Schaumburg Saxons
Constitution Review
Depressing Times
"Migrant Mother"
Fireside Chats
D-Day
Atomic Bomb
Mr. M - US History
US 341- 1st Semester
8/20 Wednesday: Intro, Syllabus, Books
8/21 Thursday: Regions of the United States, Major Land Formations
8/22 Friday: Exploration
8/25 Monday: European Interest In America
8/26 Tuesday: Race for Empires
8/27 Wednesday: 1st Settlements Colonialism
8/28 Thursday: Pilgrims
8/29 Friday: New England Colonies
2nd Semester
2/19 - 2/23
Midterm Reports 2/23
2/20 Tuesday: Lecture and Discuss the Beginning of the Great Depression; Play "Causes Game": Homework due Wednesday
2/21 Wednesday: Discuss FDR's New Deal Programs/Intro New Deal Project!!!
2/22 Thursday: Work on Project 70 POINTS!!!
2/23 Friday: Work on Project 70 POINTS!!!
2/26 - 3/2
2/26 Monday: Work in class on New Deal Project
2/27 Tuesday: "Americans Face Hard Times" Reading Plan and Cause/Effect Worksheet
2/28 Wednesday: Presentations
3/1 Thursday: Presentations, Famous Pictures and Migrant Mother Pictures with Analysis Sheet
3/2 Friday: Totalitarian Activity, Lecture and Worksheet
3/5 - 3/9
3/5 Monday: Graph Skills, Review Guide Due Wednesday
3/6 Tuesday: Review game
3/7 Wednesday: Great Depression and New Deal Test Review Guide Due
3/8 Thursday: Totalitarian Activity Worksheet, Lecture and HW: Worksheet due Friday
3/9 Friday: Reading Plan on WWII Begins and Video on WWII Leaders
3/12 - 3/16
3/12 Monday: Arts Alive
3/13 Tuesday: Underlying Causes Lecture and Analyze Hitler Speech to Nazi Youths. Homework Why War? due Wednesday
3/14 Wednesday and 3/15 Thursday:
Major Players in WWII Group Activity and Chart
3/16 Friday: Role of Geography Lecture, Map Activity
3/19 - 3/23
3/19 Monday: Japanese Strategy and attack clip from "Pearl Harbor" the Movie; Review Guide due Friday
3/20 Tuesday: Discussion on September 11th and Pearl Harbor; Mobilizing for War (p. 767-771) Reading Plan;
Homework: "Mobilizing for War" due Friday
3/21 Wednesday: Propaganda Posters; Japanese Internment Lecture/Discussion
3/22 Thursday: War in Europe and the Pacific Card Game
3/23 Friday: Quiz on WWII Part 1
4/2 - 4/5
4/2 Monday: Turning Point Charts
4/3:Tuesday: Turning Point Charts and End of the WWII
4/4 Wednesday: Atomic Bomb Discussion and Video: "The Decision to Drop the Bomb" HW: WWII Map due Thursday
4/5 Thursday: Video: "The Decision to Drop the Bomb"
4/9 - 4/13
4/9 Monday: Timed Reading Part 3, Atomic bomb discussion
4/10:Tuesday: Train Simulation and Holocaust Lecture, HW Cause and Effect due tomorrow
4/11 Wednesday: United Streaming Video and David Olere Art Gallery, HW The End WS due tomorrow
4/12 Thursday: Review Lecture and Guide
4/13 Friday: World War II Part 2 Quiz and Reading Plan on the Roost of the Cold War p. 798-803 due Tuesday
4/16 - 4/20
4/16 Monday: Truman Era lecture and Activity
4/17 Tuesday: Assembly
4/18 Wednesday: Timed Reading Assessment and Korea Map due Friday
4/19 Thursday: War in Korea discussion and Chart
4/20 Friday: Roots of the Cold War discussion and Major Events Chart HW: Cold War Policy due Monday
4/23 - 4/27
4/23 Monday and 4/24 Tuesday: ACT Writing Practice
4/25 Wednesday: Testing
4/26 Thursday: Video on the Korean War
4/227 Friday: War in Korea discussion and Chart
4/30 - 5/3
4/30 Monday: Red Scare, HW Cause and Effect Chart due Wed.
4/31 Tuesday: IKE in the White House, Growing Tensions Chart
5/1 Wednesday: Video on the 1950s
5/2 Thursday: JFK faces tension.
5/3 Friday: JFK assassination, LBJ Comparing 1st and 2nd Terms
5/7 - 5/11
5/7 Monday: JFK Assassination and Conspiracies
5/8 Tuesday: CRM Chart
5/9 Wednesday: CRM Chart
5/10 Thursday: MLK "I have a Dream", "Your Dream" Activity
5/11 Friday: 1960's Video
5/14 - 5/18
5/14 Monday: Events leading up to Vietnam, Discuss Early Part of Vietnam
10 min video clip on US involvement: HW Early Vietnam WS due Wednesday
5/15 Tuesday: War Escalates Lecture and Cause and Effect Activity
5/16 Wednesday: A Divided Nation, Music Activity Born in the USA vs Dear Mr. President (both lyrics)
5/17 Thursday: Movie: Letters Home
5/18 Friday: Movie: Letters Home
5/21 - 5/25
5/21 Monday: Review Lecture and Guide
5/22 Tuesday: Test
5/23 Wednesday: 1970's Video: Starting Over
5/24 Thursday: Ford and Carter, Timeline Activity
5/25 Friday: Reagan and Bush, Summaries, Causes and Effects