*Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

May 23-27

Monday

Video Announcements

Community Service Project due (Final Day)

Final Ellis Island Preparations

HW=Ellis Island Costumes/Passport/Preparations

Tuesday

Video Announcements

Letter to Self Assignment (Optional)

Brown Bag Presentation at Lunch (special treats given out for attendance at Ellis Island Simulation)

Final Ellis Island Preparations

Collect Passports

HW=Final Ellis Island Costume Preparations

Wednesday

Video Announcements

Ellis Island Simulation Day (all class periods meet in MPR)

Attendance will be taken as you get your passports returned

HW=None

Thursday

Video Announcements

Textbook Return to the Library

Ellis Island Reading/Experience Questions

HW=Ellis Island Reflection

 Friday 

Video Announcements

Binder Reminder Review (Last one of the year!)

Final in- class work day before grades are completed

HW=Letter to Self due on Tuesday! Also don’t forget Pizza Party at Lunch on Tuesday! Community Service Certificates will also be handed out on Tuesday!

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

May 16-20

Monday

Video Announcements

Ellis Island History Overview (Push/Pull factors)

Ellis Island Family Power Point: Character Identities

HW=Work on Ellis Island Packet/Costume/Passport

Tuesday

Video Announcements

CAASP Testing Performance Task ELA in Team Testing Rooms

HW=Work on Ellis Island Packet/Costume/Passport

Wednesday

Video Announcements

Day I Library Research for Ellis Island Introduction

-Work on Research Packet

-Passport Photos taken

HW=Work on Ellis Island Packet/Costume/Passport

Thursday

Video Announcements

CAASP Testing Performance Task Math in Team Testing Rooms

HW=Work on Ellis Island Packet/Costume/Passport

 Friday 

Video Announcements

Binder Reminder Review (10pts each week)

Day II Library Research for Ellis Island

Community Service Projects extended to Monday

HW=Be ready to turn in completed Community Service Essay/Log and Work on Ellis Island Packet/Costume/Passport

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

May 9-13

Monday

Video Announcements

Binder Reminder Important Dates update to the end of the year

Ellis Island Parent Volunteer Flyers

Lincoln Speeches: Inauguration, Emancipation, Gettysburg Address, Second Inauguration Day I

HW=

Tuesday

Video Announcements

Lincoln Speeches: Inauguration, Emancipation, Gettysburg Address, Second Inauguration Day II

HW=Complete Summaries/Write Up responses from speeches packet

Wednesday

Video Announcements

Speech Analysis/Summaries Class Share Out

Reconstruction Notes

HW=Who Killed Lincoln Reading/Questions 1-6

Thursday

Video Announcements

Pantomime of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

HW=Lincoln Assassination Written Reflection

 Friday 

Video Announcements

Binder Reminder Review (10pts each week)

Chapter 11 Review Questions

Ellis Island Prep/Seating Chart

HW=Complete Review Questions

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

April 25-29

Reform Movements Quiz this Wednesday! Open Note

Monday

Video Announcements/Field Trip Permission Slips and Payment

Pre-Civil War Vocabulary Triangles Warm Up

Lincoln/Douglass Debates

HW=Underground Railroad/Review Notes for Quiz

Tuesday

Video Announcements/ Field Trip Permission Slips and Payment

Video: American Ride Mr. Lincoln’s War

Abraham Lincoln Read

HW=Think About it Paragraph Response/Review Notes for Quiz

Wednesday

Video Announcements/ Field Trip Permission Slips and Payment

Reform Movements Quiz (Open Note)

Civil War Vocabulary Squares

HW=Complete Vocabulary Squares 1-6

Thursday

Video Announcements/ Field Trip Permission Slips and Payment

Nation Splits in Two Notes

Differences that Lead to War

Leading to War

HW=None

 Friday 

Q4 Progress Reports

Video Announcements/ Field Trip Permission Slips and Payment

Binder Reminder Review (10pts each week)

Video: The Fires of Secession (25 min)

The Call to Arms Reading Guide

HW=Complete Reading Guide

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

April 18-22

Monday

Video Announcements

Final Work Day: Abolitionists Pamphlet

Due at the end of the period

Homework #1 and #2 assigned due Wednesday worth 70 pts.  1. Expanding Opportunities (10), 2. Abolitionists Chart (20), 3. Life as a Slave in the South (10), 4. Harriet Beecher Stowe (10), 5. Glory Regiment Attacks (10), 6. Shaw Memorial (10)

HW=Put Homework packet together

Tuesday

Video Announcements

Abolition Crusade

HW=Complete HW packet to turn in tomorrow

Wednesday

Video Announcements

HW #1 and #2 Collected (70 pts)

From Compromise to Conflict Part I, II and III

HW=None

Thursday

Video Announcements

The Plantation South Read Around the Text Warm Up/Review

Video: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin Illustrated Primary Source Paragraph

HW=Complete Lincoln Douglass Debate Questions

 Friday 

Video Announcements

Binder Reminder Review (10pts each week)

A Dividing Nation

Review and Activities (in the reading guide packet on the last page)

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

Monday

Video Announcements

Welcome Back!

12 Years a Slave Primary Source Warm Up Read/Questions

History of Slavery Class Notes/Discussion

HW=None

Tuesday

Video Announcements

History of Slavery: Life as a Slave

Different Attitudes Toward Slavery

HW=Complete History of Slavery Illustrations/Different Attitude Assignment Completion

Wednesday

Video Announcements

Important Abolitionists Day I Research/Chart

HW=Complete Abolitionist Chart

Thursday

Video Announcements

Abolitionists Day II: Pamphlet Introduction

HW=Work on Abolitionist Pamphlet

 Friday 

Video Announcements

Abolitionists Pamphlet Work Day

Binder Reminder Review (10pts each week)

HW=Work on Abolitionist Pamphlet

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

March 28-April 1

Monday

Video Announcements

Stamp Binder Reminder Q4 Week #1

Wagon Train Winners Announced (pizza party the week of April 11-15 after Spring Break)

Collect Glory Movie Permission Slips

Continue movie: 7 Alone

HW=Extra Credit Movie Summary

Tuesday

Video Announcements

Collect Glory Movie Permission Slips

Chapter 8 Reform: Improving Society

A Call for Women’s Rights

HW=Expanding Opportunities (pg. 604 in the textbook) Questions 1-5

Wednesday

Video Announcements

Collect Glory Movie Permission Slips

Warm Up: 12 Years a Slave Primary Source Reading

Chapter 8 Reform: History of Slavery in America

HW=Complete Life as a Slave in the South Chart

Thursday

Video Announcements

Last day to turn in Glory Movie Permission Slips

Chapter 8 Reform: Different Attitudes Toward Slavery

HW=Complete 1,2 or 3 assignment from Different Attitude Towards Slavery

 Friday 

Video Announcements

Binder Reminder Review (10pts each week)

Movie Day in the MPR: Glory A and B periods  (Click on this link for a trailer preview/review of the movie the students will be watching)

Popcorn and Soda provided during the movie

F, C, D periods: 54^th Regiment and summary review write up of Glory

Video: Shaw Memorial

Extra Credit: Shaw Memorial Activity

HW=Enjoy your Spring Break!

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

March 21-25

Monday

Video Announcements

First Day of Quarter 4 Make this last quarter your best!]

Final Trail Decision #4

End of Game Fate Cards

HW=Chapter 4 Entry/Work on Project and bring materials to finalize project in class tomorrow

Tuesday

Video Announcements

Final Work Day on Project

Dime Novel Projects are due at the end of class

HW=A Rush to the West (we will continue to work on this tomorrow)

Wednesday (Today is a Minimum Day!)

Video Announcements

Winning Wagon Train Teams Announced each period (Pizza party to be announced)

Conestoga Wagon Visit on campus to take a look at a real Wagon

Continue to work on Rush to the West Summary Write

HW=Complete Rush to the West Illustrations

Thursday

Video Announcements

Glory Movie Permission Slips handed out (We will be watching the movie Friday April 1 in the MPR)

California and the Southwest Introduced

Daniel Boone Reading Guide/Questions

HW=Complete California and the Southwest

 Friday 

Video Announcements

Binder Reminder Review (10pts each week)

Video Day I: 7 Alone

HW=None

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

March 14-18

Monday

Video Announcements

Mondays Matter: Student Share outs (2-3 minutes)

A and B periods Westward Expansion Notes/discussion Page 1

C,D,F periods Westward Expansion Notes/discussion Page 2

Trail Decision #2

Mexican Settlements Reading Guide Questions 1-12 (split up in groups)

HW=Complete Mexican Settlements R.G./Chapter 2/Dime Novel Project

Tuesday (Plainsmen Progress Day!)

Video Announcements

Mexican Settlements Review

Trail Fates

Texas Notes

Conflict with Mexico

HW=Complete Conflict with Mexico

Wednesday (Penny Wars at Lunch)

Video Announcements

Trail Decision #3

Fate Cards

Chapter 3 assigned

HW=Work on Dime Novel

Thursday

Video Announcements

Mexican American War Questions

Fate Cards

Geography and History: The Mexican American War

HW=Work on Project

 Friday  (End of Quarter 3)

Video Announcements

Binder Reminder Review (10pts each week)

End of Quarter Grades

Daniel Boone extra credit

Counselor Talks

HW=Work on Project

Class Work/Homework

 *Schedule is subject to change. The Binder Reminder is the most accurate for assignments/homework

March 7-11

Monday

Video Announcements

New Group Seating Chart for Wagons West Game

HW #3 Organized/stapled for turn in tomorrow

Vocabulary Triangles 1-6

Complete in class Trails to the West Map

HW=Complete Vocabulary and/or HW#3 Packet

Tuesday

Video Announcements

Collect HW#3 Packet: Trail of Tears, Video Guide, Mill Workers, Industrialization Vocabulary Triangles, Americans Moves West Reading Guide and Territorial Expansion Map (Packet worth 70 points total with 6 assignments)

Wagons West Game Introduction/Project Overview

Supply List

HW=Diary/Chapter Entry

Wednesday

Video Announcements

Supply List

Trail Decision #1

HW=

Thursday

Video Announcements

Fate Cards

Westward Expansion in the Mid-1800’s class notes

HW=Diary/Chapter Entry

 Friday (Walk to Canyon High A and B periods)

Video Announcements

Binder Reminder Review (10pts each week)

Mexican Settlements Reading Guide

Trail Decision #2

Fate Cards

Work on Trail Map

HW=Diary/Chapter Entry