US History Unit 1: Introduction and Progressive Era
Week 1
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Tuesday 8/13
Objective: Review prior knowledge of US History. Warm-up: You know more about US History than you think! In table groups, brainstorm the Top 10 most important events you can think of that happened in the 20th century. Activities: 1. Share your ideas as a class. 2. Use the handout to compare your thoughts with the Newseum's list of the top 100 news headlines of the 20th century. Assignment: Take expectations sheet home to get signed by parents/guardians Wednesday 8/14 Objective: Review prior knowledge of US History. Warm-up: Brainstorm a list of things that make America great. Activities: 1. Create a timeline to organize the events of your assigned decade. Put this in your activities section of your binder. 2. American Dream discussion: What is it? What does it mean to you? How has it changed over time? 3. Complete American Dream reading and level questions. Thursday 8/15 Objective: Understand the possible problems, causes, effects, and solutions of the Progressive Era. Warm-up: Using the spreadsheet posted of 1900 statistics, choose the 5 categories you predict the largest changes over the next century. View the 1999 list and discuss as a class whether you were right. Activities: 1. Where did immigrants come from? Why did they come to America? View video clip in class (New Americans) and answer these questions in complete sentences. Discuss as a class. 2. View the slideshow of Jacob Riis photos, which depicts life of the urban poor at the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s. For each picture, write in your activities section 2 observations about how these people lived. 3. Class discussion about the word "progressive" |
Week 2
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Monday 8/19
Objective: Understand the problems that arose from mass immigration and the role of settlement houses. Warm-up: What problems did the urban poor face in 1900? Make a list of bullets and leave extra space at the bottom to add. Activities: 1. View the first half of the Progressive era video clip (America in the 20th Century) and add to your notes listing the problems US citizens faced in the early 1900s. If you were absent, research the topic online or in the library and create a list of 10 problems that the progressives worked to fix. 2. Class discussion on the difference between accommodate (allow cultural differences while still including someone in society) and assimilate (forcing a change to make someone fit in) 3. Use the Settlement House Documents to complete the Document Guide Tuesday 8/20 Objective: Identify Progressive era reform movements and their leaders. Warm-up: Look at the political cartoon you are given. What is happening in this cartoon? Who is depicted as the "bad guy?" Activities: 1. As a class, read aloud the excerpt from "The Jungle." Make a list in your notes of all the things that went into food during processing before it was regulated by the government. 2. Talk about the Food and Drug Administration and the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), and how our food is regulated today. If you were absent, research and take notes on these on your own. 3. Discuss muckrakers and how they influenced the progressive era. 4. Explore the Progressive Era issues through the Triangle Factory Fire article and questions. You will need to get the article from Miss D. Wednesday 8/21 Objective: Identify Progressive era reform movements and their leaders. Warm-up: Complete the Progressive Era Introduction Reading and answer questions 1-3 in your warm-up section. Keep the reading in your activities section. Activities: 1. View the second half of "America in the 20th Century" and take notes in a "history head" for Teddy Roosevelt. These notes should be about what he is thinking (what is in his head?) 2. Add to your History Head using TR's Political Platform 3. Using the blank map provided in class and the map key, label the conservation projects Teddy Roosevelt implemented in the US. Assign a color to each category to make it easy to see the density of projects in each state. Example: Alaska would have 6 blue B's for bird preserves, 2 orange F's for national forests and 1 green G for the game preserve. 4. When you finish labeling, make a two-sentence generalization on the back about the location and density of Teddy Roosevelt's conservation projects. Thursday 8/22 Objective: Analyze the relationship between workers, businesses, and the government during the Progressive era. Warm-up: Go through the Gilded Age presentation. Add to your list of notes of problems the Progressive Era dealt with. Activities: 1. Complete Ludlow Massacre reading and questions. 2. Use the Labor Struggles documents to complete the Labor Struggles Document Guide |
Week 3
PROGRESSIVE ERA TEST ON THURSDAY, 8/29! |
Monday 8/26
Objective: Evaluate the roles of wealthy industrialists during the Progressive Era. Warm-up: Think of the reforms/changes that we have talked about so far that resulted from the Progressive Era. Which one was the most important to you and why? Go over binder checks. Activities: 1. Use the Labor Struggles documents to complete the Labor Struggles Document Guide for ONE labor struggle. Form groups of four and go over the labor struggles together. Fill in your chart with information. 2. Complete Ludlow Massacre reading and questions from Thursday. 3. Pass out review sheet. Tuesday 8/27 Objective: Evaluate the roles of wealthy industrialists during the Progressive Era. Warm-up: Women's rights cartoon. Activities: 1. View the women's rights portion of America in the 20th Century. 2. Go to this website and choose one wealthy industrialist to research: John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan Take notes on these questions: a. How he acquired his wealth. b. How he and his company treated workers. c. How he spent his money. d. How he donated his money. e. Was he a robber baron or a captain of industry? Explain your decision using evidence from your research. Wednesday 8/28 Objective: Evaluate the roles of wealthy industrialists during the Progressive Era. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Complete Twitter matching activity. 2. Review day for test. All students must get their essay outlines approved by Miss Daniel. Thursday 8/29 Test on Progressive Era. |
US History Unit 2: World Powers
Week 4
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Tuesday 9/3
Objective: Gain background information to the 1910s decade. Warm-up: Brainstorm a list of topics from 1910-1920. Activities: 1. Take notes on the video introduction to 1910s decade. Wednesday 9/4 Objective: Explore the meaning of "imperialism." Warm-up: Stand along the line where you agree/disagree about each question Activities: 1. What is imperialism? Watch short video clip on US foreign policy in the early 1900s 2. Examine "How the US Sees the World" 3. Complete Imperialism handout Thursday 9/5 Objective: Explore the meaning of "imperialism." Warm-up: Watch Hawaii video clip and answer the following 2 questions in your notebook 1. Why did the US decide to add Hawaii to its territory? 2. What did the Hawaiians think about the US presence on their island? Activities: 1. Take notes on the Imperialism Overview presentation |
Week 5
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Monday 9/9
Objective: Explore examples of American intervention abroad. Warm-up: Imperialism cartoon and answer: 1. According to this cartoon, where did the US intervene? 2. For what reasons did the US intervene? (Note: If you can't read what is on the cartoon, visit http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/photos/html/1084.html) Activities: 1. Create a timeline using the information from the timeline handout. It should include the place the US intervened, the year and what happened. 2. On the world map, Color each area where we intervened with the following key: Green- economic reasons (money, trade, resources) Blue- social reasons (education, religion, "elevating uncivilized people") Yellow- political reasons (adding territory, military purposes) Tuesday 9/10 Objective: Understand the reasons why the US intervened abroad. Warm-up: Read the White Man's Burden. What is the "white man's burden" according to Americans during the early 1900s? Activities 1. Take notes on Imperialism v Expansionism using the note organizer. Wednesday 9/11 Objective: Understand the reasons why the US intervened abroad. Warm-up: How did imperialism make the US more powerful in the world? Activities: 1. Finish notes from yesterday. 2. On a blank piece of paper, make a concept web using the information you have received so far about imperialism. - Write "imperialism" in the middle of the page. - Branching out from the middle, place three circles that say "social reasons," "political reasons," and "economic reasons." - Branching out from each of the three circles, organize information from your notes and specific examples to the correct circle. Some examples might fit under more than one category (economic, social or political). 3. Below your web, answer this wrap-up question: Which category was used the most to justify US imperialism? Compare this answer to your warm-up from 9/9. Were you correct or incorrect? Thursday 9/12 Objective: Compare various American opinions about imperialism (both for and against). Warm-up: Primary and secondary source warm-up. Activities: 1. Announcements from Mrs. Gibbs. 2. Complete the imperialism documents using the document guide. Complete ONLY documents 1, 2, 6, 7. |
Week 6
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Monday 9/16
Objective: Compare various American opinions about imperialism (both for and against). Warm-up: Make a T-chart of the arguments for and against US imperialism during the time period we are studying. Activities: 1. Finish Imperialism Documents from Thursday 2. Using the headlines Miss D gave you in class, summarize three newspaper articles relating to US involvement abroad. After your summary, include the effects each event likely had on the US. Tuesday 9/17 Objective: Explore the history of imperialism in China. Warm-up: Does the US still use imperialism to control other territories? Explain your answer. Activities: 1. Open door policy video and class review 2. China Imperialism Scavenger Hunt here. Wednesday 9/18 Objective: Explain the effects of imperialism on one area of the world. Warm-up: Click here. Activities: 1. Complete the Imperialism organizer, which is your assessment for the first half of this unit. 2. If time allows, complete the Imperialism Scavenger Hunt from yesterday. Thursday 9/19 Objective: Explore the reasons WWI began. Warm-up: List the advantages and disadvantages of making alliances with other countries Activities: 1. Watch clip on the last remaining WWI soldier here. 2. View "causes of WWI" video clip and list causes of WWI. Discuss MAIN (militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism). 3. Fill in the necessary data on your blank map for 1914. Use the European map key to help you draw boundaries and color the correct countries. 3. On the map, list the six major countries involved in WWI from Europe, and include the side they fought on. 4. View video intro on WWI. |
Week 7
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Monday 9/23
Objective: Understand the causes of WWI. Warm-up: None. Activities: Take notes using the format and websites below--
Tuesday 9/24 Objective: Understand the causes of WWI. Warm-up: Watch video clip "America Enters WWI." Why did the US get involved in WWI? Activities: 1. As a class, go through each decade of the war. 2. Explanation of propaganda 3. Take notes on what propaganda is and how it was used during WWI using the propaganda presentation. Wednesday 9/25 Objective: Understand how WWI affected Americans at home. Warm-up: Alliance warm-up. Activities: 1. Finish propaganda presentation. 2. Analyze WWI propaganda using propaganda worksheet. Thursday 9/26 Objective: Understand how civil liberties were limited during wartime. Warm-up: 1. What freedoms do you enjoy as an American citizen? 2. How are these freedoms protected? 3. Can freedoms ever be taken away? How? By whom? Activities: 1. Civil liberties video and presentation 2. Civil liberties case studies |
Week 8
TEST ON THURS., 10/3! |
Monday 9/30
Objective: Explore what life was like for soldiers during WWI. Warm-up: WWI Wilson reading questions Activities: 1. Discuss trench pictures. 2. Trench reading and class discussion. 3. Explore trench warfare through this website. Tuesday 10/1 Objective: Analyze the goals of the Treaty of Versailles and how U.S. foreign policy changed after WWI. Warm-up: Answer questions 1 and 2 from WWI stats sheet. Activities: 1. View "Peace and Reparations" video. 2. Treaty of Versailles. Wednesday 10/2 Objective: Analyze the goals of the Treaty of Versailles and how U.S. foreign policy changed after WWI. Warm-up: As a class, read "The Great War Today." Then list three ways WWI resonates in the US today. Activities: 1. Wilson's 14 Points. 2. Review for test Thursday 10/3 1. Test on WWI and Imperialism 2. Binders due |
US History Unit 3: The 1920s
Week 9
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Monday, 10/7
Objective: Gain an understanding of the themes of the 1920s. Warm-up: What do you know about the Roaring Twenties? Activities: 1. Watch 1920s video and take notes on the events of the 1920s. Tuesday 10/8 Objective: Relate the youth of the past to your life today. Warm-up: Brainstorm what adults don't understand about youth today, and what is unfair to the young generation. Activities: 1. Personality Quiz from 1920s; compare your answers to those of students in the 1920s and discuss answers as a class 2. View picture slideshow 3. Wrap-up: According to the police report, what were the five largest problems facing society in the 1920s? Why do you think they were problems? Wednesday 10/9 Objective: Understand the ways that Prohibition influenced American society. Warm-up: View Prohibition slideshow and list the reasons for and against Prohibition. Activities: 1. Investigate the most common crimes committed in this decade. Why do you think Prohibition was a likely reaction to crime? 2. Read and discuss the 18th and 21st Amendments. 3. Read the Prohibition overview and take notes on the effects of Prohibition on American society. 4. View the "Prohibition and the American Gangster" documentary from Discovery Education Thursday 10/10 Objective: Assess the impacts of consumerism in the 1920s. Warm-up: Think about the cartoon we looked at Tuesday. In a complete sentence, identify one item that youth and older generations didn't see eye to eye on in the 1920's that is still debated over today. Activities: 1. Read through the Domestic Servants handout and answer the following questions in your activities section: a. How much more (in dollars) does a refrigerator cost in 1997 than in 1916? How many more hours would someone need to work in 1916 to afford a refrigerator than they would in 1997? b. How much free time would someone save buying a clothes dryer in 1997 than in 1940? c. What do these examples tell you about the cost of goods a century ago? 2. Look at the car advertisement. As a class, compare this car to new cars today in terms of speed, price, etc. 3. Complete "Economic Statistics" worksheet |
Week 10
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Monday 10/14
Objective: Analyze the economy of the 1920s and the role government played in it. Warm-up: 3-2-1 exercise. List 3 factors that contributed to the economic boom of the 1920s, 2 new commodities Americans began purchasing, and 1 thing you found surprising about consumerism. Activities 1. Watch this video about the current distribution of wealth in today's society. The information in this film is not objective - can you identify how it is biased? Click here to see the youtube video from the UK's The Guardian 2. Now click here to watch this youtube video about the 1920s from the History Channel's The Century. Answer the questions below: a. Is the current distribution of wealth similar to or different than the distribution of wealth at the end of the 1920s? In what way? b. How much wealth does the richest 1% of the population own? c. Is there anything wrong with being rich? d. Is there anything wrong with an uneven distribution of wealth? 3. Use the "Politics of Prosperity" reading to complete the concept map template. Draw pictures with labels and explanations to describe the people and concepts. Also, draw lines between items that are connected and write on the line why they are connected. Tuesday 10/15 Objective: Understand how rapid social changes created conflicts between modernists and traditionalists. Warm-up: Make a two-column chart of Roaring 20s/Darkness Decade and categorize the information you have learned so far. We will add to this throughout the unit. Activities: 1. Watch brief introduction to the Scopes Monkey Trial. Discuss the themes of Pro Scopes/ Modernist/ Evolutionist vs Anti-Scopes/ Traditionalist/ Creationist 2. View the Scopes Trial Documents and answer the questions below about EACH document - Document # - Main points (be specific!) - Evidence from document of how you found the main points Wednesday 10/16 Objective: Explore the migrations of ethnic groups within the US. Warm-up: What does renaissance mean? What things might occur in a renaissance? Activities: 1. Complete Renaissance background reading and questions. Discuss migration statistics. 2. Discuss poetry and view Harlem Renaissance clip. 3. Gallery Walk 4. View video on flappers on take notes on the changes of modern women throughout the 1920s. Thursday 10/17 Objective: Explore the migrations of ethnic groups within the US. Warm-up: Complete the thesis: African-Americans moved to Harlem to escape __________ and ___________ in the South in the 1920s. Then, list three things this movement influenced in Harlem. Activities: 1. Use the "Black Migration Documents" you got from Ms. D to complete the "Black Migration Document Guide" |
Week 11
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Monday 10/21
Objective: Assess the impact immigrants had on the US, and the response of Americans. Warm-up: 1. Why does the US allow legal immigration? 2. Why are US citizens concerned about illegal immigration? Activities: 1. Take notes in the graphic organizer provided on the videos about immigration in the 1920s. 2. Use the "Shrinking Democracy" powerpoint and this website to complete your graphic organizer. Tuesday 10/22 Objective: Assess the impact immigrants had on the US, and the response of Americans. Warm-up:
Activities: 1. Read articles about Colorado KKK to help add more information to your graphic organizer 2. As a class, brainstorm current knowledge about the KKK 3. Use Document 1 and Document 2 to fill out the KKK worksheet. Wednesday 10/23 Objective: Assess the impact immigrants had on the US, and the response of Americans. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Use Document 1 and Document 2 to fill out the KKK worksheet. 2. Review for the test. 3. View photos of the modern-day KKK. Thursday 10/24 1920s Assessment |
US History Unit 4: The Great Depression
Week 12
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Monday 10/28 and Tuesday 10/29
Objective: Learn about this year's local election. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Discuss school board and read candidate information sheets. 2. View candidate forum video. Take notes in the note-catcher. 3. Go over binders. 4. Begin movie. Wednesday 10/30 Objective: Learn how the Great Depression affected society and individuals. Activities: 1. Take notes on how the Great Depression affected both individuals and society while you watch "Cinderella Man." Thursday 10/31 Objective: Learn how the Great Depression affected society and individuals. Activities: 1. Take notes on how the Great Depression affected both individuals and society while you watch "Cinderella Man." |
Week 13
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Monday 11/4
Objective: Understand the causes of the Great Depression. Warm-up: Discuss with your neighbor what did you learned about the Great Depression through Cinderella Man? Then, complete the "Causes of the Great Depression" warmup. Activities: 1. As a class, review 1920s- consumer spending, economic boom and bust after WWI using the Black Tuesday presentation. 2. Compare the effects of the Great Recession v Great Depression. Discuss them as a class. 3. Use the chart on the back of your Great Recession sheet to organize information into each learning goal category. Tuesday 11/5 Objective: Understand the causes of the Great Depression. Warm-up: In your own words, explain what a share of a stock is. Activities: 1. Hand back 1920s tests and go over answers. 2. What is the stock market presentation. Wednesday 11/6 Objective: Understand the economic effects of the Great Depression. Warm-up: View this picture. Make 3 observations about what you see and 2 inferences about how the Great Depression affected Americans economically. Activities: 1. Complete this Economic Effects activity using this information. Thursday 11/7 Objective: Understand the social effects of the Great Depression. Warm-up: Complete Social Effects reading questions. Activities: 1. View these pictures. For each picture, write one question you would ask a person in the photo. 2. Explore how Americans experienced the Great Depression through their lyrics and pictures. Discuss as a class. 3. If time allows, choose ONE picture, lyric, or explanation that stood out the most to you. Explain why you think it is the best representation of the Depression. |
Week 14
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Monday 11/11
Objective: Compare two different approaches to the Great Depression. Warm-up: View this cartoon and complete an SOS analysis (subject of the cartoon, opinion of cartoonist, symbols used) Activities: 1. View "Hoover vs FDR." Make a history head for FDR and Hoover and take notes on what each president was thinking during the Great Depression. 2. Read this "Hoover vs FDR reading." Add to your history head using the readings. Tuesday 11/12 Objective: Explore the goals and programs of the New Deal. Warm-up: Click here.Read the summary "Alphabet Soup" first, then answer the question about the cartoon. Activities: 1. Use this information to complete the Alphabet Soup chart detailing the New Deal. Wednesday 11/13 Objective: Analyze the criticisms of the New Deal. Warm-up: For what reasons might someone criticize the New Deal? Activities: 1. Complete the "New Deal Critics" graphic organizer using Reading 1, 2, and 3. 2. Read the "Second New Deal Overview" and complete the rest of the worksheet. Thursday 11/14 Objective: Analyze the political effects of the G.D. Warm-up: How do you think the Great Depression influenced politics? Activities: 1. Complete Political Responses to the GD. 2. Begin review for test next week. |
Week 15
1930s Assessment and Binder Check Tues., 11/19 |
Monday 11/18
Objective: Review for Great Depression assessment tomorrow. Warm-up: None Activities: 1. Review for Great Depression assessment tomorrow Tuesday 11/19 1. Great Depression Assessment 2. Binders due. Wednesday 11/20 Objective: Explore the local effects of the Great Depression. Warm-up: What do you know about how the Great Depression affected Plateau Valley and/or the grand Valley? Activities: 1. Grand Valley during the Great Depression Thursday 11/21 Objective: Learn about WWII. Warm-up: Brainstorm everything you know about WWII. Activities: 1. Read about Plateau Valley during the Great Depression. 2. Go over Essential Learning Goals for this unit. 3. Read and discuss the article about the Nazi Olympics. 4. View the 1940s introduction video. |
US History Unit 5: WWII
Week 16
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Monday 12/2
Objective: Understand the causes of WWII. Warm-up: How did WWI lead to WWII? Activities: 1. Take notes on the Introduction to WWII presentation using this organizer. Tuesday 12/3 No class, ACT practice. Wednesday 12/4 No class, snow day!! Thursday 12/5 Objective: Understand why Americans were for and against WWII. Warm-up: Click here. For each quote, agree or disagree and explain why. Activities: 1. Finish WWII notes 2. Anti-isolationist cartoons (in groups, identify how the cartoonist gets his point across) 2. Go over cartoon powerpoint as a class. Homework due Monday, 12/9 Pearl Harbor webquest. |
Week 17
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Monday 12/9
Objective: Explore reasons why the US joined WWII. Warm-up: Complete the statement: The US should/should not become involved in WWII because a, b, and c. Activities: 1. Look at list of countries in WWII, discuss as a class. 2. Turning points and decisive battles simulation. 3. Use the WWII timeline to label major turning points on your map. (Write the event, the date, and a brief description) Tuesday 12/10 Objective: Explore reasons why the US joined WWII. Warm-up: 1. Discuss the quote (what does it mean?) Activities: 1. In pairs, group the propaganda posters by theme. Similarities include the poster’s message or its target audience. Group the posters together by poster number and then write a brief summary about why you chose to group them together (what is the common theme). 2. Go over posters as a class using this presentation. Wednesday 12/11 Objective: Learn about how the US responded to perceived threats within our boarders. Warm-up: Click here. Activities: 1. Internment documents to complete the document guide. Thursday 12/12 Objective: Learn about how the US responded to perceived threats within our boarders. Warm-up: Are you willing to give up your freedom if it makes the US a safer place? Activities: _1. Read the summary from the Supreme Court Case Korematsu v. US. In pairs, work through the classifying arguments. 2. Atomic bomb first-hand account. 3. Read about the 1936 Olympics in UpFront. Discuss as a class. |
Week 18
Final Exam Thursday, Binders Due |
Monday 12/16
Objective: Learn about the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Warm-up: Complete the sentence: "The US should/should not have dropped the atomic bombs on Japan because ___1____, _____2____, and ____3___. Activity: 1. Read "Atomic Bomb First-Hand Account." 2. Take notes on the atomic bomb presentation. Tuesday 12/17 Objective: Investigate the creation and goals of the United Nations. Warm-up: Impacts of WWII. Activities: 1. UN webquest. 2. Review for final on Thursday. Wednesday 12/18 Objective: Review for the final exam tomorrow. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Review for the final exam tomorrow. Thursday 12/19 Final exam, binders due. |