FINAL EXAM

1. Clear your desks of all papers, books, and electronic devices
2. There is no talking, texting, or passing notes during the test
3. Begin working on your Final Exam
4. When you are finished, turn in the exam and answer sheet
5. Have a great Winter Break! :)

10.1: War Breaks Out in Europe

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download CHAPTER 10.1: War Breaks Out in Europe
4. Answer Questions

Important: I am only accepting chapter 8 and 9 this week. Our final is this Friday. If you want credit for any of chapter 8 or 9, your work must be turned in by FRIDAY.

U.S. Involvement Overseas

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download CHAPTER 9.3: U.S. Involvement Overseas
4. Answer Questions

Important: I am only accepting chapter 8 and 9 this week. Our final is this Friday. If you want credit for any of chapter 8 or 9, your work must be turned in by FRIDAY.

The Spanish American War

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download CHAPTER 9.2: The Spanish American War
4. Answer Questions

Important: I am only accepting chapter 7, 8 and 9 this week. Next week we finish chapter 9 and have finals, so I will only be accepting chapters 8 and 9. If you want credit for any of chapter 7, it must be turned in by this week.

The United States Continues to Expand

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download CHAPTER 9.1: The United States Continues to Expand
4. Answer Questions

Supplemental Videos:

Alaska

Hawaii

Important: I am only accepting chapter 7, 8 and 9 this week. Next week we finish chapter 9 and have finals, so I will only be accepting chapters 8 and 9. If you want credit for any of chapter 7, it must be turned in by this week.

Women Win New Rights

1. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct
2. Download CHAPTER 8.3: Women Win New Rights
3. Answer Questions

Supplemental Video:
Women were fighting for equal rights [the right to vote] back in 1876. Women were arrested for voting. This video showcases some of these women and the struggle they were enduring.

Important: I am only accepting chapter 7, 8 and 9 this week. Next week we finish chapter 9 and have finals, so I will only be accepting chapters 8 and 9. If you want credit for any of chapter 7, it must be turned in by this week.

Taft and Wilson as Progressives

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download CHAPTER 8.2: Taft and Wilson as Progressives
4. Answer Questions

Important: I am only accepting chapter 7 and 8 this week. Next week we begin chapter 9 and have finals, so I will only be accepting chapters 8 and 9. If you want credit for any of chapter 7, it must be turned in by this week.

Roosevelt and Progressivism

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download Chapter 8.1: Roosevelt and Progressivism
4. Answer Questions

Important: I am only accepting chapter 7, 8 and 9 this week. Next week we finish chapter 9 and have finals, so I will only be accepting chapters 8 and 9. If you want credit for any of chapter 7, it must be turned in by this week.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Chapter 7 Assessment

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download Chapter 7 Assessment
4. Answer Questions

Important: I am only accepting chapter 6 and 7 this week. Next week we begin chapter 8, so I will only be accepting chapters 7 and 8. If you want credit for any of chapter 6, it must be turned in by this week.

Society and Mass Culture

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download Lesson 7.4: Society and Mass Culture
4. Answer Questions

Important: I am only accepting chapter 6 and 7 this week. Next week we begin chapter 8, so I will only be accepting chapters 7 and 8. If you want credit for any of chapter 6, it must be turned in by this week.

Segregation and Discrimination

1. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
2. Download Lesson 7.3: Segregation and Discrimination
3. Answer Questions

Important: I am only accepting chapter 6 and 7 this week. Next week we begin chapter 8, so I will only be accepting chapters 7 and 8. If you want credit for any of chapter 6, it must be turned in by this week.

The New Immigrants

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download Lesson 7.2: The New Immigrants
4. Answer Questions

Volunteers to pass back graded papers?

Cities Grow and Change

1. SSR
2. Class Discussion
3. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
4. Download Lesson 7.1: Cities Grow and Change
5. Answer Questions

Begin Chapter 7: Changes in American Life

1. SSR: Please Read
2. Complete Chapter 6 Review
3. Write a one-page story as if you were this person:
• It is 1900 and you have decided to leave your native country to come to the United States.
• After a long and difficult voyage you arrive in the United States.
• Now you need to find a new home and a job.
• You have to create a life for yourself.
4. Your story should include the following:
• Who are you? (Name, age, etc.)
• Where did you come from?
• What caused you to leave your native country?
• What problems did you face on your voyage?
• What do you hope to find in the United States?
• Where did you land/arrive?
• What kinds of jobs might be available where you "landed"?
• When looking for a place to live, what is important to you?
5. If you finish your story, complete any missing assignments.

Chapter 6 Review

Use your textbooks (page 202-203) to answer the following questions:

1. Review Questions (1, 2, 4, 5)
2. Critical Thinking (3, 5, 6)
3. History Skills (1a, 1c, 1d)

Workers Organize

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Answer Questions

Finally, look back at yesterday's discussion and assignment (6.3) on The Rise of Big Business. How would you compare John D. Rockefeller with someone like Bill Gates? Create a Venn Diagram to compare & contrast them.

Still stuck? See if this video can help you fill in the blanks:

The Rise of Big Business

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download Lesson 6.3: The Rise of Big Business
4. Answer Questions

Railroads Transform the Nation

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download Lesson 6.2: Railroads Transform the Nation
4. Answer Questions

The Pioneer Experience

1. SSR
2. Movie Clips: Pioneers getting settled
   Keep monitors off and sideways.
3. Class Discussion: Pioneer Life
4. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
5. Answer Questions

Veteran's Day

Although we don't have school today, I wanted to take a moment to thank our servicemen and women, veteran's, and their families.

All gave some... but some gave all.

Thank you for serving.

The Growth of Industry

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Discuss "Supply and Demand" from Lesson 5.4
4. Discuss "Cause and Effect" from Lesson 6.1 (today)
5. Download Lesson 6.1: The Growth of Industry
6. Answer Questions

Farming and Populism

I am out sick today, but I am sure that everybody will treat my substitute with respect.

1. SSR
2. Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
3. Download Lesson 5.4 Questions
   Complete questions

Pioneer Life

Today we will be watching some clips from the original "Little House on the Prairie" pilot to illustrate what it was like for the pioneers starting out and what life was like on the trail.

We will also watch a brief movie called, "Dreams of Flying" (aka "Suenos de Volar") -- a movie about teenagers wanting to attend college and the fear and apprehension the family goes through.

If everyone can focus on the movie, I will not require movie notes.

Fact vs. Fiction: History of the Old West

As we have been discussing, what we know about history is largely determined by who wrote the history -- which is determined by who was in control when the history was written. This documentary (about 25 minutes) compares fact and fiction and explains where some of the myths of the Old West come from.

1. SSR
2. Return & Discuss Chapter 3 & 4 Tests
3. Complete Movie Questions as you watch the movie
4. Answer "Think About It" questions when movie is over

Note: Grades are now updated. Thank you for your patience as we have struggled with the computer problems.

Review Local News Sources

Since most 11th graders are out today for the CAHSEE we will be doing a different assignment.

I would like you to go to these different local news sources and compare/contrast them. What do you think of their coverage? Do they seem biased? Are they well-designed?

1. Ukiah Daily Journal: http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/
2. Press Democrat: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/
3. Willits News: http://www.willitsnews.com/
4. Lake County News: http://www.lakeconews.com/
5. Lake County Record Bee: http://www.record-bee.com/
6. Ukiah Valley Television: http://www.ukiahvalley.tv/
7. Anderson Valley Advertiser: http://www.theava.com/

If you know of other good sources of local news, add them to your paper.

CAHSEE Testing / Graphic Editing

Since almost all of our students are taking the CAHSEE this morning, we are going to switch gears a bit and work on graphic editing. We will have some research reports coming up which will require pictures. This tool will help you in editing pictures for your projects.

• Open FotoFlexer (http://www.fotoflexer.com/)


• Modify some pictures

Lesson 5.3

• SSR
• Preview Lesson 5.3
• Download Lesson 5.3 Questions
  (A printable version is also available)
• Complete questions

Class Handouts

Click the lesson below and choose Save, select your student folder, then click Save again.

• 3.1: The Early Republic
• 3.2: Jackson and Reform
• 3.3: Manifest Destiny
• 4.1: Nation Breaking Apart
• 4.2: The Civil War
• 4.3: Reconstruction

Catch-Up Day: Chapter 4 & 5

• SSR
  Use it wisely or I will use the time
• Check Grades
  Let me know if there are any problems
  Note: Test grades are not yet entered
• Make-Up Test?
  If you need to make the test up, do it today
• Get caught up!
  You will get points for being on-task / working

Remember: I am only accepting late work that has not been marked as a zero (0). Currently that includes chapter 4 and 5 work. Next week I will only be accepting chapter 5.

Native American's Fight to Survive

• SSR
• Make-Up Test
• Preview Chapter 5.2
• Chapter 5.2 Questions
• Video: Trail to Riches (26 Minutes)
  (Watch Video -- link may not work)
  1.) What was life in California like before the Gold Rush?
  2.) Describe "Gold Fever" - the mass migration to California
  3.) Discuss how the Gold Rush affected Native Americans

Miners, Ranchers, and Cowhands

• No SSR Today
• Check Grades
  Let me know if there are any problems
• Make-Up Test
• Preview Chapter 5.1
• Chapter 5.1 Questions
  - From Google Docs

America Transformed

• SSR
• Preview Unit 2: America Transformed
  (1860-1914)
• Discuss Ellis Island / Statue of Liberty
• Watch video (4 min.) of Ellis Island
  Write one paragraph about Ellis Island
• Watch video (4 min.) of Angel Island
  Write one paragraph about Angel Island
• Write one paragraph comparing/contrasting
  Ellis Island with Angel Island
• Finish worksheets from yesterday

Note: Videos can be found on History.com.

The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Chapter 3 & 4 Test

• SSR
• Clear Desk Area
• Chapter 3 & 4 Test
  26 Questions (A-Z)
• Chapter 3 & 4 Questions
  Begin in class and finish for homework

Chapter 3 & 4 Review

We are holding off on the Chapter 3 & 4 Test until Monday when more students can be here. We will use today for a much-needed review of the material.

1. SSR
2. Copy Vocabulary and paste into Microsoft Word
3. Use your text to find the definition

Vocabulary to Know:

1. Indian Removal Act
2. Trail of Tears
3. Cotton Gin
4. Frederick Douglas
5. Abolition
6. Seneca Falls Convention
7. Industrial Revolution
8. Manifest Destiny
9. War with Mexico
10. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
11. California Gold Rush
12. Louisiana Purchase
13. Monroe Doctrine
14. Marbury v. Madison
15. Dred Scott v. Sandford
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Secede
18. Confederate States of America
19. Jefferson Davis
20. Fort Sumter
21. Robert E. Lee
22. Ulysses S. Grant
23. Emancipation Proclamation
24. Battle of Gettysburg
25. Thirteenth Amendment
26. Reconstruction
27. Andrew Johnson
28. Fourteenth Amendment
29. Fifteenth Amendment
30. Ku Klux Klan

• You can work on the Crossword Puzzle
  to help remember the terms.

REMEMBER: Test on Chapters 3 and 4 on Monday

Lesson 4.3: Reconstruction

• SSR
• Preview Lesson 4.3
• Complete 4.3: Reconstruction Lesson Outline
• Discussion / Review Lesson 4.3
• Chapter 4 Test Monday
  Review Tomorrow

Chapter 4 Lesson 2: The Civil War

• SSR
• Review Chapter 4.1
• Discuss Dred Scott
• Preview Chapter 4.2
• Begin Chapter 4.2 Outline Questions

Here is a video about life in the army for Civil War soldiers. The video was created by Chance Crail -- one of my 8th grade students last year -- as an "alternative assessment".

Chapter 4 Lesson 1 Outline Questions

• SSR
• Movie Clip: The Dred Scott Decision
• Complete the Chapter 4 Lesson 1 Outline Questions

Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Outline Questions

Due to the computers being shut down today, I am passing the 3.3 outline out as a handout. Please complete the handout (attach extra paper as needed) and turn in.

Remember, all assignments are due today to be included in 1st Quarter grades!

Chapter 3 Lesson 2 Outline Questions

• Open Chapter 3.2: Jackson & Reform in Microsoft Word.
• Save this outline to your student account.
• Begin answering the outline questions while reading the chapter. (We will complete this lesson tomorrow)

Remember: This is the last week of the first quarter! All work is due by Friday!

Movie Summaries and Begin Ch. 3.2

• We will be watching 3 movie clips [each around 5 minutes]

1. The Trail of Tears
2. The Cotton Gin
3. The Underground Railroad

• Use Microsoft Word to write one paragraph summarizing each clip.
• Get your text and open to page 118/119.
• Look at the map on page 119. What Southeastern tribes were affected by Jackson's Native American policy?
• Open Chapter 3.2: Jackson & Reform in Microsoft Word.

1. Save this outline to your student account.
2. Begin answering the outline questions while reading the chapter. (We will complete this lesson tomorrow)

Remember: This is the last week of the first quarter! All work is due by Friday!

Complete Chapter 3.1

1. SSR
2. Complete Chapter 3.1 (from Friday)
3. Turn in any missing work (last chance)

This is the last week of the 1st quarter!

Chapter 3.1: The Growth of a Young Nation

1. Turn to pages 110-111 in the textbook & discuss the images
2. Copy the Chapter Outline:
   - Click lesson 3.1 (left)
   - Choose Open
   - Select All (CTRL+A)
   - Copy (CTRL+C)
   - Open Microsoft Word
   - Paste into your new document
   - Save to your Student Folder
3. Complete the Chapter 3.1 Outline as we read the text together

Constitution Test

Today is finally the day we finish The Constitution!

1. SSR
2. Turn in your study guides! No study guide = no points on the test!
3. Clear your desktops and turn monitors sideways.
4. Constitution Exam
5. Complete any missing work

Make Up Yesterday's Work

Complete assignments from yesterday

1. ...which the substitute teacher could not find.

Study for tomorrow's Constitution Exam!

Sub Today: Plans for the Day

We have a few different things we will be doing today:

1. First, we are doing SSR (Silent Sustained Reading).
2. Use Microsoft Word to write 10 brief scenarios (see example below) where someone is exercising their rights or where their rights are being violated -- one for each of the 10 Amendments in the Bill of Rights. Be creative.
3. Please turn in your Constitution Test Study Worksheets. If you don't turn in your Study Worksheets, your test won't count.
4. Take a packet (A New Beginning) from the rolling podium and finish in class -- or do as homework.

Example scenario:

1st Amendment: A group of white Ku Klux Klan members get together in front of the Capitol Building in Sacramento with signs saying things such as "White Power". Meanwhile a group of African-American college students get together across the street from them with signs such as "End Racism". Finally, a group of police officers show up and make one group of protestors break up and go home. (Both groups are exercising their right to assemble but the police might have violated that right by making one group break up.)

Future Fright: Losing the Bill of Rights

Today we will be completing our Bill of Rights assignment (in MS Word) and then watching a 24 minute fictional account of a future where "The Bill of Rights" is suspended. Imagine a world without freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly or freedom to petition? How would it affect you?

After watching the movie, answer the following questions:

• Why were the mother and daughter told to get on the baggage cart?
• Which of the "5 Freedoms" were missing in this new society?
• What other rights were missing in this society?
• Which rights are most important to you?
  Did this program change your view?

Put a title (Losing The Bill of Rights) and a header (name, date, and period) on your paper. Save your document, print it, and turn it in.

The Bill of Rights

Tuesday 9/29:

• Class Text (Page 88)
• Open Microsoft Word
• Title: Bill of Rights
  Summarize Amendments 1-10
  What does each Amendment mean?
  How might each Amendment affect you?

Chapter 2.2

Monday 9/28:

• Read Chapter 2: Lesson 2
• Section 2 Assessment (p.36)
  1. Terms & Names
  3. Main Ideas (a,b,c)