Course+Calendar

=__2015-16 Quarter 4__=

Weds, Apr 6 - Course Intro; Getting to Know You; syllabus; review thesis paper expectations; timeline review of US History A; "History of Homecoming" Thurs, Apr 7 - What is imperialism?; notetaking strategies - Ch 18.1; Crash Course: American Imperialism / Reasons for Imperialism; Spanish-American War notes Fri, Apr 8 - Quick Write 18.1; Review causes/effects Span-Amer War; Annexation Debate; Imperialism Reflection

Mon, Apr 11 - Review American Imperialism: Open Door Policy, Panama Canal, Teddy Roosevelt, Cartoon Analysis; Presidential Diplomacy; share thesis folders and add source log templates Tues, Apr 12 - "Wimpy Skimpy" intro to WWI; begin WWI notes - MAIN causes, assassination article, "The Great War" article, WWI tech Weds, Apr 13 - Lusitania investigation; notes: US neutrality to involvement Thurs, Apr 14 - Homefront gallery walk; WWI propaganda posters; discrimination article Fri, Apr 15 - finish WWI notes (American forces); "Century: Shell Shock" video; 14 Points vs. Treaty of Versailles

Mon, Apr 18 - Review & Unit 1 Test Tues, Apr 19 - "Society Changes (Age of Uncertainty)" notes; Scopes Trial; Red Dots; Leo Frank/Rosewood Weds, Apr 20 - discuss articles; continue "Society Changes"; intro Meeting of the Minds Thurs, Apr 21 - 20.5 Quick Write; finish "Society Changes"; Meeting of the Minds research time Fri, Apr 22 - "America: Story of Us" (Boom); start "Stock Market & Great Depression"; You Be the Judge (Installment Buying)

Mon, Apr 25 - Meeting of the Minds; start "America: Story of Us" (Bust) Tues, Apr 26 - continue Depression notes; "Surviving the Dust Bowl"; Bonus Army rdg Weds, Apr 27 - discuss Bonus Army rdg; Election of 1932: FDR; finish "America: Story of Us" (Bust) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, Apr 28 - ABC Reforms; New Deal S.A.C.; Kahoot! review <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, April 29 - Unit 2 Test; work time for Thesis Papers

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, May 2 - Types of Government; WWII Leaders notes; Twitter profiles <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, May 3 - work day for Thesis Papers (shortened hour due to ACT testing) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, May 4 - Twitter profile walk-around; 23.1 Quick-write and Rise of Dictators Reflection; Pre-WWII atrocities (Kristallnacht, Holodomor, Rape of Nanking) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, May 5 - discuss articles; notes on American Response (Road to War); Isolation vs. Involvement - Pearl Harbor; America: Story of Us (WWII) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, May 6 - Quick Write 24.2; Mobilization on the Homefront; Propaganda Posters; Japanese Internment

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, May 9 - discuss Japanese Internment; Quick Write 24.3; Major battles/strategy; continue "America: Story of Us (WWII)" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, May 10 - finish "America: Story of Us (WWII)"; Ending the War - Atomic Bomb: "White Light, Black Rain" clip; Critical Thinking: Dropping the Atomic Bomb <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, May 11 - Holocaust ppt; "One Survivor Remembers"; Niemoeller quote; Nuremberg Trials; review <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, May 12 - Unit 3 Test; work time for Thesis Papers <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, May 13 - Thesis Paper rough drafts due; Peer Review

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, May 16 - Intro Cold War/1950s topics; work on 1950s Presentations <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, May 17 - Cold War notes; "The Century: Best Years" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, May 18 - presentations: Cold War & Nuclear Proliferation focus; "Duck & Cover" & nuclear scare; Evacuation Plans; McCarthyism & Red Scare <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, May 19 - presentations: Social Movements; Letter from Birmingham Jail; "The Century: Happy Daze" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, May 20 - presentations: Pop Culture; Korean War article; presentation review question

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, May 23 - Unit 4 Test <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, May 24 - bellringer; Civil Rights Movement ppt; "A Time For Justice"; assign Civil Rights profiles <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, May 25 - bellringer; discuss profiles; Children's March video; create your own civil rights movement <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, May 26 - Social Movements jigsaw; "The Times They Are A-Changin'" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, May 27 – (No School – In-Service Day)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, May 30 – (No School) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, May 31 - JFK & LBJ notes; Broken Trust article <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, June 1 - Intro to Vietnam ppt; You Are the President (SE Asia); assign vet articles <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, June 2 - discuss Vietnam vet articles; What a Waste (My Lai); start "Letters Home" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, June 3 – finish "Letters Home"; The Draft - What Would You Do?; End of the War ppt

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, June 6 – finish End of the War ppt; Kent St; student protests; Hippies video <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, June 7 - Unit 5 Test <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, June 8 - (Exam Day #1) - Final Exam <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, June 9 - (Exam Day #2) - No Class

(End of 2015-16 School Year)