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LESSON PLANS 3(9/5/07 - 9/7/07)

WED/THU: Lesson Plans 3
Complete Video & Discuss Worksheet: Cortez & the Legend
Handout: Age of Exploration Overview
Transparency Notes: Colonies in the Americas & American Colonies
Locating a Colony Assignment 10 PTS
Handout: Notebook Check 1

FRI/MON: Discuss Locating a Colony Assignment
Days 1-5 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Ch. 16, Secs. 1-3 Due 30 PTS
Notebook Check 1 Due 20 PTS
Review for Test 1

LESSON PLANS 4(9/10/07 - 9/17/07)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 4
Current Events Due, Next Group Meets
Test 1 100 PTS
Assign Ch. 17, Secs. 1-3 Worksheets

THU: No School

FRI/MON: Current Events Due
Discuss Test 1 & Unit 1 Grading Scale
Video & Worksheet: Spanish Armada

LESSON PLANS 5(9/18/07 -9/21/07)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 5
Current Events Due, Next Group Meets
Ch, 17, Secs, 1,2,3 Due 35 PTS
Video & Worksheet: The Puritan Revolution: Cromwell & the Rise of Parliamentary Democracy
Assign Ch. 17, Secs. 4,5,& Theme Activities

THU/FRI: Ch. 17, Secs. 4,5, & Theme Activities Due 20 PTS
Video & Worksheet: The Puritan Experience: Forsaking England
Assign Ch. 18, Secs. 1,2, & Theme Activities
Assign Notebook Check 2

LESSON PLANS 6(9/24/07 - 10/1/07)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 6
Current Events Boards Due, Next Group Meets
Days 6-10 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Video & Worksheet: Puritan Experience: Making a New World
Ch. 18, Secs. 1,2, & Theme Activities Due 20 PTS
Notebook Check 2 Due 10 PTS
Review for Test 2

WED/THU: Test 2 100 PTS
Read(TA): Ch. 2, Secs. 2,3,4 & Ch. 3, Secs 1,2,3
Handout: 13 Colonies Map & Worksheet - Use Above Readings to Answer
Begin Simulation Game: Economic System
Handout & Discuss: Key Economic Terms
Prepare Player Account Sheets

FRI/MON: Return & Discuss Test 2
Play Simulation Game: Economic System

LESSON PLANS 7(10/2/07 - 10/5/07)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 7
Current Events Boards Due, Next Group Meets
Play Simulation Game: Economic System

THU/FRI: Complete & Discuss Simulation Game: Economic System 50 PTS

LESSON PLANS8(10/8/07 - 10/12/07)

MON: No School

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 8
Current Events Boards Due, Next Group Meets
New Seating Chart
Days 11-15 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Units 1 & 2 Grade Review
13 Colonies Map & Worksheet Due 25 PTS
Assign(TA): Ch. 3, Sec. 4
Video & Worksheet: The Era of Colonization

THUR/FRI: Handout: Ch. 3, Sec 2 - Triangular Trade 5 PTS
Ch. 3, Sec. 4 Due 15 PTS
Group Assignment: What Should George Grenville Do?

LESSON PLANS 9(10/15/07 - 10/22/07)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 9
Current Events Boards Due, Next Group Meets
Grenville Assignment Due 10 PTS
Transparency Notes: The French & Indian War
Assign Ch.4, Sec. 2 Worksheet
Group Handout: Events Leading to the American Revolution

WED/THU: Events Leading to the American Revolution Group Handout Due 20 PTS
Assign Group Activity: American Revolution
Assign Ch.4, Secs. 3 & 4 Worksheets

FRI/MON: Ch. 4, Secs. 2,3,4 Due 35 PTS
Work on Group Activity: American Revolution
Video & Worksheet: American Revolution
Assign Notebook Check 3

LESSON PLANS 10(10/23/07 - 10/26/07)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 10
Current Events Boards Due
Days 16-20 Participation Grade 10 PTS
American Revolution Group Activity Due 10 PTS
Video & Worksheet: George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King

THU/FRI: Notebook Check 3 Due 20 PTS
Review for Test 3
Video & Worksheet: The Patriot

LESSON PLANS 11(10/29/07 - 11/2/07)

MON: No School

TUES/WED: Test 3: Colonial Life & Revolution 100 PTS
Assign 1st Quarter Grade Check
Video & Worksheet; The Patriot

THU/FRI: Lesson Plans 11
New Seating Chart
Review Test 3 & Units 1-3 Grading Scale
1st Quarter Grade Check Due 20 PTS
Video & Worksheet: The Patriot

LESSON PLANS 12(11/5/07 - 11/12/07)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 12
Complete Video & Worksheet: The Patriot
Review for Patriot Quiz

WED/THU: Days 21-25 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Patriot Quiz 40 PTS
Video & Worksheet: Background of the U.S. Constitution
Handout Constitution Reading Packet & Study Guide
Assign Study Guide: Flag Code & Pledge of Allegiance

FRI/MON: Return & Discuss Patriot Quiz
Discuss Video Worksheet: Background of the U.S. Constitution
Overhead Notes: 6 Principles Worksheet - Definitions
Video: Flag Code & Declaration of Independence
Reading & Study Guide: Introduction, Constituion Convention, Structure of the U.S. Constitution, & Preamble

Lesson Plans 13(11/13/07 -11/16/07)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 13
Test: Flag Code & Declaration of Independence 30 PTS
Reading & Study Guide Due: Introduction, Constitution Convention, Structure of the U.S. Constitution, & Preamble 20 PTS
Fill in 6 Principles Worksheet
Video: The Presidency
Assign Reading & Study Guide: The Executive Branch

THU/FRI: Return & Discuss Test: Flag Code & Declaraion of Independence Test
Executive Branch Study Guide Due 13 PTS
Fill in 6 Principles Worksheet: Executive Branch
Assign Reading & Study Guide: The Supreme Court
Assign Reading: The Legislative Branch
Video: The Supreme Court
*** Failures on Flag Code & Declaration of Independence Test must be made up in Seminar

LESSON PLANS 14(11/19/07 - 11/26/07)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 14
Supreme Court Study Guide Due 12 PTS
Fill in 6 Principles Worksheet: Judicial Branch
Assign Study Guide: Legislative Branch
Assign Reading & Study Guide: Amendments & Bill of Rights
Video: Congress

WED/MON: No School THU & FRI - Thanksgiving
Days 26-30 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Legislative Branch Study Guide Due 25 PTS
Amendments & Bill of Rights Assignment Due 10 PTS
Assign Diagrams: Checks & Balances & The Federal System
Assign Checks & Balances Worksheet
Video & List on Board: A Day in the Life of a Representative

LESSON PLANS 15(11/27/07 - 11/30/07)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 15
Fill in 6 Principles Worksheet: Legislative Branch & Amendments
Checks & Balances Worksheet Due 10 PTS
Handout U. S. Constitution Review Sheet

THU/FRI: 6 Principles Worksheet Due 20 PTS
U.S. Constitution Test 50 PTS: *** Failures Must Be Made Up In Seminar
Assign Reading & Study Guide: Illinois Constitution

LESSON PLANS 16(12/3/07 - 12/10/07)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 16
Discuss U.S. Constitution Test
Illinois Constitution Study Guide Due 30 PTS
Handout Illinois Constitution Test Review
Assign Constitution Personal Reflections Activity

WED/THU: Illinois Constitution Test 20 PTS - Failures must be made up in Seminar
Prepare Rough Draft: Constitution Personal Reflections Activity

FRI/MON: New Seating Chart
Constitution Personal Reflections Activity Due 30 PTS
Days 31-35 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Video & Worksheet: The Age of Revolution

LESSON PLANS 17(12/11/07 - 12/14/07)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 17
Return & Discuss Personal Reflections Activity
Discuss Units 1-4 Grading Scale
Handout: The 3 Estates
Assign (CTT) Ch. 19, Secs. 1-3

THU/FRI: Handout The Declaration of the Rights of Man 5 PTS
Video & Notes on Board: The Bastille
Ch. 19, Secs. 1-3 Due 25 PTS
Overhead Notes: Stages of the French Revolution

LESSON PLANS 18(12/17/07 - 1/7/08)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 18
Quiz: Stages of the French Revolution 15 PTS
Overhead Notes: Stages of the French Revolution
Assign Ch. 19, Secs. 4 &5

WED/THU: Ch. 19, Secs. 4 & 5 Due 35 PTS
Video & Worksheet: Napoleon Bonaparte, The Glory of France
Assign Latin American Map Identification
Assign Ch. 21, Sec. 3 Worksheet

FRI/MON: Discuss Napoleon Video Worksheet
Days 36-40 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Correct Latin American Map Identification
Ch. 21, Sec. 3 Due 15 PTS
Handout Notebook Check 4

LESSON PLANS 19(1/8/08 -1/11/08)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 19
Notebook Check 4 Due 40 PTS
Handout Semester Exam Review Sheet
Handout 1st Semester Unit Tests to Study
Review for Test 4

THU/FRI: Test 4 100 PTS
Discuss 1st Semester Grading Scale
Prepare 2nd Quarter Grade Check

LESSON PLANS 20(1/14/08 -1/18/08)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 20
All Late Work Due
Days 41-43 Participation Grade 10 PTS
2nd Quarter Grade Check Due 20 PTS
Book Check - Bring Both Textbooks to Class
Review for 1st Semester Exam

WED/THU/FRI: 1st Semester Exam 125 PTS
Return 1st Semester Unit Tests
Turn In Both Textbooks

2ND SEMESTER: SOCIAL SCIENCE 4

LESSON PLANS 21(1/23/08-1/28/08)

WED/THU: Lesson Plans 21
New Seating Chart
Prepare 3rd Quarter Grade Sheet
Handout for New Students: Class Rules & Expectations
Record Textbook Numbers
Video & Worksheet: A New Nation
Assign: (TA)Ch. 6, Sec. 1 Worksheet

FRI/MON: New Students' Class Rules Signatures Due
Ch. 6, Sec. 1 Due 10 PTS
Handout: Jeffersonians vs. Hamiltonians
Quiz: Hamilton & Jefferson in Opposition 10 PTS
Assign: (TA)Ch. 6, Sec. 2 Worksheet

LESSON PLANS 22(1/29/08-2/1/08)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 22
Ch. 6, Sec. 2 Due 10 PTS
Video & Worksheet: Lewis & Clark, Explorers of the New Frontier
Assign Ch. 6, Sec. 3 Worksheet
Assign Geography Application: Louisiana Purchase

THU/FRI: Assign 3rd Quarter Project: Interview of an Older Adult
Discuss Lewis & Clark Video
Geography Application Due 8 PTS
Ch. 6, Sec. 3 Due 14 PTS
Video & Worksheet: 1st Invasion, The War of 1812
Assign Ch. 6, Sec. 4 Worksheet

Lesson Plans 23(2/4/08 - 2/11/08)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 23
Complete Video & Worksheet: 1st Invasion, The War of 1812
Ch. 6, Sec. 4 Due 8 PTS
Assign Map Quiz: The War of 1812
Assign Determining Cause & Effect: Conflict for the New Nation Worksheet
Assign Notebook Check 5 & Test Review Sheet

THU/FRI:
Map Quiz: The War of 1812 Due 15 PTS
Conflict for the New Nation Worksheet Due 10 PTS
Overhead Notes: The War of 1812
Days 46-50 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Notebook Check 5 Due 15 PTS
PURPLE ONLY - Review for Test 5

MON: GOLD DAY - Review forTest 5
Handout: Life in the Industrial Revolution
Handout: Mill Times
Video & Worksheet: Mill Times

LESSON PLANS 24(2/12/08 - 2/15/08)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 24, 3rd Quarter Project Reminder
Test 5 100 PTS
Handout: Life in the Industrial Revolution
Handout: Mill Times
Video & Worksheet: Mill Times

THU/FRI: Review Test 5 & Unit 6 Grades
Handout: Important Inventions
Complete Video & Worksheet: Mill Times

LESSON PLANS 25(2/18/08 - 2/22/08)

MON: NO SCHOOL

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 25, 3rd Quarter Project Reminder
Important Inventions Handout Due 10 PTS
Handout My Weekly Shopping List(1850)
Assign My Weekly Shopping List(2008)
Assign: (CTT) Ch. 20, Secs. 2, 3, & 4 Worksheets

THU/FRI: Ch. 20, Sec. 2 Due 10 PTS
Begin Game of the Industrial Revolution
Days 51-55 Participation Grade 10 PTS

LESSON PLANS 26(2/25/08 - 3/3/08)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 26, 3rd Quarter Project Reminder
Complete Game of the Industrial Revolution 20 PTS
Ch. 20, Sec. 3 Due 10 PTS
Assign(CTT) Ch. 22, Secs. 1,2,3, & Theme Activities

WED/THU: New Seating Chart
Ch. 20, Sec. 4 Due 10 PTS
My Weekly Shopping List(2008) Due 15 PTS
Chapter Review Quiz 10 PTS

Assign Notebook Check 6

FRI/MON: Ch. 22, Secs. 1,2,3 & Theme Activities Due 40 PTS
Ch. 22, Sec. 3 & Theme Activities Due 20 PTS
Notebook Check 6 Due 20 PTS
Discuss Chart(CTT) pg. 554
Review for Test 6: Industrial Revolution & Romanticism

LESSON PLANS 27(3/4/08 - 3/7/08)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 27, 3rd Quarter Project Reminder
Test 6 100 PTS
Assign (TA) Ch. 7, Sec. 1 Worksheet
Collect Connections to Today Textbooks
Video & Worksheet: Democracy & Reform

THU/FRI: Review Test 6
Days 56-60 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Discuss Grading Scale, Units 6 & 7
Ch. 7, Sec. 1 Due 10 PTS
Complete Ch. 7, Sec. 2 Synthesizing Activity 5 PTS
Assign Ch. 7, Sec. 2 Worksheet

LESSON PLANS 28(3/11/08 -3/15/08)

MON: NO SCHOOL

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 28
3rd Quarter Projects Due 100 PTS
Ch. 7, Sec. 2 Due 10 PTS
Video & Worksheet: Andew Jackson, A Man for the People
Assign(TA) Ch. 7, Sec. 3 Quiz

THU/FRI: Discuss Jackson Video
Ch. 7, Sec. 3 Quiz Due
Complete Ch. 7, Sec. 3 Outline Map - The Indian Removal Act, 1830 15 PTS
Reading: The Cherokee Nation's Appeal to the American People
Assign Ch. 7, Sec. 4 Worksheet

LESSON PLANS 29(3/17/08 - 3/20/08)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 29
Notes: Legacy of Andrew Jackson's Presidency
Ch. 7, Sec. 4 Due 20 PTS
Discuss 3rd Quarter Project & Offer 2nd Chance
Assign Notebook Check 7

WED/THU: Notebook Check 7 Due 10 PTS
Preliminary Assignment: 4th Quarter Project
Video & Worksheet: Expansionism
Assign Ch.9, Sec. 1 Worksheet

BEGIN SPRING BREAK

LESSON PLANS 30(3/31/08 - 4/7/08)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 30
Review for Test 7: The Age of Jackson
Days 61-65 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Ch. 9, Sec. 1 Due 13 PTS
2nd Chance 3rd Quarter Projects Due

WED/THU: Test 7 100 PTS
Assign Ch. 9, Sec. 2 Worksheet
Prepare 3rd Quarter Grade Check

FRI/MON: Review Test 7
Discuss Grading Scale Units 6-8
3rd Quarter Grade Check Due 20 PTS
Handout Blackhawk's Last Stand
Ch. 9, Sec. 2 Due 13 PTS
Handout Manifest Destiny 5 PTS

LESSON PLANS 31(4/8/08 - 4/11/08)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 31
Assign 4th Quarter Project: Autobiography
New Seating Chart
Assign Ch. 9, Sec. 3 Worksheet 5 PTS
Handout The Annexation of Texas 10 PTS
Assign Mexican War Readings

THU/FRI: Prepare Mexican War Proposal
Assign Ch. 9, Sec. 4 Worksheet
Video & Worksheet: U.S. - Mexican War(1846-1848) The War for the Borderlands

LESSON PLANS 32(4/14/08 - 4/21/08)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 32, 4th Quarter Project Reminder
Complete Video & Worksheet: Mexican War
Mexican War Proposal Due 15 PTS
Days 66-70 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Assign Geography Application: Mexican War 10 PTS

WED/THU: Discuss Mexican War Proposal & Offer 2nd Chance
Ch. 9, Sec. 4 Due 9 PTS
Video & Worksheet: U.S. - Mexican War(1846-1848) The Battle for Mexico City
Assign Notebook Check 8

FRI/MON: Complete Video & Worksheet: Mexican War
Transparency Notes: Westward Movement
Notebook Check 8 Due 15 PTS
Review for Test 8: Expansion & Manifest Destiny
Handout & Discuss Civil War & Reconstruction Packet
Video & Worksheet: The Saga of Slavery

LESSON PLANS 33(4/22/08 - 4/28/08)

TUES/THU: Lesson Plans 33, 4th Quarter Project Reminder
2nd Chance Mexican War Proposals Due
Test 8 100 PTS
Video & Worksheet: Causes of the Civil War

WED: PRAIRIE STATE TESTING

FRI/MON: Review Test 8
Discuss Grading Scale Units 6-9
Work on Civil War & Reconstruction Packet

LESSON PLANS 34(4/29/08 - 5/2/08)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 34, 4th Quarter Project Reminder
Days 71-75 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Work on Civil War & Reconstruction Packet

THU/FRI: Events Leading to the Civil War Worksheet Due 22 PTS
Outline Map: The States Choose Sides Due 11 PTS
Video & Worksheet: The Civil War
Work on Civil War & Reconstuction Packet

LESSON PLANS 35(5/5/08 - 5/12/08)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 35, 4th Quarter Project Reminder
New Seating Chart
Read: Advantages of the North, Advantages of the South, Weapons of the Civil War, & Civil War Firsts
VanAntwerp Civil War Video
Work on Civil War & Reconstruction Packet

WED/THU: Major Civil War Battle Campaigns Worksheet Due 45 PTS
Read 3 Reconstruction Plans
Work on Civil War & Reconstruction Packet
Video & Worksheet: Edmund Ross

FRI/MON: Album Identification Due 50 PTS
Civil War Crossword Puzzle Due 24 PTS
Complete Edmund Ross Video
Work on Reconstruction Section of Packet

LESSON PLANS 36(5/13/08 - 5/16/08)

TUES/WED: Lesson Plans 36
4th Quarter Project Due 100 PTS
Days 76-80 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Work on Reconstruction Section of Packet

THU/FRI: Reconstruction Crossword Puzzle Due 16 PTS
Reconstruction Politics Worksheet Due 20 PTS
Collapse of Reconstruction Worksheet Due 12 PTS
Assign Notebook Check 9
Video & Worksheet: Glory

LESSON PLANS 37(5/19/08 - 5/27/08)

MON/TUES: Lesson Plans 37
Notebook Check 9 Due 15 PTS
Review for Test 9: Civil War & Reconstruction
Video & Worksheet: Glory

WED/THU: Discuss 4th Quarter Projects, Offer 2nd Chance
Test 9 100 PTS
Video & Worksheet: Glory

FRI/TUES: Review Test 9
Semester Grade Review
Textbook Check
Video & Worksheet: Glory

MON: NO SCHOOL

LESSON PLANS 38(5/28/08 - 6/2/08)

WED/THU: Lesson Plans 38
2nd Chance Autobiographies Due
Return 2nd Semester Tests to Study
Days 81-85 Participation Grade 10 PTS
Review for Glory Test
Handout 2nd Semester Exam Review Sheets
Handout Course Evaluations
Prepare 4th Quarter Grade Sheet Check

FRI/MON: Course Evaluations Due
Collect Textbooks
Glory Test 35 PTS
4th Quarter Grade Check Due 20 PTS
Days 86-88 Participation Grade 5PTS
Review for Semester Exam

LESSON PLANS 39(6/3/08 - 6/6/6/08)

TUES: Review for Semester Exam
WED: 2nd Semester Exam, Blocks 1 &2 120 PTS
THU: 2nd Semester Exam, Block 5 120 PTS