United States History First Semester Outline and Assignments
Unit 1 Foundations of Early America (4 Weeks)
DBQ PROJECT ESSAY: How Did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?
Homework:
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Read Chapter 1, Sections 3 and 4.
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Read Chapter 2, Sections 3 thru 5
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Read Chapter 3, Sections 1 thru 5
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Read Chapter 4, Sections 1 thru 5
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Assessments:
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Weekly Quizzes
Binder Check (Cornell Notes)
Unit 1 Exam
Due Dates:
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Homework: Due on 9/6/2016
Unit Exam: 9/8/206
Binder Check: 9/8/2016
DBQ Project: Due on 9/9/2016
Unit 2 Industrialization (5 Weeks)
DBQ PROJECT ESSAY: The Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie: Did It Make Him a Hero?
Homework:
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Read Chapter 6, Sections 1 thru 3
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Read Chapter 7, Sections 1 thru 3
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Read Chapter 8, Sections 1 thru 4
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Assessments: Weekly Quizzes and the Unit 2 Exam
Due Dates:
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Homework: Due on 10/11/2016
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Unit Exam: 10/13/2016
Binder Check: 10/13/2016
DBQ Project: Due on 10/14/2016
Unit 3 U.S. Imperialism and World War I (5 Weeks)
No DBQ PROJECT ESSAY for Unit 3
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Read Chapter 9, Sections 1 thru 5
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Read Chapter 10, Sections 1 thru 4
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Read Chapter 11, Sections 1 thru 4
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Assessments: Weekly Quizzes and the Unit 3 Exam
Due Dates:
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Homework: Due on 11/15/2016
Unit Exam: 11/17/2016
Binder Check: 11/17/2016
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Unit 4 The Roaring Twenties (2 Weeks)
DBQ PROJECT ESSAY: Prohibition: Why Did America Change its Mind?
Homework:
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Read Chapter 12, Sections 1 thru 3
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Read Chapter 13, Sections 1 thru 4
Complete Handout Activities: Main Idea Questions, Outline Notes, and Terms & Names
Assessments: Weekly Quizzes and the Unit 4 Exam
Due Dates:
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Homework: Due on 12/13/2016
Unit Exam: 12/15/2016
DBQ Project: Due on 12/16/2016
Final Exam Preparation and the Final Exam are on the Week of 12/19/2016