Trafford -- U S History
2021 – 2022 ALWAYS A MUSTANG!
WELCOME 2022! Aristotle writes in the Nicomachean Ethics that friendship is essential to human happiness, but only the best kind of friendship. It must be characterized by a shared love for the highest things—in the mind, truth; in the heart, virtue.
Week of Jan 24, 2022
Mon -Tues – Primary Documents “Spanish-American War”
Wed – Present findings; Maps
Thurs & Fri – Notes
Week of Jan 10
Notes and Study Guide
Test-Thurs
Fri – Martin Luther King Jr.: The Authentic Legacy
WEEK OF JAN 3, 2022
Notes “Expansion & Industrialization”
Wkst: “Growth of Corporations”, “Pools, Trusts, & Monopolies”, “Time Zones”
Mon- John Brown Doc
Tues – Notes “Causes of Civil War”
Wed – Air Guard
Thurs- Fri – Notes
Week of Nov 15, 2021
Readings & Ilustrations “Expansion Leads to Conflict”
Present --Friday
Week of Nov 8, 2021
Mon – Expansionist review
Tues-Fri – Honoring Veterans and Remembering
Week of Nov 1, 2021
Mon- Alamo
Tues – ASVAB
Wed – Sectionalism
Thurs – Study Guide
Fri – Test
Week of Oct 25, 2021
Mon-Notes and discussion
Tues-Timeline
Wed- ASVAB
Thur-Fri --Alamo
Week of Oct 18, 2021
Mon – No School
”Emerging New Nation” – Tues-Fri
Check Google Classroom for Assignments
Week of Oct 11, 2021
Western Expansion
Map – Wed
Fri – Map Quiz
Week of Oct 4, 2021
Louisiana Purchase and expansion
Tues- Study Guide
Wed – ASVAB
Thurs- Test
Week of Sept 27, 2021
Early Government – War of 1812
Hwk: Mon- Ratification & Preamble
Tues- Amendments & Bill of Rights
Wed – Louisiana Purchase & Lewis and Clark
Thurs – War of 1812
Week of Sept 20, 2021
Notes leading up to the American Revolution
Notes about the American Revolution
Wed – Web Quest “American Revolution”
Thurs – Guide notes
Fri – Documentary “Taking Liberties” w/questions
Sept 13, 2021
French & Indian War
Constitution Activities
Week of Sept 6, 2021
Activities surrounding Sept 11, 2001
Week of August 30, 2021
Colonial America, 13 colonies map, and quiz
Week of August 23, 2021
| Monday:
Complete Maps of Cultural Regions Hwk: Complete drawing of Native Environment-Due Tues --Work on Landform Map-Due Thurs |
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Tuesday: Due: Native Map Discussion “New World Beginnings” Hwk: work on Landform Map-Due Thurs |
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Wednesday: Columbian Exchange Chart and Paragraph -Due Fri Hwk:Complete Map Landforms |
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Thursday: Due: Landform Map Documentary “World Before Columbus” Hwk: Complete “Columbian Exchange” |
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Friday: Due: “Columbian Exchange” Finish “World Before Columbus” |
AUGUST 16, 2021
Monday – Rules and procedures; information sheets, and US Map (label and color -Due Thurs -Aug 19)
Tuesday – Complete expectations for classroom and “Get to Know You” forms; Work on Map due Thurs
Wednesday – Book Scavenger Hunt (getting familiar with textbook activity) Hwk: complete map
Thursday – Due: US Map; Begin “Native American Cultures”
Friday – Complete “Native American Cultures”; Map of Cultural Regions;
Week of April 19, 2021
Mon – Digital Day “Cold War at Home” read and answer
Tues – Complete notes “Cold War” & “Johnson & the Great Society”
Wed – 1950s TV Study --Research
Thurs – Documentary “Kennedy”
Fri – Documentary “Kennedy”
Week of April 12, 2021
Mon – Cold War (1945-1960) PPT/Notes
Tues – Continue with notes
Wed – Webquest
Thur – “Containment & Consensus” & “Eisenhower & Cold War”
Fri – Notes “Cold War”
Week of March 29, 2021
Mon – Fri – the outbreak of WWII and American Response
Week of March 15, 2021
Mon – Roaring 20s
Tues-Thurs – Notes “Great Depression”
Fri – Documentary “Great Depression”
Week of March 1, 2021
Mon – Map Skills
Tues - WWI Intro
Wed – Notes Sec 1 Ch 10
Thurs -WWI discussion
Friday – Notes Ch 10 Sec 2
Week of Feb 22, 2021
Monday & Tues– Virtual – Go to Google Classroom
Wed – Friday – Assignments on the American West
Week of February 15, 2021 **All work found in Google Classroom
Mon – No School
Tues – Read and answer questions on “Chinese Railroad Workers”
Wed – Read and answer questions on “Cowboys”
Thurs – Read and answer question on “African Americans”
Fri – Read and answer questions on “Women & Children” and “Native Americans”
Week of February 8, 20121
Mon – Ch 6 Going Westward Notes
Tues – Continue Notes
Wed-Fri – West activities “Pack Your Wagon” and “Cattle Drive”
Week of Feb 1, 2021
Monday – Ch 4 Sec 3 Notes
Tuesday – Study Guide Ch 4
Wed – Map Skills
Thursday – Ch 4 test
Friday – Map Skills
Week of Jan 11, 2021
Monday – State Capitals (test Fri); “Battle of Gettysburg” DBQ
Tuesday – Reconstruction (read & complete); Finish documents DBQ; practice capitals
Wednesday – Map skill/Ark; Complete “Reconstruction & Effects” using Google Classroom; Practice capitals
Thursday – Thesis Construction; finish “Reconstruction & Effects”; Reading Maps & map skills
Friday – Test Capitals; Map skills-Review work
January 4, 2021
Monday -Review for semester test
Tuesday – Wednesday - “Why was Gettysburg a Turning Point?”
Thursday & Friday – Semester Tests
Week of Nov 30, 2020
Monday-Thursday --Civil War discussion ppt
Friday --Study Guide
Week of Nov 23, 2020
NO SCHOOL--- Happy Thanksgiving!
Week of November 2, 2020 Week of November 9, 2020
Mon – Tues – Alamo Mon – Notes Ch 3 Sec 2 “Lincoln & Session”
Wed – the Alamo Tues – Discussion “Election of 1860”
Thurs – Notes Ch 3 Sec 1 Wed – Discussion “Robert E. Lee”
Fri – Discussion “Union in Crisis” Thurs – Civil War Generals
Fri – Digital Day
Week of Oct 26, 2020
Monday – Study Guide CH 2
Tuesday – Review for Test Ch 2
Wednesday – Ch 2 TEST
Thursday – Digital Day --Create Ad for the Alamo
Friday – “Alamo”
Week of Oct 19, 2020
Monday – Digital Day “Missouri Compromise” & “Indian Removal”
Tuesday – Ch 2 Sec 3 Notes “The Antislavery Mov’t” & Study Western Map --Test Thurs
Wednesday – Ch 2 Sec 3 Discussion & Map practice of “West Expansion”---Test Thursday
Thursday – Ch 2 Sec 4-5 Notes “Women’s Movement & Manifest Destiny” & TEST “map-West Expansion”
Friday – Ch 2 Sec 4-5 Discussion
Week of Oct 12, 2020
Monday – Digital Day “Early Roads” and “Great Lakes” Attached in Google Classroom
Tuesday --- Ch 2 Notes “Andrew Jackson”
Wed – Ch 2 Sec 1 discussion & Label Western States
Thursday --Ch 2 Sec 2 Notes “Religion & Reform”
Friday – Ch 2 Sec 2 Discussion & Map “Western Expansion”
Week of Oct 5, 2020
Monday – Friday
”Valley Forge, Would you have quit?”
Analyze documents, write thesis, outline, rough draft, complete writing
Week of Sept 28, 2020
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Ch 1 Study Guide (Test Wed) Analyze Docs “Valley Forge”
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Ch 1 Review (Test Wed) Continue with “Valley Forge” |
Ch 1 Test Continue “Valley Forge” |
Thesis Writing & Prewrite
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Rough Draft ”Valley Forge” |
Week of Sept 21, 2020
Monday – Friday – Constitutional Week Activities
Week of Sept 14, 2020
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Jamestowne’s Dark Winter |
Digital Day----”New European Colonies”, “The First Colonies”, “Hard Times in Virginia” Parent/Teacher Conference |
Discussion ”Colonies” |
Discussion “French & Indian War” | French & Indian War -Doc |
Week of Sept 7, 2020
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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No School Labor Day |
Map Skills -13 Colonies “Do you know your colonial regions?” Research
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Map Skills-13 Colonies Complete Research 13 Colonies Map w/checklist
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Map Skills Quiz-13 Colonies
Hwk: Triangular Trade
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Remembering 9/11 |
Week of Aug 31, 2020
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Map Skills—Landforms (map and quiz on Friday) Native American Cultures Research (due Thurs) |
Map Skills -Landforms Continue Research Native American Cultures
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Map Skills-Landforms Documentary “America Before Columbus” |
Map Skills-Landforms Complete Documentary and wriitng
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Map Quiz Landforms Map Due-Landforms Discussion
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8-24-20
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Forms Map Skills |
Map Skills Know Your Text Book |
Map Skills Notes Sec 1 Ch 1 |
Map Skills Complete Notes Discussion |
Map Quiz Map Due Discussion |
