1.+Quarter+1+Assignments

Summer - Were you paying attention?

Sept 1st - HW: Find ten things from our class outline that will allow you to be successful in my class. You and a parent need to sign and date it.

Sept 2nd - Introduction to Historical Perspective

Sept 2nd - Source NOTES and worksheet =__Quarter One__=

Sept 2nd - HW: Label and color world maps DUE WED, SEPT 8th; MAP QUIZ on the 16th

Unit One: Who are Americans?
Wed, Sept 8th - Take Chapter 1 Pretest and record correct answers to save in your Core folder

Sept 9th - Read excerpts about Christopher Columbus from online textbook, children's book, and chapter 1 of Zinn

Sept 9th - HW: Answer discussion questions 1 and 2. You should formulate a well organized paragraph responding to question 2.

Monday, Sept 13th - Discuss European colonization of the New World, Powerpoint quiz, and introduce quarter one project HW: Chart what you know of your family tree



Sept 15th - Make sure steps one and two on your genealogy projects are complete. Directions for today: 1. List 10 things that come to mind when you think of Native Americans.

2. Read the articles below looking for descriptions of Natives. 3. Come up with a new list of 10 things that describe Native Americans.

4. Research a [|Native American Tribe] of your choice!

HW: Answer Discussion week 3 question about what you learned about Native Americans today (due Mon.). Don't forget to STUDY FOR MAP QUIZ.

Sept 16th - MAP QUIZ - Watch "Who Really Discovered America?" Take note of who, when and why IF MOVIE ARRIVES IN TIME! HW: Work on projects

Monday, Sept 20th - Finish "Who Really Discovered America?" and discuss movie/Natives HW: Work on family tree

Sept 22nd - Library presentation on sources and citing for your ancestry projects

Sept 23rd - Colonial Region Notes/ Start episode one of //Colonial House//

[|Read more about life in colonial times]

Monday- Sept 27th - Finish episode one of //Colonial House//

HW: Perspective writing piece - Create a journal entry pretending you are a colonist in one of the three colonial regions. What would you be talking about? What would your typical day look like? Make sure to give me "hints" about where you live in your entry without specifically telling me! A well done entry should be about a page double spaced. (Please email me this as an attachment and ensure that it is saved/sent as a .doc file!) - DUE WED

[|America by the Numbers Today] (Interesting!)



Wed - Sept 29th- Supreme Court Briefs

Thurs - Sept 30th - Word Wall vocabulary definitions; Finish America today activity (above); [|Immigration Debate];TEST ON MONDAY over unit one HW: Post an answer to discussion ? week 4 due Monday

Monday, Oct 4th - Who are Americans unit EXAM. The rest of the time is yours to work on your projects.

Tuesday, Oct 5th - Supreme Court from 9-11:00 in the auditorium. Your cheat sheet is here.

Oct 6th - Debrief Supreme Court hearings; work on ancestry projects

Oct 7th - Library to work on projects

Monday, Oct 11th - NO SCHOOL

Oct 13th - PSAT Day; work on projects

Oct 14th - Library to work on projects (due on Oct. 27th)

Oct. 18th- Library to work on projects

Oct 20th- Library to work on projects (remember they are due on the 27th and papers need to be edited in the ASC)

Oct 21st- No class due to English field trip to colleges (rough drafts due on Monday)

Monday, Oct. 25th - Peer edit Rough drafts in class. Clarify project requirements. Debrief field trip. HW: Family Tree project 5 page paper, bibliography and family tree due at the beginning of class on WED!

Wed, Oct 27th- Share your family trees with me by going to tree setting on ancestry and putting in my email. Papers should be emailed as attachments. PROJECTS DUE. We will share one or two family tree projects in class. You will be assigned to complete a review of our founding American documents. What makes an American? HW: American beliefs activity due Wed. (really Monday as was told to you in class)

Oct. 28th- Presentation from the MCLU on the Bill of Rights

Monday, Nov 1st- Debrief MCLU presentation, Rights and responsibilities of a US citizen Go over your homework on the Founding American documents (above)


 * HW: Post to the wiki your answer to discussion question week 5: After doing some research to become an informed citizen, who would you vote for for Maine governor and why? I am more interested in your research than your selection. (Due WED, Nov 3rd)**

Wed, Nov 3rd- In small groups of 4 (one group of 3) brainstorm a list of beliefs and ideals that America has and where you can find those ideals/beliefs. From there, you group must create a graphic organizer on big paper over this information. You will then share with the class.
 * HW: Read your online textbook, //Digital History//, found under websites used for class on the wiki and click on guided readings for "The First New Nation." You need to read and take notes over sections "The Formative Decade" through "The Election of 1796." This is due on MONDAY, Nov. 8th.**

Thurs, Nov 4th- Finish and present graphic organizers on American ideals; Next work on the following in class: CW: You will be graded on creativity and how well they can show me that you know what America's ideals are. By yourself or with a partner, **you need to create a new National Anthem (8 lines alone or 10 if in a group of 3)** that exemplify what the ideals of America are. Good luck and have fun:) DUE: Monday if you did not finish it in class; Don't forget to take notes on the chapter you were assigned to read (see above).