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UNIT 1- Contact through reconstruction

UNIT 1 Agenda

Day 1 Monday/Tuesday August 12th/13th
Columbian Exchange Activity
-Syllabus, BP, Classroom Rules/Expectations, HWP, EC Explanation

Explain About Me Canva Letter- AML
​-Ice breaker TV Show/Music/ & Food dislike
HW: ​Lecture 1.2 Colonization (Flipped)

Day 2 Wednesday August 14th (All)
Finish Icebreaker, go over questions for syllabus and pass out papers.
REMIND 101 and BYOD Questions

Maybe:
In Class Readings:
 http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/essay/indian-slavery-americas?period=1

HW: Lecture 1.2 Colonization (Flipped)
Potential Exam Topics from 1.2:
VA HOB,
Indentured Servants,
Bacon's Rebellion,
Triangle Trade,
Middle Passage,
Puritans,
Pilgrim,
Mayflower Compact,
Salem Witch Trials,
Great Awakening,
and Enlightenment


Day 3 Thursday/Friday August 15th/16th
Lecture 1.1
Ships Rosters W/U: 

​https://www.rooseveltcpush.com/uploads/2/3/5/4/23544792/ships_rosters.pdf
Briefly go over Lecture 1.2 Colonization Flipped
(2) Enlightenment Reading Class Assignment
Possible In Class Readings:
 
https://www.rooseveltcpush.com/uploads/2/3/5/4/23544792/indentured_servant_contract.pdf
https://www.rooseveltcpush.com/uploads/2/3/5/4/23544792/berkeley_1673__1_.pdf

HW Reminder: Lecture 1.2 Colonization (Flipped)

Day 4 Monday/Tuesday August 19th/20th
Begin ​1.3 Lecture- American Revolution
(3) Work on Six Degrees Class Assignment
In Class Readings:
 
https://www.rooseveltcpush.com/uploads/2/3/5/4/23544792/indentured_servant_contract.pdf
https://www.rooseveltcpush.com/uploads/2/3/5/4/23544792/berkeley_1673__1_.pdf

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Day 5 Wednesday August 21st (ALL) 
Chapter 1 Creating a Nation (Beginnings to 1789)
Chapter 2 Growth and Conflict (1789-1877)
​Open Book Reading Quiz (30 minutes)

​Assign Native American Projects
Back to School Night
 Principal's Welcome will be in Gym beginning at 6:00 pm (you are not required to be present). 
Parents excused from the gym at 6:30. Classroom visitations will begin at 6:45 pm.
Parents will follow their students schedule and rotate every 10 minutes, with a 6 minute passing period. 


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Day 6 Thursday/Friday August 22nd/23rd
Finish Lecture 1.3
Assign and work on Native American Smore Presentations

Day 7 Monday/Tuesday August 26th/27th
Begin ​1.4 Lecture- Creating a Nation
(4) Bill of Rights Class Assignment

Day 8 Wednesday August 28th (ALL) 
Begin 1.5 Lecture- Precedents of the Presidents
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Day 9 Thursday/Friday August 29th/30th
Finish 1.5 Lecture- Precedents of the Presidents
Begin 1.6 Lecture- Growth and Conflict

Optional Westward Expansion Extra Credit Assignment ​

Monday September 2nd 
NO SCHOOL

Day 10 Tuesday September 3rd
COMMON DAY

Finish: 1.6 Lecture- Growth and Conflict

Day 11 Wednesday September 4th (All)
Begin ​1.7 Lecture- The Civil War
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Day 12 Thursday/Friday September 5th/6th
Finish ​1.7 Lecture- The Civil War
​LT
Begin 1.8 Lecture- Reconstruction
(5) Reconstruction Class Assignment


Day 13 Monday/Tuesday September 9th/10th
​Native American PRESENTATIONS 
Finish ​1.8 Lecture- Reconstruction

Day 14 Wednesday September 11th
Jeopardy

Day 1 Thursday/Friday September 12th/13th
HWP Due
Exam
E.C. Quick sheet due


Day 2 Monday/Tuesday September 16th/17th
TBD

UNIT 1 LEctures

Lecture 1.1 European Contact
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Lecture 1.2 Colonization (OYO)

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Lecture 1.3 American Revolution
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Lecture 1.4 Creating a Nation
(270 to win)

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Lecture 1.5 Precedents of the Presidents
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Lecture 1.6 Growth and Conflict
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Lecture 1.7 The Civil War
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​Lecture 1.8 Reconstruction

Print the gLN out --v

Lecture 1.1
Lecture 1.2
Lecture 1.3
Lecture 1.4
Lecture 1.5
Lecture 1.6
Lecture 1.7
Lecture 1.8
1.1 GLN
1.2 GLN
1.3 GLN
1.4 GLN
1.5 GLN
1.6 GLN
1.7 GLN
1.8 GLN

Helpful/historical Links

(4) 270 to Win
(9) Jim Crow Museum

UNIT 1 READING

Read Chapters 1+2 and make sure to bring your textbook on Day 6.
Chapter 1 Creating a Nation (Beginnings to 1789)

Chapter 2 Growth and Conflict (1789-1877)
Day 5 Wednesday August 21st

Unit 1 Quicksheet/review sheet

Unit One Quicksheet
This is due the day of the unit exam.
 I expect complete sentences for ALL key terms and Essential questions.
Summarize the key terms into one or two sentences each. Some of the essential questions might take a little longer than 1-2 sentences. 


This is worth 15 points Extra Credit onto your Unit One Exam score.

Unit 1 assignments

Assignments will be handed out in class and whatever is not finished in class is considered homework. There will be seven assignments that need to be stapled and turned in in the order below. 

This packet will be due the day of the Unit Exam.
Cover Sheet
(a) Syllabus Signature (10) turned in separately
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Homework Packet
(0) Columbian Exchange Activity (50)
(1) About Me Canva Letter  (40)

​(2) Enlightenment Reading Assignment (20)
(3) Six Degrees of Separation Assignment (30)
(4) Bill of Rights Assignment (30)
(5) Reconstruction Assignment (20)
(6) Guided Lecture Notes (200)
Total: 400 Points
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Ways to Get Extra Credit on the Exam
 -Westward Expansion Assignment (+5)
-Unit 1 Quicksheet (+15)
Handwritten, in order, and complete sentences 
- Jeopardy Team Champions (+5)
Test Corrections during intervention, by appt. after the exam (.5)

about me Letter Canva
​guidelines

  (1) About Me Letter (AML) Canva Guidelines

On a CANVA Digital Letter, you must include the following items:
  1. Photo, name, nickname, and three interesting facts about yourself.
  2. 10th grade History teacher, class, and grade earned last year.      (Ex. Mr. Smith, AP World, B/B, yes/no, 3) Did you take AP? If yes,  did you take the exam and/or pass? AP score?
  3. Birth date, Extra-curricular activities, and passions.
  4. Pick at least three things from some of the following suggestions and tell me more about yourself.
(siblings, sports, other AP classes, dream college, dream career, clubs, video games, music, tv shows I should watch, favorite sports teams, other, etc.)
Columbian Exchange Activity 0
1 Enlightenment
1 Enlightenment Reading
2 Six Degrees of Separation
3 Bill of Rights
4 Reconstruction
EC Westward Expansion

Native American Presentation
​information + padlet turn-in

                                      Research Questions:
a. Social structure--

1. How is the society organized?
2. Is it communal or hierarchical?
3. Is it matrilineal or patrilineal?

b. Political structure/leadership--
1. Who has power?
2. How are tribal decisions made?
3. What role do religious leaders play in decisions?

c. Economic subsistence and trade--
1. How did they survive? Agriculture/hunter-gatherer
2. Did they trade with other groups? Who?

d. Dwellings
1. What type of home did they live in?
You must include photos, location within America, and maps on your SMORE page.

e. Regional similarities and differences
1. Was your tribe unique in the region? What similarities did they share with other tribes in the region? Differences?
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Individual Project Guidelines: Individually, you must select a unique Native American tribe from the image below and you must inform the class about them. Create a SMORE page and post your page to your Period's Padlet below.
  • Information about the tribe 
  • Did they live in different regions? Nomadic? Semi-sedentary?
  • How they adapted to their environment?
  • How are they different from the Europeans they encountered?
  • Did they have positive or negative encounters with Europeans?
  • Where are they today?
Teach the class about this tribe for no more than one minute. The project is worth 25 points. For five points extra credit, you may choose to create something wall-worthy about your Native American tribe.
(Must be bold, small and can be taped or stapled to the wall. or a video that can be linked to the online fridge: 
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​​​https://www.rooseveltcpush.com/the-fridge.html
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Period 6
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Declaration of Independence LOC
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