October 31

Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
chapter 11 lotus
preview Ch. 12 timeline
discuss 12-1 TQ
complete 12-2 TQ in class and discuss

HW:
STUDY/READ 12-3/PREP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
UNIT 4 TEST--WED

October 28

Focus:
End of the Civil War

CW:
discuss 11-3 RG
11-4 overhead notes
Civil War readings
Ch. 11 lotus diagram (if time)

HW:
12-1 TQ

October 27

Focus:
Civil War

CW:
discuss 11-2 TQ (graded--17 points)
discussion of Civil War healthcare
video-- Combat hospital in Iraq

HW:
11-3 RG
UNIT 4 TEST-- WED-11-2-05
PM REVIEW SESSION 11-1-05

October 26

Focus:
Disunion to Civil War

CW:
discuss 10-4 TQ
Ch. 10 lotus
timeline of Civil War causes
preview Ch. 11 timeline
Civil War slang quiz
handouts on the Union and Confederacy
11-1 RG

HW:
11-2 TQ

October 25

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
discuss Unit 3 tests
preview Ch. 10 timeline/Unit 4
slavery video clip
discuss 10-1 TQ
10-2 TQ together in class
10-3 notes handout
GRADE REPORTS

HW:
10-4 TQ
UNIT 4 TEST--WED 11-2-05
PM REVIEW SESSION TUES 11-1-05

October 24

Focus:
Unit 3 Exam

CW:
Unit 3 exam
grade part of the test
return old work
slavery video clip
begin 10-1 TQ

HW:
finish 10-1 TQ

October 19

Focus:
War with Mexico

CW:
ADS ARE DUE FOR INVENTIONS
discuss 9:3 TQ (checked for a grade; worth 19 points!)
9-4 overhead notes
Ch. 9 lotus diagram
Study guide review

HW:
STUDY!
UNIT 3 TEST-10/24
REVIEW SESSION MONDAY AM 7:20

October 18

Focus:
Manifest Destiny

CW:
discuss 9:2 TQ
video: Donner Party

HW:
9-3 TQ

UNIT 3 TEST--10/24

October 17

Focus:
Market Revolution

CW:

• Study Guide
• Lotus diagram for Ch. 8
• Preview Ch. 9 timeline
• Discuss 9:1 TQ
• Create an ad for a 19th century invention (due Wednesday if not finished by the end of the period)

HW:
9:2 TQ
UNIT 3 TEST IN ONE WEEK!
REVIEW SESSION MONDAY AM AT 7:20

October 13

Focus:
Social Reforms of the early 1800s

CW:

• Blast From the Past #1 Ch. 2-7
• Grade BFP#1
• Discuss 8:2/8:3 reading guides
• Readings: Appeal to the Chrisitan Women of the South
• Declaration of Sentiments (Seneca Falls Convention)
• Cult of domesticity and discussion

HW: 9-1 TQ

UNIT 3 TEST -10/24

October 12

Focus:
Social reforms of the mid-1800s

CW:

• graded and discussed 7:4 TQ
• Ch. 7 lotus diagram completed
• previewed Ch. 8 timeline
• 8:1 overhead notes on religion, transcendentalism, and women's reform issues
• reading on mental hospitals of the 1800s

HW:
8:2/8:3 RG
BFP TOMORROW!!!
UNIT 3 TEST-10/24
STUDY SESSION TOMORROW MORNING AT 7:20

October 11

Focus:
Age of Andrew Jackson

CW:

• graded 7:2 TQ
• discuss 7:2 TQ
• Nationalism vs. Sectionalism sheet
• 7:3 overhead notes
• Samuel's Memory (reading, no personal copies)

HW:
7:4 TQ

REVIEW SESSION THURSDAY AM
BFP#1 THURSDAY!

October 10

Focus:
Industrial Revolution

CW:

• returned old work
• discuss Unit 2 test results :(
• preview Unit 3 (ch. 7-9)
• examine Ch. 7 timeline
• complete 7:1 TQ and discuss in class
• GRADE REPORTS ISSUED TODAY!!

HW:
7-2 TQ

BFP #1 THIS THURSDAY (covers chapters 2-7)
***UNIT 3 TEST--MONDAY, OCTOBER 24***

October 7

Focus:
Unit 2 Exam

CW:
take Unit 2 exam
grade Unit 2 exam

HW:
STUDY!
BFP #1 is coming...

Hello Karlie!

October 6

Focus:
Review Game

CW:
play review game

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT 2 TEST!

FIRST BLAST FROM THE PAST COMPREHENSIVE QUIZ IS COMING NEXT WEEK!

October 5

Focus:
War of 1812

CW:

• discuss 6:3 TQ (checked for a grade)
• map the Louisiana Purchase
• complete 6:4 TQ
• discuss 6:4 TQ in class
• Ch. 6 lotus diagram

HW:
STUDY
review game tomorrow
UNIT 2 TEST IN 2 DAYS!

October 4

Focus:
New Federal Gov't

CW:

• finish Amendment debate
• preview Ch. 6 timeline
• discuss 6:1 RG (checked for a grade, 12 points)
• complete 6:2 TQ in class and discuss

HW:
6-3 TQ
UNIT 2 TEST FRIDAY!

October 3

Focus:
Constitution

CW:

• discuss Study Guide for Unit 2 test
• Constitution quiz
• grade quiz in class
• Amendment debate

HW:
6-1 Reading Guide
UNIT 2 TEST FRIDAY!