picSt. Vincent Pallotti High School               -Laurel Md.-

                                                                                  Honors US History Syllabus 
 
Mr. Marchand                    



 
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First Semester    -    First Quarter

Schedule - First Quarter; Week One

8/26 - Objective - Welcome and orientation
Activity - Go through requirements and syllabus

8/27 - Objective - SWBAT describe the first native settlements of the western hemisphere
Warm Up - Where did the first people in the western hemisphere come from?
Lecture/ Discussion – 1.1
Homework - Read 1.1, Reading guide

8/28- Objective – SWBAT explain the West African culture, the origin of most enslaved people of North and South America
Warm Up – What were the three great kingdoms of West Africa?
Lecture/ Discussion – 1.2
Homework - Read Topic 1.2, Reading guide

8/29 -
Objective - SWU the expanding scope of European influence and domination and settlement in the Americas
Warm Up – What were two goods traded between African cultures or between African cultures ad Portugal
Lecture/ Discussion – 1.3
Homework - Read Topic 1.3, Reading guide


8/30 - No school


Week Two

9/2 - No school

9/3 - Objective - SWU the expanding scope of European influence and domination and settlement in the Americas
Warm Up – What were two goods traded between African cultures or between African cultures ad Portugal
Lecture/ Discussion – 1.4
Activity - Worksheet
Homework - Topic 1.4, Reading guide

9/4 -  Objective - Review Topic 1 Mr. Marchand not in school
Activity - Complete Worksheet and Extended Learning
 

9/5 - Objective - Review Topic 1
Activity - Kahootz
Homework - Complete work

9/6 - Objective - SW complete Topic 1 qUiz
Activity - Submit reading guides
Activity - Topic 1 Quiz 
Week Three

9/9 - 
Objective - SWBAT describe the pattern of Spanish settlement in  North and  Central America
Warm Up -- Were the Spanish originally planning to colonize North America?
Lecture/ Discussion -Topic 2.1
Homework -
Topic 2.1, Reading guide

9/10 - Objective - SWBAT describe the pattern of Spanish settlement in  North and  Central America
Warm Up -- Were the Spanish originally planning to colonize North America?
Lecture/ Discussion -Topic 2,2
Homework -
Topic 2.2, Reading guide

9/11 - SW complete HD 2
Warm Up - Check Google Classroom for assignment
Activity - History Day 2 worksheet


9/12 - Objective - SWBAT compare the cultures of settlers in the middle colonies and interactions with natives

Warm Up – Describe one religious belief of the Pilgrims
Lecture/ Discussion – Topics 2.3 and 2.4
Homework - Topics 2.3, 2.4, Reading guide

9/13 - Objective - SWBAT explain relationships and differences between the three regions of English colonies 
Warm Up – Was slavery concentrated in the northern religious colonies or the southern cotton/ tobacco colonies?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 2.5
Homework - Topic  2.5, Reading guide

Week Four


9/16 - Objective - SWBAT explain relationships and differences between the three regions of English colonies 
Warm Up – Was slavery concentrated in the northern religious colonies or the southern cotton/ tobacco colonies?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 2.6
Activiy - Mayflower Compact worksheet
Homework - Topic 2.6, Reading guide, Complete worksheet

9/17 - Objective - SW review for test
Activity - Kahoots

9/18 - Objective - Topic 2 test
Activity -
Topic 2 quiz
Activity - Complete work


9/19 -  SWBAT develop a bibliography
Pallotti History Day Website
Resource - MyBib
Activity - History Day

9/20 - Objective - SWBAT describe te relationships between England, the English colonists, and the French
Warm Up - Why would a historian consider the colonial economy to be "diverse"?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topics 3.1
Homework - Read 
Topics 3.1 Reading guides

Week Five

9/23 - Objective - SWBAT describe te relationships between England, the English colonists, and the French
Warm Up - Why would a historian consider the colonial economy to be "diverse"?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 3.2
Homework - Read 
Topic 3.2 Reading guide

9/24 -
Objective - SWU why the colonists declared independence
Warm Up - Why did the British government establish taxes after the French and Indian War?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topics 3.3, 3.4
Homework - Read Topics 3.3, 3.4, Reading guide

9/25 - SW develop bibliography
Activity - MyBib  Bibliography
Activity - Weebly


9/26 - Review Topic 3
Activity - Review for quiz
Activity - Kahoots

9/27 -
No School, Junior Testing

Week Six


9/30 - Objective - Topic 3 quiz
Activity - Topic 3 quiz


10/1 - Objective – SWBAT describe the government under the Articles of Confederation

Warm Up – What was the first document under which the United States was governed?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 4.1
Homework - Read Topic 4.1, Reading guide

10/2 - Objective - SW complete topic and begin Process Paper
Activity - Process Paper


10/3 - 
Objective -  SWBAT explain some of the reasons why the Articles of Confederation failed
Warm Up - What was the only branch of government under the Constitution that existed under the Articles?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 4.2
Homework - Read Topic 4.2, reading guide

10/4 - Objective - SW analyze Article 1 of the Constitution
Activity - Constitution worksheet
Homework - Complete Constitution worksheet
Week Seven


10/7 - Objective - SWBAT describe the debate over and the ratification of the Constitution
Warm Up -  What was the Great Compromise?
Lecture/ Discussion -  Topic 4.3
Homework -  Read Topic 4.3, Reading guide


10/8 - Objective - SW review for quiz
Activity - Kahoot
Homework - Prepare for quiz

10/9 - Objective - SW complete process paper
Activity - Complete process paper
Activity - Review standards for History Day


10/10 -  Objective - Topic 4 quiz
Activity - Topic 4 Quiz


10/11 - Objective - SWBAT describe how Washington established a federal government, and identify challenges in the 1790's
Warm Up - Under the Constitution,, what are the three branches of the government?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 5.1
Homework - Read Topic 5.1, Reading guide


Week Eight


10/14 -
No class, PSAT

10/15 -
Objective - SWBAT describe how Washington established a federal government, and identify challenges in the 1790's (pt. 2)
Warm Up - Under the Constitution,, what are the three branches of the government?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 5.1 (pt. 2)
Homework - Read Topic 5.1, Reading guide


10/16 - Objective - SW begin writing body of research
Activity - Outline body of research


10/17 - SWBAT describe issues arising from political opposition to Adams
Lecture/ Discussion -  Topic 5.2
Exit Ticket - What did Washington say about political parties in his Farewell Speech? Support your response with quotes.
Homework - Read Topic 5.2, Reading guide

10/18 - Objective - SWAT describe the reasons for and the events of the war of 1812
Warm Up - Describe one reason why Jefferson approved the Louisiana Purchase
Lecture/ Discussion - Topics 5.3
Homework - Read Topic 5.3, Reading guide
 

Week Nine

10/21 - Objective - SWU the relationship between industry in the north and agriculture in the south, and he increasing divisions in the USA
Warm Up - What were two industries that developed first in the USA
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 5.4, 5.5
Homework - Topic 5.4, 5.5,  Reading guide

10/22 -  Objective - SWBAT describe how nationalism affected domestic policy following the War of 1812
Warm Up - Why was slavery so connected to agriculture?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 5.6
Homework -  Read Topic 5.6, Reading guide


10/23 - Objective - SW continue writing research
Activity - Writing research

10/24 - Objective - SWBAT describe the events surrounding the Andrew Jackson administration
Warm Up - Why do we say that the USA became an expansionist nation?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 5.7

10/25 - Fall break, teachers at HSPA


End of 1st Quarter
Second Quarter; Week One


10/28 - Objective - SW review for Topic 5 test
Mr. Marchand not in class
Activity - Senate Monroe Doctrine

10/29 - 
Objective - SWBAT describe the events surrounding the Andrew Jackson administration (complete)
Warm Up - Why do we say that the USA became an expansionist nation?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 5.7
Homework - Topic 5.7, Reading guide


10/30 - Objective - SW develop project
Activity - Writing and developing graphic sources

10/31 - Objective - SW define key vocabulary
Activity - Vocabulary worksheet

11/1 -
Objective - SW Prepare for test
Activity - Kahoots
Activity - Prepare for test


Week Two
11/4 - Open House Day Off
 
11/5
- Objective - SW complete test
Activity - Topic 5 test


11/6 - Objective - SW develop writing compnents
Activity - Writing


11/7 - Objective - SWU the causes and challenges of westward migration
Warm Up - What is one reason for white people moving west?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 6.1
Homework - Read Topic 6.1, Reading guide

11/8 -
Objective - SWBAT describe the causes and outcome of the Mexican War
Warm Up - What is the objective of Manifest Destiny?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 6.2
Homework -  Read Topic 6.2, Reading guide



Week Three

11/11 - Parent Conferences

11/12 - Objective -SWU how the Mexican War led to the fulfillment of Manifest Destiny
Warm Up -  What was one reason why the Mexican War fulfiled Manifest Destiny?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 6.3
Homework -  Read Topic 6.3, Reading guide

11/13 - Objective - Writing for HD

11/14 - Objective - SWBAT describe the results of the Second Great Awakening
Warm Up - What was the first Great Awakening in the 1600's?
Lecture/ Discussion -
Topic 6.4
Homework -  Read Topic 6.4, Reading guide

11/15 -
Objective - SWU the struggles of enslaved people and the increasing efforts for abolition
Warm Up - What was a key difference between the first and second Great Awakenings
Lecture/ Discussion -
Topic 6.5
Homework -  Read Topic 6.5, Reading guide


Week Four
11/18 - Objective - SW  complete HD 13
Activity - HD 13

11/19 - Objective - SWU the struggles of enslaved people and the increasing efforts for abolition
Warm Up - What was a key difference between the first and second Great Awakenings
Lecture/ Discussion -
Topic 6.5
Homework -  Read Topic 6.5, Reading guide


11/20 - Objective -SWBAT describe the development of the women's movement
Warm Up - What were two limits on the rights of women in the period before the Civil War
Lecture/ Discussion -
Topic 6.6
Homework -  Read Topic 6.6 Reading guide

11/21 -
Objective - SW review documents for Topic 6
Activity - Seneca Falls/ Frederick Douglass worksheet

11/22 -
SW review Topic 6
Activity - Kahoot


Week Five

11/25 - Objective - SW complete Topic 6 test
Activity - Topic 6 test

11/26 - Black Panther

11/27 - 12/2 - Thanksgiving

Week Six


12/2 - Objective – SWU why slavery was an increasingly divisive issue in the 1850’s
Warm Up – How did Frederick Douglass speak for free and enslaved African Americans in his speech we examined in Topic 6?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 7.1
Homework - Read Topic 7.1, Reading guide

12/3 - Objective -   SW analyze how deepening sectional distrust affected the nation’s politics
Warm Up - Describe two different solutions for ending slavery proposed by anti-slavery activists
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 7.2
Activity - Lincoln - Douglas Debate
Homework - Read 7.2, Reading guide


12/4 - Wednesday Work
Activity - History Day 14: Citations


12/5 -  Objective - SWU why southern states seceded from the US
Warm Up - Why was the dispute in Kansas called "bleeding"?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 7.3
Activity -  Analyze secession documents
Homework -
Read 7.3, Reading guide   

12/6 - Objective - SWBAT describe the roles of African Americans in the south during the War
Warm Up - How did southern states use slavery to justify secession from the US in 1860?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 7.4
Activity - Emancipation Proclamation
Homework - Read 7.4, Reading guide


Week Seven

12/9 - Objective - SWU the complex structure of African American society in the south before and during the CIvil War
Activity - Savannah meeting document
Homework  - Writing assignment on Savannah

12/10  - 
Objective - SWBAT describe changes in the north and south during the war
Warm Up - Who were the primary leaders in the African American community under slavery?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 7.5, 7.6
Activity - Mr. Marchand reads the Gettysburg Address
Homework - Read 7.5, 7.6, Reading guide

12/11 -
SWBAT develop citations
Activity - Citations

12/12 - Objective - SWBAT describe the end of the war and the impact on the north and south
Warm Up - Why was the Battle of  Gettysburg considered the most important of the Civil War
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 7.7
Activity - Analyze the surrender documents
Homework - Read Topic 7.7, Reading guide

12/13 - Objective - SW review for the Topic 7 test
Activity - Kahouts
Homework - Prepare for Topic 7 test


Week Eight


12/16 - Mr. Marchand absent
Objective - SW review documents and vocabulary for Topic 7 test
Activity - Vocabulary worksheet
Homework - Document writing assignment


12/17 - SW complete Topic 7 test
Activity - Topic 7 test
Homework - Complete any assignments


12/18 - Objective – SWBAT compare the competing Reconstruction plans
Warm Up – What was the condition of the southern cities such as Atlanta following the war?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 8.1
Homework - Read Topic 8.1, Reading guide

12/19 - Objective – SWBAT the differences between Johnson’s and congressional Republican’s Reconstruction
Warm Up – How did Johnson’s plan treat former Confederate soldiers?

Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 8.2, 8.3

Homework – Read Topic 8.2, 8.3, Reading guide 

12/ 21 to 1/5/2025 Christmas Break

Week Nine

1/6 - Objective - Prepare for Topic 8 quiz
Activity - Kahoutz

1/7 - Objective - Topic 8 quiz
Activity - Complete Topic 8 Quiz

1/8 - Objective - Exam review

1/9 - Objective - Exam review

Exam Week

Monday 7:45 - Period A Exam

Wednesday 9:45 - Period G Exam
 
Second Semester    -    Third Quarter

Week One

1/ 20 -
Martin Luther King Holiday

1/21 - Objective – SWBAT explain how new inventions, scientific discoveries, and technological inventions improved the life of Americans
Warm Up – Who were Thomas Edison and George Washington Carver?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 9.1
Homework – Read 9.1, Pg. 386, Reading guide


1/22 - Pallotti Serves
Special schedule

1/
23 - Objective – SWBAT describe the debate between the rights of workers and the development of big business after the Civil War
Warm Up – What did the Bessemer Process do to the production of steel?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 9.2
Homework – Read 9.2 Reading guide

1/24 - Objective – SWU the causes and affects on laborers in the period following the Civil War
Warm Up – What is a labor union?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 9.2; 9.3
Homework – Read 9.2; 9.3, Reading guide


Week Two



1/27  - Objective – SWU the challenges and contributions in the experiences of immigrants in the period following the Civil War
Warm Up – What is socialism and why did industrialists oppose it?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 9.4
Communism/ Socialism comparison worksheet
Homework – Read 9.4, Reading guide

1/28 - Objective – SWBAT describe the problems caused by urban growth and some of the solutions to these problems
Warm Up – When people “went to the bathroom” in 1880, what was a challenge to public health?
Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 9.5
Homework – Read 9.5 Reading guide

1/29 - SW Complete History Day Project
Activity - History Day

1/30 - Objective – SWU how technology, new types of stores, and marketing changed American’s standard of living
Warm Up - What was meant by the phrase “Gilded Age”?

Lecture/ Discussion – Topic 9.6
Homework – Read  9.6, Reading guide

1/31 - Objective - SW complete vocabulary worksheets
Activity - Vocabulary worksheets

Week Three

2/3 - Objective - SW review for test
Activity - Kahoot
Homework - Prepare for test

2/4 - Topic 9 Test
Activity - Topic 9 Test
Activity - History Day update for 1/31

2/5 - Objective - SW complete HD projects

2/6 -
Objective - SWBAT conflicts between Native Americans and settlers in the west
Warm Up - What is the west in 1880?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 10.1
Homework - Read Topic 10.1, Reading guide

2/7 - Objective - SWBAT describe corruption in the 1870's and 1880's
Warm Up - Who were the Exodusters?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 10.2
Homework -
Read Topic 10.2, Reading guide
Week Four


2/10 -  Objective - SWBAT describe corruption in the 1870's and 1880's
Warm Up - Who were the Exodusters?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 10.3
Homework -
Read Topic 10.3, Reading guide

2/11 - Objective - SWBAT describe challenges and successes of farmers in the late 1800's
Warm Up - How did William Jennings Bryan speak for farmers
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 10.4
Homework -
Read Topic 10.4, Reading guide

2/12 - 
Snow Day

2/13 - Mr. Marchand at NAIMUN Model UN Conference
Objective SW review for test
Activity - Document worksheet


2/14 -Mr. Marchand at NAIMUN Model UN Conference
Objective - SW review for Topic 10 quiz
Activity -  Personal History writing

Week Five

 
2/17 - President's Day

2/18 - Objective - Topic 10 review
Activity - Kahoot

2/19 -
Objective - Complete Topic 10 quiz
Activity - Topic 10 quiz
  

2/20 - Objective - SW complete History Day projects
Activity - History Day

 
2/21 - SWBAT the devlopments of the progressive movement
Warm Up -  What was one goal of the populists?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 11.1, 11.2
Homework - Read Topic 11.1, 11.2, Reading guide

Week Six

2/24 - Objective - SWBAT describe the civil rights movements of the early 20th Century
Warm Up - Why was the women's suffrage movement related to the temperance movement?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 11.3
Homework -
Read Topic 11.3, Reading guide

2/25 
- Objective - SW complete worksheet
Mr. Marchand on jury duty
Activity - Worksheet


2/26 -  Objective - SWU the role of Theodore Roosevelt in the reforms of the early 20th Century
Warm Up -  Why did the NAACP use the courts to advance the rights of African Americans?
Lecture/ Discussion -
Topic 11.4
Homework - Read Topic 11.4, Reading guide

2/27 -
Objective - SWU the role of Theodore Roosevelt in the reforms of the early 20th Century
Activity - Electoral maps
Activity - Crash Course in US History


2/28 - bjective - SWBAT describe the transformation of the US into a world power
Warm Up -  How did Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle lead to the formation of the Meat Inspection Act?
Lecture/ Discussion -
Topic 11.5
Homework - Read Topic 11.5, Reading guide

Week Seven


3/3
  - Objective - SWU the reasons for and the results of the Spanish American War
Warm Up - Define Social Darwinism
Lecture/ Discussion -
Topic 11.6
Homework - Read Topic 11.6, Reading guide

3/4 - Objective - SWBAT describe the  relationships of the US and the world in the period 1900 to 1916
Warm Up - What was one benefit and one argunebt against the Treaty ending the Spanish American War?
Lecture/ Discussion -
Topic 11.7
Homework - Read Topic 11.7, Reading guide

3/5 - Objective SW complete History Day project
Activity - History Day project

3/6 - Objectve - SW compare viewpoints of Washington and DuBois
Activity  - Worksheet
Homowork -  Complete worksheet


3/7  - Objective - SW prepare for Topic 11 test
Activity - Kahoot
Activity - Complete work, prepare for Topic 11 test
Week Eight

3/10 -  Objective - Topic 11 test
Activity - Topic 11 test


3/11  - Objective - SWBAT describe the causes and technological advances made by WW I
Warm Up - Did the US enter World War I when it began?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 12. 1
Homework - Read Topic 12.1, Reading guide


3/12 - Objective - SW complete History Day
Activity - HD 15 - complete

3/13
-  Objective - SWU how people in the US were mobilized for the war
Warm Up - What was the Zimmerman note?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 12.2
Homework -  Read Topic 12.2, Reading guide

3/14 - Objective - SWBAT describe the issues faced by the victors in WW I
Warm Up - Define sedition and explain why it was an issue during WW I
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 12.3
Homework -  Read Topic 12.3, Reading guide


Week Nine

3/17 -  Objective - SWU the issues involved in the prosperity during the 1920's
Warm Up -  Why did isolationists oppose the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations?
Lecture/ Discussion -Topic 12.4
Homework -  Read Topic 12.4, Reading guide


3/18 - Objective - SWBAT describe the prosperity of the Harding and Coolidge administrations
Warm Up - How were farmers and African Americans affected by the economy of the 1920's?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 12.5, 12.6
Homework -  Read Topic 12.5, 12.6, Reading guide


3/19 -
Objective - SWBAT describe the new leisure activities available to Americans in the 1920's
Warm Up -  How did the Scopes trial reflect cultural differences between urban and rural areas?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 12.7
Homework - Read Topic 12.7, Reading guide

3/20  - Objective - SWBAT describe cultural changes for African Americans in the 1920's
Warm Up - Locate Harlem and identify Marcus Garvey
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 12.8
Homework -  Read Topic 12.8, Reading guide

3/21 - SWU the growing influence of African American music
Activity - Music videos
Activity - Vocabulary worksheet

 
3/22 - 3/30 - Spring Break 

Second Semester    -    Fourth Quarter

Week One

3/31 - Objective - Kahoot
Activity - Kahoot


4/1 - Objective - Topic 12 test
Activity - Topic 12


4/2 -
Objective - SWBAT describe the reasons for the Great Depression
Warm Up - Were people living on farms, African Americans, and Mexican Americans part of the economy of the 1920's
Lecture/ Discussion -  Topic 13.1
Homework - Read Topic 13.1, Reading guide


4/3 - Objective - SWBAT describe the effects of the Depression on both urban and rural Americans
Warm Up - What happened to the stock market on "Black Tuesday"?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 13.2
Homework - Read Topic 13.2, Reading guide


4/4 - Objective - SWU Hoover's answers for the Depression and his public support for his policies
Warm Up - What was the Dust Bowl and how did it make the Depression worse?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 13.3, 13.4
Homework
- Read Topic 13.3, 13.4 Reading guide  -

Week Two

4/7- Objective - SWU how the New Deal aided women and minorities
Warm Up - Why did the Supreme Court rule many of the New Deal programs unconstitutional?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 13.5
Homework
- Read Topic 13.5, Reading guide

4/8 
- Objective - SWU how the new technologies of movies and radio influenced American culture
Warm Up - What was meant by Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet"?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 13.6
Homework
- Read Topic 13.6, Reading guide

4/9 - Objective - SW complete History Day
Activity - History Day

4/10 - Objective - SW review Topic 13
Activity - Dust Bowl documents
Activity - Worksheet
Homework - Review vocabulary

4/11 - Objective - SW review Topic 13
Activity - Topic 13 Kahootz
Homework - Study for test
Week Three

4/14 - Objective - SW complete Topic 13 Test
Activity - Topic 13 Test

4/15 - Objective - SWBAT explain the rise of dicatorships in Europe and Asia, and Europe's response
Warm Up - What was the worldwide econoimic state in 1931?
Lecture/ Discussion -
Topic 14.1    
Homework - Read Topic 14.1, Reading guide

STOP HERE


Week Four



Week Five

4/22 - Objective - SWU the relationship between dictators in 1930's
Activity - Dictators worksheet

4/23 -
Objective - SWU Roosevelt's support for Britain and the opposition by isolationists
Warm Up - Describe one way Hitler and Mussolini became aggressive in the 1930's
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 14.2
Homework
- Read Topic 14.2, Reading guide

4/24 - SWBAT describe how the US mobilized following the attack on Pearl Harbor
Warm Up - What kept the US from fully supporting the Allies through 1941?
Lecture/ Discussion- Topic 14.3
Homework -
Read Topic 14.3, Reading guide

4/25 - 
Objective - SWBAT describe the Allied strategy in Europe and Asia
Warm Up - Was the US winning the war in the beginning? Give an example why or why not?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 14.4
Homework -
Read Topic 14.4, Reading guide

4/26 -  Objective - SWU the effect on people at home during the war
Warm Up - What was the result of the Battle of Midway?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 14.5
Homework -
Read Topic 14.5, Reading guide

Week Six

4/29 -
ACCIDENTAL DUPLICATE Objective - SWU the effect on people at home during the war
Warm Up - What was the result of the Battle of Midway?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 14.5
Homework -
Read Topic 14.5, Reading guide

4/30 -  Objective - SWU how the Allies achieved peace in Europe and the Pacific
Warm Up - Describe one way the war affected African Americans
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 14.6
Homework -
Read Topic 14.6, Reading guide

5/1 - Objective -SWU Hitler's goal in the "final solution"
Warm Up - Why did the Germans attack the Allies at Christmas 1944?
Lecture/ Discussion - Topic 14.7

Homework - Read Topic 14.7, Reading guide

5/2 -
Objective - SWU the impact of WWII on the postwar US
Warm Up - What was the long term plan of Hitler as far as "depopulation"?
Lecture/ Discussion -  Topic 14.8
Homework -
Read Topic 14.8, Reading guide

5/3 
- Objective - SW review Topic 14
Assignment - Vocabulary

Week Seven

5/6 - Objective - SW review Topic 14
Assignment - Review videos

5/7 - Objective - SW review Topic 14
Activity - Kahoots

5/8 - Objective - SW complete test
Activity - Topic 14 Test

5/9 - Objective -
SWBAT describe the reasons why the alliance between the USA and the USSR unraveled
Warm Up - Who were the leaders of the USA and the USSR at the end of World War II?
Lecture/Discussion - Topic 15.1
Homework - Read Topic 15.1, Reading guide

5/10 - No School


Week Eight

5/13 - Objective - SWU the causes of the Korean War
Warm Up - Why was there a communist government in the northern part of the Korean peninsula after World War II?
Lecture/Discussion - Topic 15.2
Homework - Read Topic 15.2, Reading guide


5/14 - Objective - SWBAT describe the effects on the US of the arms race and other Cold War conflicts
Warm Up - Was the Korean War ever resolved? Why or why not?
Lecture/Discussion - Topic 15.3
Homework -  Read Topic 15.3, Reading guide

5/15 - Objective -   SWU the effects of the integration struggle and the development of suburbs on life in the 1950’s
Warm Up - Why was McCarthy able to gain public support?
Lecture/Discussion -Topic 15.6
Homework - Read Topic 15.6, Reading guide

5/16 - Objective - SW examine mass media in the 1950's
Activity - TV in the 1950's
Activity - Music in the 1950's

5/17 - Objective - SW prepare for Topic 15 test
Activity - Writing assignment, DocTeach?


Week Nine

5/20 - Objective - SW prepare for Topic 15 test
Activity - Writing assignment

5/21 - Objective - SW prepare for Topic 15 test
Activity - Kahoot

5/22 - Graduation

5/23 - Objective - SW complete Topic 15 test
Activity - Topic 15 test

5/24 - Objective - SW prepare for exam
Activity - 
Exam study guide

Week Ten

5/27 - Memorial Day

5/28  -
Objective - Exam review
Activity - Exam review
Homework  - Study Study Study

5/29 -
Objective - Exam review
Activity - Exam review
Homework  - Study Study Study

5/31 - D Period Exam
9:45 to 11:20

End of School Year


Updated 3/27/2025

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