US History Class Materials

Up to Date INB Table of Contents

First Assignment

Unit 1: Themes of History

September

• Reading and Writing Pre-assessment
• Project

Unit 2: Pre-colonial North America

October

• Chapter Reading and Questions
• Guest Speakers
• Oregon Historical Society Traveling Trunk Project
• Pre-Colonial America Webquest Project
• Geography: Mapping North America Part 1
• Quiz
• Notebook Grade

Unit 3: Colonial America

November

• Chapter Reading and Questions
• Note Taking Practice (multiple forms)
• Geography: Mapping North America Part 2
• Role Play: Jamestown
• Role Play: Salem Witch Trials
• Quiz

Unit 4: Declaration of Independence and Revolution

December

• Chapter Reading and Questions
• Ben Franklin Project
• Taking Notes from Historical Films
• Primary Document Analysis: The Declaration of Independence
• Role Play: Revolution
• Quiz

Unit 5: Constitution and The Bill of Rights

January/ February

• Chapter Reading and Questions

Unit 6: Western Expansion

February/ March

• Chapter Reading and Questions

Unit 7: Slavery and the Civil War

April/ May/ June

• Chapter Readings and Questions