Basic US 2nd Quarter

11/3: we talked about voting and the election; homework was to continue to prepare for Friday’s exam

11/5: we used the remote-control game to prepare for Friday’s exam

11/7: we took our Unit 2 Exam over the American Revolution; homework was to complete The Articles of Confederation Reading

11/12: we completed the The Articles of Confederation Reading Quiz together in class; we completed the AOC to Constitution Notes Sheet using the AOC to Constitution Presentation; homework was to complete The Constitution Is Formed Reading

11/14: we completed a quiz over the homework; we completed the Legislative Branch Questions using information from Article 1 – Legislative Branch; homework is to complete the Running for Office activity

11/18: we reviewed the answers to the Legislative Branch Questions we worked on last class; we worked in groups to complete the Executive and Judicial Branches Questions using the Executive and Judicial Branches Packet; homework was to prepare for a quiz using the Leg, Exec, Jud Quiz Study List

11/20: catch-up day to clarify material covered with substitute

11/24: we completed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches quiz in class; we used the remainder of class as an assisted study hall; homework was to complete the Bill of Rights Presentation

12/1: we reviewed the Bill of Rights Presentation and  the Amendments to the US Constitution reading and questions; we completed the The Balance of Government together in class; homework was to begin preparing for our exam using the Study Guide and Project Option

12/3: we watched Peter Sagal’s Constitution and completed the Constitution USA Episode II questions; homework is to prepare for our exam using the Study Guide and Project Option

12/5: we used the remote control game to study for our exam; Unit 3 Constitution Exam is next class

12/9: we took our Unit 3 Constitution Exam in class; homework was to complete the Washington Becomes President Reading

12/11: we reviewed the Washington Becomes President Reading homework with an organizing group activity; we discussed the Washington’s Presidency Presentation in class; homework was to complete the Adams and Jefferson Reading

12/15: we completed the LA Purchase Map Activity using the LA Purchase Outline Map and the LA Purchase Map 2; we watched Ken Burns’ Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery and completed the Lewis and Clark Great Journey Film Questions; homework is to study the LA Purchase map for a quiz and read and annotate the War of 1812 Notes and complete the War of 1812 Questions from Keynote

12/17: we completed the Louisiana Purchase map quiz in class; we finished watching the Lewis and Clark video we started last class and then passed in the question sheets; we reviewed the information in the War of 1812 notes and and handed in the questions completed as homework; homework for next class is to complete the Jackson Reading and Questions

12/19: assisted study hall day

1/6: we discussed the Jackson Presentation; we completed the Indian Removal Act Map Activity together in class; homework was to prepare for a content quiz using the Unit 4 Quiz Study Sheet

1/8: we took our content quiz in class; we completed the Jackson Crossword Puzzle and Jackson Matching Worksheet; we discussed the information in the Early American Industrialism Presentation; we worked in groups to complete the The Canal Era Reading and Questions; homework was to begin preparing for next week’s exam using the Unit 4 – Study Guide and Project Option

1/12: we completed the Indian Removal Act Map Activity in class; we used the remote control game to study for our Unit 4 Exam; homework was to study for the exam

Here is your 2015 Midterm Exam Study Guide.

Here is your 2nd Quarter Portfolio Directions.

The homework assigned after the Midterm was to complete the Mexican War Reading