US History
Mr. Chrisman | Room E-8
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\Welcome to U.S. History 2026-2027
Thanks for checking out the website. I've been maintaining a classroom website for ten years. I update it every day and it's available to anyone with internet access. It's extremely important that you bookmark this website on your bookmarks bar.
If you want to buy classroom supplies, you will need mechanical pencils and a spiral college-ruled (not wide-ruled) notebook that is used exclusively for this class. Any work done in a wide-ruled notebook or a notebook that is shared with other classes will not be given credit. These are available for about 35 cents at Target and I have a bunch in my classroom if you want to buy one for 35 cents. If you take care of this notebook, it will last all year.
Please click on the dates to see the day's slides show. All homework is highlighted on the first slide.
Week 5
Today we reviewed last night's homework and also started talking about some of the Enlightenment Thinkers and completed a few notes on that topic. Make sure your notes are up to date for tomorrow.
You have the option of finishing the Enlightenment Thinkers notes tonight or completing parts of it tonight on your own. There will be time in class to copy this down tomorrow but we'll get started at the beginning of class and I will still stamp it at the end of class tomorrow.
Today we reviewed capitalism and the Protestant Reformation. We tried to do a Peardeck and a Quizlet Blast as well. Homework is to do the Inquiry Journal assignment "Competing For Colonies". Check the due dates (they are different for each class to give everyone the same amount of time). Please get this turned in using McGraw-Hill before the due date. We will start in class. If you have any technical problems, do not give up on the assignment. You can email me before the due date or you can just do it on paper using the workbook you got a few weeks ago.
If you can't access ch. 1 lesson 4 I made a pdf here.
Be sure to press Submit to turn it in
Week 4
Today I stamped yesterday chart on Mercantilism vs. Capitalism and we started talking about the Protestant Reformation focusing on Martin Luther and his 95 Thesis and the major differences between Catholocism and Protestantism. Please finish those notes if you didn't get them done in class. I am in the process of inputing the grades for last night's assignment. I added a lot of scores but I will make another pass at the end of the day once all the deadlines have passed. So if you got your work done today during advisory and are in 6th or 7th period, you can theoretically get a better score once I get a chance to update.
Today we reviewed Mercantilism and Capitalism and completed a chart in class. We also did our first Smartbook 2.0 which is due tomorrow. You should be able to finish in class but if not it's homework. Check to due date and the due times because I have adjusted the due dates so they are due before class starts. This will give everyone an opportunity to work during advisory if they need to.
Today we reviewed our Chapter 1 vocabulary and talked about the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) and what is meant for Spain and Portugal. We also talked about Mercantilism and Capitalism and which one is better and which one is used today. Homework is to study Chapter 1 Vocabulary. Actually log into quizlet and study. If you don't log in and if you haven't changed your name then you will not get credit. Please ask if you have any questions. If you can't get logged in at home, please send a screenshot to david.chrisman@oside.us
Unfortunately the district has blocked Quizlet for whatever reason. Not much we can do about it at this point. Here's a pdf of the vocab words for right now. I'll try to figure something out by tomorrow so we can all study these words.
Here's a blooket you guys can try to do as well. I really don't know if this will work at home at this point but if someone could give it a try I can assign it for tomorrow.
Today we reviewed the Columbian Exchange, talked a little bit about Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro, and started annotating chapter 1 lesson 3. Homework is to underline and explain seven vocabulary terms (Capitalism, Finance, Joint Stock Company, Entrepreneurs, Mercantilism, Bullion, Colony) and write them in our own words as annotations in your McGraw-Hill digital textbook. There is a screencast on today's slides show that explains how to do this. Due tomorrow.
Today we took our first Stamp and Planner Quiz. Because of this, I took down the website for the day but it should be back at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. We also saw a video on the Columbian Exchange and took some notes in our notebooks. I will stamp these tomorrow so if you were absent use the Stamp Board to get the information and print out the handout. If you can't print the handout, I will give you one tomorrow to glue in.
Week 3
Today we got our Columbus notes stamped and watched a Brainpop on Columbus. You can work on this quiz over the weekend if you didn't get a good score on it in class. We also did some presentations. Be ready for a stamp quiz on Monday.
Today we had a quiz and watched a short video on Eratosthenes who calculated the size of the world. We also learned about Columbus and discussed why his understanding of the Earth's size was so wrong. We took a few notes as well. Tonight there is going to be a Lunar Eclipse at 9:12p.m. If you can take a picture of it and show it to me I can give bonus points. Today's lesson will explain why - even though he was wrong about the size of the Earth - Columbus' understanding of science might have saved his life. If we don't finish the notes in class we can finish them tomorrow for a stamp so the Eclipse picture is your only real homework and it's a bonus assignment.
Today we watched a short video on the Astrolabe and did our first Peardeck of the year. I also stamped yesterday's Age of Exploration notes. If you missed the open note test yesterday please come in at lunch to take it to get a grade in Aeries. Homework tonight is to study the flashcards for "Chapter 1 2026" on Quizlet. There could be a quiz tomorrow and people who actually study can retake the test if they study.
The quizlet links are right here:
Today we started some notes on the Age of Exploration and talked about the Crusades and Marco Polo's Travels which exposed Europeans to the treasures of the far east (silk, stones, spices, scents, and sugar). We also had an open note test on our first two pages of our notebooks and I also stamped our maps from yesterday.
Here are the codes for McGraw-Hill (MAKE SURE YOU USE THE RIGHT CODE)
Per. 2: C5OQnrjG
Per. 3: rpmuzedp
Per. 4: oYr6vFQV
Per 6: 72ZpGbpy
Per 7: zgtAkGdp
Today we glued two maps into our notebooks and copied some information. We also started using our McGraw Hill digital textbooks and we practiced annotating text. Finally, we did a few Bitmoji Island presentations. You should be able to organize the 7 major events from yesterday and locate 11 countries in Europe. If you were absent and want to complete the assignment, you will have to print out this map.
Week 2
Today we all tried to get onto formative and did a quick review. If you didn't finish it, you can do it here but it was mostly just a practice quize to make sure we can organize and recognize the seven major events that impacted the development of the United States. We also did some very interesting presentations and I'm enjoying listening to Olivia Rodrigo's you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love which seems to be everyone's desert island album right now.
Today we did our first page of actual notes in our notebook by looking at a timeline of major events in U.S. History between the year 1000-1800. We first tried to put these in chronological order in table groups them we reviewed the actual order of events. Be sure to have this in your notebook by tomorrow. We also started our presentations which we will be doing every day for the next few weeks. If you heard any feedback please incorporate that feedback into your projects. For this assignment, I will be putting grades in one by one rather than giving everyone a zero, that way these projects can look the best and get the highest possible scores. Be sure to get your syllabus for turned in by going to google classroom and clicking on Syllabus or going to this link
Today we talked about England/The United Kingdom/Great Britain and tried to figure out what all of those words mean. We also got a chance to finish up our Bitmoji Island Projects and we will presnt those tomorrow. Today is a great chance to ask last minute questions.
Today we did a quick review of European countries and we also learned about stamps and how they worked. We used the rest of the period to work on our Bitmoji Island Projects. These are due Thursday at 8:00 a.m. so be sure you're making progress on them and asking questions (I really don't want to start the year off by giving people zeros on their first assignment). Be sure to look at the screencasts on the second slide of the project.
Today we talked about notebooks and how those notebooks work and how it's important to be on top of assignments. I'm sure a few students did not bring a notebook today. It's hugely important to bring this by tomorrow because we will start to get some work done in those notebooks. We also looked at some Bitmoji Island to see who is making progress and who needs help and who has already completed some work. We will spend the rest of class time working on those and trying to make the perfect. They will be due Friday.
Week 1
Today we reviewed some of the campus wide rules, reviewed our rules for this class, distributed workbooks (please take these home and keep them at home). If you are in period 3 we will get these on Monday. Homework for the weekend is to get a COLLEGE RULED single subject notebook to be used for this class only (any work done in a folder that has other subjects in it will not get credit). I will be able to sell some of these starting today at lunch if you have 35 cents. Have a great weekend.
Today was the first day of class. We found our seats and reviewed some of the class rules and people got their name tags. I also showed everyone this website and the syllabus. I would like the syllabus to be returned by next Monday (September 1st). In order to return it, you have to turn in a google for form which is linked to the end of the syllabus.
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