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American History 9 A (Period 6) Assignments

Instructor
Mrs. Erica Samp
Term
Unused
Department
Social Studies
Description

Required                                ½ credit per semester

Grade  9 & 10

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.

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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 causes and effects of anti-immigration prejudices. 

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Read Ch. 17 Sec. 2
Ch. 17 Sec. 2 Questions #1-5 (pg. 410)
Ch. 17 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 17 Sec. 2 Quiz 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the effects of new innovations on people at all levels of American society and the new consumer society of the 1920s affected Americans. 

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Read Ch. 17 Sec. 1 
Ch. 17 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
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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Read Ch. 16 Sec. 3 
Ch. 16 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain how new technology changed warfare during WWI. 

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No School - Staff Development Day 

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Ch. 16 Sec. 2 Questions #1-4 (pg. 387)
Ch. 16 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 16 Sec. 2 Quiz 
 
End of Second Quarter and First Semester 

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Read Ch. 16 Sec. 2 
Ch. 16 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to who WWI affected life on the home front for women and minorities. 

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Ch. 16 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 382)
Ch. 16 Sec. 1 Worksheet 
Ch. 16 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 16 Sec. 1 
Ch. 16 Sec. 1 Discussion Notes 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the main causes of WWI - militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism, and what factors caused the US to become in WWI. 

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Ch. 14 Test 
 

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Ch. 14 Packet 
Ch. 14 Review 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain Becoming a World Power - Imperialist View, The Spanish-American War, and America Diplomacy 

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Movie 
Fun Day 6-8 Hours! Have a great Holiday Break!!! See you in 2020!!!!

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Ch. 14 Sec. 3 Questions #1-5 (pg. 351)
Ch. 14 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 14 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 14 Sec. 3 
Ch. 14 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the significance and consequences of the Open Door policy and how the construction of the Panama Canal, the Roosevelt Corollary, and dollar diplomacy spread U.S. influence to other nations. 

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Ch. 14 Sec. 2 Questions #1-6 (pg. 345)
Ch. 14 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 14 Sec. 2 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 14 Sec. 2 
Ch. 14 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain why the United States attempted to reduce European influence in the Western Hemisphere and the causes of the Spanish-American War. 

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Discuss Ch. 14 Sec. 1
Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Questions #1-6 (pg. 339)
Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Worksheet 
Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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The Men Who Built America 
No 7th hour - Advisory 

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Read Ch. 14 Sec. 1 
Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain how the desire for new markets and the need for resources were motivating factors for American Imperialism. 

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Ch. 14 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 13 Test 

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No School 

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Happy Thanksgiving 

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Read Ch. 13 Sec.4 
Ch. 13 Sec. 4 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the main political and economic issues of the Gilded Age.

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Ch. 13 Sec. 3 Questions #1-5 (pg. 321)
Ch. 13 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 13 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 13 Sec. 3 
Ch. 13 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the reasons for and the long-term legacy of the Populist's movement. 

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Ch. 13 Sec. 2 Questions #1-5 (pg. 315)
Ch. 13 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 13 Sec. 2 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 13 Sec. 2
Ch. 13 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the economic problems farmers faced and problems that developed as more people crowded into urban areas.

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Ch. 13 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 311)
Ch. 13 Sec. 1 Worksheet
Ch. 13 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 13 Sec.1 
Ch. 13 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to list the push and pull factors that influenced immigration to the US and explain how settlement patterns of immigrants and their influence on American culture. 

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Ch. 12 Packet 
Ch. 12 Review 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain Industrialization - The Rise of Industry, The Railroads, Big Business, and Unions 

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Ch. 12 Sec. 4 Questions #1-6 (pg. 303)
Ch. 12 Sec. 4 Worksheet 
Ch. 12 Sec. 4 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 12 Sec. 4 
Ch. 12 Sec. 4 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the rise of organized labor, and reasons it failed to achieve its major goals and the major industrial strikes during this time. 

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Ch. 12 Sec. 3 Questions #1-5 (pg. 297)
Ch. 12 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 12 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 12 Sec. 3 
Ch. 12 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain how larger scale industrialization increased fixed costs while lowering operating costs. 

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No School - Staff Development 

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Ch. 12 Sec. 2 Questions #1-5 (pg. 293)
Ch. 12 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 12 Sec. 2 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 12 Sec. 2 
Ch. 12 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to identify the important changes that the railroad industry brought to the nation. 

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Ch. 12 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 289)
Ch. 12 Sec. 1 Worksheet 
Ch. 12 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 12 Sec. 1
Ch. 12 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the conditions that helped the U.S. industrialize in the late nineteenth century (1800s). 

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Ch. 12 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 11 Test 

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Ch. 11 Packet 
Ch. 11 Review 
Ch. 11 Review Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain Settling the West: Miners and Ranchers, Farming the Plains, and Native Americans 

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Ch. 11 Sec. 3 Questions #1-4 (pg. 281)
Ch. 11 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 11 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 11 Sec. 3
Ch. 11 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the factors that caused conflicts between the Native Americans and settlers on the Great Plains. 

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No School - Staff Development 

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No School - MEA Break 

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No School - MEA Break 

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Discuss Ch. 11 Sec. 2
Ch. 11 Sec. 2 Questions 
Ch. 11 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 11 Sec. 2 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 11 Sec. 2 
Ch. 11 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the factors that encouraged settlement of the Great Plains following the Civil War and how technology affects history. 

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Ch. 11 Sec. 1 Questions #1-6 (pg. 273)
Ch. 11 Sec. 1 Worksheet 

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Read Ch. 11 Sec. 1 
Ch. 11 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain who population growth is affected by natural resources and geographic factors. 

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Ch. 11 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 10 Test 

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Ch. 10 Packet 
Ch. 10 Review 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the debate over Reconstruction, Republican rule, and Reconstruction collapses. 

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Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Questions #1-6 (pg. 263)
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Worksheet
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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No class - Staff Development Day - Half day for students (1-4 hours) 

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Read Ch. 10 Sec. 3 
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able explain the details of the controversial election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877. 

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Ch. 10 Sec. 2 Questions #1-6 (pg. 259)
Ch. 10 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 10 Sec. 2 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 10 Sec. 2 
Ch. 10 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain how different groups in the South responded to Reconstruction and the threats African Americans faced in the Reconstruction South. 

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Ch. 10 Sec. 1 Questions #1-7 (pg. 255)
Ch. 10 Sec. 1 Worksheet
Ch. 10 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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No Class - Homecoming Activities - Go Knights! 

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Read Ch. 10 Sec. 1 
Ch. 10 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the differences between the three plans for Reconstruction, and the threats African American's faced in the Reconstruction South. 

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Ch. 10 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 9 Test 
 

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Ch. 9 Packet 
Ch. 9 Review 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the Civil War -  the opposing sides, the early stages, life during the war, the turning point, and the war ends. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 5 Questions #1-5 (pg. 245) 
Ch. 9 Sec. 5 Guided Reading Worksheet 
Ch. 9 Sec. 5 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 9 Sec. 5 
Ch. 9 Sec. 5 Discussion Questions
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the different opinions toward Sherman's March to the Sea and the conditions, both military and civilian, in the Confederacy at the war's end. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 4 Questions #1-5 (pg. 241) 
Ch. 9 Sec. 4 Guided Reading Worksheet 
Ch. 9 Sec. 4 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 9 Sec. 4 
Ch. 9 Sec. 4 Discussion Questions
Finish Civil War Battles Chart 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the significance of the Siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg as turning points of the war and the importance of the President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 3 Questions #1-5 (pg. 236) 
Ch. 9 Sec. 3 Guided Reading 
Ch. 9 Sec.3 Quiz  

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Ch. 9 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the experiences on the home front in the Union and Confederacy and learn about different social groups during the Civil War. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 2 Questions #1-6 (pg. 232)
Ch. 9 Sec. 2 Guided Reading 
Ch. 9 Sec. 2 Quiz 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
Civil War Battles Chart and Maps 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain why President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and how it changed the meaning of the war and interpret the significance and outcome of important battles of the Civil War. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 227)
Ch. 9 Sec. 1 Guided Reading 
Ch. 9 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 9 Sec. 1 
Ch. 9 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to identify accurately the different resources available between the North and the South.

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World Map, Ch. 9 Vocabulary, Join Remind, Subscribe to class page, Signed syllabus and Bring class supplies to Mrs. Samp's class during your hour. 
 
Extra Credit: 1 box of Kleenex 
 
Goal: Students will be able to identify the 7 continents, 4 oceans, Equator, and Prime Meridian on a world map. 

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8 Map Essentials Packet
 
Goal: Students will be able to identify the 8 Map Essentials 

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Hand out books
 
Citizenship Pre-Test 

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Welcome! 
 
Explain Syllabus, Expectations, Remind App, Website 

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Ch. 16 Packet 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain World War I and Its Aftermath 

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No School - Staff Development Day - End of 2nd Quarter - End of 1st Semester 

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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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Read Ch. 16 Sec. 4
Ch. 16 Sec. 4 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able how the war effected the economy and how economic factors led to a Red Scare after the war. 

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Ch. 16 Sec. 3 Questions #1-6 (pg. 393) 
Ch. 16 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 16 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 16 Sec. 3 
Ch. 16 Sec. 3 Discussion Notes 
 
Goal: Students will be able to list and explain the new technology of warfare and its effects on military tactics and causalities. 

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Ch. 16 Sec. 2 Questions #1-4 (pg. 387) and Worksheet
Ch. 16 Sec.2 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 16 Sec.2 
Ch. 16 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
"Over There" 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain what life was like on the home front for women and minorities. 

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Ch. 16 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 382) and Worksheet 
Ch. 16 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 16 Sec. 1 
Ch. 16 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the major causes of World War I and compare and contrast the factors that caused European nations and the United States to become involved in World War I. 

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Ch. 16 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 15 Sec. 2 Quiz 
Read Ch. 15 Sec. 3 
Ch. 15 Sec. 3 Questions #-15 (pg. 373) and Worksheet
 
Ch. 15 Packet - Due at the end of the hour 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain how Wilson's philosophies differed from those or Roosevelt and explain the success and failures of the progressivism. 

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Ch. 15 Sec. 1 Quiz 
Read Ch. 15 Sec. 2 
Ch. 15 Sec. 2 Questions #1-5 (pg. 368)
Ch. 15 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain how President Theodore Roosevelt supported conservation and how President Taft's beliefs differed from the progressives' beliefs. 

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Read Ch. 15 Sec. 1 
Ch. 15 Sec. 1 Questions #1-7 (pg. 362)
Ch. 15 Sec. 1 Worksheet 
 
Goal: Students will be able to identify the progressives and what they believed caused social problems and summarize how the progressives hoped to make government more efficient and responsive to citizens. 

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Holiday Movie 

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Ch. 15 Vocabulary 
The Men Who Built America 

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Ch. 14 Test 
 

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Ch. 14 Packet 
Ch. 14 Review 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the imperialist vision, the Spanish-American War, and new American diplomacy. 

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Read Ch. 14 Sec. 3 
Ch. 14 Sec. 3 Discussion Notes 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the origins, significance, and consequences of the Open Door Policy and explain how the construction of the Panama Canal, the Roosevelt Corollary, and dollar diplomacy spread U.S. influence to other nations. 

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Ch. 14 Sec. 2 Questions #1-6 (pg. 345)
Ch. 14 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 14 Sec. 2 Quiz 

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Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 339) 
Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Worksheet 
Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 14 Sec. 1 
Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain how the desire for new resources were motivating factors for American Imperialism. 

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Ch. 14 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 13 Test 

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Ch. 13 Packet
Ch. 13 Review 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain immigration, urbanization, Social Darwinism and social reform, politics of the Gilded Age, and the rise of segregation. 

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Ch. 13 Sec. 5 Questions #1-5 (pg. 331)
Ch. 13 Sec. 5 Worksheet 
Ch. 13 Sec. 5 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 13 Sec. 5 
Ch. 13 Sec. 5 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Explain how the rights of African Americans were eroded after Reconstruction. 

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Ch. 13 Sec. 4 Questions #1-6 (pg. 326) 
Ch. 13 Sec. 4 Worksheet 
Ch. 13 Sec. 4 Quiz 
 
 

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Read Ch. 13 Sec. 4 
Ch. 13 Sec. 4 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the main political and economics issues of the Gilded Age. 

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Ch. 13 Sec. 3 Questions #1-5 (pg. 321)
Ch. 13 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 13 Sec. 3 Quiz 
 
 

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Read Ch. 13 Sec. 3 
Ch. 13 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to compare and contrast the political candidacies of William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley and explain the long-term legacy of the Populists' ideas. 

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No School - Black Friday 

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No School - Happy Thanksgiving 

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Ch. 13 Sec. 2 Questions #1-5 (pg. 315)
Ch. 13 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 13 Sec. 2 Quiz 
 
The Men Who Built American - Episode #2

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Read Ch. 13 Sec. 2 
Ch. 13 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the problems that developed as more people crowded into urban areas and summarize the economic problems farmers faced during this time. 

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Ch. 13 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 311)
Ch. 13 Sec. 1 Worksheet 
Ch. 13 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 13 Sec. 1 
Ch. 13 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the push and pull factors that influenced immigration to the United States and explain the settlement patterns of immigrants and their influence on American culture. 

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Ch. 13 Vocabulary 
The Men Who Built America 

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Ch. 12 Test 

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Ch. 12 Packet 
Ch. 12 Review 
 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the rise of industry, the railroads, big business, and unions. 

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Ch. 12 Sec. 4 Questions #1-6 (pg. 303)
Ch. 12 Sec. 4 Worksheet 
Ch. 12 Sec. 4 Quiz 
 
 

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Read Ch. 12 Sec. 4 
Ch. 12 Sec. 4 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the rise of organized labor and the reasons it failed to achieve their goals and explain the major industrial strikes during this time. 

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Ch. 12 Sec. 3 Questions #1-5 (pg. 297) 
Ch. 12 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 12 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 12 Sec. 3 
Ch. 12 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain how larger scale industrialization increased fixed costs while lowering operating costs. 

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No School - Staff Development 

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Half Day
Episode of Timeless 

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Ch. 12 Sec. 2 Questions #1-5 (pg. 293) 
Ch. 12 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 12 Sec. 2 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 12 Sec. 2 
Ch. 12 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to identify the important changes the railroad industry brought to the nation. 

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Ch. 12 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 289)
Ch. 12 Sec. 1 Worksheet
Ch. 12 Sec. 1 Quiz 

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Rea the d Ch. 12 Sec. 1 
Ch. 12 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to summarize the conditions that enabled the United States to industrialize in the late nineteenth century. 

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Ch. 12 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 11 Test 
 
 

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Ch. 11 Packet 
Ch. 11 Review 
Study
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain miners and ranchers, farming the Plains, and Native Americans.  

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Ch. 11 Sec. 3 Questions #1-4 (pg. 281) 
Ch. 11 Sec. 3 Worksheet
Ch. 11 Sec. 3 Quiz 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the factors that caused conflicts between the Native Americans and settlers on the Great Plains. 

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No School - Staff Development 

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No School - Ed MN Conferences 

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No School - Ed Mn Conferences 

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Read Ch. 11 Sec. 3 
Ch. 11 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the factors that caused conflicts between the Native Americans and settlers on the Great Plains. 

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Ch. 11 Sec. 2 Questions #1-4 (pg. 276) 
Ch. 11 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 11 Sec. 2 Quiz 
 
 
Goal: Explain the factors that encouraged settlement of the Great Plains following the Civil War. 

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Read Ch. 11 Sec. 2 
Ch. 11 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions
 
Goal: Explain the factors that encouraged settlement of the Great Plains following the Civil War. 

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Ch. 11 Sec. 1 Questions #1-6 (pg. 273) 
Ch. 11 Sec. 1 Worksheet 
Ch. 11 Sec. 1 Quiz 
 
 

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Read Ch. 11 Sec. 1 
Ch. 11 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Explain how mining and ranching affected the development of the West. 

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Ch. 10 Test 
 

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Ch. 11 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 10 Packet
Ch. 10 Review
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the debate over Reconstruction, Republican rule, and Reconstruction Collapses.  

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Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Questions #1-6 (pg. 263)
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 10 Sec. 3 
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the details of the controversial election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877. 

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Ch. 10 Sec. 2 Questions #1-6 (pg. 259) 
Ch. 10 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Ch. 10 Sec. 2 Quiz 
 
Mid-Quarter 
 
 

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Read Ch. 10 Sec. 2 
Ch. 10 Sec. 2 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the threats African Americans faced in the Reconstruction South and how different groups in the South responded to Reconstruction. 

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Ch. 10 Sec. 1 Questions #1-7 (pg. 255) 
Ch. 10 Sec. 1 Worksheet 
Ch. 10 Sec. 1 Quiz 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the differences between the three plans for Reconstruction and explain the consequences of Radical Republicans taking control of Congress. 

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Happy Homecoming! Go Knights!
Make sure your assignments from Thursday, September 27 are done for Monday, October 1. 

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Read Ch. 10 Sec. 1 
 
Ch. 10 Sec. 1 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the differences between the three plans for Reconstruction and explain the consequences of Radical Republicans taking control of Congress. 

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Ch. 10 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 9 Test 

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Ch. 9 Packet 
Ch. 9 Review 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the opposing sides during the Civil War, the early stages of the war, life during the war, the turning point, and the war ends. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 5 Questions #1-8 (pg. 245) 
Ch. 9 Sec. 5 Worksheet 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 5 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 9 Sec. 5
Ch. 9 Sec. 5 Discussion Questions 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the conditions, both military and civilian, in the Confederacy at the war's end. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 4 Questions #1-4 (pg. 241) 
Ch. 9 Sec. 4 Worksheet 
 
 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 4 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 9 Sec. 4 - The Turning Point 
 
Goal: Students will be able to explain the significance of the Siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg as turning points in the war. Students will also be able to explain the importance of President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 3 Questions #1-5 (pg. 236) 
Ch. 9 Sec. 3 Worksheet 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 9 Sec. 3 - Life During the War
 
Goal: Students will be able to accurately explain the experiences for the different social groups on the home front in the Union and Confederacy. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 2 Questions #1-6 (pg. 232) 
Ch. 9 Sec. 2 Worksheet 
Finish Civil War Battles Chart 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 2 Quiz 

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Read Ch. 9 Sec. 2 - The Early Stages
Civil War Battles Chart 
Civil War Battles Map 
 
Goal: Students will be able to interpret the significance and outcome of important battles of the Civil War and explain why President Lincoln decided to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and how it changed the war. 

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Ch. 9 Sec. 1 Questions #1-5 (pg. 227) 
Ch. 9 Sec. 1 Worksheet
North and South Advantages Chart 

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All school supplies for 9th grade American History are purchased. 

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Read Ch. 9 Sec. 1 - The Opposing Sides 
 
Goal: Students will be able to identify accurately the different resources available between the North and South. 

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Signed Syllabus
Extra Credit: 1 Box of Kleenex 

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8 Map Essentials Packet 
Ch. 9 Vocabulary 

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Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Questions #1-6 (pg. 263) 
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Questions #1-6 (pg. 263) 
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Worksheet 
Ch. 10 Sec. 3 Quiz 

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Citizenship Test