Grade 11 US History
| Date | Course Work | Homework |
| 9/6 | Course Procedures | Send Home Handout |
| 9/7 |
Columbus: Hero
or Villain?
Reading Excerpt: Columbus and the Indians
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Columbus: Hero |
| 9/8 | ||
| 9/9 | 9-11 Remembrance | |
| 9/12 | Introduction to US Geography | Answer parts II and III on the maps of the USA |
| 9/13 | Geography DBQ | Scaffolding Questions due Wednesday |
| 9/14 | Geography Quiz | Due Thursday- DBQ outline |
| 9/15 | Origins of Democracy | Locke/Montesquieu reading |
| 9/16 |
Enlightenment/Self Rule
ü List 2 ideas of the enlightenment. ü What examples of self-rule and democracy existed in the English colonies in North America prior to the American Revolution? |
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| 9/19 | First Person Account of the Middle Passage | |
| 9/20 | Mercantilism | Read and answer Questions- French & Indian War |
| 9/21 | Why did British Tax Polices Anger the Colonists? | Read Pgs 34-39 in Textbook. Complete Events Leading the the American War of Independence |
| 9/22 | Review Guide #1 | |
| 9/23 | America the Story of US-- Revolution | |
| 9/26 | Finish Thematic Outline | Write Thematic Essay: Due Tuesday |
| 9/27 | Articles of Confederation | Review Guide 2 |
| 9/28 | Review for Exam | Exam 2 Thursday |
| 9/29 | Exam Enlightenment, French Indian War, Revolutionary War, Articles of Confederation | |
| 9/30 | Begin Constitution | |
| 10/3 | Test Reflection | |
| 10/4 | Articles of Confederation | Northwest Ordinance HW |
| 10/5 | Constitutional Convention | Preamble to the Constitution |
| 10/6 | Checks and Balances | Part 1 Answers due Friday on a separate sheet of paper |
| 10/7 | How to write a DBQ | |
| 10/10 | No School Columbus day | |
| 10/11 | What does the President do? | DBQ Essay Due Tomorrow |
| 10/12 | Executive Branch: Electoral College | |
| 10/13 | Flexible Constitution | Review Guide 1 |
| 10/14 | Bill of Rights | Bill of Rights Supreme Court Cases |
| 10/17 | Review for exam | Study Review Guides |
| 10/18 | Exam #3 | |
| 10/19 | Go Over Exam | |
| 10/20 | Washington's Farewell Address | HW Pgs 93-98 |
| 10/21 | No School | |
| 10/24 | Go over HW | |
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| 10/31 | Andrew Jackson | Trail of Tears |
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11/1
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Andrew Jackson, Trail of Tears | Review |
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11/2
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Review | |
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11/3
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Exam | |
| 11/4 | Go over Exam, begin Reform Movements | |
| 11/7 | Finish Reform | Declaration of Sentiments |
| 11/8 | Begin Manifest Destiny | |
| 11/9 | Begin DBQ Manifest Destiny | Part 1 DBQ Questions |
| 11/10 | Veterans Day | |
| 11/14 | Review Sheet 1 | Slavery Packet |
| 11/15 | Discuss Slavery, Finish Antebellum South Notes | |
| 11/16 | Missouri Compromise | Guided reading |
| 11/17 | Sectionalism | |
| 11/18 | Dred Scott, John Borwn | |
| 11/21 | Review Sheet 1 | |
| 11/22 | Exam | |
| 11/28 | Begin Civil war | What was the Civil War about? |
| 11/29 | Civil war- Advantages North vs South | |
| 11/30 | Thematic Essay Civil war | |
| 12/1 | Finish Thematic Essay | Essay Due Friday |
| 12/2 | Civil War Battles Fort Sumter-Vicksburg | |
| 12/5 | Review Guide 1 | Emancipation proclamation |
| 12/6 | Begin Reconstruction | Jim Crow/Plessy HW |
| 12/7 | Reconstruction Notes | DBQ part 1s |
| 12/8 | Review: Exam | |
| 12/9 | Exam Civil War Reconstruction | |
| 12/12 | Begin Great Plains | A Cold Death HW |
| 12/13 | Continue Notes | Native American Packet |
| 12/14 | Finish Notes | Transcontinental RR packet |
| 12/15 | Review Great Plains | |
| 12/16 | Continue Rise of Industry | John Rockefeller HW |
| 1/3 | Guided Reading | Strikes Packet |
| 1/4 |
Labor Notes Work on Strikes Packet |
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| 1/5 | Thematic Essay Labor Movement | |
| 1/6 | Samuel Gompers, Triangle Fire, Begin Immigration | Thematic Due Monday |
| 1/9 | Immigration Factors | |
| 1/10 | Immigration, Sweatshops | |
| 1/11 | Boss Tweed, Jacob Riis | |
| 1/12 | Populism | Problems for Farmers Handout |
| 1/13 | Review guide, immigration through Populism | |
| 1/16 | No School MLK Day | |
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| 1/24 | Exam week | |
| 1/25 | Exam week | |
| 1/26 | Exam week | |
| 1/27 | Exam week | |