Basic US 4th Quarter

Tuesday, 4/7: we discussed some current events; we discussed the WWI Presentation Handout.key using the WWI Presentation.key; homework was to complete the 10 ways of looking at Woodrow Wilson reading activity

Thursday, 4/9: we began completing the Roaring 20s Presentation Handout.key by discussing the Roaring 20s Presentation.key; homework was to complete the 1920s Review Homework

Monday, 4/13: we completed the Roaring 20s Presentation Handout.key we began last class; we began watching America, the Story of Us: Bust and completing the America the Story of Us – Bust questions; homework was to complete the The Great Depression Reading

Wednesday, 4/15: we finished watching America, the Story of Us: Bust; classwork was to write out definitions to the items on the Unit 7 Content Quiz Study List; homework is to study for the content quiz

Monday, 4/27: assisted study hall day; homework is to complete the The New Deal Reading

Wednesday, 4/29: we completed our unit quiz; we discussed some current events; we discussed the Roosevelt and The New Deal Presentation.key; homework was to complete the The Second New Deal; you may wish to begin preparing for our unit exam using the Unit 7 Exam Study Guide and Project Option

Friday, 5/1: we reviewed for our exam using the remote-control gaming system; homework is to study for our exam

Tuesday, 5/5: we completed our Unit 7 Exam; homework was to complete the War Clouds Gather Reading

Thursday, 5/7: we completed a quick quiz over the homework reading; we completed the The Road to WWII Presentation Notes Sheet.key while discussing the The Road to WWII Presentation.key; we worked on our WWII Map Activity using the Labeled WWII Map and the WWII Outline Map; homework was to study the map for a map quiz

Monday, 5/11: we reviewed our maps and took our map quiz; we discussed the America Joins WWII Presentation; homework is to complete World War II Begins reading and questions

Wednesday, 5/13 (early release day): we took a quick quiz over our homework; we began watching D-Day: Reflections of Courage and completing the D-Day Reflections of Courage; homework was to complete the Real-Life Private Ryan Article

Friday, 5/15: we finished watching D-Day:Reflections of courage; we worked on 4 – European Theater together in class; homework was to complete 5 – Pacific Theater

Tuesday, 5/19: MEA Testing – no class

Thursday, 5/20: LL Bean field trip – no class

Tuesday, 5/26: we completed the Holocaust Notes Handout using the Holocaust Presentation; homework is to begin preparing for our exam using the Unit 8 WWII Study Guide and Project Option

Thursday, 5/28: we used the remote-control system to study for our exam, which will be next class

Monday, 6/1: we took our Unit 8 Exam; homework was to complete the Roots of the Cold War Reading and Questions

Wednesday, 6/3: we watched Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings and completed the Eyes on the Prize 1 – Awakenings – Questions; homework is to complete the The Korean War Reading and Questions

Friday, 6/5: we watched Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back and completed the Eyes on the Prize 2 – Fighting Back – Questions; homework was to complete the Diane Nash Interview Reading and Questions

Tuesday, 6/9: we watched Eyes on the Prize: Ain’t Scared of Your Jails and completed the Eyes on the Prize 3 – Ain’t Scared of Your Jails – Questions; homework was to write definitions for 10 items from the Basic US History Final Study Guide

We will be studying for our final during the remaining classes.

Use the 4th Quarter Portfolio Directions to organize your work; this is due by the end of the day next Tuesday, June 16th (but I recommend you turn it in on Monday if possible so you will have your work to study for our final).