School Year 2022-2023
Week #1
August 22nd-26th
US II History Introduction
Code of Behavior Review and Test
https://www.gimkit.com/view/5f49197e6a82f00022aa6dd7
Code of Behavior Test on Friday, August 26th
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Weekly Question: What is meant by the "Golden Rule?"
Weekly Question Assignment
Write out answers on index card then drop-off in classroom red mailbox with your full name and period by Friday to avoid late grade.
Watch this link on States & Cities in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2CNZIlVIg
Textbook Work: (TBA)
Answers placed in CANVAS under
Textbook Assignment
Answers placed in CANVAS under
Textbook Assignment
"OUR AMERICA 1865 to the Present"
Username: LakeridgeS
Password: 22192S
or
Username: LakeridgeS
Password: 22192S
or
Textbook via online: 4myclass.com
Select: social studies online textbook
Username: LakeridgeS
Password: 22192S
Choose: USII Textbook
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While in School Please Note the Following:
No Phones Out (Keep in Your Book-bag)
No AirPods/Earbuds Out
No Hoods Up
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Week# 2
August 29th - September 1st
Weekly Question #2
What is your favorite state in America? Why? Give 3 facts about it. What region is it located in? What is your least favorite state in America? Why? Give 3 facts about it. What region is it located in? What is your favorite city in America? Why? Give 3 facts about it. What is your least favorite city in America? Give 3 facts about it.
Due Thursday, September 1st... Place in Red Mailbox
Watch this Video it may help with Weekly Question #2
Region Worksheet
(To be completed in class)
Due Thursday, September 1st
Place in Green-folder
Bell Ringers
(To be completed in class)
Due Thursday, September 1st
Place in Green-folder
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Week 3
September 6th - 9th
Weekly Question #3
What region in the United States would you move to in order to make your first million dollars as an entrepreneur? Why? What kind of business? Who would be your customers?
Place in Red Mailbox
Due Friday, September 9th
Bell Ringers
(To be completed in class)
Due Friday, September 9th
Place in Green-folder
Amusement Park Project on Regions
Use Rubric Hand-out
Will work on in class may finish-up at home...
Due Friday, September 16th
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Weekly Question #4
Explain the meaning of the 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments of the United States Constitution.
Due September 16th
Place in Red Mailbox
Reconstruction Worksheets
Done in class
Due September 16th
Place in Green-folder
Amusement Park Project Due Friday, September 16th
Bell Ringers
(To be completed in class)
Due Friday, September 16th
Place in Green-folder
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Week 5
September 19th - 23rd
Weekly Question #5
What beliefs did Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee & Frederick Douglass have in common? How do all three of these leaders differ in thought? Explain. Also, which one of the three do you think was the best leader? Explain why?
Due September 23rd
Place in Red Mailbox
Bell Ringers
(To be completed in class)
Due Friday, September 23rd
Place in Green-folder
Textbook Work
Due Friday, September 23rd
Place in Green-folder
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Week 5
September 27th - 30th
Weekly Question #6
Which came first, "Black Codes"or "Jim Crow Laws?" Give two examples for each. Also, is there ever a time when separate but equal is good? Explain why or why not?
Due September 30th
Place in Red Mailbox
Bell Ringers
(To be completed in class)
Due Friday, September 30th
Place in Green-folder
Textbook Work
Due Friday, September 30th
Place in Green-folder
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Week of October 3rd - 7th
Weekly Question #7
Summarize and explain the United States Supreme Court Case: Plessy versus Ferguson. Do you agree with the 1896 courts decision? Why or why not?
Due Friday, October 7th Place in Red Mailbox
Foldable Project (Reconstruction Amendments)
Due Friday, October 7th
Place in Green-folder
TEST
Go over Reconstruction Review Packet
Test on Friday, October 7th
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Week of October 10th - 14th
"Westward Expansion"
Weekly Question #8
Pretend you were offered 160 acres of free unsettled land west of the Mississippi River that you must live on as well as improve it (grow crops & build a barn) for at least five years, in order to own it. What supplies and tools would you need? What kinds of clothes do you need? What kind of shelter would you build? What type of work would you do? Explain in complete sentences your answers.
(Due Friday, October 14th)
Place in Red Mailbox
Project "Westward Expansion" Poster/Brochure
Do "In-class" with Rubric
(Due Friday, October 14th)
Place in Green-folder
Bell-Ringers
(Due Friday, October 14th)
Place in Green-folder
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Week of October 17th - 21st
"Westward Expansion"
Weekly Question #9
What does assimilation mean? When is assimilation good? When is it bad? How were American Indians assimilated into America? Name one notable "American Indian" that became a citizen. Name one notable "American Indian" that did not become a citizen. Do you support their decisions? Why or why not?
(Due Friday, October 21st)
Place in Red Mailbox
Bell-Ringers
(Due Friday, October 21st)
Place in Green-folder
Westward Expansion Worksheet
(Due Friday, October 21st)
Place in Green-folder
Place in Green-folder
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Week of October 25th - 28th
"Westward Expansion"
Weekly Question #10
What is the Dawes Act? Who do you think it helped? Who do you think it hurt? Who is Crazy Horse? Why is he famous? Who is General Sheridan? Why is he famous? Who is Chief Joseph? What did he do that is important? Who is General Custer? What happened to him? Who is Geronimo? What did he do that was important? Who is Sitting Bull? Why is he famous? How did the American Indians (Indigenous people). react or respond to "Westward Expansion" on the Great Plains?
Due Friday, October 28th
This Week: Library Book Talk on "Westward Expansion"
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START 2nd Quarter
Week of October 31st - November 4th
Week 11
Bell-Ringers
(Due Friday, November 4th)
Place in Green-folder
Westward Expansion Review Packet
(Due Friday, November 4th)
Place in Green-folder
Place in Green-folder
Weekly Question #11
(Due Friday, November 4th)Place in Red Mailbox
What is a pioneer? What is an immigrant? What are some similarities between pioneers and immigrants? What are some differences between pioneers and immigrants? Are they the same? Why or why not? Which of the two would you say risked more coming and making a home in America? Explain.
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Week of November 7th - 10th
Week 12
Explain how windmills helps farmers. Explain how barbed-wire helps farmers. Explain how steel plows helps farmers. Explain how dry-farming helps farmers. Explain how sod houses helps farmers. Explain how railroads helps farmers.Weekly Question #12
Due Thursday, November 10th
Place in Red Mailbox
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Week of November 14th - 18th
Week 13
Weekly Question #13
Who was Samuel Morse? What work did he do? How did he impact "Westward Expansion" during the 1800's?
Due Friday, November 18th
Place in Red Mailbox
Westward Expansion Test
"Go Over Review Packet"
Due Friday, November 18th
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Week of November 21st - 22nd
Week 14
Happy Thanksgiving
(no school November 23rd - 25th)
NO Weekly Question!!!
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Week of Nov. 28th - Dec. 2nd
Week 15
Weekly Question #15
What does industrialization mean? Identify one good thing about industrialization and one bad thing about industrialization? What kind of world would we live in without factories? How would it impact you personally?Due Friday, December 2nd
Place in Red Mailbox
Bell-Ringers
(Due Friday, December 2nd)
Place in Green-folder
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Week of Dec. 5th - Dec. 9th
Week 16
Weekly Question #16
Name three inventions during the late 1800's that helped America become an industrial GIANT. Explain how each of these inventions worked. Which one is your favorite? Why?
Due Friday, December 9th
Place in Red Mailbox
Bell-Ringers
Due Friday, December 9th
Place in Green-folder
"Come to America" Poster
Due Tuesday, December 6th
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Week of Dec. 12th - Dec. 16th
Week 17
Weekly Question 17
Place in Red Mailbox
************************************************************************************************************************ Happy New Year! 2023
Week of January 3rd - January 6th
Week 18
Weekly Question 18
The concept of producing goods using an assembly-line, which lowers the cost of those items, was perfected during America's industrialization period of the 1800's. Pretend you own a factory that produces rubber-ducks that waddle and quack. List the steps necessary to make your ducks. Hint: how many workers will you need on your assembly-line?
(Due Friday, January 6th)
Place in Red Mailbox
Bell-ringers
Due Friday, January 6th
Place in Green-folders
Go over "Industrialization Review Packet" for Unit Test January 13th
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Week of January 9th - January 13th
Week 19
Weekly Question 19
Who do you think of the following big business leaders, also known as Captains of Industry, was the most important of all entrepreneurs in making America a great industrial power: John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, or Cornelius Vanderbilt? Explain why? Additionally, who was the least important? Explain why?
Important Message
Go over "Industrialization Review Packet" for Test on Friday, January 13th (Note: Test will be given in an essay format...prepare to write).
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Week of Jan. 16th - Jan. 20th
Week 20
Weekly Question #20
Who was the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.? What did he believe in? What was his most famous speech called? What part of the speech is your favorite? Why? Where did he deliver (give) this speech? What year was it? Do you know anyone that was alive and heard his famous speech? If so, have you talk to them about it? What did he or she think?
(Due Friday, January 20th)
Place in Red Mailbox
Progressive Movement Quiz
Friday, January 20th
(Essay Format)
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Week of Jan. 23rd - Jan. 27th
Week 21
Define the word progressive. What was the "Progressive Movement" all about in the late 1800's to early 1900's (1870 - 1920) in America? Name 3 movements during this time.
(Due Friday, January 27th)
Place in Red Mailbox