American History A & B (Period 7) Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Erica Samp
- Term
- Unused
- Department
- Social Studies
- Description
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Required ½ credit per semester
Grade 9
Semester 1- This course deals with the events in the history of our country in chronological sequence. The course follows the development of our country along social, economical, and political lines. This course is designed to improve the students reading and writing ability and give them greater appreciation of our past and will make them better informed citizens. American Studies A includes the colonial period, Early American Republic, Civil War and Reconstruction, Immigration Period, Western Expansion and the Progressive Era.
Semester 2 continues that of semester 1 including World War I, Between the Wars, World War II, 1960’s & Vietnam War and toward the year 2000.
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Ch. 20 Sec. 2 Questions #1-6 (pg. 469)
Ch. 20 Sec. 2 Worksheet
Ch. 20 Sec. 2 Quiz
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Read Ch. 20 Sec. 2
Ch. 20 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions
Pearl Harbor Video Clip
Goal: Students will be able to explain how the experiences of the United States in World War I influenced reactions to military aggression the 1930s and the aftermath of the attack of Pearl Harbor.
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Ch. 20 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 464)
Ch. 20 Sec. 1 Worksheet
Ch. 20 Sec. 1 Quiz
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Read Ch. 20 Sec. 1
Ch. 20 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions
Hitler Speech and Dunkirk video clip
Goal: Students will be able to explain how new dictatorships and militaristic expansion led to global warfare and the policy of appeasement, and list the factors that allowed Germany to achieve early military victories.
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Ch. 20 Vocabulary
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Study
Ch. 19 Test
Goal: Students will be able explain Roosevelt and the New Deal
- The First New Deal
- The Second New Deal
- The New Deal Coalition
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Ch. 17 Packet
Goal: Students will be able to explain the politics of the 1920s,the growing economy, the clash of values, cultural innovations, African American culture and politics.
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No classes - Snow Week Activities
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Read Ch. 17 Sec. 5
Ch. 17 Sec. 5 Questions #1-4 (pg. 421)
Ch. 17 Sec. 5 Worksheet
Ch. 17 Sec. 5 Quiz
Goal: Students will be able to explain how the new consumer society of the 1920s affected Americans and identify the causes and effects of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Read Ch. 17 Sec. 4
Ch. 17 Sec. 4 Questions #-4 (pg. 417)
Ch. 17 Sec. 4 Worksheet
Ch. 17 Sec. 4 Quiz
Goal: Students will be able to explain how the popular culture of the 1920s and the emergence of mass media affected American society.
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Read Ch. 17 Sec. 3
Ch. 17 Sec. 3 Questions #1-4 (pg. 414)
Ch. 17 Sec. 3 Worksheet
Ch. 17 Sec. 3 Quiz
Goal: Students will be able to explain the effect of nativism on American society during this decade.
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Ch. 17 Sec. 1 Quiz
Read Ch. 17 Sec. 2
Ch. 17 Sec. 2 Questions #1-5 (pg. 410)
Ch. 17 Sec. 2 Worksheet
Goal: Students will be able to explain how the new consumer society of the 1920s affected Americans.
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Read Ch. 17 Sec. 1
Ch. 17 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 405)
Ch. 17 Sec. 1 Worksheet
Goal: Students will be able to explain the idea of supply-side economics and how it is supposed to stimulate the economy.
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Ch. 17 Vocabulary
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Educational Movie: The Lost Battalion
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Educational Movie: The Lost Battalion
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Educational Movie: The Lost Battalion
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Ch. 16 Test
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Ch. 16 Packet
Ch.16 Review Worksheet
Goal: Students will be able to explain World War I and Its Aftermath
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Ch. 16 Sec. 4 Questions #1-5 (pg. 397)
Ch. 16 Sec. 4 Worksheet
Ch. 16 Sec. 4 Quiz
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No School - Staff Development Day - End of 2nd Quarter - End of 1st Semester
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Educational World War I movie: The Lost Battalion