 28. Our in-class
review will be on Tues., Oct. 27, so be sure to be there. Additionally, we provide
review, for any student or group of students who ask, either before or after
school. Just see Mr. B. or me to schedule that.
We are finishing up Section 4 of Chapter 2, so be sure you have read it.
10/22/15 – We collected the Mayflower Compact assignment today.
Our test on Ch. 2 will be on Wed., Oct. 28.
We discussed material at the end of Section 3, and then we began
Section 4 by talking about how the Dutch settled in America.
Tomorrow we will have Current Events.
10/23/15 – We had the last group of presenters of Current Events for the first
quarter. We will begin the cycle again in the 2nd quarter.
****Test on Wed., Oct. 28 – Chapter 2**** You have your Review Guide, so
begin filling it out and studying your text and notes.
Have a great weekend!!!
10/26/15 – We finished Chapter 2 today. Tomorrow we will have the review for
our test on Wed., Oct. 28. You have your Review Guide, so be sure to fill
it out to help you study.
No Current Events this week.
10/27/15 – We had our test review today. Study your Review Guide and all your
notes tonight. Test – Chapter 2 tomorrow. Bring a pen and something to
work on should you finish early. No Current Events this week.
10/28/15 – We had our Chapter 2 test today.
Your homework is to read Section 1 of Chapter 3.
No Current Events this week.
10/29/15 – We began Chapter 3 today. This chapter is really about the founding
of England’s southern colonies and the entrenchment of slavery in all 13
of their colonies.
We gave out a 13 colonies map today, with a half-sheet of instructions.
This will be due on Monday, Nov. 2.
No Current Events tomorrow.
10/30/15 – The discussion today centered on the way the colonies were governed
by England, and on the system of mercantilism.
Remember that your 13 Colonies Map is due on Monday, Nov. 2.
Have a wonderful weekend!
11/2/15 – We discussed ways in which the colonies sought to get around all the
rules set up by the British to keep them within their mercantile system.
Smuggling and Navigation Acts were significant concepts.
No Current Events this week.
11/3/15 – No School – Election Day
11/4/15 – We continued the discussion in Chapter 3 with the Triangular Trade
Route. Please read Section 2 of Chapter 3. ***Please bring back the film
permission slip for Amistad by Monday, Nov. 9.***
11/5/15 – No School – NJEA Convention
11/6/15 – No School – NJEA Convention
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
11/9/15 – We finished Section 1 of Chapter 3 today. Please read Section 2 for
tomorrow. If you forgot to bring in the film permission slip, please do it
ASAP, as we want to show the 15 min. clip on Wednesday.
11/10/15 – Our discussion today centered on Southern colonies and plantations.
We gave you a reading for homework about the Amistad, a slave ship.
You need to have brought in your film permission slip to see the clip we are
showing tomorrow from the film, Amistad. The reading will give you some
necessary history about the ship. No Current Events this week!
11/11/15 – We had our Middle Passage interactive lesson today, along with
the clip from the movie, “Amistad.” You were given two readings on
Olaudah Equiano. You are to do the questions at the end of each reading.
Please type and double-space your answers, and use proper headings.
Read the articles carefully and answer the questions completely.
No Current Events this week.
11/12/15 – We discussed the Southern Social Ladder today and the Treatment
of Slaves in the Different Colonies.
Remember to read Section 3 of Chapter 3 and your Olaudah Equiano
homework is due tomorrow. See above.
11/13/15 - Our discussion centered on slave codes, the invention of the cotton
gin and its impact on slavery. Next week, we’ll be going into Sections 3 & 4.
We’re planning a test on Ch. 3 before the Thanksgiving break. It will be on
Tuesday, Nov. 24.
We have Current Event volunteers for Friday, Nov. 20. Please get your
articles in for approval by Wed., Nov. 18.
Have a great weekend!
11/16/15 – We began work in Section 3 today. Read Sections 3 & 4 for
homework.
Our test on Ch. 3 will be on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Current Events volunteers need to get articles approved by Wed., 11/18.
11/17/15 – Make sure you have read Sec. 4.
Test on Ch. 3 is on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Current Events volunteer – get articles approved by Wed., Nov. 18.
11/18/15 – Our discussion centered today on the Enlightenment, the Great
Awakening and Education in the colonies in the early 1700s.
You received an assignment on the Salem Witch Trials. Do question #2,
typed and double-spaced. This is due tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 19.
The Chapter 3 test is on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Current Events volunteers should have had their articles approved by
today.
11/19/15 – We finished most of the chapter three today and have only a tiny bit
left. Our review for our test will be on Monday. Please make every effort
to be there. Test is Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Current Events tomorrow.
Salem Witch Trials assignment due today.
11/20/15 – Today we had Current Events and with the remaining time, went
over what was left of Ch. 3. We will have a review on Monday, Nov. 23,
in preparation for our test on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Use your text, notes and Study Guide to help you review.
We are available for extra review as well, before and after school!
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
11/23/15 – We had our in-class review for our Chapter 3 test tomorrow.
Use your text, notes and Study Guide to help you review.
We are available for extra review, before and after school!
No Current Events this week.
11/24/15 – We had our Chapter 3 Test today.
11/25/15 – We began the Revolutionary War today! Well, at least in Ch. 4…
Please read the chapter.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!
11/30/15 – Today, we progressed in Chapter 4, discussing a few more acts.
Be sure to read Section 1 of the chapter and begin filling out your Acts
Chart.
Current Event volunteers – be sure to get your articles approved by Wed.,
Dec. 2.
12/1/15 – We ended discussing The Boston Massacre today. Please carefully
read Section 1 of Chapter 4.
Current Event volunteers – articles are due by tomorrow.
12/2/15 – Current Event articles due today for approval.
We finished the Acts today. Please read Section 2 of Ch. 4.
12/3/15 – We discussed the First Continental Congress and progressed to the
Battles of Lexington and Concord today. Read all of Chapter 4.
We will have Current Events tomorrow.
12/4/15 – Current Events today. We also finished the Battles of Lexington and
Concord. You have an assignment due Tuesday, Dec. 8: “The Shot Heard
‘Round the World.” You are to write directly on the paper, neatly and in
pen. There are two sides to the assignment and two points of view. There
are also many words that we might not know. Annotate the passages,
looking up any words you do not understand. This will help you to really
do well. Have a wonderful weekend!!!
12/7/15 – Pearl Harbor Day
We examined the 2nd Continental Congress’ choice for commander of the
Continental army. He was not a shoe-in. Ethan Allen, his Green Mountain
Boys, and their gift to G.W. was also mentioned.
We reviewed the assignment that is due tomorrow – “The Shot Heard
‘Round the World.”
Current Event volunteers – your articles must be approved by Wed., 12/9.
12/8/15 – A group activity today on the Acts. Be sure to fill in the graphic
organizer, so that you do not get confused about them.
We discussed how the 2nd Continental Congress began to act as a sort of
government to the colonists. The Olive Branch Petition was rejected by
King George III. Benedict Arnold was mentioned, as well as “Common
Sense,” by Thomas Paine. Tomorrow, be sure to know the reasons Paine
gave for parting from Britain. We will also be discussing the Declaration
of Independence. READ the chapter (4) to be prepared for class.
We collected the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” today.
Current Event volunteers – have your articles approved by tomorrow
afternoon.
12/9/15 – We discussed the Declaration of Independence today – its structure
and purposes, as well as its connection and relevance to today.
Current Events were due today for approval.
We gave the assignment: Mercy Otis Warren. Answer the three questions
following the reading. This is due on Friday, Dec. 11, typed and doublespaced.
12/10/15 – We discussed Washington’s armies, the role of women and the
Battle of New York today.
Mercy Otis Warren assignment due tomorrow, typed and doublespaced.
We will have Current Events tomorrow.
We have scheduled our Chapter 4 test for Thursday, Dec. 17. You have
already received your Review Guides.
12/11/15 – We had Current Events today.
Mercy Otis Warren – due today.
Chapter 4 Test on Thursday, Dec. 17. Use text, notes and Review Guide
to study.
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
12/14/15 – We discussed a few of the major battles of the Revolutionary War
today. We will finish the chapter tomorrow. Wednesday is the review for
our test on Chapter 4 on Thursday, Dec. 17.
We will NOT have Current Events this Friday. We will go right into Chapter
5. Those who still have to do Current Events will be scheduled before the
end of the 2nd marking period.
Begin studying your notes and the text. Fill in your Review Guide.
12/15/15 – We have finished our discussions of the Revolutionary War.
Tomorrow is our review for the test on Thursday, Dec. 17.
No Current Events on Friday. We will begin Chapter 5.
12/16/15 – Review today! Test on Ch. 4 tomorrow.
Friday, we begin Chapter 5.
12/17/15 – We had our Chapter 4 Test today.
Tomorrow, we will begin Chapter 5 – The Constitution – so please begin
reading. (No Current Events tomorrow.)
12/18/15 – We began Chapter 5 today. Also, you received an article, which we
read aloud, on which there are three questions to be answered, typed
and double-spaced for Monday, Dec. 21.
Have a nice weekend!!!
12/21/15 – We discussed the powers and weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation, up to Shays’ Rebellion.
Please read in the chapter (5) up to the Constitutional Convention.
Your “Washington’s Gift” article questions were due today.
No Current Events this week. We will schedule them for after the break.
12/22/15 – We continued our discussion of the weaknesses of the Articles and
the resolution of the western lands problem. Please read Chapter 5.
12/23/15 – We only met with mods 1 – 2 today, and we viewed a portion of
the film, “The Crossing.”
We wish everyone a wonderful break!!!! See you next year!
1/4/16 – Happy New Year, everyone!!!
We are already into Chapter 5, so we picked up right where we left off.
You have two homeworks due for Wed., Jan. 6. One is the Constitutional
Conventioneers, and the other is The Delegates Draft the Constitution.
You may write directly on the sheet, and you do not have to write in
complete sentences, as there isn’t enough room. PLEASE write NEATLY.
We assigned the final Current Events presenters for the quarter.
Have your articles in by Wed. for approval.
1/5/16 – Remember that your Constitutional Conventioneers and Delegates
Draft the Constitution assignments are due tomorrow.
We gave you another assignment – p. 182 worksheet – which is due on
Thursday, 1/7. Also, the Review Guide was handed out, and the back of
it, which has blanks to be filled in, should be finished by Thursday, 1/7.
Our Test Review will be on Thursday, 1/7.
***Our Chapter 5 Test is going to be on Monday, January 11.***
Current Events articles are due tomorrow, Wed., 1/6.
1/6/16 – We reviewed all the checks and balances of the three branches of our
government today. We also discussed ratification of the Constitution and
what that process entailed. Tomorrow, we will discuss specific
amendments of our Constitution and your rights as a citizen of the U.S.
*** You should have the Venn Diagram, p. 182, ready to hand in
tomorrow.
Also, you should have the back of the Review Guide filled out, so that we
can use it tomorrow in class.
Our Chapter 5 test is this coming Monday, January 11. We will begin our
review tomorrow, and have Current Events and the rest of the review on
Friday.
1/7/16 – You handed in the Venn Diagram, p. 182 today, and we used your
answers on the back of the Review Guide to discuss all the terms, etc.
there.
Tomorrow, we will first have Current Events, and then we will continue
our review for the Chapter 5 test on Monday, January 11.
1/8/16 – We had Current Events today.
We also finished our review for our Chapter 5 test on Monday, January 11.
Use your text, notes and Review Guide to help you study for the test.
Have a great weekend!!!
1/11/16 – Test on Chapter 5 today!
Tonight, please read Section 1 of Chapter 6.
No Current Events this week!
1/12/16 – We began Chapter 6 today. You should read the chapter thoroughly
by the end of this week.
***The Midterm Exam Guide was passed out today and explained.***
No Current Events this week.
1/13/16 – The discussion centered upon Hamilton’s Financial Plan today.
Be sure to read the chapter!
1/14/16 – We went over the French Revolution and how it involved the U.S.
We discussed how George Washington kept us out of war.
We distributed the Chapter 6 Review Guide, which should be used to
study for the test on Thursday, Jan. 21.
1/15/16 – We have examined material in Ch. 6 all the way through the Election
of 1800. We will finish the chapter on Tuesday. Our review will be on
Wed., Jan. 20, and our Test on Ch. 6 will be on Th., Jan. 21.
You received a sheet on the Supreme Court that is due on Tuesday, Jan.
19.
(Write directly on the sheet. You do NOT have to answer in complete
sentences because there is not enough room.)
Have a nice three-day weekend! Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
1/19/16 – We are almost finished with Chapter 6! We will close it up tomorrow
and have our review for our test on Thursday, 1/21. Please read the
chapter, study your notes and use the Review Guide. We also offer, always,
before or after school reviews for anyone who asks. These are above and
beyond the in-class reviews.
The Supreme court worksheet was due today.
1/20/16 – We have finished Ch. 6 and reviewed it for the test tomorrow.
Be sure to read the chapter, study your notes and Review Guide.
We are here to assist anyone with extra review before or after school.
1/21/16 – We had our Chapter 6 Test today.
Tomorrow, we begin Exam Review (you have all been given an Exam
Review Guide already) and we will continue Exam Review on Monday.
Mods 1-2 will take their U.S. 1 exam on Tuesday, Jan. 26, during the first session.
Mods 7-8 will take their U.S. 1 exam on Friday, Jan. 29, during the second session.
1/22/16 – We began Exam Review today. We will have one more day of review
on Monday. See above for exam time, day and session.
Have a great, snowy weekend!
1/25/16 – Late Start Day due to the Blizzard!
We finished our Exam Review today. Mods 1- 2 – we’ll see you tomorrow!
Good luck, everyone!
1/26/16 – Exams: Mods 1 – 2 and 15 – 16
1/27/16 – Exams: Mods 3 – 4 and 13 – 14
1/28/16 – Exams: Mods 5 – 6 and 11 – 12
1/29/16 – Exams: Mods 7 – 8 and 9 – 10
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
2/1/16 – Happy 2nd Semester! Let’s make a fresh start!
Today, we reviewed the midterm exams.
We also discussed the concept of a caucus and the significance of
the Iowa Caucus today.
Chapter 7 was introduced today, and your homework is to read Section 1.
Current Event volunteers should have their articles approved by Wed.,
Feb. 3
2/2/16 – We discussed the results of the Iowa Caucus.
You have a worksheet due tomorrow on Nationalism and Sectionalism.
Please write in pen directly on the sheet, neatly.
We examined the definitions of nationalism and sectionalism, as well as
the birth of the factory system in America.
2/3/16 – Your p. 195 worksheet (above) was due today.
We discussed the American System in detail today.
Continue reading Ch. 7. No written homework tonight.
2/4/16 – We discussed the transportation improvements that were brought about
during the implementation of the American System. We ended with the
Panic of 1819. Tomorrow, we’ll have Current Events.
For homework, due Monday, Feb. 8: p. 63 – Henry Clay. Please type and
double-space your answers to the three questions.
2/5/16 – Late Start Day due to snow.
We had Current Event presentations today.
Your Henry Clay assignment (worksheet p. 63) is due Monday, 2/8, typed
and double-spaced.
Have a great weekend!!!
2/8/16 – In Mods 1- 2, we had Current Events because we did not have time on
Friday. In Mods 7 – 8, we continued material in Chapter 7.
Today, your Henry Clay assignment was due. Make sure you have read the
chapter. There will be no Current Events this Friday.
2/9/16 – Mods 1-2 is playing catch-up, so we examined the three court cases that
strengthened the power of the federal govt., the Convention of 1818, the
Adams-Onis Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine. Mods 7-8, we discussed the
Missouri-Compromise and the arrival, on the political scene, of Andrew
Jackson.
We handed out a sheet on Andrew Jackson that should be read.
Also, we distributed the Andrew Jackson Map, and explained how it should
be done. It is due on Thursday, Feb. 11.
We have scheduled our Ch. 7 test for Thursday, Feb. 18. (Review will be
Wednesday, Feb. 17.)
Current Events have been scheduled for Friday, Feb. 19. Have your articles
approved by Wed., Feb. 17.
2/10/16 - Andrew Jackson Map is due tomorrow.
Our Ch. 7 test is on Thursday, Feb. 18. (Review on Wed., Feb. 17.)
Current Events are Friday, Feb. 19. Get your articles approved by Wed.,
Feb. 17.
2/11/16 – The Jackson Map was due today.
Our Ch. 7 test is due on Thursday, Feb. 18. (Review on Wed., Feb. 17.)
Current Events are Friday, Feb. 19. Get your articles approved by Wed.,
Feb. 17.
We discussed the concept of “Jacksonian Democracy” and Jackson’s
Presidency.
2/12/16 – We just about finished the chapter today. Please fill-out your Review
Guide to help your study of the material. Our in-class review will be on
Wed., Feb. 17. The Chapter 7 test will be on Thursday, Feb. 18.
Current Events will be on Friday, Feb. 19. (Volunteers should have articles
approved by Wed., Feb. 17.)
No school on Monday and Tuesday. Have a great four-day weekend!!!
2/17/16 – We had our Chapter 7 review today for the test tomorrow.
Friday, we’ll have Current Events. Deadline for approval was today.
Study your notes, text and Review Guide for tomorrow’s test.
2/18/16 – Chapter 7 test today! Tomorrow we have Current Events.
We will next be studying the reforms of the early 1800s in Ch. 8.
Start reading!
2/19/16 – Current Events today. Be sure to begin reading Ch. 8.
Have a terrific weekend!
2/22/16 – We began Chapter 8 – The Reforms of the Early – Mid 1800s.
Please read the chapter ASAP.
Current Event volunteers – please have your articles approved by Wed.
2/23/16 – Our discussion today centered around the Religious revival of the late
1700s, early 1800s. Please read Ch. 8.
Current Event volunteers – have articles approved by tomorrow.
2/24/16 – Today is the deadline for having Current Event articles approved.
You were given a graphic organizer, as well as a sheet with all the reforms
and reformers, to use as study aids for this chapter. The graphic organizer
will not be collected, but experience has shown that those who fill it out
properly and use it to study do better on the chapter test.
You also picked three assignments from the “Reform Buffet,” which are
due on Monday, Feb. 29, typed and double-spaced, all with proper
headings and titles.
2/25/16 – Remember to fill in your graphic organizer as you study Chapter 8.
Your three assignments that you picked from the “buffet” are due on
Monday, Feb. 29, typed and double-spaced.
You received your Reform Broadsheet Project instructions and deadline
today. You also picked the reformer about whom you will write. Please
go over the instructions and see us if you have any questions. The due date
is Wed., March 2.
2/26/16 – We had Current Event presentations today.
Your three “Buffet” assignments are due on Monday, Feb. 29. These
should be typed and double-spaced.
Your Reform Broadsheet Project is due on Wed., March 2.
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
2/29/16 – Your “Buffet” assignments were due today. Your Reform Broadsheet
is due on Wednesday. You are continuing to read Chapter 8.
No Current Events this week.
3/1/16 – Your Reform Broadsheet is due tomorrow, and we will hang up the
Broadsheets tomorrow for a gallery walk.
No Current Events this week.
We are planning for a test next week on Ch. 8 and we will let you know,
probably by tomorrow, when that will be. Use the graphic organizer and
the sheet that has all the reforms and reformers on it to study.
3/2/16 – We displayed the Reform Broadsheets that were due today.
We had a “gallery walk” and gathered additional information for our
graphic organizers. Tomorrow, we will schedule your test for next week.
No Current Events this week.
3/3/16 – We continued with the reforms, finishing Workers’ Rights, the Mentally
Ill and Imprisoned and Pacifism. We will finish up all other reforms, except
for Abolition, tomorrow.
Our Ch. 8 test has been scheduled for Wed., March 9. Use the graphic
organizers we gave you to study, as well as your notes and text.
3/4/16 – We examined the reforms of Education and Literature today.
We will look at Abolition exclusively on Monday. Tuesday will be our
review. Wednesday, March 9 is our Test on Ch. 8.
Have a nice weekend!!!
3/7/16 – We pretty much finished Abolition today. We really focused on the
difference between a moderate and a militant abolitionist. Tomorrow,
we will have our review for our test on Wednesday, March 9. Use your
graphic organizer, your notes and your text to help you study. We are
available for helping anyone review before or after school.
3/8/16 – Our review for the test was today. We went over everything and
you should be prepared. Use your graphic organizer, your notes and your
text to help you study. We are available for helping anyone review before
or after school.
3/9/16 – The Chapter 8 Test was today.
Current Events will be on Friday. The deadline for getting articles approved
was changed to Thursday.
Begin reading Ch. 9.
3/10/16 – We started Ch. 9 today. We’re moving west! Please read the chapter.
Current Event volunteers needed to have their articles approved by today.
You received the Jim Beckwourth assignment today. Please type and
double-space the answers to numbers 1 and 2. When you do number 3,
please draw a tombstone and put Jim B’s name on it, along with pertinent
info, and then do what the question asks: write an epitaph for Jim on his
tombstone. (Look up the word epitaph if you’re not sure what it means.)
You may hand draw the tombstone or computer generate it.
The Jim Beckwourth assignment is due on Monday, March 14.
3/11/16 – We had Current Event presentations today.
Remember that your Jim Beckwourth assignment is due on Monday. See
above for instructions.
You should be reading Chapter 9.
Have a great weekend!!!
3/14/16 – Your Jim Beckwourth assignment was due today.
We are almost through Sec. 2 of Ch. 9. Tomorrow, we will look at the Gold
Rush in California, and then move on to Mexico. Please read your chapter.
3/15/16 – Today, we discussed the Gold Rush and viewed pictures from that era.
Make sure to go over that portion of the chapter, and review your notes.
We will be discussing Sections 3 & 4 tomorrow.
3/16/16 – We examined the Mexican Revolution and the Texas Revolution today.
You were given a map of Westward Routes, due on Monday, March 21.
You can reference your textbook (pages are on instruction sheet). Please
come for help if you need it.
3/17/16 – Happy St. Paddy’s Day!!!
We got into the Mexican War today and we will finish it and the chapter
tomorrow. We will have our review on Monday and our test on
Tuesday, March 22 (Chapter 9).
Remember that your Western Route map is due on Monday, March 21.
3/18/16 – We finished Chapter 9 today! Our review will be on Monday and our
test is on Tuesday, March 22.
Your Western Routes Map is due Monday, March 21.
Have a terrific weekend!!!
3/21/16 – We had our Chapter 9 Review today. Our test will be tomorrow,
Tuesday, March 22.
3/22/16 – We had our Ch. 9 Test today. Please begin reading Chapter 10.