Date
2nd Quarter 2012: Updated 10/24
American Studies Assignments and Due Dates
10/17
PSAT Testing: 7;30-11:30 (most 11th graders will test at the church across the
street)
American Pageant, Chapter 14 Forging the National Economy, (pages 305-324)
American Pageant, Chapter 14 (pages 324-339b) Guiding Questions due tii
Philosophy 101: Philosophy for Dummies - in class activity
Where it began: Plato’s Republic
 Video: Plato’s Republic
 Assign Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave”—journals due 10/23
Due: Grammar Monday: Lesson #3 is due: Parallel Structures
Due: Test 1-14
Notice: AIMS Testing to Exceed/Writing—North Gym
American Pageant, Chapter 15 (pages 340-350)
due/discussion: Journals: “The Allegory of the Cave”
Notice: AIMS Testing to Exceed/Reading—North Gym
American Pageant, Chapter 15 (pages 350-369b) due tii
Lecture/Reading: From the Greeks to the Transcendentalists
Assign: Emerson readings—journals due Friday
Notice: AIMS Testing to Exceed/Reading—North Gym
Brook Farm - Socratic Discussion
Due: Emerson Readings/journals
 Abbreviated Timed Writings/Discussion
 Assign: Thoreau, due 11/2
Due: 3 annotated bibliographies (refutation)
Due: American Pageant Chapter 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy pages
370-384
Assign: bib page, due Friday
American Pageant Chapter 16 pages 384-395B. Guiding Questions due tii
History Focus Test 1-16 and FRQ
Due: American Pageant Chapter 17: Manifest Destiny pages 396-415A—guiding
questions due—tii upload
Assign: Election Activity (prediction, voting, and verification)
Manifest Destiny continued: Class activity
Due: bibliography page
Due: Thoreau readings: Short writing and discussion in class
Assign: Curtis White’s “The Spirit of Disobedience”, due 11/9
Assign: preliminary outline—due 12/4
Due: American Pageant Chapter 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle pages 416428
10/18
10/19
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10/29
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12/3
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12/6
Voting: Prediction and class voting—homework is verification (due tomorrow)
Assign: Revised position/thesis statement—due Friday
Due: Vocabulary Monday: Lesson #3 is due—sentences must be uploaded to tii for
credit
Due: American Pageant Chapter 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle pages 428436b
Guiding Questions due tii
Due: American Pageant Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion pages 437-453
Due: American Pageant Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion pages 453-461b
Guiding Questions due tii
Make a book activity on events leading to Civil War – Book will be due on 11/19
but most work must be done in class today.
Socratic Discussion: Transcendentalism in today’s culture (full)
Due: Revised thesis/position statement
Assign: One argument/confirmation—due 11/22
No School: Veteran’s Day
Introducing the Art of Satire
 Reading:
 Assign: Mitford’s “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain”
History Focus MC Test 1-19 and FRQ
American Studies Presents: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Due: Discussion: Mitford’s “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain”
Due: American Pageant Chapter 20: Girding for War: The North and The South,
pages 462-471
Due: Civil War book
Due: Grammar Monday: Lesson #4 is due: Pronouns
American Pageant Chapter 20 pages 471-480b Guiding Questions tii
FRQ peer review assigned, due 11/26
Due: Civil War Activity
Timed Writing—Satire
Due: One argument/confirmation: workshop
Assign: One refutation—due 12/27
Due: American Pageant Chapter 21: The Furnace of Civil War, pages 480-487
FRQ Peer Review due – Activity
Due: American Pageant Chapter 21, pages 487-497
Due: American Pageant Chapter 21, pages 497-512b Guiding Questions due tii
Due: Aristotelian Outlines
Due: Part I: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Due: Vocabulary Monday: Lesson #4 is due—sentences must be uploaded to tii for
credit
Close Reading: Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address
Test: The American Presidents (1-18)
Due: American Pageant Chapter 22, The Ordeal of Reconstruction, pages 513-524
Due: American Pageant Chapter 22, pages 524535b Guiding Questions due tii
Due: one refutation: writing workshop
12/7
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12/10
12/11
12/12
12/13
12/14
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12/17
12/18
12/19
12/20
Due: Part II: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Due: Grammar Monday: Lesson #5 is due: Direct, Precise, and Active Verbs
1-22 MC History Focus Test + FRQ (self-assessed)
Due: American Pageant Chapter 23 Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, pages
536-551
You will be responsible for this material on the Final Exam.
Review for History portion of final.
Due: Part III: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Review for History Final
Review for History Final
Semester Finals/Test: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Semester Finals