U.S. History: Assignments

2009-12-24T02:37:00.000-08:00

FINAL EXAM

2009-12-18T06:00:00.000-08:00

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

10.1: War Breaks Out in Europe

2009-12-15T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
Download CHAPTER 10.1: War Breaks Out in Europe
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

2009-12-14T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
Download CHAPTER 9.3: U.S. Involvement Overseas
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

2009-12-11T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
Download CHAPTER 9.2: The Spanish American War
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

2009-12-10T00:00:00.000-08:00

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

Supplemental Videos:

Alaska

Hawaii

Women Win New Rights

2009-12-09T00:00:00.000-08:00

Check your grades and make sure everything is correct
Download CHAPTER 8.3: Women Win New Rights
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.

Taft and Wilson as Progressives

2009-12-08T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
Download CHAPTER 8.2: Taft and Wilson as Progressives
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

2009-12-07T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
Download Chapter 8.1: Roosevelt and Progressivism
Answer Questions

2009-12-04T10:44:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Chapter 7 Assessment

2009-12-04T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
Download Chapter 7 Assessment
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

2009-12-03T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Download Lesson 7.4: Society and Mass Culture
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Segregation and Discrimination

2009-12-02T06:00:00.000-08:00

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

The New Immigrants

2009-12-01T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
Download Lesson 7.2: The New Immigrants
Answer Questions

Volunteers to pass back graded papers?

Cities Grow and Change

2009-11-30T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Class Discussion
Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
Download Lesson 7.1: Cities Grow and Change
Answer Questions

Begin Chapter 7: Changes in American Life

2009-11-19T08:38:00.000-08:00

SSR: Please Read
Complete Chapter 6 Review
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.

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?

If you finish your story, complete any missing assignments.

Chapter 6 Review

2009-11-18T09:44:00.001-08:00

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

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

Workers Organize

2009-11-17T06:00:00.000-08:00

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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

2009-11-16T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Check your grades and make sure everything is correct.
Download Lesson 6.3: The Rise of Big Business
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Railroads Transform the Nation

2009-11-13T06:00:00.000-08:00

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

The Pioneer Experience

2009-11-12T06:00:00.000-08:00

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

Veteran's Day

2009-11-11T20:43:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-10T04:44:00.000-08:00

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

Farming and Populism

2009-11-09T08:48:00.000-08:00

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

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

Pioneer Life

2009-11-06T06:00:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-05T06:00:00.000-08:00

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.

SSR
Return & Discuss Chapter 3 & 4 Tests
Complete Movie Questions as you watch the movie
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

2009-11-04T08:42:00.000-08:00

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?

Ukiah Daily Journal: http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/
Press Democrat: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/
Willits News: http://www.willitsnews.com/
Lake County News: http://www.lakeconews.com/
Lake County Record Bee: http://www.record-bee.com/
Ukiah Valley Television: http://www.ukiahvalley.tv/
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

2009-11-03T06:00:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-02T06:00:00.000-08:00

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

Class Handouts

2009-10-30T20:25:00.000-07:00

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

Catch-Up Day: Chapter 4 & 5

2009-10-30T09:03:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-29T06:00:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-28T09:29:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-27T09:57:00.000-07:00

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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

2009-10-26T09:07:00.000-07:00

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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

2009-10-23T09:42:00.001-07:00

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.

SSR
Copy Vocabulary and paste into Microsoft Word
Use your text to find the definition

Vocabulary to Know:

Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears
Cotton Gin
Frederick Douglas
Abolition
Seneca Falls Convention
Industrial Revolution
Manifest Destiny
War with Mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
California Gold Rush
Louisiana Purchase
Monroe Doctrine
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Abraham Lincoln
Secede
Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Fort Sumter
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Gettysburg
Thirteenth Amendment
Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
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

2009-10-22T10:12:00.000-07:00

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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

2009-10-20T09:25:00.000-07:00

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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

2009-10-19T09:11:00.000-07:00

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

Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Outline Questions

2009-10-16T11:37:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-15T13:55:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-14T09:12:00.000-07:00

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

The Trail of Tears
The Cotton Gin
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.

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!

Complete Chapter 3.1

2009-10-13T09:24:00.000-07:00

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Complete Chapter 3.1 (from Friday)
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

2009-10-09T19:45:00.000-07:00

Turn to pages 110-111 in the textbook & discuss the images
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
Complete the Chapter 3.1 Outline as we read the text together

Constitution Test

2009-10-08T10:04:00.000-07:00

Today is finally the day we finish The Constitution!

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

Make Up Yesterday's Work

2009-10-07T10:02:00.000-07:00

Complete assignments from yesterday

...which the substitute teacher could not find.

Study for tomorrow's Constitution Exam!

Sub Today: Plans for the Day

2009-10-06T00:30:00.000-07:00

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

First, we are doing SSR (Silent Sustained Reading).
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.
Please turn in your Constitution Test Study Worksheets. If you don't turn in your Study Worksheets, your test won't count.
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

2009-09-30T09:18:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-29T10:02:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-28T15:34:00.000-07:00

Monday 9/28:

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