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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
~ Aristotle

Week of 3/3/2014
Day 1
     The Scopes Trial: The Battle for America's Soul
Day 2
     Political, Economic, Cultural, and Ideological Changes in the 1920s
     Ideas in conflict in the 1920s
     Introduce: The Red Scare and the Great Migration
Day 3
     Small group work: Create statement that relate concepts of The Great      Migration and the Red Scare to the changes of the 1920s and to              conflicting ideas of the 1920s.
     "Crash Course in History: The 1920s" short video clip
Day 4
     Late start schedule and shortened class periods.
     Prohibition: Discuss Unintended Consequences 





Week of 2/24/2014

Day 1
      Notes for end of WWI or review day
Day 2
     Test for WWI

Day 3
      192os Intro Assignment
Day 4
      1920s Intro Assignment (Due Thursday. March 6th)
Day 5
     I.S.
Crash Course in History 1920s video clip
1920s Tensions PowerPoint
Week of 2/17/2014
     Propaganda assignment due Friday, 2/22/2014
Day 1
     No School President's Day
Day 2
     Influenza Epidemic of 1918
     DVD excerpt, questions, discussion
Day 3
     Discuss: The end of WWI,  Wilson's 
     Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles
Day 4
     WWI test
Day 5
     either finish propaganda assignment (day1) or IS another day.

      
     
Influenza Epidemic Questions
WWI Propaganda Analysis
Propaganda techniques information
1920s Assignment
Week of 2/10/2014 
US Enters the War assignment due on Friday 2/14/2014                   
Day 1
     WWI trench warfare notes or "the Christmas Truce
Day 2
     The US enters the war - notes and discuss assignment
Day 3
     Guest Speaker - Mike Bellos
Day 4
     WWI Propaganda analysis
     Analyze techniques, propaganda, and create propaganda
Day 5
     Day 2 of Propaganda assignment

Week of 2/3/2013
Day 1
     Causes of WWI -discussion and PowerPoint lecture
Day 2
     Trench Warfare on the Western Front 
     hazards of trench warfare
    presentations of Progressives 
Day 3
     WWI Internet Assignment
Day 4
     PLAN results and registration materials
Day 5
     IS, work on Internet assignment or The Christmas 
     Truce



WWI Internet Assignment
Week of 1/27/14
Day 1
    Discuss Iron Jawed Angels Excerpt
    Review for Progressives Test
Day 2
    Progressives Test
Day 3
    
Causes of WWI - discussion and PowerPoint lecture
Day 4
    The Western front and trench warfare discussion and lecture /IS
    it is an IS day
Day 5
   Staples Career Exploration
    10th graders to CLC Staples Campus for Career Exploration         sessions
   

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Week of 1/20/2014
Day 1
MLK Day -teacher inservice
Day 2
    Progressive Research and PowerPoint- last day in computer lab             (due Friday, January, 25)
Day 3
    Suffrage for women: Background, reformers, and reasons for         opposition.
    Path to the Nineteenth amendment
Day 4
    Excerpt from Iron Jawed Angels
Day 5

    IS
Progressive Research Assignment
Week of 1/13/2014
Day 1
    The Jungle reading and questions
Day 2
    The Jungle roundtable discussion
    What was the unintended impact?
    How did the popularity of The Jungle change the expectations of Americans?

Day 3
    Progressive issues: Research PowerPoint
Day 4
    Progressive issues: Research PowerPoint
Day 5
    I.S. or Triangle Shirtwaist or Muckraker PowerPoint notes.
Week of 1/6/2014
Day 1
    Cold Weather Day
Day 2
    Sign up for Staples Career Exploration
    Return Industrialization Test
Day 3
    Review Industrialization and Immigration in the early 20th century
    List of contemporary societal issues
Day 4
    The progressive movement
    Goals of the Progressives
    who were the Progressives?
    Muckrakers....definition and key muckraking journalists
Day 5
    "Triangle: Remembering the Fire"
Week of 11/4/13
Day 1
    Registration for PLAN Exam
Day 2
    Taking Chance
Day 3
      I.S. or Reconstruction Notes
Day 4
    PLAN Exam
Week of 10/28/2013
Day 1
    Finish Pictoword Projects
Day 2
    Duluth Career Fair
Day 3
    Introduction to Reconstruction PowerPoint
        Review Causes, Slavery Compromises, Election of 1860
Day 4
    Reconstruction PowerPoint
        Lincoln's Plan vs. Johnson's Plan vs. Radical Republican
        Agenda
Day 5
    Reconstruction PowerPoint Discussion
        Southern Resistance
        Film excerpt: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
   
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Week of Sept. 23rd
Day 1
    Salem Internet Assignment
Day 2
    Salem Internet Assignment
Day 3
     In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials DVD and questions
Day 4
    Discussion questions: Salem
Day 5
    Review or I.S.
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Schedule for Week of Sept. 16th, 2013
Day 1
     Inside 9/11 discussion
Day 2
    Finish Bill of Rights Analysis Assignment
Day 3
    Early colonial America assignment
    reading: settlements of Jamestown vs. New England
Day 4
    Comparison, Venn diagram and discussion of early colonies
    "Life and Death in Virginia" reading
Day 5  I.S. or Salem assignment

Schedule for Week of Sept. 9, 2013

Day 1
    Critical Thinking Discussion and PowerPoint
Day 2
    Using analysis, interpretation, and evaluation to study the Bill of
    Rights.
Day 3
    September 11th Discussion and PowerPoint
Day 4
    Inside 9/11: Zero Hour (DVD)
    Discussion and followup questions
Day 5
    Early colonial America settlement motivation and values.
   
Sept. 11th PowerPoint
Method of Historical Inquiry PPt

Schedule for Week of September 3

Tues.
    PBIS, Getting to Know You Assignment
Wed.
    Syllabus
    Assign books and numbers for Ipads, cell phone storage.
Thurs.
    Prequiz - complete and correct
Fri.
    Why Study History?
    What Can it do for me?
    21st Century Skills
Getting to Know You Assignment
Syllabus



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