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Assignment for the rest of June
 * 1) Choose **__one__** topic from the list below, research the topic, and then **__create something to demonstrate your learning__**. Here are a few choices of how you can demonstrate what you learned.


 * Diary Entries (written from the perspective of a person that was there)
 * Comic strip about your topic
 * Paper Facebook page with aspects and items that go on a real Facebook Page. All of the information should be historically accurate.
 * Tri-fold brochure for your topic
 * Booklet


 * __ Topics to choose from: __**
 * American Culture/Arts: pp. 270-273/405-407
 * Industrial Revolution: pp. 346-351
 * Worker's Rights: pp. 352-357
 * Transportation Revolution: pp. 358-363
 * Technological Advances: pp. 364-367
 * Immigration: pp. 400-404
 * Education and Reform: pp. 410-415
 * Women's Rights: pp. 423-428
 * Miners, Ranchers, and Railroads: pp. 546-552
 * Fighting the Native Americans: pp. 553-558
 * 2nd Industrial Revolution: pp. 574-578
 * 1st Millionaires: pp. 579-582
 * New Immigrants: pp. 588-593
 * Rights of Women and Minorities: pp. 622-626

Assignment for June 3rd >
 * 1) After reading pages 512-517, create a Storyboard for three parts of the reading. You must include a summary, picture and question/statement for each part.
 * 2) Here is an example of what it should look like:
 * 1) HW-Finish Storyboard

Assignment for June 2nd
 * HW-Finish Reconstruction Plan

Assignment for May 29th
 * HW-Study for tomorrow's Final Exam

Assignment for May 28th > >
 * 1) Here is the Jeopardy Review we did in class.
 * 1) Here is the Study Guide for Friday's final exam. You will have all period on Thursday to work on this as well.
 * 1) HW-Study for the Final Exam

Assignment for May 27th >
 * 1) [|Lincoln Assassination]
 * 2) [|Lincoln video]
 * 3) [|Assassination video]
 * 4) Robert E. Lee
 * 5) Grant or Lee?
 * 6) Here is the PowerPoint we have been using:
 * 1) HW-Finish Cornell Notes questions and write a summary

Assignment for May 22nd >
 * 1) Here are the questions for the graphs:
 * 1) If you finish early, you may work on missing assignments (Dred Scott Letter, Election of 1860 Questions, Weapons Keynote, Battle Visual)
 * 2) HW-Study the answers

Assignment for May 21st
 * HW-Finish your battle visual with at least 5 facts

Assignment for May 20th
 * 1) Here is the first link for your weapons
 * 2) Watch this video
 * 3) Weapons by category
 * 4) HW-Finish Keynote about weapons

Assignment for May 19th
 * 1) After finishing today's notes, here are Election of 1860 questions.
 * 2) HW-Finish questions

Assignment for May 16th
 * 1) After taking notes, here is the movie
 * 2) Research the Confederate States of America. You can start here.

Assignment for May 14th > > Dred Scott Video 1 > Dred Scott Video 2
 * 1) Here are the notes from today:
 * 1) Dred Scott Reading
 * 1) HW-After you finish your research on Dred Scott, write a letter (125 word minimum) to him explaining what you think about his court case and the outcomes.

Assignment for May 12th-13th
 * HW-Slavery Project due Wednesday, May 14th

Assignment for May 8th
 * HW-Finish your Cornell Notes

Assignment for May 7th
 * HW-Research your slavery project topic

Assignment for May 6th > 2. HW-Work on your project
 * 1) Here is the Slavery Project Graphic Organizer to fill out as you research.
 * 1) Here are possible topics for the Slavery Project. You may only cover the time period for this class (1609-1865):
 * Trans-Atlantic slave trade
 * Bleeding Kansas
 * Dred Scott
 * William Lloyd Garrison
 * Frederick Douglass
 * __Uncle Tom's Cabin__
 * Life as a slave
 * Psychological/physical controlling of slaves
 * Nat Turner's rebellion
 * Abolitionist movement
 * 13th Amendment

Assignment for May 5th >
 * 1) Here is the link for the slavery placards
 * 2) Download the chart:
 * 1) HW-Study the chart

Assignment for May 2nd
 * 1) John Brown Video
 * 2) Read first
 * 3) Video

Assignment for May 1st
 * 1) Video 1
 * 2) Video 2
 * 3) No Homework due to Common Core Testing

Assignment for April 28th-April 30th
 * No Homework due to Common Core Testing

Assignment for April 25th
 * [[file:Introduction to Slavery DBQ.pdf]]

Assignment for April 24th
 * 1) Here is the link for Compromise Scavenger Hunt.
 * 2) When you finish, you may work on last night's essay
 * 3) HW-Your Cornell Notes will be checked in class tomorrow

Assignment for April 23rd > Think about these five areas:  1.Should California come in as a free state, slave state, or divided? 2. What should happen with slavery in Washington D.C.? 3. Should there be a "Fugitive Slave Law"? 4. Should Texas be able to take over the land that is now New Mexico? 5. Should people living in the other territories be able to vote on whether they should have slavery there or not? (popular sovereignty) 6. HW-Finish essay (150 words)
 * 1) Download the T-Chart for the Compromise of 1850:
 * Should it be allowed to continue?
 * Should it be banned (stopped)?
 * Should there be slave auctions allowed in Washington D.C.?

Assignment for April 22nd
 * 1) Here is a link for gold mining techniques
 * 2) Here is another link about the techniques
 * 3) 8 Things You May Not Know
 * 4) Watch this video
 * 5) HW-Write a summary for your notes

Assignment for April 21st >
 * 1) After writing your questions/statements, create a product to sell during the Gold Rush, or an advertisement for one of the ones from our notes.
 * 1) HW-Finish product design or advertisement

Assignment for April 16th-17th
 * HW-Book due Friday

Assignment for April 15th
 * 1) For your research, choose two of the people from your notes.
 * 2) Choose one of the battles to research (Alamo, San Jacinto, Goliad)
 * 3) HW-Continue research/Here is a tutorial on how to use Creative Book Builder

Assignment for April 14th
 * HW-Finish your visual on the War with Mexico

Assignment for April 11th
 * 1) Read pages 312-315
 * 2) Research each key person and event/location
 * 3) Create a Pages document that has each topic IN YOUR OWN WORDS
 * 4) If you finish early, check out this [|Alamo Site]

Assignment for April 10th
 * 1) Here is a site to help you research James Knox Polk
 * 2) Create an acrostic poem for James K. Polk
 * 3) HW-Finish acrostic

Assignment for April 9th
 * HW-Create a visual to represent Manifest Destiny

Assignment for April 8th
 * 1) Period 2:
 * Martin Van Buren
 * William Henry Harrison
 * John Tyler
 * 1) Period 3:
 * Martin Van Buren
 * William Henry Harrison
 * John Tyler
 * 1) HW-Research the topic of "Manifest Destiny"

Assignment for April 7th
 * HW-Finish Keynote on Presidents 8, 9 and 10

Assignment for March 26th >
 * HW-Study for tomorrow's quiz on James Monroe/John Quincy Adams/Andrew Jackson. Here is the Jeopardy Review we did in class:

Assignment for March 24th-25th
 * HW-Your Hero/Villain project is due at the beginning of the period on Wednesday

Assignment for March 21st >
 * AFTER you finish your justification chart, start on the Hero/Villain Project:

Assignment for March 20th
 * HW-Finish Justification Chart by tomorrow

Assignment for March 19th > > >
 * 1) Here are the notes on the Trail of Tears:
 * 1) Write a 150 diary entry as if you were on the Trail of Tears. Here are the directions, and some examples to help you, but you have to write one on your own!
 * 1) HW-Finish your diary entry

Assignment for March 18th >
 * 1) Here is the Hero/Villain Chart
 * 1) HW-Work on the chart

Assignment for March 17th
 * 1) Here is the video we watched in class.
 * 2) As you read pages 284-287, add to your Cornell Notes
 * 3) HW-Finish your Cornell Notes

Assignment for March 13th >
 * 1) Here is the Monroe Doctrine assignment.
 * 1) HW-Finish cartoon and answering questions

Assignment for March 12th
 * HW-Watch the MBC videos on the Monroe Doctrine

Assignment for March 11th
 * HW-Finish research on James Monroe (background/Presidency/Monroe Doctrine)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment for March 10th >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the War of 1812 symbols assignment:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish War of 1812 symbols and study for tomorrow's quiz

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for March 6th
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once you write your rough draft newspaper article (must be less than 160 words), here is the link to write the article.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Newspaper article is due at the end of the period tomorrow

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for March 4th-5th >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the ActivEngage, here is the graphic organizer:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish graphic organizer (due Thursday)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for March 3rd >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are the directions for the War of 1812 Activities
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish activities

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment for February 27th
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Study for tomorrow's quiz on Lewis and Clark (there will be questions on Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, and Hamilton as well)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment for February 26th
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the timeline link. F  ind 10 Facts: 1 from 1803, 4 from 1804, 4 from 1805, 1 from 1806   )
 * 2) HW-Finish facts

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for February 25th >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use this link to investigate Lewis and Clark's supplies.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are the supply questions. Open this is Pages.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish explaining images

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for February 24th >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are the notes we took in class.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the link for William Clark
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the link for Meriwether Lewis
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the link for Sacagawea
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish notes from links

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for February 21st >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the Lewis and Clark Introduction for after you finish the quiz:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for February 20th
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the link for a blank Open Mind
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Quiz tomorrow

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment for February 19th
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Study for quiz on Hamilton and Jefferson

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for February 18th
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Your project/Popplet is due at the beginning of the period tomorrow. Upload it to LMS.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for February 12th
 * 1) Finish Hamilton/Jefferson notes
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">HW-Spend 15 minutes on your Popplet or project

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment for February 11th > >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are the pdf files for Hamilton or Jefferson.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take Cornell Notes on your assigned person, or if you have an "A" or a "B" you can do a project on your person, such as make a commercial or do a PuppetPals. Here is an example of a commercial.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Work on Cornell Notes (or A/B project)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment for February 10th >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the introductory scavenger hunt for Thomas Jefferson:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish scavenger hunt

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for February 6th >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the graphic organizer to help you study for the quiz:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Study!!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment for February 5th
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read pages 212-215
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put vocabulary words into your own words
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Write a summary for each section
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish Summaries and Vocabulary

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment for February 4th
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the link for John Adams. Take Cornell Notes on the 10 Things you need to know.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Pick 3 of the top 10 and do additional research

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for February 3rd
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After all of the presentations from Washington's Farewell Address, write a letter to Washington telling him what you think of his advice (125 words)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish Letter

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for January 31st
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the link for George Washington's Farewell Address
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Be prepared to present your points

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for January 30th
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once you finish the quiz, you will look at the events that happened when George Washington was President from <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">pages 205-209. (French Revolution, Neutrality Proclamation, Jay's Treaty, Pinckney's Treaty, Conflict with Native Americans, Whiskey Rebellion)
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Write the name of the event
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">What happened?
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">How did it affect the United States?
 * 5) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">HW-Finish the events

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Assignment for January 28th >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the Graphic Organizer for pages 196-197 on George Washington. Make sure you click on "Open in Pages" and then name it correctly.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish graphic organizer and study the information. Make sure you NAME IT CORRECTLY.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment for January 27th
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please clear the browser cache on your iPads (Settings->Safari->Clear Cookies and Data).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW-Finish your George Washington visual using 10 facts from your notes