Into The West
Lesson Plans for: American History 2015-2016
Instructor: Mrs. Terpstra

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08/24/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday    
Tuesday    
Wednesday Syllabus;  
Thursday Getting to know you activity
 
Friday

Watch Hidalgo Intro:  Read article


 
Due:  3 ring binder, 5 dividers, notebook
     

08/31/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Watch Hidalgo Intro:  Read article  
Tuesday "What is History" Discussion
Hand out textbooks
 
Wednesday Civil War Brainstorm Review
Matching terms in groups
 
Thursday
Reconstruction Sim
Read Chap. 4 Sec. 1-3 pg. 158-175; bold terms using PICTURES (25 of them)
Friday Reconstruction Notes If you missed class, here are the Reconstruction Notes:
http://youtu.be/i0Yj4SI3R-U
     

09/7/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday NO SCHOOL  
Tuesday Andrew Johnson Impeachment Quiz
Veterans Last March
Mulligan guard

Video:  1st segment of INTO THE WEST
Read Andrew Johnson Impeachment
Wednesday  Subject:  Westward Expansion -white perspective
 Intro to White Expansion in the West-movie clip from Far and Away
Video:  1st segment of INTO THE WEST
 
Thursday  Video:  1st segment of INTO THE WEST  
Friday Go over Indian vs. White Perspective Letters
Video:  1st segment of INTO THE WEST
Due:  Indian vs. White Perspective Letters
     

09/14/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Read "Pioneer, Oh Pioneer"/Discuss
Watch "Into the West" Part II/take notes
 
Tuesday
Watch Into the West" Part II/take notes
 
 
Wednesday
Subject:  Gold Rush, Treaty of Washington D.C., and Pony Express
Watch "Into the West" Part II/take notes
 Take Quiz over I and II
Thursday Brandon Reading
Guided Notes on Westward Exp. into Indian Land
Due:  Westward Expansion Chart
If you were gone, here are the Westward Expansion Notes:  https://youtu.be/hPzR5qYEhXs
Friday Go over Westward Expansion Chart
Indian Culture Notes
If you missed class, here are the notes:  https://youtu.be/0ojSIVUTKhM
 
 

09/21/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday
Subjects:  Transcontinental RR, Fetterman Massacre, Sand Creek Massacre
"Into the West" Part III/take notes
 
Tuesday  Discuss Butte reading:  Copper Rush
"Into the West" Part III

 
 
Wednesday Quiz over Part III
Quiz over Butte, MT article
Butte, MT Reading highlighted
Thursday Read Brandon Settlers Story
Subjects:  Black Hills Gold Rush, Little Big Horn,
Watch "Into the West" Part IV/take notes
 
Friday

 

 
     

09/28/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish Part IV
Take Quiz over Part IV
Finish Notes on Western Expansion
If you missed class, here are the rest of the Western Expansion notes:https://youtu.be/hPzR5qYEhXs
Tuesday
Reading on Indian Schooling
Finish Notes on Western Expansion
Western Expansion Chart Due -(Redo)
Wednesday Subjects:  Reservations, Ghost Dance, Wounded Knee
Part V "Into the West"/Take notes
 
Thursday Finish Part V
Take Quiz
Quiz Little Big Horn Article
Read Battle of Little Big Horn article-Quiz
Friday HOMECOMING  
     

10/5/15

   
Monday
Watch Part VI


 

 
Tuesday Watch Part VI  
Wednesday Watch Part VI
 
Thursday Watch Part VI
Quiz over Part VI
Women's Diaries Due
Friday NO SCHOOL-INSERVICE  
     

10/12/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Presented Women's Diaries Wounded Knee Timeline Due:  at least 20 events
Tuesday Presented Women's Diaries
Read Wounded Knee Testimonies in Groups A-G
Revolution in Indian Country
2 Paragraphs-1st paragraph summarizing article, 2nd with YOUR solution to reservation issues
Wednesday Computer Lab-
Wild West Posters
 
Thursday
AB-The Long Riders
 
Friday Discuss Wounded Knee Cowboy Diaries Due
     

10/19/15

   
Monday Read Intro to Cowboys
Cowboy Notes

Posters Due
Tuesday Share Paragraphs
Cowboy
Notes
If you missed class today, here are the notes for The Cowboys Day 1: https://youtu.be/Td_5DPe4iDA
Wednesday Finish Cowboy Notes
If you missed class today, here are the notes for the Cowboys Day 2:  https://youtu.be/sHs1263kVF4
Thursday Wild West Poster Search Finish reading "I Married Wyatt Earp"-fill out chart
Chart Due
If you missed class, here are the notes for The Cowboys Day 3:
https://youtu.be/LdPsbiAYNEc
Friday Share Cowboy Diaries  
     

10/26/15

   
Monday Share Cowboy Diaries
Notes on OK Corral shoot out
If you missed the notes on the OK Corral Shoot out Characters, here they are:
https://youtu.be/gKN0wiU5QBI
Tuesday Watch Shootout at the OK Corral/fill out
Fill out chart Comparing the two
Start reading "I Married Wyatt Earp"-fill out chart
 
Wednesday Discuss "Real Cowboys"
Review for Test
Read "Real Cowboys"-write one paragraph summarizing the article and one paragraph with your opinion about whether today's cowboys are real cowboys or not...explain your answer!
Thursday Western Day! Dress the Part!
Friday
Test over Westward Expansion
 
Review due
     

11/02/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday    
Tuesday
 
 
Wednesday    
Thursday Notes on the Populists
 
If you missed notes, here are the Populist notes: https://youtu.be/f8vH-mtqToA
Friday
 
 
     

11/09/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday
show part of Wizard of Oz
 
Guide 6-4 Due
Tuesday The Guilded Age Notes Read "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"/Fill out ticket
Wednesday NO SCHOOL  
Thursday  Vocab Puzzle in Groups
Show Video of Guilded Age Homes
"What Really Sank the Titanic" guide due
Friday A and E  Titanic Video Notes  
 
 
 

11/16/15

   
Monday Finish A and E  Titanic Video Notes  
Tuesday Notes on the Titanic
Immigration Power Pt. Notes
 
Wednesday Immigration Simulation/What Will you Bring
Do Passport/ID Tag/Inspection Card
If you missed Notes, Here are the Immigration Power Pt. Notes:  https://youtu.be/tUfDkdx1fDA
Thursday
Do Immigrant Test
Prepare for Voyage

 Work on Journal all week
Friday
Voyage Experience

Passport due and ID Tag/Inspection Card Due
 
 
 

11/23/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish Sim/Discuss/
Take Immigrant Test
 
Tuesday Immigration Laws Smartboard Family Tree Due
If you missed class, here are the Immigrant Restriction Notes:  https://youtu.be/SgS1yJjMhlo
Wednesday Sharing Family Tree Journal Due
Thursday   NO SCHOOL
Friday   NO SCHOOL
     

11/30/15

Notes on Political Bosses
Watch "Far and Away" -Political Machines/Take Notes
If you missed class, here are notes on Political Machines:
https://youtu.be/3MjZE10ZMYI
Monday Notes on Political Bosses
Watch "Far and Away" -Political Machines/Take Notes
 
Tuesday Finish "Far and Away"
Gangs of New York Video/Guide
 
Wednesday Discuss Shirt Waist Factory Fire
Urbanization/Inventions Power Pt. notes
"Create a Crossword" due-30 answers/clues; need a KEY as well  (15 from Chapter 5 and 15 from Chapter 6)
Thursday Start Industrialization/Do simulation  
Friday Winners of Industry Simulation/math problem
Show "Kansas City"
Finish Urbanization notes
Introduce Muckraker Magazine Groups
 
     

12/07/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Intro:  Read from "The Jungle"/students draw what they hear
Notes on Unions/Strikes
WED:  Review Due
Tuesday Video Clip "A Child on Strike"
Wednesday Test over Populists, Industry and Immigrants
 
Thursday

Notes on the Progressives
Political Cartoon due
Friday
Finish notes on Progressives
President Comparison in groups

     

12/14/15

   
Monday Introduce Imperialism Projects
Notes on Women's Movement
Clip from "Iron Jawed Angels"
Chapter 8 Sec. 1,2,3 (Progressives)  Vocab Cards  (31 words) 
If you missed class, here are the Women's Progressive Notes:
 https://youtu.be/sZJ2ffgm-Ns
Tuesday COMPUTER LAB
Start Imperialism Projects
 
 
Wednesday COMPUTER LAB
Imperialism Projects
 
Chap. 7 Guide Due
Thursday Finish Women's Progressives  
Friday Spanish American War
Work on Projects
 
 
Present Imperialism Projects
 
Imperialism Projects Due

12/21/15

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Video Clip of WWI
WWI Notes
WWI reading "Four Weeks in the Trenches" due-Write one page letter responding to the diary as if you are a family member
Tuesday WWI Chap. 9 Anticipatory Guide
Wednesday WWI  
Thursday WWI Simulation Work on Review for Semester Test (Due last day in class)
Friday Roaring 20's Notes
 
Great Depression Reading
  Great Depression Sim  

12/28/15

Great Depression

Due Today

Monday New Deal Notes vs. Hitler  
Tuesday Review Review for Semester Test due (if no test)
Wednesday SEMESTER TESTS Review for Semester Test due
Thursday SEMESTER TESTS Review for Semester Test due
Friday SEMESTER TESTS Review for Semester Test due
     

1/04/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday CHRISTMAS BREAK  
Tuesday BREAK  
Wednesday BREAK  
Thursday BREAK  
Friday BREAK  
     

1/11/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday BREAK  
Tuesday    
Wednesday    
Thursday    
Friday    
     

01/18/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Review Rules/hand out books
Watch attack on Pearl Harbor
 
 
Tuesday Roosevelt Speech
WWII Notes-Pearl Harbor
Break into groups
Parent Permission form due
Wednesday Watch Band of Brothers Part I/Fill out notes Pearl Harbor reading due-Read and Fill out questions
Thursday Watch Band of Brothers Part I/Fill out notes  
Friday Battle Notes through D-Day
Due:  Band of Brothers Time Article and Guide Due
     

 01/25/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Finish Battle Notes through D-Day
Part 2 Band of Brothers
 
 
Tuesday Discuss "A Will to Live"
Part 2 Band of Brothers

 
Wednesday Part 2 Quiz
Band of Brothers Part 4
Due:  Read and Highlight "A Will to Live"
Thursday Band of Brothers Part 4
Movie Night!  7:00 PM
Friday Quiz Part 4
Discuss Home front Articles

Homefront Article Due
     

02/01/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday WWII Notes
 
Tuesday SNOW DAY

 
Wednesday SNOW DAY
Ch 13 Vocab Definitions in your own words (28 total)
Thursday WWII Homefront notes  
Friday
Discuss Harold Riggs Letters
Harold Riggs Letters Questions Due
 
     

02/8/16

   
Monday Band of Brothers Part 5 (Partial)

 
Tuesday Battle Projects:  Battle of the Bulge
Band of Brothers Part 6
 
Wednesday Band of Brothers Part 7
 
Thursday Intro:  Women's Quotes from War
Part 7
Quiz Part 6-7
Ch 14 Guide due
Friday NO SCHOOL-INSERVICE  
     

02/15/16

   
Monday  NO SCHOOL
 
 
Tuesday   Thank you letter to Veteran Due
Wednesday   Read article on "Auschwitz"/Guide due
Thursday Master Race Notes  If you were absent, here are the notes for Master Race Part 2: https://youtu.be/y9ST24JVosM
Friday
 
 
     

02/22/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Intro:  The Sullivan Brothers
Propaganda

Children of the Reich Article Due
Tuesday
Intro:  Sign showing when Allies knew about camps
Watch Part 9/Discuss
 
 
Wednesday Watch Part 9/Discuss
Pictures of Dachau
Work on Review All Week!
Thursday
Intro:  Plane Painting
Quiz over Part 9


 
 
Friday   Work on Review All Week!
     

02/29/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Battle: Iwo Jima
Finish Battle Notes/end of the war
 
Tuesday Hitler
If you missed class, here are notes on Hitler:
https://youtu.be/e1DcEuzWxKU
Wednesday Discuss Part 10
Quiz over Part 10

 
 
Thursday Atomic bomb Power Point
 
Review Due!! 
Friday Speaker  
     

03/7/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Intro: The Good Lord and  Man Song
Nuremberg article/Discuss
 
Tuesday Test over WWII WWII Review Due
 
Wednesday Computer lab 121
We Didn't Start the Fire Project in
 
Thursday Computer lab 121
We Didn't Start the Fire Project in
Chap. 16 vocab pictures sec. 1 thru 3
Friday Work on Projects  
     

03/14/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Intro:  Clip of Elvis/Elvis Reading
1950's Notes
Projects Due!
Tuesday
Finish 1950's Notes

Wednesday Finish 1950's Notes
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Thursday Finish 1950's Notes Chapter 16 Assessment pgs. 589-591 #1-20
Friday No School  
     

03/21/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday 1950s sit-com, compare/contrast 1950s families to today.  
Tuesday 1950s sit-com, compare/contrast 1950s families to today.  
Wednesday SNOW DAY!  
Thursday 1950s sit-com, compare/contrast 1950s families to today. 50's Dress up day!
Friday NO SCHOOL
 
     

03/28/16

   
Monday NO SCHOOL  
Tuesday 1950's find/Present "We Didn't Start the Fire Projects"/Take Notes  
Wednesday Present "We Didn't Start the Fire Projects"/Take Notes  
Thursday Present "We Didn't Start the Fire Projects"/Take Notes Study for We Didn't Start the Fire Quiz
MOVIE NIGHT 7:00 PM
Friday We Didn't Start the Fire Quiz

 
 We Didn't Start the Fire Quiz
   

 

04/4/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday
Part I "Free at Last"
 

 
Tuesday
Lunch Counter Sit-in Simulation/Discuss
 Notes on Sit ins
 
"Front of the Bus" article
Wednesday
Little Rock Students Simulation
 
Little Rock Reading Due
Thursday Finish Little Rock Sim
 Discuss the Speech and watch
Malcolm X
 
Friday
Watch Part 2 "Free at Last"
 
     

04/11/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday
Finish Part 2 "Free at Last"
Part 2 Packet Due
3 reasons MLK was a good speaker
3 things MLK fought for
3 ways Malcolm X was different from MLK
 
Tuesday Discuss "Fannie Lou" Article
Ol'Miss Student Council Simulation
Fannie Lou Hamer Article Due
Wednesday Cold War Notes
 

If you missed class, here are the Cold War Notes:
https://youtu.be/GjcqzFL4ZDg
Thursday Communism in the U.S.
Movie Clip
 
Friday
McCarthy Notes
 
   

 

04/18/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Communism in the U.S. Notes Work on 1950's Review
If you missed notes, here are Communism in the U.S. Part 1:  https://youtu.be/l4qafZXfObE
Tuesday The Right Stuff  
Wednesday The Right Stuff  
Thursday Finish Communism in the U.S. Notes
McCarthy Political Cartoons
 
Friday Space Race Notes Ch 18 Cold War Packet
  Apollo 11 Play  

04/25/18

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Space Race Notes  
Tuesday Korea Video Notes
 
 
Wednesday Korea Power Pt. Notes Task Force Smith Due
Thursday Korea Power Pt. Notes
 
If you missed class, here are the Pt. 1 Korean War Notes:
https://youtu.be/mtZbwuAGIyQ
Friday Korea Notes
 
  Korean War Video  

05/2/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Share Korean War Projects
MacArthur gets Fired
Korean War Projects due
Tuesday North Korea Article/Questions
Review for Test
 
Wednesday  Korea 2? article  
Thursday Korean War Speaker:  Henry Hannemann  
Friday Test over the 1950's/read Bay of Pigs 1950's Review Due
TEST TODAY!
     

05/9/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Cuban Missile Crisis
 
Tuesday 13 Days -Movie guide
Bay of Pigs Article/Overview CMC -Write notes on notecard
Wednesday 13 Days -Movie Guide "Red Terror"-notes on notecard
Thursday 13 Days -Movie guide  
Friday Test over CMC/Bay of Pigs (Notes on notecard used) Quiz over CMC
     

05/16/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday Vietnam Notes Vietnam Terms Due
Tuesday Vietnam Notes  
Wednesday Vietnam
 
Thursday Vietnam Vietnam Soldier Diary
Friday Protest Rally
 
Dress the part!
     

05/23/16

What we do in class

Due Today

Monday
Nixon/Watergate

 
Tuesday 70's/80's overview, 9/11 Iraq/Afghanistan Guide Due
Wednesday SEMESTER TESTS  
Thursday SEMESTER TESTS Review due last day of class
Bring Textbook to turn in!!
Friday SEMESTER TESTS  
     

05/20/13

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05/27/13

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