Ms. Amber Clapp

U.S. History (May 16 - 20)

Upcoming Assessments

5/18 - Unit 8 HW Guide Due (Modern Era Terms)

5/24 - Final Exam           Download the Study Guide: Download Final Exam Review Guide

 

Daily Plans 

5/16 - Warm Up - Vietnam Protest Video Clip, Finish Cold War Timeline, Begin Civil Rights Chart, Work on Presidents Poster Project

Downloads: Download The Civil Rights Movement,  Download Civil Rights Movement Chart 

5/17 - Continue Civil Rights Chart, Finish Presidents Poster Project 

5/18 - Civil Rights Video Clip, Finish Civil Rights Chart, Modern Era Presidents Presentations & Notes

Downloads: Download Post-WWII American Presidents 

5/19 - Interstate Highway Video Clip, Continue Presidents Presentations & Notes Chart

5/20 - Finish Presidents Presentations & Notes Chart

U.S. History (May 9-13)

Upcoming Assessments

5/18 - Final HW Guide due! (Post WWII Terms)

 

Daily Plans

5/9 - Warm Up, Timeline (w/ partner), Review Timeline Events & Video Clips (Marshall Plan, Korean War, McCarthy), Primary Source Analysis: Who started the Cold War? (group activity) 

Downloads:  Download The Cold War,  Download Cold War Timeline

5/10 - Warm Up, Finish Primary Source Analysis: Who started the Cold War? (group activity), 

5/11 - Warm Up, Continue Timeline Events Notes & Video Clilps (Cuban Missile Crisis & Causes of the Vietnam War)

5/12 - Modern Era Presidents Poster Project; Computer lab for research

Downloads: Download Modern Era Presidents Poster Project

5/13 - Warm Up, American Involvement in Vietnam WS, Finish Cold War Timeline & Video Clips

Downloads: Download American Involvement in Vietnam Qs

U.S. History (May 2 - 6)

Upcoming Assessments

5/2-3 - EOCT

5/5 - Unit 7 Test (Chapters 20-24)  

    Download the Unit 7 Test Study Guide: Download Unit 7 Test Review Guide

 

Daily Plans

5/2 - EOCT

5/3 - EOCT

5/4 - Warm Up, Finish World War II Notes & Video Segments (D-Day, Hiroshima), Review for Test

Reminder: Unit 7 Test is tomorrow!

Downloads:  Download World War II - Spring 2011

5/5 - Unit 7 Test, Begin Unit 8 Key Terms

Downloads: Download Unit 8 HW Guide

5/6 - Warm Up, Cold War: Introduction, Capitalism v. Communism Chart, Primary Source Reading, Timeline Events (w/ partner) 

Downloads:  Download The Cold War,  Download Cold WarTimeline

U.S. History EOCT Information

The EOCT is a BIG part of your grade for this class (15%). Start preparing for the EOCT now...

EOCT dates: Monday & Tuesday (May 2 -3 )

EOCT Review Tools: Download EOCT prep tips, Download EOCT Review Questions, Download United States History Standards

EOCT Review Sessions (Spring 2011): Sessions are being offered before and after school to help students prepare for the EOCT. Students can attend any session, and are encouraged to attend multiple sessions. Schedule: Download EOCT REv Sched

Review PowerPoints: Download EOCT Review - Colonial Era - Civil War Download EOCT Review - Reconstruction - 2001

 

U.S. History (April 25 - 29)

Upcoming Assessments

May 2 - 3 - EOCT

May 3 - EOCT Terms - Part II due

 

Daily Plans

4/25 - Warm Up, Great Depression: Organizer, Video Clips (bank runs & dust bowl), Begin New Deal Notes

Downloads: Download The Great Depression - Spring 2011,  Download Great Depression Organizer

4/26 - Warm Up, Dust Bowl Video Clip, New Deal Notes Organizer

Downloads: Download The New Deal - Spring 2011, Download New Deal Chart & Notes

4/27 - Warm Up, WWI Notes & Video Clips (Women's Contributions, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Atomic Bomb)

Downloads: Download World War II - Spring 2011

4/28 - EOCT Review (Group Quiz Activity) 

4/29 - Modern History Presentations, EOCT Review

This weekend: STUDY! Work on your EOCT terms! Get plenty of sleep. Eat breakfast before you come to school on Monday. Bring a real (not mechanical) #2 pencil. Do NOT bring your cell phone or food/drink to class.

U.S. History Students - Need help reviewing the Unit 7 material?

Click on the link below for some additional help reviewing the key terms and definitions from Unit 7 (Roaring Twenties - WWII):

http://quizlet.com/3329591

U.S. History (April 18 - 22)

Upcoming Assessments

4/18 - Imperialism Book due

4/19 - Unit 6 Test; Unit 6 NB Check 

 

Daily Plans

4/18 - Warm Up, Home Front Organizer, Nature of World War I Video, Wilson & Peace Chart

Downloads: Download World War I - Spring 2011,  Download Home Front Organizer 

4/19 - Unit 6 Test, Work on EOCT Review Packet - Part I (due Monday)

4/20 - Roaring Twenties Guided Notes, Henry Ford Video Clip, Armstrong/Berlin Music, Culture Web

Downloads:  Download Roaring Twenties - Spring 2011,  Download The Roaring Twenties Guided Notes

4/21 - Modern History Presentations, Finish Twenties: Guided Notes, Music Clips, & Jazz Singer Clip, Begin Great Depression Notes & Organizer 

4/22 - Warm Up, Modern History Presentations, Great Depression Organizer

Downloads:  Download The Great Depression - Spring 2011,  Download Great Depression Organizer 

U.S. History (April 11-15)

Upcoming Assessments

4/18 - Imperialism Book due (chapter 18 HW)

4/19 - Unit 6 Test (chapters 17-19); Review Session at 7:40

 

Daily Plans 

4/11 - Progressive Review (iRespond), Roosevelt & Conservation - finishing chapter 17 notes, Begin Imperialism Book & Notes (chapter 18)

Downloads:  Download Imperialism - Spring 2011

4/12 - Warm Up, Imperialism Book: Finish Spanish-American War, Index Card Assessments, Expansion Debate & New Lands 

4/13 - Progressive Quiz, Finish Imperialism Book: Latin American Diplomacy, Begin World War I: Causes (Reading & WS)

Downloads: Download Causes of World War I Guided Notes

4/14 - Modern History Presentations, Review Causes of WWI

Downloads: Download World War I - Spring 2011

4/15 - Warm Up, America's Entry: War Board Group Activity, Home Front Graphic Organizer; USA TestPrep - EOCT preparation in computer lab (second half of class)

Downloads: Download Home Front Organizer 

U.S. History Students - Need some help reviewing for Unit 6?

Click on the link below for some additional help reviewing the key terms and definitions from Unit 6 (Progressive Era - WWI):

http://quizlet.com/3204438

 

U.S. History (March 28 - April 1)

Upcoming Assessment

3/29 - Unit 5 Test (chapters 14 - 16) - open notes/homework, Technological Advances Collage due

3/30 - Chapter 14 - 16 HW Guide due, Unit 5 NB Check due

 

Daily Plans

3/28 - Immigration Video Clip, Chapter 15 & 16 Notes, Chapter 16 Reading WS

3/29 - Unit 5 Test, Begin Chapter 17 HW Guide 

3/30 - Warm Up, Progressivism Intro. Notes & Video Clip, Muckrakers Notes - HW Guide, Political Reforms Chart - HW Guide & Video Clip, Bluff Review Game, Summary Cards

Downloads:  Download The Progressive Era

3/31 - Warm Up, Progressivism: Social Reforms Chart, The Jungle Reading & Qs, Economic Reforms Chart, Progressive Video Clip

Downloads:  Download The Progressive Era

4/1 - Modern History Presentations, Progressive Era Summary WS