CA Teaching Standard:
Question of the Day - Week 4
Important Documents
US History A - Banducci - Syllabus
Week 1 - Unit 1 (Foundations)
Essential Question: How did science and religion in Europe impact political foundation in the United States?
CA Teaching Standard: 11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
Question of the Day - Week 1
Monday -
>Opening Day
>Handout Books, Syllabus, Classroom Norms
Tuesday -
>"History of the Indies" Bartolome de las Casas (pdf)
>Video: The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards | Crash Course #1
>Assignment: History of my life in 250 words (due Wednesday)
Wednesday -
>Bookwork - Question of the Day (p. 24-25)
>Video: Colonizing America | Crash Course #2 (9:19+)
>Reading: History of my life.
>Assignment: History of my life in 250 words - Comment on three major omissions + why. Comment on one additional author and what they could add.
Thursday -
>Socratic Notes - The Enlightenment and the American Revolution
>Video: Who Won the American Revolution? | Crash Course #7 (9:10+)
>Week 1 Reflection: What is bias and how did it affect your written autobiography? Why is it so important that Native Americans don't have a written history? When it's noted that the winners write the history books, what does it mean?
Friday - This Week's Domestic News Stories
Week 2 - Unit 1 (Foundations)
Essential Question: How did the American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution create federalism or a representative democracy?
CA Teaching Standard: 11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
Question of the Day - Week 2
Monday -
>Socratic Notes - The Enlightenment and the American Revolution
>Video: Ted Talk: How Free Is Our Freedom of Press
>Video: The Natives and the English | Crash Course #3
>Document Based Questions: The Articles of Confederation and US Constitution
Tuesday -
>Video: The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism | Crash Course #8 + Guided Notes
>Document Based Questions: The Articles of Confederation and US Constitution
Wednesday -
>Video: 60 minutes: Hamilton
>Socratic Notes - The Enlightenment and the American Revolution
>Video: Thomas Jefferson and His Democracy | Crash Course #10
Thursday -
>Socratic Seminar - What happened to the Native Americans? (1491 text)
Friday -
>Essay:
1. Explain two important problems with the Articles of Confederation.
2. Explain the two main constitutional compromises that solved the disputes of the large and small states.
Week 3 - Unit 1 (Foundations)
Essential Question: How did the Civil War further impact federalism?
CA Teaching Standard: 11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence.
Question of the Day - Week 3
Reading - pages
Monday - LABOR DAY
Tuesday
>Constitution check
>Follow-up: Bill of Rights Assignment / Quiz?
>textbook work - Westward expansion
Wednesday
>Abraham Lincoln primary sources + worksheets + rough draft
>Video: Slavery | Crash Course #13
>textbook work - Civil War
Thursday
>Socratic discussion - Lincoln as a racist? / Submit Rough Drafts / Assign Final Drafts (Monday)
>8th Amendment Questions / Cruel and Unusual? Should Americans be given the death penalty for capital offense? (1) 25 years is too long, what's appropriate? (2) 2 hours is too long, what's appropriate?
>Worksheet - 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and States Rights (due Friday) / textbook work - 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments (p. 182-186)
Friday - This Week's Domestic News Stories
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Week 4 - Unit 2 (Industry and Imperialism)
Essential Question: Why does large-scale immigration and urbanization occur?
Reading - pages 231-251
Monday
>textbook work - 14th Amendment / Due Process
>Gay marriage - 10th or 14th Amendment
Tuesday
>Constitution check
>Expansion of Industry (231-235): Industry mini-project
>Project work time
Wednesday
>The Age of the Railroads (236-240)
>Project work time
Thursday
>Due: Study Guide
>Unit Exam - 10 multiple choice / Short Answer Questions
>Video: 19th Century Reforms | Crash Course #15
>Lecture: Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Pullman, Transcontinental Railroad, Interstate Commerce Act, Andrew Carnegie, Sherman Antitrust Act, Samuel Gompers, AFL, Mary Harris Jones
>Homer at the Bat
Friday
>Movie: Industry and Imperialism
>Socratic Discussion - Religion and Speech in America (World Trade Center vs. Mosque)
Week 5 - Unit 2 (Industry and Imperialism)
Essential Question: Why does large-scale immigration and urbanization occur?
Question of the Day - Week 5
Reading - pages 252-271
Monday
>Mini-project exhibition
>Path of my Ancestor Rollout
>Socratic Notes - Push and Pull of Migration
>Growth, Cities, and Immigration / Video: Growth, Cities, and Immigration | Crash Course #25
Tuesday
>Path of my Ancestors Project Work Day
Wednesday
>Immigration Activity
>Constitution check
Thursday
>Immigration Activity
>Documents - Progress and Poverty in America
Friday
>Project Work Day
>This Week's Domestic News Stories
Week 6 - Unit 2 (Industry and Imperialism)
Essential Question: Why does large-scale immigration and urbanization occur?
Question of the Day - Week 6
Reading - pages 276-299
Monday
>The Huddled Masses - America's Immigration History | Part 1
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Tuesday
Wednesday
>Oral History Written
Thursday
Friday
Week 7 - Unit 2 (Industry and Imperialism)
Essential Question: How is the Progressive Era a reaction to the Gilded Age?
Question of the Day - Week 7
Reading - pages 306-337
Monday
Presentations / Template
Tuesday
Presentations / Template
Wednesday
Presentations / Template
Thursday
Socratic Notes - The Progressive Era / Video: The Progressive Era | Crash Course #27
Socratic Notes - The Gilded Age / Video: Gilded Age Politics | Crash Course #26
Socratic Notes - Women's Suffrage / Video: Women's Suffrage | Crash Course #31
Friday
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Week 8 - Unit 2 (Industry and Imperialism)
Essential Question: How does the United States rise as a world power?
Question of the Day - Week 8
Reading - pages 342-367 (Chapter 10 - America Claims an Empire)
Monday
Imperialism DBQ
Tuesday
Bookwork
Wednesday
Racist allegory of Curious George and The Jungle Book
White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kingling
Thursday
Prepare for Exam
Socratic Notes - American Imperialism / Video: American Imperialism | Crash Course #28
Socratic Notes - Progressive Presidents / Video: Progressive Presidents | Crash Course #29
Friday
Unit Exam - 20 multiple choice / Short Answer Questions
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Week 9 - Unit 2 (Boom or Bust)
Essential Question: Why is US involvement in World War I a consequence of US imperialism and industry development?
Question of the Day - Week 9
Reading - pages 370-405 (Chapter 11 - The First World War)
Monday
Activity - 1st, 2nd, 4th Amendments
Tuesday
Socratic Notes - America in World War I: World War I: Causes / World War I: American Involvement
Wednesday
Computers
Thursday
Video: America in World War I | Crash Course #30
Friday
Quiz - WWI and US at War (two paragraphs explaining key moments + 1 paragraph explaining the causes)
Week 10 - Unit 3 (Boom or Bust?)
Essential Question: How do social movements derive from US economic policies?
Question of the Day - Week 10
Reading - pages 412-431 (Chapter 12 - Politics of the Roaring 20s)
Monday
Worksheets
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
This Week's Domestic News Stories
Week 11 - Unit 3 (Boom or Bust?)
Essential Question: How does the illusion of prosperity lead to the Great Depression?
Question of the Day - Week 11
Reading - pages 432-459 (Chapter 13 - The Roaring Life of the 1920s)
Monday
Socratic Notes - The Roaring 20s /
Tuesday
Socratic Notes - The Great Depression /
Wednesday
Thursday
Video: The Roaring 20s | Crash Course #32
Friday
Role Play - The Roaring 20s / This Week's Domestic News Stories
Week 12 - Unit 3 (Boom or Bust?)
Essential Question: How does the federal government respond to the Great Depression?
Question of the Day - Week 12
Reading - pages 462-521 (Chapter 14-15 The Great Depression Begins + The New Deal)
Monday
Socratic Notes - The New Deal / Video: The New Deal | Crash Course #34
Tuesday
Wednesday
Video: The Great Depression | Crash Course #33
Thursday
Unit Exam - 20 multiple choice / Short Answer Questions
Friday
HOLIDAY
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Week 13 - Final Exams
Monday - Preparation: Presentation of US History
Tuesday - Preparation: Presentation of US History
Wednesday - Presentations: Presentation of US History
Thursday - Presentations: Presentation of US History
Friday - Final Exam (NY Regents)
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