A P A M E R I C A N H I S TO RY P L A N N E R 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5
PROJECT/EVENT
FALL SEMESTER SCHEDULE
ORGANIZER
LISA GABBERT
LGABBERT@EMS-ISD.NET
The mission of Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District is
to foster a culture of excellence that instills a passion for a lifetime of
continuous achievement in every student.
HISTORICAL UNIT
STAR TING
ENDING
UNIT EMPHASI S
1491-1607
8.25.2014
9.5.2014
EXPLORATION & COLONIZATION
1607-1754
9.8.2014
9.26.2014
COLONIALISM, ECONOMY, AND IDENTITY
1754-1800
9.29.2014
10.17.2014
ROAD TO REVOLUTION & THE NEW REPUBLIC
1800-1848
10.20.2014
11.12.2014
EARLY AMERICAN NATIONAL IDENTITY
1844-1877
11.17.2014
12.12.2014
IMMIGRATION, WESTWARD EXPANSION, & SECTIONALISM
1865-1898 PART I
12.15.2014
1.9.2015
GROWING PAINS: MORALITY V. ECONOMIC GROWTH
SEMESTER 1 EXAMS
1.12.2015
1.16.2015
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
M
T
W
T
F
1
S
2
S
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
T
4
OCTOBER
M
1
T
2
W
3
F
5
S
6
S
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14
NOVEMBER
M
T
W
1
T
2
F
3
S
4
S
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
DECEMBER
M
T
W
T
F
S
1
S
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
4
JANUARY
M
1
T
2
W
3
F
5
S
6
S
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14
M
T
W
T
1
F
2
S
3
S
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
29 30
27 28 29 30 31
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
29 30 31
26 27 28 29 30 31
NOTES:
HISTORICAL UNIT
1491-1607
DATES
8/25-9/5
ARTICLE
ASSIGN MENT
Why Do Historians So Often Differ
People’s vs. Patriot’s
Article Review & Group Seminar
How Orthodoxy Made the Puritans Practical
Class Discussion
Winthrop, Cotton, and Miles: Basic Principles
Paideia Seminar
Crevecoeur: What is an American?
Article Review & Discussion
1754-1800
Opposing Viewpoints 11A/B
Classroom Debate
THE AMERICAN PAGEANT CHAPTER 7-10
Thomas Paine: The American Radical
Paideia Seminar
Opposing Viewpoints 14A/B
Classroom Discussion
Anti-Federalist Political Thought
Small Group Seminar
The New Constitutionalism of Publius
Word Cloud & Article Review
Religion, Nature, and Disobedience
Paideia Seminar
1800-1848
Opposing Viewpoints 20 A/B
THE AMERICAN PAGEANT CHAPTER 11-15
Union, Constitutionalism, and the Judicial
Defense of Rights: John Marshall
Law and Order: John Marshall,
John Adams, Constitutionalism
of Judicial Review
THE AMERICAN PAGEANT CHAPTER 1-2
1607-1754
THE AMERICAN PAGEANT CHAPTER 3-6
9/8-9/26
9/29-10/17
10/20-11/12
James Fenimore Cooper: Nature and
Nature’s God
Cooper: the American Democrat
Article Reviews & Comparative
Class Discussion
Opposing Viewpoints 24 A/B
Thinking Maps: Immigration
1844-1877
Opposing Viewpoints 26 A/B, 27 A/B
A House Divided: Discussion
THE AMERICAN PAGEANT CHAPTER 16-22
Opposing Viewpoints 29 A/B
Taney Court Decision Chart
Decisions of the Taney Court
11/13-12/12
1865-1898 PART I
THE AMERICAN PAGEANT CHAPTER 23-24
SEMESTER 1 EXAMS
12/15-1/9
1/12-1/16
Opposing Viewpoints 31 A/B
Articles on the Causes of the Civil War
Debate: Is Secession Justified
The Moderation of a Democratic Statesman
Opposing Viewpoints 32-34 A/B
Article Review & Law and Order:
Lincoln, Sherman, Davis
Opposing Viewpoints 35 A/B, 36 A/B
Word Cloud