Issues in American History Lesson Plans - 1st Semester 2010
UNIT 1 - CHAPTERS 1-3:"The Age of
Exploration and the Early Colonial Period"
Day 1 (Wed. Aug. 25) Distribute books.
Discussion/Notes: Chapter 1, "New World Beginnings".
Homework: Read pages 2-32.
Day 2 (Thurs. Aug. 26) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 1 & Chapter 2, "The Planting of English
America".
Homework: Read pages 33-42.
Day 3 (Fri. Aug. 27) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 2, "The Planting of English America".
Homework: Read pages 43-55.
Day 4 (Mon. Aug. 30) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 3, "Settling the Northern Colonies"
Homework: Read pages 55-65.
Day 5 (Tues. Aug. 31) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 3, "Settling the Northern Colonies"
Homework: review notes & textbook.
Day 6 (Wed. Sept. 1) Review of Unit 1 (Chapters 1-3).
Homework: review notes,
guidebook &
textbook.
Sept. 2-3 Hurricane Earl
Day 7 (Tues. Sept. 7) Multiple-Choice and Essay Test on Unit 1 (Chapters 1-3)
Homework: Read pages 66-83.
UNIT 2 - CHAPTERS 4-6:"American Colonial
Life and the French and Indian War"
Day 8 (Wed. Sept. 8) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 4, "American Life in the Seventeenth Century ".
Homework: Read pages 84-93.
Day 9 (Thurs. Sept. 9) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 5, "Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution".
Homework: Read pages 94-105.
Day 10 (Fri. Sept. 10) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 5,
"Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution".
Homework: Read pages 106-111.
Day 11 (Mon. Sept. 13) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 6, "The Duel for North America".
Homework: Read pages 111-121.
Day 12 (Tues. Sept. 14)
Discussion/Notes: Chapter 6, "The Duel for North America".
Homework: review your notes, guidebook & textbook.
Day 13 (Wed. Sept. 15) Review
and summary of Unit 2.
Homework: review your notes & textbook.
Day 14 (Thurs. Sept. 16) Multiple-Choice & Essay tests on Unit 2 (Chapters 4-6).
Homework: Read pages 122-130.
UNIT 3 - CHAPTERS 7-9: "War for
Independence, the Critical Period & the Constitution"
Day 15 (Fri. Sept. 17) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 7, "The Road to Revolution"
Homework: Read pages 131-139.
Day 16 (Mon. Sept.
20) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 7, "The Road to Revolution"
Homework: Read pages
140-150.
Day 17 (Tues. Sept. 21) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 8, "America Secedes From the Empire"
Homework: Read pages 150-163.
Day 18 (Wed. Sept.
22) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 8, "America Secedes From the Empire"
Homework: Read pages 164-177.
Day 19 (Thurs. Sept. 23) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 9, "The Confederation and the Constitution"
Homework: Read pages 177-189.
Day 20 (Fri. Sept. 24) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 9, "The Confederation and the Constitution"
Homework: review your notes& textbook.
Day 21 (Mon. Sept. 27) Unit
3 Review & summary.
Homework: review your notes, guidebook & textbook.
Day 22 (Tues. Sept.
28) Multiple-Choice & Essay tests on Unit 3 (Chapters 7-9)
Homework: read pages 190-205.
UNIT 4 - CHAPTERS 10-12:"Federalists,
Jeffersonian Democracy & the Era of Good Feeling"
Day 23 (Wed. Sept. 29) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 10, "Launching the New Ship of State"
Homework: Read pages 205-220.
Day 24 (Thurs. Sept. 30) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 10, "Launching the New Ship of State"
Homework: Read pages 220-233.
Day 25 (Fri. Oct. 1) Discussion/Notes: Ch. 11,
"Triumphs & Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy"
Homework: Read pages 233-243.
Day 26 (Mon. Oct. 4) Discussion/Notes:
Ch. 11,
"Triumphs & Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy"
Homework: Read pages 243-255.
Day 27 (Tues. Oct. 5) Notes: Ch. 12, "2nd War
for Independence & Upsurge of Nationalism"
Day 28 (Wed. Oct. 6) Review
and summary of Unit Four.
Homework: review your notes,
guidebook & textbook.
Day 29 (Thurs. Oct. 7) Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit 4 (Chapters 10-12).
Homework: Review notes & test review sheets for Chapters 1-12.
FIRST SIX WEEKS EXAM
Day 30 (Fri. Oct. 8) Six Weeks Review of Chapters 1-12
Day 31 (Mon. Oct. 11) Exam on Chapters 1-12.
Homework:
Read pages 256-270.
UNIT 5 - CHAPTERS 13 & 14:"Jacksonian
Democracy"
Day 32 (Tues. Oct. 12) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 13, "The Rise of a Mass Democracy"
Homework: Read pages 270-286.
Day 33 (Wed. Oct. 13) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 13, "The Rise of a Mass Democracy"
Homework: Read pages 287-303.
Day 34 (Thurs. Oct. 14) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 14, "Forging the National Economy"
Homework: Read pages 303-319.
Day 35 (Fri. Oct. 15) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 14, "Forging the National Economy"
Homework: Review notes and textbook.
Day 36 (Mon. Oct. 18) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 14, "Forging the National Economy"
Homework: Review notes and textbook.
Day 37 (Tues. Oct. 19) Review and summary of Unit 5. Homework: review your notes & textbook.
Day 38 (Wed. Oct. 20) Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit Five. (Chapters 13 & 14)
Homework:
Read pages 320-334.
UNIT 6 - CHAPTERS 15 &16:"The Age of Reform and the Slavery
Question"
Day 39 (Thurs. Oct. 21) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 15, "The Ferment of Culture and Reform"
Homework: Read pages 334-347.
Day 40 (Fri. Oct. 22) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 15, "The Ferment of Culture and Reform"
Homework: Read pages 348-359.
Day 41 (Mon. Oct. 25) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 16, "The South and the Slave Controversy"
Homework: Read pages 359-370.
Day 42 (Tues. Oct. 26) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 16, "The South and the Slave Controversy"
Homework: Review notes and textbook.
Day 43 (Wed. Oct. 27) Finish Unit 6 Notes and Review:
Homework: review your notes,
guidebook & textbook.
Day 44 (Thurs. Oct. 28) Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit 6
(Chapters 15 & 16)
Homework: Read pages 371-378.
Day 45 (Fri. Oct. 29)
Document-Based Essay on Age of Reform
Homework: Read pages 378-389.
UNIT 7 - CHAPTERS 17-19: "Manifest Destiny and Economic
Sectionalism"
Day 46 (Mon. Nov. 1) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 17, "Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy"
Homework: Read pages
390-400.
Day 47 (Tues. Nov. 2) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 17, "Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy"
Homework:
Read pages 401-408.
Day 48 (Wed. Nov. 3) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 18, "Renewing the Sectional Struggle"
Homework: Read pages 409-420.
Day 49 (Thurs. Nov. 4) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 19, "Drifting Toward Disunion"
Homework: Read 420-434.
Day 50 (Fri. Nov. 5) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 19,
"Drifting Toward Disunion"
Homework: Review class notes, guidebook and textbook.
Day 51 (Mon. Nov. 8) Review
for test on Chapters 17-19.
Homework: review notes & textbook.
Day 52 (Tues. Nov. 9) Multiple-Choice test on Unit 7 (Chapters 17-19)
Review class notes for semester, guidebook and textbook.
12 WEEKS EXAM
Day 53 (Wed. Nov. 10) Review of First & 2nd Six Weeks.
Homework: review notes,
guidebook & textbook.
No School Nov. 11 - Veterans Day
Day 54 (Fri. Nov. 12) CUMULATIVE Exam for semester
(Chapters1-19)
Homework: Read pages 455-466.
UNIT 8 - CHAPTERS 20-22: "A House Divided, the
Civil War and Reconstruction"
Day 55 (Mon. Nov. 15) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 20, "Girding For War: The North and the South"
Homework: Read pages 466-477.
Day 56 (Tues. Nov. 16) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 20, "Girding For War: The North and the South"
Homework:
Read pages 478-490.
Day 57 (Wed. Nov. 17) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 21,
"The Furnace of Civil War"
Homework:
Read pages
490-501.
Day 58 (Thurs. Nov. 18) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 21,
"The Furnace of Civil War"
Homework:
Read pages 502-515.
Day 59 (Fri. Nov. 19) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 22, "The Ordeal of Reconstruction"
Review for test on Chapters 20-22.
Day 60 (Mon. Nov. 22) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 22, "The Ordeal of Reconstruction"
Day 61 (Tues. Nov. 23) Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit 8 (Chapters 20-22)
Day 62 (Wed. Nov. 24) Semester Review
UNIT 9 - CHAPTERS 23-25: "Greed and Growth
in the Gilded Age"
Day 63 (Mon. Nov. 29) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 23, "Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age"
Homework:
Read pages 516-529.
Day 64 (Tues. Nov. 30) Discussion/Notes: Chapter
23,
"Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age"
Homework:
Read pages 530-545.
Day 65 (Wed. Dec. 1) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 24,
"Industry Comes of Age"
Homework:
Read pages 545-557
Day 66 (Thurs. Dec. 2) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 24, "Industry Comes of Age"
Homework:
Read pages 558-567.
Day 67 (Fri. Dec. 3) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 24, "Industry Comes of Age"
Homework:
Read pages 567-576.
Day 68 (Mon. Dec. 6) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 25, "America Moves to the City"
Homework:
Read pages 576-593.
Day 69 (Tues. Dec. 7) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 25, "America Moves to the City"
Homework:
Read pages 576-593.
Day 70 (Wed. Dec. 8) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 25, "America
Moves to the City"
Homework:
Review class notes and textbook.
Day 71 (Thurs. Dec. 9) Review of Unit Eight.
Homework: review your notes & textbook.
Day 72 (Fri. Dec. 10) Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit 9
(Chapters 23-25)
Homework:
Read pages 594-612.
INCOMPLETE AFTER THIS
UNIT 10 - CHAPTERS 26 & 27: "The Closing of
the Frontier and Outward Expansion"
Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 26,
"The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution"
Homework:
Read pages 612-625.
Discussion/Notes: Chapter 26,
"The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution"
Homework:
Read pages 626-642.
Discussion/Notes: Chapter 27, "Empire and Expansion"
Homework:
Read pages 642-653.
Discussion/Notes: Chapter 27, "Empire and Expansion"
Homework:
Review notes and textbook
Day 73 (Wed. Dec. 9) Review of Unit 10.
Homework:
Review class notes, guidebook and textbook.
Day 74 (Thurs. Dec. 10) Multiple-Choice & Essay Test on Unit 10
(Chapters 26-27)
Homework:
Read pages 654-665.
UNIT 11 - CHAPTERS 28 & 29: "The
Progressive Movement"
Day 75 (Fri. Dec. 11) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 28, "Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt"
Homework:
Read pages 665-678.
Day 76 (Mon. Dec. 14) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 28, "Progressivism
and the Republican Roosevelt"
Homework:
Read pages 665-678.
Day 77 (Tues. Dec. 15) Discussion/Notes:
Chapter 28, "Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt"
Homework:
Review notes and textbook.
Day 78 (Wed. Dec. 16) Review and summary of
Unit 11(a).
Homework:
Review notes, textbook and guidebook.
Day 79 (Thurs. Dec. 17)
Multiple-Choice Test on Unit 11(a).
Day 80 (Fri. Dec. 18) Test corrections. NO HOMEWORK - enjoy Christmas break.
Day 81 (Mon. Jan. 4) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 29, "Wilsonian Progressivism at Home And Abroad"
Homework:
Read pages 679-695.
Day 82 (Tues. Jan. 5) Discussion/Notes: Chapter 29, "Wilsonian Progressivism at Home And Abroad"
Homework:
Review class notes and textbook.
Day 83 (Wed. Jan. 6) Review for
Unit 11(b).
Homework:
Read class notes, textbook and guidebook.
Day 84 (Thurs. Jan. 7)
Multiple-Choice Test on Unit 11(b).
Homework:
Review notes for semester, textbook and guidebook.
Day 85 (Fri. Jan. 8)
Review of 1st Semester
Homework:
Review notes for semester, textbook and guidebook.
Day 86 (Mon. Jan. 11) 1st
Semester Cumulative Final (Counts as a Test Grade) for ALL students.
Day 87 (Tues. Jan. 12) SEMESTER EXAM - 1st
Period, 8:30-11:30
Day 88 (Wed. Jan. 13) SEMESTER EXAM - 2nd
Period, 8:30-11:30
Day 89 (Thurs. Jan. 14) SEMESTER EXAM - 3rd Period, 8:30-11:30
Day 90 (Fri. Jan. 15) SEMESTER EXAM - 4th Period, 8:30-11:30
Mon. Jan. 18 - Martin Luther King Holiday - NO SCHOOL for students
Tues. Jan. 19 - Teacher workday - NO SCHOOL for students
Wed. Jan. 20 - Teacher workday - NO SCHOOL for students
Thurs. Jan. 21 - 2nd Semester begins.