My History Homework

Objectives:

Students will discuss slavery.
Students will analyze slave spirituals.
Students will analyze movements of people.

Today, students went over the tests they took last week.
Students then wrapped up notes about slavery.
Students then listened to the song, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” and analyzed what the lines of the song meant.
Finally, students looked over population statistics of African Americans and […]

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Students will demonstrate knowledge of U.S. capitals.
Students will research the Gold Rush.
Students will discuss the beginnings of U.S. secession.

Students then took a PRE-quiz over the United States capitals.
Students played a game entitled Strike It Rich in order to get a feeling for what the California Gold Rush was like, then answering questions about it.
Finally, […]

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Students will discuss relationship between U.S. and Mexico.
Students will analyze the effects of the War with Mexico.

Today, students went over the requirements for writing their essay one more time.
Students were given their Forget It! assignments and Wanted ads and the details of each were discussed.
Students were then given the remainder of the period to write […]

Objectives:

Students will review information from Chapters 7-9.
Students will discuss essay assignment.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of Chapters 7-9.

Today, students were introduced to the in-class essay they will be writing next class.
Students were given time to “cram” for today’s test.
Students took the test.
After the test, students began creating a graphic organizer to help them write the in-class […]

Objectives:

Students will explain U.S. & Mexico relations.
Students will discuss the Mexican-American War.
Students will review Chapters 7-9.

Today, students went over the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico during the 1820s-1830s.
Students took notes over the Mexican-American war and watched a few video clips detailing the Alamo and the war.
Students spent the rest of the period reviewing their […]

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Students will demonstrate knowledge of Chapter 7.
Students will assess relationship between U.S. and Mexico in the early 19th century.
Students will analyze the impacts U.S. settlers had on Tejas.

Today, students reviewed and then took a quiz over Chapter 7.
Students then created wanted ads detailing the benefits U.S. settlers moving to Tejas would experience, as well […]

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Students will discuss the market revolution.
Students will identify characteristics of western expansion.

Today, students took notes over the market revolution and how that was indicative of further sectionalism in the country.
Students then worked on an activity using their textbooks in which they identified answers to various questions about settlers heading west.
Students were given their study guides […]

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Students will discuss Andrew Jackson’s presidency.
Students will interpret the impact expansion had on Native Americans.
Students will analyze the reform movement.

Today, students took time to go over tests together.
Then, students took PowerPoint notes over Andrew Jackson’s presidency, including his Indian Removal policies.
Students watched a slide show of images about the Native Americans and creatively reacted […]

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Students will define nationalism.
Students will identify examples of nationalism.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of nationalism.

Today, students will discuss what nationalism is and spend a little time discussing the worksheet over mass production and the ways in which it changed the country.
Students will then work on an activity about nationalism.091006nationalism.pdf
Students will show their understanding of nationalism by […]

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Students will analyze the impacts of the Industrial Revolution on the United States.

Today, essays over the War of 1812 were passed back to students.
For the remainder of the period, students worked individually on worksheets related to the Industrial Revolution.091005massproductionworksheet.pdf
Homework:  Finish worksheet for next class period
2nd and 8th hour: Finish second worksheet about cases involving nationalism, […]